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Matt Kelly is a prolific podcaster and a man who grew up in the church but his faith has always been influx. Katie Hampton is a comedian and podcaster who went to a religious college but graduated agnostic. Together the duo (along with friends and guests) dive into different forgotten pieces of 90s and early 2000s Christian media!

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This year marks 30 years since Audio Adrenaline shifted from Pop to Rock with the release of their 3rd album Bloom. Matt and Katie revisit the album and try to decide what works and what does not on this transitional period for the band! Buy some Merch Follow Us on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last week Amy Grant unexpectedly released a single called The 6th of January (Yasgar's Farm). Depending on your political affiliation it seems you either love this song or think it's another sign of Amy Grant's backsliding from faith. I think you know what Katie and Matt think about it already but just in case here's our reactions to it! Buy some Merch Follow us on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we are joined by James Thorpey of the Monster Rally Podcast to discuss the 3rd episode of McGee & Me "The Not-So-Great Escape" Buy some merch Follow us on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On January 14th, 1986 Rich Mullins released his debut solo record. We originally considered doing an episode on that album but we since neither of us had an emotional attachment to Mullins music, instead Matt did a little research on this iconic musician to teach Katie about his early years, his politics at the time and the circumstances of his untimely passing. After this episode we are beyond prepared to fully dive into his catalogue in the future! Buy some merch! Follow us on Instagram! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we look back at the first year of Christian Cringe and try to determine our cringest topic, then Matt debuts the new guest questions for 2026! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MERRY CHRISTMAS! We celebrate our month of Christmas Cringe by ending with our least Cringe-y pick... VeggieTales and their delightful holiday special "The Toy That Saved Christmas!" Marie Brand is back to talk VeggieTales with us! Buy some merch Follow us on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dylan from the Christmas 365 Podcast joins us to discuss the B.O.B. (Bunch of Believers) Christmas album "Ska-La-La-La-La" Buy some Merch Follow us on IG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We kick off the month of December discussing Relient K's ORIGINAL Christmas album "Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand" which features a bunch of Punk covers and 3 amazing originals! Buy some Merch Follow us on IG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the fly last week Matt decided we needed to discuss The Rocket Summer: Hello Good Friend because he felt in his soul that Katie would love this album. Listen to find out if he's right! Buy some merch Follow us on IG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MxPx: On the Cover

MxPx: On the Cover

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This week we dive into MxPx's EP "On The Cover" which came out 30 years ago this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we are joined by Analog Jones and the Temple of Film co-host Christopher Robinson to discuss Carman and specifically his album RIOT Follow us on IG Buy some merch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we are joined by Brock Dittus of A Pickle Home Companion to discuss the cringe sounds of Christafari and their album Valley of Decision. Buy some merch Follow us on IG Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're back to discussing Veggie Tales this time with the iconic "Are You My Neighbor" episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In our final Halloween Episode of the year we discuss the Sequel to A Distant Thunder that scarred this week's guest Andrew Verdecchio when he was a kid! This movie definitely lacks the cinematic flare found in the original! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Continuing our October coverage Matt forces Katie to listen to the bizarre gothic sounds of "The Life & Death of The Deadlines" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today we are joined by one of Katie's friend Beau who tell us the story of trying to continue to show love and understanding when being met with hate from his own family! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we kick off the Halloween season watching a Christian horror film that attempts to capitalize on the Saw/Hostel wave of films. We are joined by Horror Movie Night co-host Kyle Kutcha to discuss this bizarre film! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are joined by Katie's friend from college Maurie Speed who talks about her childhood growing up as part of the Assemblies of God and the culture shock that happened when she attended a more mainstream christian college! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week we are joined again by Five Iron Frenzy drummer Andrew Verdecchio to discuss the album "Soldiers Under Command" by 80's hair metal group Stryper. While both Katie and Matt have been aware of the group and a handful of their songs this was both their first experience diving into a full album by them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Katie and Matt dive into the history of the phrase "What Would Jesus Do"? or WWJD for short! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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