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  • Episode 47 - Carmen Erholtz

    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling is fellow podcaster and entrepreneur Carmen Erholtz. Hear Carmen share her inspiration for starting a podcast and describe her career journey, which led her to start her own business. Along the way, we discuss our respective podcasting experiences, and we wrestle with questions such as Is college a scam? And should we fear AI? Be sure to find me on Facebook, and check out Carmen’s podcast The Home and Grown Podcast using the link in the description:

    Carmen’s pod:

    The Home and Grown

    Podcast | Podcast on Spotify

    Check out previous Wrestling episodes featuring Carmen’s

    husband Ollie:

    Episode 2- Ollie

    Erholtz - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify


    Episode 18-

    Sterling Harer and Ollie Erholtz Return! Russia/Ukraine Roundtable Discussion -
    Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 46 - Robin Savage

    Joining me for this episode is one-time aspiring musician Robin Savage. Hear Robin describe his foray into the Christian music scene and how the scene has evolved since the 1970s. Along the way, Robin and I wrestle with the epidemic of apostasy among Christian music artists, how Christians should engage with the culture, and how and why cultural views on Christianity have changed in the past 20 years.

    1 hr 29 min
  • Episode 45- The Movie Squad Returns for Christmas ft. Sterling Harer, Andrea Maikke and Jonathan Bartsch

    The movie squad featuring my good friends Sterling Harer, Andrea Maikke, and Jonathan Bartsch return to Wrestling. This time we talk Christmas movies from Elf to It’s a Wonderful Life to the Grinch, and of course we engage in the age long debate, Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Along the way we wrestle with Gospel themes in various Christmas movies, and we discuss Marxist

    themes of Elf.

     

    Resources:

    About “Workism”: The

    Religion of Workism Is Making Americans Miserable - The Atlantic

    The “Uncanny Valley” as seen in Polar Express:

    The

    uncanny valley of Robert Zemeckis film 'Polar Express' (faroutmagazine.co.uk)

    The

    Uncanny Valley: The Original Essay by Masahiro Mori - IEEE Spectrum


    For more from the Movie Squad:

    Episode 41- Summer 2023 Movie Critique Roundtable ft. Sterling Harer, Andrea Maikke and Jonathan Bartsch - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify

    57 min
  • Episode 44- Mitch Elliott Part 2

    In Part 2 of my riveting conversation with Mitch Elliott, hear about how his conviction to fulfill the Great Commission led him to become one of the world’s top Donkey Kong players. Along the way we wrestle with how to handle unfriendly responses to the Gospel and how to effectively use social media to evangelize among other things. To conclude, I share the role video games played in me coming to Christ.

     

    Watch the documentary King of Kong: Fistful of quarters for

    free on YouTube:

    The King of Kong : Fistful of Quarters (Full Movie) - YouTube

    Star Tribune Article Featuring Mitch:

    25-cent time machines at Rusty Quarters (startribune.com)

    Mitch’s DK manual, available for free:

    Copy of DK Manual Live Google Doc - Google Docs

    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 43- Mitch Elliott Part 1

    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling is former professional football player Mitchell Elliot. Hear Mitchell describe his journey from a Division III player to nearly playing for the Minnesota Vikings to his time playing arena football. Along the way, we wrestle with the risks of playing football and the lengths some go to to make it big.


    Check me out on FB:


    Facebook

    1 hr 2 min
  • Episode 42- Mark Swarbrick

    Returning to Wrestling for this episode is Pastor Emeritus and author Mark Swarbrick, who was featured back in episodes 10 and 11. In this episode, Pastor Mark talks about his latest book a novel, Beyond Redemption: Love and Longing in the Old West, which you can get following the link once it is released. Hear Pastor Mark discuss the basic premise of the book, which revolves around the infamous Wham Paymaster Robbery, what inspired him to write the novel, the novel writing process, and the appeal of the Western genre. Along the way we wrestle with the reliability of Scripture and the checkered history of the Mormon church among other things. Be sure to check out the links in the description to read all about the historical events we discussed and also check out Pastor Mark’s prior appearance on Wrestling.

