The SmallTown Podcast

I’ve been talking lately with artists of various mediums. This week I’m sharing a conversation I had with my wife Angela about her own journey as an artist. 

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Steve Troxel is an endurance athelete and a cross country coach. He recently ran 220 miles in 48 hrs. 

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Of all the musicians I know personally, Aaron Hardin is one of my favorites. I’m grateful I got to play with him a lot during the years I was first getting to music. He’s also a skilled photographer. And he’s a professor of communication arts who’s thought deeply about social media, news, and digital technology. 

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0:00  intro 

1:00  music & photgraphy: “the 1% of halfway-decent” 

15:20  art informs art, nonverbal narrative 

21:10  why live music is better than recorded music 

36:33  balance vulnerability with “why should anyone care” 

46:50  social media: wax food & Wall-E 

59:33  discourse: we don’t know how to hurt each other well 

1:18:55  “neither do I condemn you, now go & sin no more” 

1:34:20  outro 

Enjoy some excerpts from episodes #16-19. 

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Aaron Lee Benson is an extraordinarily interesting individual. He serves as Professor of Art and Department Chair at Union University in Jackson, TN. He specializes in 3-dimensional art. You can see some of his work here: http://www.uu.edu/scholarship/employee.cfm?emp=lbenson 

Edit: Mr. Benson corrected himself after our conversation regarding his military service dates. He served 1978-1979. He had two previous knee surgeries and was honorably discharged. 

Connor speaks with Chris & Kelly about Birth Choice. You can learn more about Birth Choice here: https://www.birthchoice.biz/ 

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Dr. Jacob Shatzer is Associate Professor of Theological Studies and Associate Dean of the School of Theology and Missions at Union University. We discuss his book, Transhumanism and the Image of God: how modern technologies shape us, what it means to be human, learning to recognize “liturgies,” and what a potluck meal can do for you. 

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In this episode, Chris Johnson shares how reading church history shapes the way he sees the world. 

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This is part of a conversation Maclin and I had recently: we further unpack personal responsibility, and we apply it to the realm of politics. 

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Enjoy these excerpts from the past month's conversations. 

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