Ep 13 - DC Talk ing with Kevin Max - ”Playing Games With The Shadow”

The Deconstructionists

John Williamson

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2016

⏱️ 87 minutes

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We talk with DC Talk member and brilliant solo artist Kevin Max. Kevin not only has one of the best rock voices of all time, he has some seriously interesting and provocative insights on what it looks like to be in the "bubble" of christian celebrity culture, choosing to take the "red pill" and step outside to find true identity. KevinMax.com Music on this episode provided by Kevin's new album Playing Games With The Shadow. If you have connected and benefited from this podcast, please consider making a small donation here squareup.com/store/thedeconstructionists Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-deconstructionists/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Deconstructionist podcast.
0:05.9	I'm your host, John Williamson.
0:07.4	And this is Adam Norlock.
0:08.8	And we have a special guest on today.
0:13.3	For those of you who have been following us since the beginning, this will be kind of funny maybe for some of you.
0:17.8	Since we kind of, I would say lightly, mildly teased a little
0:23.5	at the very beginning, you know, in regards to our youthful upbringing.
0:28.0	Yes.
0:28.8	So we have a very special guest that we were, our youth-like excitement, to say the least,
0:36.8	came to the surface when we got the one and only
0:40.6	Kevin Max.
0:41.8	Unbelievable.
0:42.5	From possibly the largest, most popular Christian band of all-time DC Talk.
0:48.3	Yes.
0:48.6	I mean, when you think of Christianity in the 90s, if you don't think DC talk, you weren't raised in Christianity
0:57.1	in the 90s. And the thing I love about having this guy on, and really the reason that I wanted
1:03.6	to get him is, A, he's very intelligent, he's very well spoken, and he is not one of those guys
1:10.2	that has not been through some deconstruction.
1:12.8	He has challenged the system that he came out of.
1:15.9	I mean, you know, you'll hear some of this in the interview, coming out of Liberty University,
1:19.5	just getting thrown into this Christian celebrity culture,
1:22.7	but then also having that sort of not really abruptly, but like, yeah, it ended.
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