S3E42 - Love Brings Tension: A Conversation With Luke Hanes
Release Date: 10/22/2025
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Topics Mentioned In This Episode Include: The Chick-Fil-A Core Four, Being A Math Major, Visiting Mexico, Mongolian Yodeling, Cynthia Erivo, Wicked, Jamiroquai, Abortion, Gun Control, Hunting, California Gun Modifications, Gamey Meat, The Uncanny Valley, Assimilation, The Problems With Growing Up In The Church, God’s Star Chart, Random Chance, The Evidence For Christianity, The Pidgin Translation, Spiritual Gifts, & Speaking In Tongues. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976) AC/DC – For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) (1981) Def Leppard –...
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Items Discussed In This Episode Include: Panic Attacks, Grunge, Punk Rock, Belle & Sebastian, The Grateful Dead, Songwriting, Bands Changing Members Yet Keeping The Same Name, Immigration, ICE, Assimilation, Social Services, Public Funding, Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Unruly Kids, Twenty Somethings, The Living Wage, Gravity Falls, Growing Up In The Church, Agnostic Atheism, Intelligent Design Theory, Where Does Morality Come From?, Slavery, & Psychological Egoism. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Against Me! – Baby, I’m An Anarchist! (2002) Against Me! – Don’t Lose Touch (2005) Against...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode: Northridge, College Life, Coffee, Matcha, Mean Professors, Ice Cube, The Maria’s, 23andMe, Bad Influences Of Music, The California Accent, ICE, Conflicting News Sources, Police Brutality, Climate Change, Food Insecurity, Climate Denial, The Gender Wage Gap, Lent, Mormons, The All-Knowing All-Powerful God, Not Having All The Answers, The But-Jesus Club, The End Times, The Left Behind Series, The Circle Trilogy, And Being Unequally Yoked. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Alicia Keys – If I Ain’t Got You (2003) Alicia Keys – No One (2007) Alicia Keys – You...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode Include: Being A Newspaper Carrier, Staying In Your Lane, Being Happy To Be 50, Hick-Hop, Neuro-Fighters, Not Liking Movies, Prop 50, Trump’s Cabinet, Epstein’s Island, The Covid Vaccine, Police Presence, A Soft Society, Illegal Immigration, RFK Jr., Church Hurt, Hell, Ghosts, & Angels. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Amy Grant – Breath Of Heaven (1992) Amy Grant – Father’s Eyes (1979) Amy Grant – Grown-Up Christmas List (1992) The Beatles – Hey Jude (1968) Big & Rich – Comin’ To Your City (2005) Big & Rich – Lost In This Moment...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode: Christian Contemporary Music, RadioU, Jiu-Jitsu, The Gracie’s, Indie Music, BMG, Hating America, Slavery, 23andMe, Deportations, Trump, Prop 50, Public Education, Homosexual Content In Children’s Books, Being Sensitive To Spiritual Things, Water Baptism, The Age Of Accountability, Meeting Michael Jackson, And Choosing God. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: ABBA – Lay All Your Love One Me (1980) ABBA – The Winner Takes It All (1980) Artie Shaw – Begin The Beguine (1938) Artie Shaw – Stardust (1941) Ben Bohmer – Beyond Beliefs (2021) Ben Bohmer – Home...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode: The Beach Boys, Tool, Evanescence, K-Love, K-Life, The Fish, Christian Screamo, K-Pop, Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Of Korean Entertainment, BTS, Spiders, Public Education, Christian Rap, Forrest Frank, Love Languages, MAGA White Supremacy, Universal Healthcare, School Funding, Single Income Families, The Proverbs 31 Woman, Guns, Good Looking Mormons, Almost Getting Pulled Into A Cult, Living In Israel, Lent, Biblical Submission, Dating Profiles, & The Lord Of The Rings. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Aaron Shust – Ever Be (2017) Aaron Shust – My...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode: Elisha’s Bones, Psychedelic Doc Martins, Tooth And Nail Records, Joy Electric, Guilt Over Secular Music, Wind-Up Records, Birding In Joshua Tree, Abortion, Deportation, The Road Into Ministry, Meeting His Wife, Having A Nervous Breakdown, Why Christianity?, And Having A Balanced Approach To Worship. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Alice In Chains – Them Bones (1992) Alice In Chains – Would? (1992) The Avett Brothers – Good To You (2013) The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You (2009) The Avett Brothers – Pretty Girl From Michigan (2012) Beastie...
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Topics Discussed In This Episode: The Telepathy Tapes, Being A Red-Letter Christian, Tertullian, Who Was The Serpent?, Who Was Yahweh?, Common Origin Stories, Elohim, Israel’s Polytheism, El Elyon, God’s Of War, Sky People, Paleocontact, Ancient Astronaut, Visitations, And Practicing Remote Viewing. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: At The Drive-In – Proxima Centauri (1999) The B-52’s – Mesopotamia (1980)
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Topics discussed in this episode include: Growing Up In Arkansas, Inverted Appendixes, Dangerous Childhood Games, Saving Up To Buy A Sailboat, The Harrowing Sea Adventure, Always Closing The Toilet Seat, Which Way The Toilet Paper Is Supposed To Go, The Puking Fest, Ax-Throwing To Break The Ice, Clopening, Political Morality, Subjective Reality, Charlie Kirk, The Queen James Bible, The Aether, Teaching Kids How To Play Minecraft, Saturn’s Titan, Tomorrowland, Genetic Enhancements, And Cloning.
