Hold back the milk, put down the sugar. We finally have the highly requested Newsboys episode! For those not familiar: the Newsboys are a Christian rock band founded in 1985 in Australia, by Peter Furler and George Perdikis. In this episode, Teddi and Nick talk about the band's development--from their 1980s emergence to their more recent involvement in the God's Not Dead films-- but dedicate the most time to this podcast's era, as well as to what many might say are the band's true glory days: the late 1990s-early 2000s. We ground our analysis in Shine: The Hits (2000) which features some of the band's most successful tracks, including but not limited to "Take me to Your Leader," "Not Ashamed," "Shine," and "Breakfast." We discuss what made the band markedly unique for music of the time--their silly, sometimes even absurdist style--but also address how they used that style to engage some of the most consistent concerns of the era, particularly the message that Christians have a duty to be a witness and bring the 'Good News' to a broken world. Join us for a conversation about one of CCM’s most beloved bands.

Shine: The Hits (2000), https://open.spotify.com/album/0FuWM3487GQM5ajfkdLX8a?si=xTOAxREkQ6eSvVMgNkRFag

Hell is for Wimps (1990),

https://open.spotify.com/album/1u82DyuhHlkjzuJNzZlkoi?si=k2DQRa17Sx2VRdVuotzY7g