Episode 1278: Rend Collective's Chris Llewellyn
The RELEVANT Podcast
RELEVANT Magazine
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Chris Llewellyn from Irish folk worship band Rend Collective joins us to talk about the band’s new album 'Christmas in Belfast,' the surprising Irish traditions behind it and what it’s like navigating life between Ireland and Nashville.
We also break down the biggest stories in faith and culture, including NF’s record-setting Billboard debut, the wild rise of AI-generated music, and Patriots rookie TreVeyon Henderson’s faith-forward breakout. Plus, the crew swaps celebrity-encounter stories and brings Chris into a special holiday round of “One Has to Go.”
CHAPTERS:
02:00 – Jesse spots an SNL cast member at the airport
06:30 – Marty’s celebrity encounters at LAX
08:30 – Cameron’s wild Kanye West airport story
09:40 – RELEVANT Buzz
09:55 – NF’s massive Billboard debut
12:00 – AI music platform Suno is creating 7 million songs a day
14:20 – Is AI killing creativity? The crew debates
19:10 – Patriots rookie TreVeyon Henderson’s record-breaking game & public faith
24:10 – Chris Llewellyn of Rend Collective
24:40 – The story behind Christmas in Belfast
26:40 – Irish Christmas traditions & late-night candlelit services
27:50 – Gaelic football, Welsh kickers & Jesse’s confusion
29:55 – Chris on moving from Ireland to Nashville
31:00 – How Irish political history shaped his view of division
32:15 – Holiday Edition of “One Has to Go” with Chris
35:35 – Marty’s trauma with board games
36:10 – Brunch vs. naps: the debate
38:00 – Emily vs. “crisp evenings”
39:00 – Snoopy, Peanuts, and Christmas ornament chaos
40:45 – Group prayer handholding horrors
43:30 – Emily’s tiny tabletop Christmas tree revelation
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| 0:00.0 | It's episode 1278, and it's the relevant podcast here in Orlando. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm your host, Cameron String. |
| 0:11.1 | And joining me from Loverland, Virginia. |
| 0:13.0 | It's Jesse Carey. |
| 0:13.8 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:15.0 | From Nashville, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown. |
| 0:18.4 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:19.5 | In L.A., it's artist, producer, Mul, Marty. Howdy. See, I can give you Derek's title because you guys have the same qualifications. Yeah, you can't say it twice. It's weird to see mogul twice, you know. Two moguls. It's a lot. A lot of moguls. Okay, so this is our first episode after the Thanksgiving break. |
| 0:38.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:38.7 | You guys good? |
| 0:40.3 | You recovered? |
| 0:40.9 | You slept? |
| 0:41.7 | No stress. |
| 0:42.9 | Ate well? |
| 0:44.3 | Yeah, I mean. |
| 0:44.9 | I went to Arkansas for Thanksgiving and that's like, they're definitely the best cooks in our family. |
| 0:51.5 | Wait, wait. |
| 0:52.1 | We don't like Arkansas. |
| 0:52.8 | Hold on. |
| 0:53.1 | Didn't you tell me this is the trailer family that eats squirrels? Well, I mean, if you can make a squirrel taste good, you can make anything taste good. No, yeah, for the squirrels stayed in the freezer this time. Wait, there really is squirrel meat in the house? Yeah. Are they hunters? Is that what it is? |
| 1:11.2 | Yes. |
| 1:11.7 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
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