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Things discussed in this episode: Training With Patricia Boyd, Ethnic Cleansing, Public Housing, The War On Drugs, Neo-Liberal Economics, Bullying, Pronouns, Chumash And The Gender Unicorn, Mental Health, Gun Violence, Paul Verhoeven Films, The Less-Dead, Unity Church, Intelligent Design, The New Atheists, Evolution, And Agnostic Atheism. PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE: Arlo Guthrie – Alice’s Restaurant Massacree (1967) Arlo Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles (1969) The Beatles – All You Need Is Love (1967) The Beatles – In My Life (1965) The Beatles – Michelle (1965) The Beatles –...
info_outlineTopics Discussed In This Episode: Elisha’s Bones, Psychedelic Doc Martins, Tooth And Nail Records, Joy Electric, Guilt Over Secular Music, Wind-Up Records, Birding In Joshua Tree, Abortion, Deportation, The Road Into Ministry, Meeting His Wife, Having A Nervous Breakdown, Why Christianity?, And Having A Balanced Approach To Worship.
PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE:
Alice In Chains – Them Bones (1992)
Alice In Chains – Would? (1992)
The Avett Brothers – Good To You (2013)
The Avett Brothers – I And Love And You (2009)
The Avett Brothers – Pretty Girl From Michigan (2012)
Beastie Boys – Intergalactic (1998)
Beastie Boys – Sabotage (1994)
Blenderhead – Cesspool (1994)
Blenderhead – Haven (1995)
The Clergy – Free My Skin (1991)
The Clergy – Purity (1993)
Coldplay – Fix You (2005)
Coldplay – The Scientist (2002)
Coldplay – Yellow (2000)
The Crucified – G.O.D. (1986)
The Crucified – Mindbender (1991)
The Crucified – The Pit (1989)
The Crucified – Silent Scream (1986)
The Crucified – Your Image (1989)
Dogwood – Do Or Die (2001)
Dogwood – Faith (2003)
Dogwood – Feel The Burn (1999)
Dogwood – Never Die (1999)
Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F (1984)
Irene Cara – Flashdance…What A Feeling (1983)
Jars Of Clay – Art In Me (1995)
Jars Of Clay – Love Song For A Savior (1995)
Jose Gonzalez – Heartbeats (2003)
Jose Gonzalez – Stay Alive (2013)
Joy Electric – Burgundy Years (1996)
Joy Electric – Draw For Me, M.C. Escher (2008)
Joy Electric – Drum Machine Joy (1994)
Joy Electric – Make My Life A Prayer (1999)
Joy Electric – The Phonograph Plays, Part And Parcel (2004)
Joy Electric – Shepherds Of The Northern Pasture (2001)
Joy Electric – Sugar Rush (1997)
Keith Green – The Sheep And The Goats (1981)
Keith Green – When I Hear The Praises Start (1977)
M.C. Hammer – Here Comes The Hammer (1990)
M.C. Hammer – Pray (1990)
Michael Sembello – Maniac (1983)
MxPx – Bad Hair Day (1994)
MxPx – Twisted Words (1994)
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Grey Cell Green (1991)
Needtobreathe – More Heart, Less Attack (2014)
Needtobreathe – Something Beautiful (2009)
Nirvana – Drain You (1991)
Nirvana – In Bloom (1991)
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991)
Pat Barrett – Build My Life (2018)
Pearl Jam – Alive (1991)
Pearl Jam – Even Flow (1991)
Pearl Jam – Jeremy (1991)
Petra – The Coloring Song (1981)
Plankeye – It’s A Perfect Day Jerome (1995)
Plankeye – Open House (1994)
Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade (1996)
Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name (1992)
Sometime Sunday – Crawl (1994)
Sometime Sunday – She (1995)
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (1994)
Soundgarden – Fell On Black Days (1994)
Starflyer 59 – Monterey (1993)
Starflyer 59 – The Zenith (1993)
Sunny Day Real Estate – In Circles (1994)
Sunny Day Real Estate – Song About An Angel (1994)
Twin Sister – Ben (1999)
Twin Sister – Scoundrel (1999)
U2 – Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983)
U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name (1987)
U2 – With Or Without You (1987)
Vangelis – Abraham’s Theme (1981)
Vangelis – Chariots Of Fire (1981)
Wish For Eden – Green (1993)
Wish For Eden – Ocean (1993)
38th Parallel – Horizon (2002)
38th Parallel – Turn The Tides (2002)
38th Parallel – You Are My God (2002)