Songs & Stories Podcast

Oliver is the author of several books on happiness and productivity, including his new book, “Four Thousand Weeks”. He’s a journalist and writer that is making the case for rediscovering unfashionable old school psychoanalysis, and also writes about the discomfort surrounding creative work and relationships among other things. His new book is available for pre order now at OliverBurkeman.com Links & Sponsors: ziprecruiter.com/badchristian stamps.com/badchristian BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland  

Peter Berkman is a musician, songwriter, and writer. His band Anamanaguchi is a critically acclaimed indie group, but lately Peter has been diving more into thinking about how we experience art and how its relevant to our senses in the digital world. The guys discuss the ideas of Canadian philosopher and communication theorist Marshall McLuhan, and what the future holds for artists and creators in the digital world.  Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland

Singer, songwriter, drummer, and frontman Aaron Gillespie of Underoath, The Almost, and Paramore fame joins the show to talk about how nobody actually likes anything, wanting to fight other little league dads, and fending off online haters and trolls. The guys talk about the future of being in a band, going virtual, and if touring will even be fun anymore.   Links & Sponsors: Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland $WALLS: https://rally.io/creator/WALLS/ Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Tooth & Nail: The Devil Wears Prada "Contagion"

This feels like a classic 2015 BC episode. Anthony Wirth recently quit pastoring his growing church, a part of the Acts29 Church Planting organization Mark Driscoll started. Everything was going great until Anthony did a little reading and started asking questions like, why can't women be in church leadership, does God actually send you to Hell forever to burn, and are we actually predestined for a certain afterlife? The answers to those questions are too scary for many churches to address.   Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland

Aaron wants to send his daughter to space camp but his wife doesn't trust NASA to take care of her. Money is fake and Matt mansplains currency and finances to Toby and Aaron. Bill Gates might be super evil but is it a net positive? Matt slanders some of your favorite celebrities including Brad Pitt and the lovely Kate Winslet.  Links & Sponsors: Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland $WALLS: https://rally.io/creator/WALLS? Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off

Heino Falcke is Professor of Astroparticle Physics and Radio Astronomy at the Institute for Mathematics, Astronomy, and Particle Physics (IMAPP) of the Faculty of Science at Radboud University in Nijmegen and is visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn. He studies black holes and high-energy elementary particles, using the entire range of theoretical, computational, observational, and experimental astrophysics. As a speaker and author, he is engaged in communicating science to the public.   Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland Stamps.com: stamps.com code BADCHRISTIAN

Nate Young started touring full-time with Anberlin when he was just a teenager. We talk about how they could never keep a guitar player, how Chopper being in Emery made zero sense to him, and about how bad of an idea it is to hire your friends as crew members for your band.   Links & Sponsors: Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland $WALLS: https://rally.io/creator/WALLS/ Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off

Matt loved Joe Rogan and Elon Musk and therefore is terrified by them. Toby wishes he bought more $WALLS. The guys ponder going to space and discuss the time that Aaron ran marketing and social media for 5 failing companies.   Links & Sponsors: Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland $WALLS: https://rally.io/creator/WALLS/ Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off

“We All Know How This Ends” by end-of-life doula Anna Lyons and funeral director Louise Winter opens up the conversation surrounding death and dying, something desperately needed for those of us who tread lightly around the subject, if at all. Through a collection of heartbreaking, surprising, and uplifting stories of the ordinary and extraordinary they encounter each day, Anna and Louise share the lessons they’ve learned about life, death, love and loss, and encourage us to embrace the end of our lives the same way we embrace the beginning. Uniquely compelling and thought-provoking, We all know how this ends offers real-world insight and advice and proves why is so desperately important for us to engage in open conversations about death.   Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland

Matt MacDonald from The Classic Crime joins the show to talk about band stuff and partying on tour and sex or lack thereof in our bands. Also, trying to introduce new things to fans is universally frustrating and usually devolves into being accused of “scamming your fans.” Aaron almost has a mental breakdown over the reaction to trying to sell his As Cities Burn book on their Facebook page. Buy $WALLS and $CRIME on rally.io for access to exclusive merch and events related to Emery & The Classic Crime.   Links & Sponsors: Emeryland: emerymusic.com/emeryland $WALLS: https://rally.io/creator/WALLS/ $CRIME: https://rally.io/creator/CRIME/ Marriage Supply: marriagesupply.com use code BCPOD for 10% off