Persons Of Interest

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Sinopse

Persons of Interest is an unscripted, real, authentic dialog between two self-identified postmodern-generation citizens of the planet Earth. Kendall George and Ben Crace explore topics of interest to people living beyond the modern era. Subjects include technology, spirituality, politics, life, love, meaning, purpose, saving the world, and making a difference.

Episódios

  • Ep. 30: God Loves Gaga

    15/07/2011 Duração: 29min

    The long awaited Gaga podcast. Ben and Kendall respond to the somewhat predicable wave of criticism unleashed by conservative Christians upon Lady Gaga in response to her recent video "Judas".

  • Ep. 29: Going Full Hipster

    19/05/2011 Duração: 41min

    Ben and Kendall mainly discuss hipsterdom, its style, substance, and criticisms. Who are the hipsters? Why do people pick on these skinny androgynous boys? Are they, in the words of Holden Caulfield, just a bunch of phonies? Ben and Kendall also talk about music, Twitter, and how quickly people abandon their civility when what they think can be said without attribution.

  • Bonus Episode: Facebook Manners

    12/05/2011 Duração: 20min

    This bonus episode is composed of material edited out of "Facebook is So Over." Ben and Kendall offer some tips on being a good Facebooker.

  • Ep. 28: Facebook Is So Over!

    06/05/2011 Duração: 30min

    Facebook's number of unique visitors per month appears to have leveled off. Several bloggers and tech pundits have already predicted the decline and demise of Facebook. Ben and Kendall sound off on these accusations of peaking and even "jumping the shark". Kendall further suggests that Facebook may be a risky investment as rumors of an IPO are brewing. The Facebook gravy train may be running out of gravy and Mark Zuckerberg and his pals may take the money and run.

  • Ep. 27: A Peculiar People

    27/04/2011 Duração: 27min

    Kendall and Ben discuss Easter traditions including the common tradition many Americans have of going to church, if only on Easter.  They segue into how odd Christians can be and how alien church services must appear to people outside the fold.  In 1 Peter 2:9, the King James version calls Christians a "peculiar people." Never mind that this is a poor translation, many Christians make a concerted effort to live up to this moniker.  

  • Ep. 26: Google Search is people! It's people!

    19/04/2011 Duração: 46min

    Facebook is not in the social network business--they are in the business of stealing other people's good ideas and then repackaging and marketing them as their own. But Facebook, Google, and many others are in a much more nefarious business. Ben and Kendall discuss this crazy world we live in where a few people get ungodly rich while so many others make little or nothing.

  • Ep. 25: Now With 30% Less Heresy

    11/04/2011 Duração: 28min

    Kendall and Ben respond to a recent Christianity Today opinion article titled Not Many Should Presume to be Bloggers. The both presume to be bloggers and podcasters. Kendall rejects the professional-amatuer divide in the church. Ben also tempers his previous enthusiasm of the Partial Preterist eschatological view point.

  • Ep. 24: It's the end of the world, and I feel fine.

    04/04/2011 Duração: 40min

    Ben read a new book by Martin Trench and Harold Eberle, "Victorious Eschatology" and it gave him a lot of new ideas to consider when approaching a Biblical understanding of the end of the world. He and Kendall discuss an optimistic view of the end times and how that marries with other theologies they are considering.

  • Ep. 23: Real Miracles. Reasonably Priced.

    27/03/2011 Duração: 19min

    Kendall recently watched the 1972 Academy Award winning documentary "Marjoe". The documentary raises issues that he and Ben had discussed in a recent podcast. They then discuss how little things have changed in the church in 40 years.

  • Ep. 22: Null Raiser

    21/03/2011 Duração: 34min

    Like so many others Ben and Kendall decide to review Rob Bell's new book, Love Wins, before reading it. They discuss universalism, annihilationism, judgmentalism, and some other stuff like Tom Hanks films.

  • Ep. 21: Entering into Friendship

    11/03/2011 Duração: 34min

    Ben and Kendall discuss friendship and how American culture conspires to retard or destroy it.

  • Ep. 20: Ready for Democracy

    02/03/2011 Duração: 23min

    Ben, Kendall and guest, Eric Rahn discuss the populist movements breaking out across the Arab world and beyond with a particular interest in the meme in the media about whether the Arab world is "ready for democracy" or not.

  • Ep. 19: Solving the Arab-Israeli Conflict

    26/02/2011 Duração: 32min

    Ben, Kendall and guest, Eric Rahn, discuss Mike Huckabee's plans for a Palestinian state, outside of Palestine.

  • Ep.18: Church is no place for a Christian

    18/02/2011 Duração: 49min

    Subtitle: What the !#@ is up with that? Kendall and Ben talk about "What's wrong with the church." They expound on the popular approach to ministry and community which values conformity over intimacy, authenticity, and reality. This episode includes bonus "cutting room floor" material after the outro. Correction: This episode was pre-empted by last week's "Lebanon Travelogue" so it is numbered episode 18 and not 17 as stated in the outro.

  • Ep. 17: Lebanon Travelogue

    08/02/2011 Duração: 22min

    Ben and Kendall give the low down on their trip to Lebanon, highlights and recommendations. The Skype connection was pretty lousy so our apologies for the poor audio at times, but the content is still high quality.

  • Ep. 16: Prophetic Ministry in Lebanon

    31/01/2011 Duração: 33min

    Ben and Kendall deconstruct a prophetic message they received while in Beirut with personal takeaways and general lessons in what makes for good prophetic ministry.

  • Bonus Episode: With Bacon

    03/01/2011 Duração: 04min

    Kendall and Ben dedicate this episode to bacon. And we urge scientists to make themselves useful and deliver healthy bacon now!

  • Ep.15: Merry Christmas!

    24/12/2010 Duração: 04min

    Kendall and Ben are going to be travelling for the next couple weeks, so the podcast will be a bit irregular until after the first of the year. Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!

  • Ep. 14: The Last Podcast You'll Ever Need About the Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need.

    20/12/2010 Duração: 17min

    Ben and Kendall discuss Daniel Pink's new Manga book, "Johnny Bunko, The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need." With valuable bonus material.

  • Bonus Episode: The World According to Vampires. And Also Zombies.

    19/12/2010 Duração: 12min

    Kendall likes to receive his social comentary from horror films.

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