Punk Theology

By Russ Shaw

Religion & Spirituality Spirituality

What's Punk Theology about?

The loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes.
In a world of people addicted to some piece of certainty on "faith-based" reason. Punk Theology exists to explore some hopeful, uncomfortable questions on growth, peace, well-being, recovering what's lost, understanding the shit of "the other", faith, fear and being alive.
An examination of the misfit's awakening spirit. So, how do we refine of what really is meaning, beauty and truth?

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S03E17 Survival Panic Too!

05.22.2020

You, Your living through a global Effin pandemic! Our adrenal glands, hormonal system, cardiovascular system, and brain are constantly in a state of preparedness for survival. Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However what about when a person ...

Punk Theology episodes:

05.22.2020 S03E17 Survival Panic Too! You, Your living through a global Effin pandemic! Our adrenal glands, hormonal system, cardiovascular system, and brain are constantly in a state of preparedness for survival. Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However what about when a person ...
05.09.2020 S03E16 Survival Panic! Another Punk Theology Zoom Episode! A boomer, millennial and a gen-Xer discuss the art of continuing to live, exist or thrive during Covid-19's take over of spring and possibly summer of 2020.
04.25.2020 S03E15 Spring 2020 TRIGGERED AF Steve, Derek, Russ and Chuck stops by to talk about how us Americans are processing the cognitive dissonance around uncertainty and risk-taking in the age of covid-19. The effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety ...
04.12.2020 S03E14 Dean G's Story Meth and Resurrection Dean shares escaping the clutches of one of the most stubborn, deadly and inevitably body and soul deteriorating addictions known to man. One of Russell’s oldest friends stops by the Punk Theology Podcast to boldly and courageously share his story ...
04.05.2020 S07E13 Powerless 2 CoedCovid A Global shaking of the Snow Globe! What do you men Toilet Paper doesn't just show up at the store automatically?!?! Punks talk about the consciousness in and of the logistics of how a society functions during the light apocalypse ...
03.23.2020 S03E12 Global and Personal Powerlessness Recorded a few blocks away from the hospital where the first Novel Coronavirus Outbreak was reported in the United States. Steve, Derek and Russ talk about the effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and ...
03.05.2020 S03E11 Chuck's in Checks in! Long time favorite PT member from season one and season two checks in. Speak candidly about struggling with dissociative identity disorder, previously called multiple personality disorder. A complex psychological condition that is likely caused by many factors, including severe trauma ...
02.19.2020 S03E10 Dreams of Beauty and Truth This podcast has no description and needs no introduction. FYI The Punk Theology Podcast is a loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes.
02.03.2020 S03E09 Dopamine Fasting Silicon Valley giving birth to a curious moral trend? What is dopamine fasting? And how is it different than religious ideas of sin and repentance? Derek Steve and I talk about the interesting trend of dopamine fasting on Punk Theology
01.24.2020 S03E08 Death Positive 2020 What if in this hopeful new year 2020 we could be more positive about the fact that people die. The western world tends to have a stigma towards death and dying. The facts are that death is as natural as ...
01.07.2020 S03E07 Giving Up Today on the podcast, is there a healthy kind of giving up? Got a New Year’s resolution? That word tends to trigger me because it’s from the realm of law. that word, it’s a legal term and isn’t it interesting ...
12.31.2019 S06E06 The Good News & "The Shack" Author Wm. Paul Young Some Punk Psychology, Philosophy and yes Theology with The Shack author Wm. Paul Young we discuss the complexities of pain, joy, fear, trust and growing faith and/or fear in the uncertain realm of our relationships with everything. Starting to think ...
12.23.2019 S03E05 So This is Christmas Time? So this is Christmas time. Steve touches on emotions surrounding the song so this is Christmas by John Lennon. Christmas episode ends up the stirring questions like... 1. Why does it seem so hard to spend time just for the ...
12.06.2019 S03E04 OK BOOMER Disrespectful? A witty comeback? Malignantly dismissive? Or simply a way to let out some frustration? A millennial, a gen Xer and a Boomer discuss the meme heard round the world OK Boomer!
11.28.2019 S03E03 And Then There were 3 Punks are Back! 3 3 and now 3
09.16.2019 S03E02 JayBakker Our first honored guest of season 3. You may know him from the Sundance television series one Punk under God. He is the author of Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows. Why did he ...
08.22.2019 S03E01 I'm Better and Everything's Worse S03E01 I’m Better And Everything is Worse. Season three Gets off to a bumpy start. John leaves before the topic begins. Remaining punks discuss how getting better doesn’t mean the consequences of life get any better.
06.26.2019 S02E30 Carlton Season 2 Finale Season 2 finale With our very special guest Carlton. A patron show supporter, listener and Lutheran pastor from the Canadian part of the Midwest?! That’s right we even shelved this episode to make it our season finale. A fascinating conversation ...
06.18.2019 S02E29 Radical Compassion A conversation inspired by Amanda Palmer punk front woman for The Dresden dolls a Brechtian punk cabaret from Boston Ma. Amanda inspires a conversation about Sex, Me Too, Abortion, Miscarriage - 2 PT punks review a night in Vancouver British ...
06.14.2019 S02E28 Good Grief 2 Chuck's Story Another episode rebelling against the popular ‘always keep it positive’ cultural faults narrative. One that suggests we can ignore the suffering of life, sufferings like the loss of a loved one. What does it look like it actually grieve the ...
05.25.2019 Derek’s Sister Kristin Discusses Miracles with Punks! S02E28 We talk about miracles with our honored guest Kristin! She is a Listener to the podcast, a therapist and also Derek’s sister! The Question?!?! What are we really saying when we say "I need a miracle"? Are big miracles ...
05.01.2019 S02E27 Divorce, Jesus And Gay Sex Addressing the lack of critical thinking in evangelical circles when it comes "Being a city on the hill" to marginalized people. Would Jesus have more of a "woe to you" attitude when it comes to the actions of actually loving, ...