     Hear more from Pastor Mark:

    Episode 10- Mark

    Swarbrick- Pt.1 - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify

    Episode 11- Mark

    Swarbrick Pt. 2 - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify

     

    Historical events discussed:

    Wham Paymaster Robbery: Wham Paymaster Robbery

    Near Pima, Arizona – Legends of America

    September Dawn Wikipedia: September Dawn - Wikipedia

    Mountain Meadows Massacre:

    The

    Mountain Meadows Massacre | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

    Mountain

    Meadows Massacre (churchofjesuschrist.org)

    Joseph Smith’s Death:

    Death

    of Joseph Smith: How and where he died - Church News (thechurchnews.com)

    Who Killed Joseph Smith? (churchofjesuschrist.org)

    53 min
  • Episode 41- Summer 2023 Movie Critique Roundtable ft. Sterling Harer, Andrea Maikke and Jonathan Bartsch

    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling are my friends Sterling Harer, Andrea Maikke, and Jonathan Bartsch. Join us as we break down all the hit movies this summer such as Oppenheimer, Barbie. Along the way we wrestle with the themes of the movies such as the ethics of the nuclear bomb and feminism, why some movies performed better at the box office than others, and what makes a movie worth seeing at the theater. Also, hear Sterling share his movie idea! Needless to say, this episode is full of spoilers for pretty much every movie that has come out this summer.


    Go Like my FB Page!


    To hear more from Sterling:

    Episode 6- Sterling Harer - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify

    Episode 18- Sterling Harer and Ollie Erholtz Return! Russia/Ukraine Roundtable Discussion - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify
    Episode 31- Breakdown of 2022 elections ft. Sterling Harer and John Ratliff - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify


    My other movie discussions:

    Episode 17- Saved by Spider Man: The Theology of No Way Home - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify
    Episode 25- Bonus Episode: Theology of Thor: Love and Thunder - Wrestling | Podcast on Spotify


    1 hr 28 min
  • Episode 40- Jeremiah Powell

    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling is Jeremiah Powell. Hear Jeremiah describe his various evangelism ventures everywhere from hippy

    camps to a Satan worship conference, and the preparation that went into these ventures. Along the way, we wrestle with effective evangelism methods, the nature of Satan, evil, and hell, and we briefly discuss Mike Lindell among other things.

     

    Street Level Ministry:

    Street Level

    Ministry – Sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ

    1 hr 17 min
  • Episode 39- Faith Pyne
    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling is college classmate Faith Pyne. Hear Faith describe her upcoming mission journey to Nicaragua and everything that has led her there. Along the way, we wrestle with how to have a missionary mindset, whether at home or abroad and I give a teaser
    to a future episode.
    My FB Page:
    (1) Wrestling w/ Isaac Scanlon | Facebook
    To support Faith:
    Give to the Alliance (cmalliance.org)
    If this link takes you to the home page, click "Give to a worker you love" and enter Faith's name.
    You can also reach out to Faith and ask for updates from her at [email protected]
    51 min
  • Episode 38- Tommy Volk
    Joining me for this episode of Wrestling is my friend and former college classmate Tommy Volk. Hear Tommy and I describe our respective career paths, and Tommy’s political journey from libertarian to anarchist, and we end by discussing the pros and cons of Bitcoin. Along the way we wrestle with the role of government, how an anarchical society might function, Tommy’s response to Romans 13, and much more.
    The books Tommy mentioned:
    https://freedomain.com/product/everyday-anarchy/
    https://freedomain.com/product/practical-anarchy/
     
    The bitcoin theft story:
     
    https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/the-ballad-of-razzlekhan-and-dutch-bitcoins-bonnie-and-clyde
     
    Stories about banking
    scandals I mentioned:
     
    Wells
    Fargo to pay $97 mln for sanctions compliance failures | Reuters
     
    HSBC
    to pay $1.9 billion U.S. fine in money-laundering case | Reuters
    Money-laundering
    ring pushed $4billion through HSBC — The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
    (en-GB) (thebureauinvestigates.com)
    1 hr 22 min

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