Episode 1290: Elevation Worship's Chris Brown, Plus the Faith Revival in Pro Sports
The RELEVANT Podcast
RELEVANT Magazine
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week, Elevation Worship's Chris Brown tells us why the band took an extra year off from releasing music — and what their new album ‘So Be It’ sounds like on the other side of that pause. We also hear from Portland Trail Blazers chaplain Mike Tatlock, who talked to us during NBA All-Star Weekend to share what he's seeing behind the scenes: more players showing up to chapel, more genuine conversations about faith, and a tangible spiritual shift across pro sports.
In RELEVANT Buzz, we dig into a new report revealing the alcohol industry has lost $830 billion in the last four years — largely because Gen Z just isn't drinking. Plus, the cast gets real about dealing with hateful internet comments, the Celebrity All-Star Game gets a much-needed fix, and we settle the TGIF sitcom debate once and for all. Oh, and a man at a Nashville Waffle House ordered a hash brown bowl and got bear-sprayed, tased and zip-tied instead. You know, a typical RELEVANT Podcast.
HIGHLIGHTS
01:07 — Jesse Got Roasted on YouTube and It's Eating Him Alive
08:10 — Hate Follows: Why Do People Follow Content That Triggers Them?
10:03 — Golden Rule the Comments Section
12:57 — RELEVANT Buzz: Is A Faith Revival Happening in Pro Sports?
15:12 — NBA Chaplain Mike Tatlock
18:10 — Derek on How Christian Hip Hop Maybe Helped Fuel the Movement
19:31 — What Chaplains Are Seeing Behind the Scenes
23:23 — Jesse's Celebrity All-Star Game Fix: Danny DeVito & Tom Cruise
26:46 — The Worst National Anthems of All Time
31:26 — Gen Z Is Killing the Alcohol Industry — $830 Billion Lost
35:09 — Elevation Worship's Chris Brown on Their New Album So Be It
36:45 — Interview Clip: Why They Took Time Off for the First Time in a Decade
38:08 — SLICES: Buffalo Wild Wings Sued Over "Boneless Wings"
42:10 — A Man Got Bear-Sprayed, Tased & Zip-Tied at Waffle House Over Hash Browns
44:42 — ASK THE CAST: Has Jesse Ever Been Pranked?
45:24 — Jesse's Most Diabolical College Pranks (Alarm Clocks, Air Horns & Peanut Butter)
48:45 — Cameron Put Squirrels in a Guy's Room
49:48 — Dream Guests: The RELEVANT Mount Rushmore
50:31 — Which Cast Member Would You Want to Be Stranded With?
51:05 — Do Your Families Listen to the Podcast?
51:30 — Favorite TGIF Era Sitcom
53:22 — If You Could Go Back to 2003 and Tell Yourself One Thing
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| 0:00.0 | It's episode 1290 and it's a relevant podcast here in Orlando. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm your host Cameron Strang and joining me from Loverland, Virginia is Jesse Carey. |
| 0:13.6 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:14.6 | From Nashville, artist, producer, Mogul, Derek Miner. |
| 0:17.6 | What up, go. |
| 0:18.7 | And just on the street there, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown. Hey, y'all. We have a great show coming up. We're going to talk a little sports. You saw that on the show title. We have slices, relevant buzz. And at the end of the show, you guys send in more ass to cast stuff. And there are some really funny ones than this one. So you to stay tuned for that but before we get going jesse i have to follow up we like to keep each show |
| 0:41.1 | separate you know like Seinfeld the signfold episode you don't have to seen the last one to get this one |
| 0:46.5 | it's a pocket bottle episode that's what we call it but last week you chastised me for lovingly as a brother |
| 0:53.9 | in christ you chastise me for venturing into the comments of the relevant Instagram feed and feeling a certain way about a certain segment of our commenting audience. |
| 1:05.3 | And you said, Cameron, don't be an idiot. Don't do it. And I have to confess to you, my brother in Christ, I did not heed your advice. |
| 1:12.8 | And I've been in the comments every day since then. |
| 1:15.0 | And there are some crazy people. |
| 1:16.7 | Dude, they are taking, I'm sorry, we posted a silly little screenshot on Ash Wednesday, |
| 1:24.0 | first day of Lent of Mark Wahlberg in a previous year going on to the Today Show, |
| 1:29.1 | and he was promoting a reading plan and his hallow app for Lent. |
| 1:33.0 | And he had the thing on his ash on his forehead. |
| 1:35.7 | And the lower third said Mark Wahlberg's 40-day challenge. |
| 1:41.1 | And we made the joke, hey, remember when the Today Show called Lent Mark Wahlberg's 40 |
| 1:45.5 | Day Challenge? |
| 1:46.4 | I thought that was funny. |
| 1:48.0 | It was funny. |
| 1:48.5 | Because it is funny. |
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