04.23.2019 S02E26 HOPE HOPE Dictionary.com 1, the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. 2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning. 3. to look forward to with desire and ...
03.26.2019 S02E25 Future Tripping Out of all the things we are wanting for, nice house, fulfilling job, money, spouse, kids? What if underlying all of that is the ability to be present? Is it Punk to today to even talk about the desire to ...
03.19.2019 S02E24 Empthy For The Grind Are we trying to escape from the work a day life? Is the solution to feeling STUCK some outside force that will rescue us from our work a day life? Is it true that we need some kind of purpose ...
03.12.2019 S02E23 A Curse Called Fame Has there been a cultural tide change with societies relationship with fame? Is it because over the last few years icons have rapidly fallen to scandals that they may have kept hidden a decade ago? Is that due to changes ...
02.28.2019 S02E22 Familiarity Breeds... Is it contempt? Or could it be (with a little emotional trigger discipline) curiosity instead of contempt? And does social media advocacy really work? I mean for normal people not celebrities and not the news media. Does anyone really give ...
02.09.2019 S02E21 Healthy Anarchy Can we agree that dismantling groupthink could be considered healthy anarchy? Russ works to get the other punks to understand why groupthink is a good topic and how letting everyone have a voice is really actually is healthy anarchy.
01.31.2019 3 Punks do Psychedelic Shrooms as 3 Observe Three punks go on a voyage. Three punks trip sit, why?! Three punks got curious about the healing effects of psychedelic mushrooms.
01.22.2019 S02E19 Rage Against the Inferiority! Do people places and situations make Individuals feel inferior? Does inferiority start with value statements about ourselves or judgments towards others around us? What does it mean to push back against, no to RAGE against the feeling of inferiority living ...
12.27.2018 S02E018 The Punk Philosophy of Self Parenting Punks are on holiday this week. So it’s up to us machines to intro the show. The Christmas holiday has had the guys Reminiscing, ruminating and talking about... The punk philosophy of self parenting. You’re listening to Punk Theology, closing ...
12.21.2018 S02E17 Handeling Ones Sh#t We covered the importance of dealing with Ones sh#t. But what about handling Ones sh#t? Doing day-to-day life. Getting up in the morning, working a job, having relationships, paying bills. Dealing with Ones sh#t usually happens when life becomes unmanageable, ...
12.03.2018 S02E16 Attachments The questions we ask today; How good is self-help if we keep giving up when the emotional attachment malware has us thort our own plans from the inside out? And how fearful are aware of actually knowing our emotional attachments ...
11.11.2018 S02E15 Good News Does how one defines good news insure a certain level of happiness in life? When do safe places and safe spaces get invaded? Do we grow up and start questioning if good news is really good news? Are there areas ...
10.25.2018 S02E14 Monster Child What scares our inner kids? Ghosts, vampires and zombies? What a great metaphor for how people and families can be haunted with relational issues and unfinished business. Blurs the lines between the supernatural and our fearful childhood selves.
10.19.2018 S02E13 Good Grief S02E13 Good Grief At Punk Theology we aren’t big on saying things like "there's a right way to do this and the right way to do that" Having said that the question arises... Is there a way to grieve that ...
10.11.2018 S02E12 The god of Nice? Is there a god of happy thoughts, sunshine, unicorns and puppy dogs that is sold to a large chunk of the populist during developmental defining moments in life? And what happens in the midst of such god if we experience ...
10.04.2018 S02E11 Nathan Sutton Ripping off the mask with Nathan Sutton. Russ Shawâ€™s one on one interview with VA hospitals homeless veterans out reach coordinator among many of his endeavors.
09.21.2018 S02E10 John's Anxiety S02E10 Johnâ€™s Anxiety. Not being owned by anxiety? Is that a choice? Is dealing with oneâ€™s sh** taking on the demon of anxiety? A demon that has come to roost in ones mind and has its talents sunk into oneâ€™s ...
09.13.2018 S02E09 FEAR 1 Fearfully Punk The punks are addressing thoughts of fear and how it functions in our lives. What is the purpose of fear? is respect a positive reflection of fear? And what about fearing the apocalypse? Why are there so many movies and ...
09.04.2018 S02E08 The Body / Interview with Lena Armstrong When it comes to behavior we tend to focus on the head. When pain is in the body then we tend to focus on the body. Are the two mutually exclusive? Derek and Misha introduce you to Lena Armstrong. The ...
08.30.2018 S02E07 Demons S02E01 Demons, letâ€™s face it we all have them. No one gets through this life without having to deal with them. And if we donâ€™t deal with them isnâ€™t it inevitable that they will deal with us? Chuck talks about ...
08.22.2018 S02E06 Losing Faith in Church Losing faith in politics? Institutional Religion? Religious organizations? Call it what it is, losing faith in church!
08.22.2018 S02E06 Losing Faith in Church Losing faith in politics? Institutional Religion? Religious organizations? Call it what it is, losing faith in church!
08.15.2018 S02E05 Rick Thiessen and Why the GLS?! S02E05 Willow creek networked pastor Rick Theissen from AC3, a follow up to the church protest episode. Why shouldnâ€™t Rick have a say in having his church protested? Good question! Here on Punk Theology we value great questions over answers. ...
08.08.2018 S02E04 imÂ·agÂ·iÂ·naÂ·tion S02E04 Imagine a world!? How does Imagination really shape our every day lives? How we move forward? Our dreams and aspirations? Our fears of what may come in the future?
07.24.2018 S02E03 Is Religion Cosplay? E3 Is religion cosplay? Itâ€™s the way I know, costumes are kind of a cultural norm but we focus specifically religion. And... Derek and I react to our last guest an atheist church protester protesting our church. Hey BTW Donâ€™t ...
07.06.2018 S02E02 Go Protest our Church! With Ben Wheeler! S02E02 Go Protest our Church! With Ben Wheeler!
06.27.2018 S02E01 Genetically Fu$%ed?! In the first episode of Season 2, the Punks ask: How many of our problems just come down to bad genes? How "fixable" are we? Were you doomed to fail from the minute you were born? Is there good news ...
06.15.2018 S01E52 Fathers Day with Punks?! Our relationship with our dadâ€™s. The good, bad and the grace of it all. How is your relationship with your dad? We talk about the building up and the damage, the joy and the peace... and yes the devastation. How ...

