Category: The Workshop Podcast

Episodes of The Workshop podcast

The Workshop #7 – It Began with a Burp…

March 1, 2017

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It’s a new month and time for a new episode of the Workshop!!! Get excited!!!

On today’s episode we spend a lot of time discussing the Superbowl and award show season even though neither of us are particularly interested. I’m sure that’s sold you on listening to the discussion. Then we pivot hard and fast to the topic of whether sad music is appropriate for church. We also daintily avoid the subject of politics kinda sorta except for the Ent lobby. We’ve got to do something about that. Get angry, I guess.

It was hard to pick a name for this episode. There were too many good ones to choose from! In fact, 56% of the reason I do a podcast at all is because I like to come up with goofy names for the episodes.

Alternate titles for this show were:

  • Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
  • The one with the burp
  • Drones, but no pants
  • Eric: the Epitome of America
  • China, please block us
  • Kanye is watching
  • Beyonce controls the universe

 

The Workshop #6 – The Pretentious Episode

February 15, 2017

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In this episode of the Workshop Podcast we drone on for way too long. Let you ears witness more bad business ideas, fancy coffee talk, and what things we *might* be pretentious about! Also stick around while we complain about social media (like everybody else) and discuss the movies we wish they’d make and the ones we wish they’d stop making.

The Workshop #5 – The Millennial Generation v Participation Trophy Makers

February 1, 2017

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In this episode of the podcast, Eric and I discuss hot topics like our much-maligned generation, the cultural mandate of Valentine’s Day, and… polygons…?

Yep. Sounds like more of what we do.

The Workshop #4 – Parental Advisory: Not Very Funny

January 16, 2017

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Our attempted serious discussion about why mainstream American Christianity always seems to be producing bad imitations of popular culture gets derailed and we end up making a lot of jokes that might only be funny to us.

Be sure to head over to Amazon to pre-order our Rage Against the Machine devotional entitled 30 Days of Rage: A Study of the Wrath of God available for pre-order now. Yeah. Definitely search for that.

Also featured: a moment of silence for no particular reason.

The Workshop #3 – So This is the New Year

January 3, 2017

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Happy New Year from the least-sarcastic parts of our hearts!

On the first episode of this brand-new not-yet-too-terrible year we talk resolutions, the “Matt Takes” Twitter account, parody Twitter accounts in general, and Star Wars including a non-spoilery discussion of Rogue One.

This episode was recorded before Carrie Fisher (and Debbie Reynolds!) passed away so that’s why we didn’t mention her in our Star Wars talk. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that here. What a bummer.

I’ve been re-watching the original trilogy recently and I’ve been impressed by how much Fisher – and all the lead actors, really – brought to their roles. Star Wars is truly greater than the sum of its parts and Carrie Fisher was a significant part of making that happen.

The Workshop #2 – Hot & Phresh Christmas Self-Help Book

December 19, 2016

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Look! We made more than one episode! This is a real podcast now.

On this episode of The Workshop, Eric and I discuss the art of witty banter, and find a safe space to talk about Christmas music we love and hate.

The Workshop #1 – Dorks Right from the Start

December 13, 2016

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The Workshop is a podcast I started with my friend Eric Ortscheid after we realized that all of our interaction basically sounded like we were on a podcast anyway. Might as well record our conversations, I guess.

It’s called The Workshop as in we’re “workshopping” that idea. It’s not a show about woodworking or DIY projects or something. Heck no.

We’ve been talking about doing this for months and at some point it turned from a joke into an actual thing. People we know have told us they would listen to a podcast if we actually did one. We’re calling their bluff.

Will this be interesting to anybody but us? I donno, but we had fun making it and it’s fun to make things even if it’s just shooting the breeze in a fairly flippant manner.

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