A podcast is not a sermon. It's not a lecture. And it's certainly not a book. But it is something like a friendship. The very medium of a podcast is personable and intimate - you literally hear a podcast inside your own head thanks to the earplugs most of us use. But we should never settle for consuming friendships, we need to cultivate our own. In this episode, Joel and Andrew reflect on podcasts and friendships and how they make sense of each other.

• 0:00 - Intro + banter
• 4:25 - Tony Reinke's description of podcasts & what makes them unique
• 7:25 - Why podcasts are like friendships
• 15:55 - Why do we produce a podcast?
• 17:40 - Why creating something is important
• 25:20 - The rise of loneliness 
• 27:40 - Cultivating friendships

Links:

  - This episode was inspired & heavily influenced by a tweet from Tony Reinke. See here: https://twitter.com/TonyReinke/status/1528010723107819522?s=20&t=S_k5yehGcJSFglYBkQkglQ

  - C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves - https://www.cslewis.com/four-types-of-love/

  - Bloom's Taxonomy - https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blooms-taxonomy/

  - The Trellis & The Vine - https://www.amazon.com/Trellis-Vine-Ministry-Mind-Shift-Everything-ebook/dp/B09CZFTLCC

  - James Kelly's FaithTech podcast - https://anchor.fm/faithtech-podcast

  - Brad East on loneliness - https://www.bradeast.org/blog/four-loves-loss

  - Tim Keller's sermon on friendship HIGHLY RECOMMEND - https://youtu.be/8Tc4VIQrXdE