Episode 1289: The Lone Bellow, Plus the Pastor of the SEU Outpouring
The RELEVANT Podcast
RELEVANT Magazine
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week, Zach Williams from indie-folk band The Lone Bellow joins the show to talk about their new album — including the wild story of how their van was broken into, all their recordings were stolen, and their fans raised enough money to help them start over.
In RELEVANT Buzz, we show you the ongoing worship outpouring happening at Southeastern University in Florida, where students have been in nonstop prayer, worship and confession for the last week (we talk to the campus pastor). We also break down the viral claim that Christian hip hop is the #1 rap subgenre on Spotify — and why it's not actually true.
Plus, a worship pastor goes viral on American Idol, Kevin Durant gets exposed for burner accounts during All-Star Weekend, and a guy who lost a golf bet is now 23 days into eating nothing but Wendy's chili. At the end of the show, we've got Ask the Cast and Jesse and Emily confess to the one question they both regret asking in an interview.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 — Jesse's Super Bowl Spreader Event
05:46 — RELEVANT Buzz: The SEU Outpouring
18:49 — Kevin Durant's Burner Account
22:06 — Is Christian Hip Hop Really Huge on Spotify?
24:44 — Worship Pastor Goes Viral on American Idol
29:26 — RELEVANT Recommends: The Lone Bellow
34:49 — SLICES: The Wendy's Chili Bet
41:31 — AI Is Bad at Medical Advice
45:57 — ASK THE CAST: Embarrassing TikTok Purchases & Weird Google Searches
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| 0:00.0 | It's episode 1289 and it's a relevant podcast here in Orlando. |
| 0:10.8 | I'm your host, Cameron String, and joining me from Loverland, Virginia. |
| 0:13.8 | It's the very healthy wellness guru, Jesse Carey. |
| 0:17.2 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:19.6 | From Nashville, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown. |
| 0:23.2 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:24.1 | In LA, you know from Social Club Misfits. |
| 0:26.2 | It's Marty. |
| 0:27.0 | Howdy. |
| 0:28.2 | Dude, Jesse, what's going on? |
| 0:30.1 | You sound absolutely awful, which is going to make for a great podcast listening. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm sipping hot tea right now as I prepared it moments before we turn on our, like some, some, uh, some, uh, celeb gossip. Oh, yeah. It's, because that cures all my ailments is when I really dive into that. It's all about, it's all about, yeah, Bravo TV stars. Um, no, No, I've been very ill. |
| 0:57.0 | I hosted a Super Bowl party and had quite a number of people at my house. |
| 1:03.3 | I guess that was about a week. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, a week or so ago yesterday from the time we're recording. |
| 1:09.4 | And quite a few people who attended have gotten very, very ill. |
| 1:14.3 | And it struck me as well. |
| 1:16.5 | And here I am, you know, but I'm power. |
| 1:18.7 | So you hosted a super spreader event in Virginia v. |
| 1:23.3 | A super bowl spreader event, I think this is what we'll call it, you know. |
| 1:27.9 | I wasn't aware. I, you know. I wasn't aware. |
| 1:29.4 | I, you know, I feel like we're over, you know, |
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