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Punk Theology episodes:

S03E17 Survival Panic Too!

S03E16 Survival Panic!

S03E15 Spring 2020 TRIGGERED AF

S03E14 Dean G's Story Meth and Resurrection

S07E13 Powerless 2 CoedCovid

S03E12 Global and Personal Powerlessness

S03E11 Chuck's in Checks in!

S03E10 Dreams of Beauty and Truth

S03E09 Dopamine Fasting

S03E08 Death Positive 2020

S03E07 Giving Up

S06E06 The Good News & "The Shack" Author Wm. Paul Young

S03E05 So This is Christmas Time?

S03E04 OK BOOMER

S03E03 And Then There were 3

S03E02 JayBakker

S03E01 I'm Better and Everything's Worse

S02E30 Carlton Season 2 Finale

S02E29 Radical Compassion

S02E28 Good Grief 2 Chuck's Story

Derek’s Sister Kristin Discusses Miracles with Punks!

S02E27 Divorce, Jesus And Gay Sex

S02E26 HOPE

S02E25 Future Tripping

S02E24 Empthy For The Grind

S02E23 A Curse Called Fame

S02E22 Familiarity Breeds...

S02E21 Healthy Anarchy

3 Punks do Psychedelic Shrooms as 3 Observe

S02E19 Rage Against the Inferiority!

S02E018 The Punk Philosophy of Self Parenting

S02E17 Handeling Ones Sh#t

S02E16 Attachments

S02E15 Good News

S02E14 Monster Child

S02E13 Good Grief

S02E12 The god of Nice?

S02E11 Nathan Sutton

S02E10 John's Anxiety

S02E09 FEAR 1 Fearfully Punk

S02E08 The Body / Interview with Lena Armstrong

S02E07 Demons

S02E06 Losing Faith in Church

S02E06 Losing Faith in Church

S02E05 Rick Thiessen and Why the GLS?!

S02E04 imÂ·agÂ·iÂ·naÂ·tion

S02E03 Is Religion Cosplay?

S02E02 Go Protest our Church! With Ben Wheeler!

S02E01 Genetically Fu$%ed?!

S01E52 Fathers Day with Punks?!

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