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Songs & Stories Podcast

#407 America is a Fantasyland

Songs & Stories Podcast

Emeryland

Music

4.22K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2018

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

With a country built by dreamers, fantasy is deeply embedded in the DNA of America. This fantasy mindset has largely increased over time with the rise of individualism, as Kurt Anderson's book "Fantasyland" explains, which got Matt and Joey thinking about how it relates to religion.

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0:00.0

All right, if you hear my voice, you know you're listening to a podcast and I have been doing podcasts for over 10 years, I think it's crazy.

0:07.0

But one of the things that I am jealous of is that Spotify now makes making your own podcast so simple. I mean, it's crazy. Spotify's got to apply a platform that lets you make a podcast super easily.

0:21.0

Then distribute it everywhere and guess what? Even earn money all in one place for free by the way. It's called Spotify for podcasters and here's how it works. Spotify for podcasters lets you record and edit podcasts right from your phone or computer.

0:35.0

So no matter what your setup is like, you can start creating today. Then you can distribute it distribute your podcast to Spotify and everywhere else podcasts are heard.

0:44.0

Video podcasts are also available on Spotify. I mean, this is insane. With Spotify for podcasters, you can earn money in a variety of ways, including ads, podcasts and podcast subscriptions. I mean, they set it all up for you. Invested all seriously, totally free with no catch. Ever since I have discovered Spotify for podcasters, seriously, I feel like I'm on top of the world.

1:05.0

I'm going to be starting some new podcast by the way. In the future, if you haven't listened to some of our other podcasts besides songs and stories, you should be listening in. But Spotify for podcasters just makes it so easy. I highly recommend it. You give it a try. Download the Spotify for podcasters at or go to www.spodify.com board slash podcasters to get started now.

1:36.0

How's it going, wing nuts? Welcome back to the bad Christian podcast. We got a good show and store for you today. And I will not delay you any further. I'll just tell you simply that today's show is sponsored by Blue Apron. You can check out this week's menu and get your first three meals for free by visiting blue aprons dot com slash bad Christian. Let's go.

1:56.0

Let's go.

2:02.0

God showed up. I don't give a shit what I put in my body. You don't ever fuck me that way. So if you've never done oil, then you're extra virgin. No, girl, it's my plan. I show you my dad. My penis when I was 25 years old. You don't get more honest.

2:19.0

If drinking too much is wrong, then why do I love it? If having sex all the time is wrong. Why do I love it? If eaten too many peanut M&Ms is wrong. Why do I love it? Joey Spenson tell me why?

2:33.0

That's something fun for our season. You're going to be hating like tomorrow.

2:36.0

In hell. You gonna live in hell forever. If you do those things, if you do those things, you're gonna live in hell forever. If you do those nasty nasty things, bad Christian, saving that ass.

2:54.0

I'm starting to get uncomfortable by your intros just because I'm getting uncomfortable just listening to you. I just want our podcast. I just want our podcast to be successful. What did I say that was wrong?

3:04.0

I was being transparent. That's true. We are about transparency. I think he's got you on that. Yeah. You're disgusting with your attitude. It's just not respectable. You're acting ugly. You don't start off these acting ugly.

3:21.0

I've been getting it lately. I've seen a couple of people ask questions and stuff. I mean, it's like blurring the boundaries of stuff where people say, but I know that's them. But is that the real them?

3:32.0

What the goofing around? I mean, I think people have a fundamental question sometimes like, that's them on the podcast as characters. But I don't know what they're like.

3:41.0

These characters were toast to play.

3:44.0

Like, there's a lot of time. Trust me, I would not choose me to be the character that I was going to invent a persona that just could be whatever it was. I choose this.

3:58.0

But I mean, I don't know what like, I guess we need somebody else to explain to people that this is this. I mean, this is what I'm like. Yeah. But no, I can vouch for that.

4:09.0

I can vouch for that.

4:11.0

You know, 90% of the time if the microphones are here is real close.

4:15.0

Yeah. I would agree with that. Well, you made the observation a long time ago that probably if we're all pretty close to who we are in real life, but if anyone is the most guarded, it would be this guy.

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