Some Podcasts I Enjoy

I listen to podcasts a lot right now because I relatively recently got an I-Phone, and because I commute about 10-15 hours per week. My list of podcasts sometimes grows and sometimes contracts - I discover new podcasts and get tired of some, too. So this is a snapshot in time. But you might find some things you like. Probably not if you are a liberal, but that's alright. I probably wouldn't like your list either.

Sermon Podcasts:

1. Gospel in Life - This is Tim Keller's podcast. He is a preacher in New York who cares about sharing the Gospel with skeptics, who sees things clearly in the Bible, but also has a deep understanding of culture. He is the pastor who probably best brings the sensibility of CS Lewis into our current day.

2. North Point Community Church - This Andy Stanley's sermon podcast. Andy Stanley is a great communicator who, I think, is great at communicating a single idea in each sermon. For a while I was a hater because I thought all preachers should be John Piper. Not true. Listening again, I find him helpful, Biblical, and clear.

3. CanonWired - This is the podcast of Doug Wilson of Moscow, Idaho. I enjoy Doug because he is joyfully and unashamedly Calvinist, Presuppositionalist, Postmillenial. His view is just so unique, and he seems like he's having so much fun in life. If Keller is a modern-day Lewis, then Wilson is a modern-day Chesterton.

4. Capitol Hill Baptist Church - Recently added. Mark Dever in Washington DC.

5. University Reformed Church - Recently added. Kevin Deyoung. Another very thoughtful preacher and writer.

Other Christian Podcasts: 

6. The Eric Metaxas Show - The witty writer of the recent Bonhoeffer biography has a radio show in New York in which he interviews all sorts of different people. I love that he is not afraid to fight against abortion and espouse conservative ideas. The best and most eclectic music clips, too.

7. Apologia Radio - A group of people having a good day discussing apologetics, theology, culture, and everything. Pastor Jeff Durbin. This group seems to be happy beneficiaries of Doug Wilson's influence and worldview.

8. The Briefing - A very serious, very learned, very Biblical, very focused look at the previous day's headlines by Al Mohler of Southern Seminary. Only about 20 minutes. Its brevity will fit your commute.

9. The Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast - I find Andy Stanley to be just very easy to listen to. This is an inside look into the way he leads his own influential church, but also at some interesting guests that he has on. There are a lot of good Christian leadership podcasts, but this is the one I currently have on tap.

Politics:

10. Weekly Standard Podcasts - A few of these pop up each week in response to current political events. Often it is a short conversation with Bill Kristol. This is from a conservative perspective.

11. Conversations with Bill Kristol - Bill Kristol, you might say, is a moderate conservative. But he has been around for a while. And he has interesting guests on this podcasts for extended conversations lasting up to two hours. Past guests have been Newt Gingrich, Arthur Brooks, Samuel Alito, Fred Barnes, Dick Cheney. One of the better political interview podcasts - sometimes strays into the non-political.

12. The Federalist Radio Hour - This happens every week day and lasts close to fifty minutes. This shows covers politics, but also covers culture more generally. For instance, they've done shows on Star Wars and whether the Empire really are the good guys. The show is from a conservative perspective, tinged with some libertarianism. I find it to be thoughtful and not just blatantly panicky about the world, like some right-wing radio.

13. The Tom Woods Show - I am just now getting into this one at the suggestion of my classmate John Rogers. It is very libertarian, and it is causing me to think about things I wouldn't have before. Much more depth of discussion of issues than you might get listening to someone like Rush Limbaugh.

14. The Erick Erickson Show - Sometimes he gets on my nerves. Sometimes it's like an easy-to-listen to guilty pleasure. I keep it on my i-phone because he addresses Georgia issues, whereas most of the other stuff I listen to is more national.

Sports:

15. Jalen and Jacoby - Fun. This pair seems to have a bent toward the NBA, which I enjoy listening to. I like basketball more than football.

16. The Bill Simmons Podcast - I don't know why, but I just enjoy listening to this one. I don't get to watch a lot of sports, so I get to listen to people talk about sports instead. Be careful with this one because sometimes there is profanity on this show. It kind of depends on the guest.

17. Run to the Top - An elite runner discusses running. I find that listening to podcasts about working out helps to keep that on my mind, and it helps me to actually work out.

18. The Connect Run Club Podcast - I haven't listened to this one much yet, but I plan to. I saw a link that some of my Chic-fil-a friends, like Will Marshall who recently ran the Disney Marathon, were on this show.


I have listened to others and deleted them to save space. Hopefully you will have found something to enjoy. Leave a comment with some of your favorites. Thanks!