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The RELEVANT Podcast

Episode 1291: Zachary Levi on His New David Docu-Drama, and Is Revival Actually Happening in America?

The RELEVANT Podcast

RELEVANT Magazine

Entertainment News, Christianity, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.62.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Zachary Levi — Chuck, Shazam, and now host of the new docu-drama David: King of Israel — joins us to talk about why the story of David is the one he keeps coming back to. It's a story of someone who's broken, who makes terrible decisions, and who somehow still gets called a man after God's own heart. Levi explains what sets this show apart from all the other David content out there right now and why he thinks everyone needs to hear this story again.

Also in this episode: We've been hearing a lot about revival — from the SEU outpouring to Asbury to rising Bible sales. But does the data actually back that up? We talked to Ryan Burge, a pastor, researcher and political analyst who's spent 20 years studying church trends, and his answer might surprise you. Plus, Gen Z is quietly bringing physical media back, why AI in the operating room is already causing problems, and Jesse drops a statistic about cats and birds that is either shocking or deeply unpopular depending on whether you own a cat.

And it's the spring edition of One Has to Go!

TIMESTAMPS

0:45 — Cameron stress-eating popcorn at the Magic game and them losing because of it 

5:45 — RELEVANT Buzz 

7:00 — Zach Levi on David: King of Israel

11:15 — DVDs and physical media are making a comeback, thanks to Gen Z 

19:00 — Is revival actually happening in America? Researcher Ryan Burge on the data 

28:15 — SLICES: Jesse's very unpopular take on cats and birds 

36:05 — Derek: AI in the operating room and why we need to pump the brakes 

41:00 — ONE HAS TO GO: Spring Edition 



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0:00.0

It's episode 1291, and it's a relevant podcast here in Orlando.

0:09.7

I'm your host, Cameron Strang, and joining me from Loverland, Virginia's, Jessica Garrick.

0:13.1

Hello, hello.

0:14.2

From Nashville, artist, producer, Mogul, Derek Miner.

0:17.7

What up, Do?

0:18.8

And just down the street there, our managing editor, downtown Lilywood Brown. Hey, yo. Cameron, it's good seeing you guys, as always, but I actually saw Cameron last night. I was, my son was like, hey, Dad, you want to watch the Magic game? And so I was like, sure. So I'm multitasking, doing stuff. He's like, Dad, I just saw Cameron. He's eating popcorn right now.

0:39.6

And he was in a popcorn.

0:41.8

And he's staring out intently over the, from behind the magic bench, eating anxiously.

0:48.4

It was after, you know, I know the play it was too.

0:51.7

It was after like the fourth Bain three before the half, where he pulled up about five feet.

0:59.0

Yeah.

0:59.2

It was about five feet behind the line.

1:01.0

And he was three for three at that point.

1:02.9

And he hit the fourth one deep.

1:05.5

And Cameron is cheering.

1:07.1

At that point, I'm happily eating popcorn.

1:09.8

You are, but they were still a degree of

1:11.8

anxiety and in in the face because it was a tight game and then right before the half we went up i

1:16.8

think we were up like 12 or nine or whatever at the half and the NBA that means nothing right

1:22.0

yeah up or down at the half means nothing so so like i like everybody's enjoying the they're all

1:26.7

cheering and i'm like y'all just wait it doesn't matter till the the fourth. It doesn't matter. You know, I've been here, I've been around the block. Anyway, I'm with a buddy, JD, who you work with. Yeah. Yeah. And about halfway through the third or late in the third, we're up like 19. We're rolling. And he goes, hey, I think this is a good time.

1:46.0

I'm going to pop out to the team store.

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