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Renew the Arts Podcast
Renew the Arts
73 episodes
2 weeks ago
Cultivating conversations about the intersection of the arts and faith in order to liberate Christian creativity.
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Cultivating conversations about the intersection of the arts and faith in order to liberate Christian creativity.
Show more...
Christianity
Arts,
Religion & Spirituality,
Society & Culture,
Visual Arts,
Philosophy
Episodes (20/73)
Renew the Arts Podcast
2025 Mailbag Full of Explicit Content, What Makes Art Good, and Unstrange Fire
Michael answers an international mailbag full of great questions to close out 2025 on the Renew the Arts podcast.
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 43 minutes 1 second

Renew the Arts Podcast
Top 5 Things Churches Should Communicate to Their Artists
Michael collects together the top five things he thinks churches should communicate to their artists.
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1 month ago
33 minutes 59 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
The Use and Abuse of Fiction
Michael explains the popular dismissal of fiction and the imagination, and explores the edifying uses of fiction.
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2 months ago
44 minutes 28 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
The Little Things are the Great Things
Michael compares and contrasts the great way that seeks first worldly prominence with the little way of the cross that seeks God’s kingdom.
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3 months ago
36 minutes 1 second

Renew the Arts Podcast
Exploited Art: Propaganda, Pornography, Pomp, and Product
Michael explores the way the true purpose of art is undermined when we make exploited art—art made subject to an agenda.
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4 months ago
48 minutes 26 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Porchlight at Audiofeed 2025: Mini-Conference on Hospitality
A generous sampling of the “Porchlight Mini-Conference on Hospitality” we held at Audiofeed Music Festival 2025 in Urbana, Illinois.
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5 months ago
2 hours 13 minutes 22 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Connecting Science and Art (with Ciara Reyes-Ton)
Michael is joined by biologist and worship songwriter Ciara Reyes-Ton to discuss the intersection of art, science, and faith.
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6 months ago
49 minutes 45 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
On “A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers” (with Houston Coley)
Michael is joined by film-maker and YouTuber Houston Coley to discuss Coley’s feature documentary, A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers.
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8 months ago
47 minutes 42 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
One Anothering in An Othering Age (with Chase Tremaine)
Chase Tremaine joins Michael to discuss how the advancements in technology over the last 100 years have impacted the arts, for good and ill.
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8 months ago
1 hour 20 minutes 49 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Three Word-Pictures for Patrons and Artists
Michael offers three word-pictures to help clarify an understanding of the arts in terms of flourishing and the blessed life.
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9 months ago
32 minutes 26 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Mailbag: 1,000 True Fans, Earned Gifts, Magic, and Christmas!
In this mailbag episode for 2024, Michael answers questions ranging from magic in Harry Potter to Nativity scenes in your yard.
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1 year ago
46 minutes 28 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Narcissism and the Gifted Artist
Michael discusses narcissism, why it seems so prevalent among artists, and how to address it in both individuals and communities.
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1 year ago
41 minutes 16 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Missions and the Power of Storytelling (with Roy Sneed)
An interview with Roy Sneed, a specialist who trains cross-cultural workers in the four uses of storytelling for missions and evangelism.
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1 year ago
1 hour 19 minutes 22 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Patrons and the Problem of Fame
Michael discusses how the problem of fame affects patrons. He then explores some ways artists and patrons can address this problem of fame.
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1 year ago
53 minutes 30 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
The Artist and the Problem of Fame
Michael explores the problem of fame, how the inequality of exposure among artists damages both popular and unknown artists.
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1 year ago
35 minutes 33 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Art and the Evangelical Imagination (with Karen Swallow Prior)
Karen Swallow Prior joins Michael for a wide-ranging discussion on her book The Evangelical Imagination, and how it applies to the arts.
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1 year ago
59 minutes 29 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
What is Poetry Good For? (with Paul J. Pastor)
Michael is joined by Paul J. Pastor—poet, writer, editor—to discuss the value of poetry both in general and specific terms.
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1 year ago
54 minutes 50 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Looking for the Life of the World to Come (with Brian Brown)
Michael is joined by Brian Brown, founder and executive director of the Anselm Society, to talk about the arts and communal meaning-making.
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1 year ago
53 minutes 12 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Why You Need Better Taste and How to Get It
Michael explores why you need better taste and how to get it. This episode explores both the rationale and practice of developing good taste.
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1 year ago
41 minutes 21 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Looking Forward Looking Back
Justus Stout and Katy Martin join Michael for a ten-year Renew the Arts retrospective and a look at the opportunities ahead.
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1 year ago
56 minutes 39 seconds

Renew the Arts Podcast
Cultivating conversations about the intersection of the arts and faith in order to liberate Christian creativity.