Songs & Stories Podcast
All we ever do is make music, talk shit, and do fun things that lead to good stories. That's what the Emery culture is about. We love telling you band stories and even more, we love convincing your favorite artists to tell their stories... even the ones they probably shouldn't.
Join us each week to hear amazing stories from the road, Song Rescue (where we roast and improve listeners songs), the Damn News, and more!
This podcast and our music is supported and funded directly by Emeryland. Join us at emerymusic.com
Latest episodes
Oct 9, 2018 • 1h 22min
#415 The Re-Awakening of Oh, Sleeper
Micah Kinard expresses how hard Oh, Sleeper's ambiguous break up was for him, especially singing on stage again with bandmate Shane Blay's new band Wovenwar, which led to their reuniting. Shane and Micah hang on the bus with us to share the story from both of their perspectives for the first time publicly. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Emery: emerymusic.com "Eve" Pre-Order
Oct 2, 2018 • 1h 32min
#414 Nudity Can't Be Art, It Causes People to Lust You Pervert!
With all the backlash for Emery's new album "Eve" having a naked woman on the cover, we're dedicating an episode to our thought process when we first saw the artwork. Matt gives a bit of history of how his thoughts about women have changed throughout his life. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Emery: emerymusic.com "Eve" Pre-Order starts Oct 5th Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BADCHRISTIAN
Sep 25, 2018 • 1h 22min
#412 Emery Song Premiere
The song "2007 Clarksville High Volleyball State Champs Gay is OK" was written about Toby's realization, after having a conversation with a man in a hospital, that what we believe from the things we've been told in church about homosexuality, might actually be stealing a person's one chance at true love from them. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Emery: emerymusic.com Honeybook: honeybook.com code BADCHRISTIAN Blue Apron: blueapron.com/BADCHRISTIAN MeUndies: meundies.com/BADCHRISTIAN
Sep 18, 2018 • 1h 43min
#411 Racial Divide in the American Church with Jemar Tisby
Author of "The Color of Compromise," Jemar Tisby, sheds some light on the state of American church's cultural divide among races and how it got that way. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com Emery: emerymusic.com Jemar Tisby: jemartisby.com
Sep 3, 2018 • 1h 18min
#409 Bill Hybels is the Bill Clinton of Christianity
We often equate pastors and politicians, but this one is hard to overlook. As scandals continue to come out into the open, Bill Hybels was one of the most upsetting to the Christian world. Also listen to the first half hour for an exciting BC announcement! Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com BadChristian Roadshow: bcroadshow.com
Aug 28, 2018 • 1h 18min
#408 God Can't Heal Unilaterally, So Stop Wasting Your Time Praying, with Mark Karris
Theologian, therapist, and ordained pastor, Mark Karris, explores intercessory prayer, and God’s uncontrolling nature, and other themes found in his new book Divine Echoes: Reconciling Prayer with the Uncontrolling Love of God. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Emery Tour: emerymusic.com MeUndies: meundies.com/BADCHRISTIAN ZipRecruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BADCHRISTIAN
Aug 21, 2018 • 1h 18min
#407 America is a Fantasyland
With a country built by dreamers, fantasy is deeply embedded in the DNA of America. This fantasy mindset has largely increased over time with the rise of individualism, as Kurt Anderson's book "Fantasyland" explains, which got Matt and Joey thinking about how it relates to religion. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Blue Apron: blueapron.com/BADCHRISTIAN
Aug 14, 2018 • 1h 26min
#406 Why Sacred Words Are Vanishing with Jonathan Merritt
The vapid use of Christianese has turned people off from spiritual words. Jonathan Merritt explains this phenomenon and is working on reimagining sacred words as an active use of language. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BADCHRISTIAN Stamps.com: stamps.com code BADCHRISTIAN Brooklinen: brooklinen.com code BADCHRISTIAN
Aug 2, 2018 • 56min
#404 Live from Joshua Fest
Science Mike and Matt MacDonald are on the same side; except when they fight on twitter. MacDonald joins Matt and Toby at Joshua Fest and explains why the heck he tweeted what he did. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Emery Tour: emerymusic.com MeUndies: meundies.com/BADCHRISTIAN Tooth & Nail: "Heathen Heart" by Earth Groans
Jul 31, 2018 • 1h 6min
#403 The Voice Revolution
Audible communication is about to overtake text-based communication, but that pisses Toby's brother Mike off. On a good note, it could mean a rise in blue-collar intellectuals, and a close of the literacy knowledge gap. Links & Sponsors: BadChristian.com thebcclub.com Emery Tour: emerymusic.com Zip Recruiter: ziprecruiter.com/BADCHRISTIAN Indochino: indochino.com code BADCHRISTIAN
