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The RELEVANT Podcast

Episode 1294: Pat Barrett, Vince Gilligan and the March Madness Mascot Bracket

The RELEVANT Podcast

RELEVANT Magazine

Christianity, News, Religion & Spirituality, Entertainment News

4.6 β€’ 2.9K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Worship leader Pat Barrett β€” known for "Good Good Father" and "Build My Life" β€” joins Cameron, Jesse and Emily to talk about his new live album 'Break Open,' why he sat on the title track for nearly a decade, and his late-in-life obsession with surfing (including an upcoming trip to Kelly Slater's Surf Ranch). He also gets honest about how his thinking on songwriting vs. worship leading has shifted, because of course we ask awkward questions.

Also, Emily brings RELEVANT Buzz fresh from South by Southwest, where she sat in on a panel with Vince Gilligan β€” creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul β€” who said he thinks he owes the world something better than anti-heroes. Plus: High Point University's Cinderella March Madness run, and the faith story behind Chase Johnston's #99 jersey that everyone's been talking about.

And to close it out β€” Pat helps the crew run the Sweet 16 mascots through a no-stats, vibes-only bracket challenge to crown the real national champion. Based solely on mascots, not teams. One with a mustache may or may not have won.

Highlights:

  • 0:00 – Why last week's episode was late
  • 2:30 – Starlink satellites
  • 9:30 – Driving gloves
  • 17:50 – RELEVANT Buzz: High Point University's Chase Johnston's #99 story
  • 27:00 – Emily's South by Southwest panel with Vince Gilligan
  • 31:45 – The Lost arc, the Sawyer problem, and what Vince Gilligan owes culture
  • 36:00 – Pat Barrett joins the show
  • 38:30 – Recording 'Break Open' live in a sweaty tent
  • 40:40 – Why the title song sat unreleased for nearly 10 years
  • 42:50 – Songwriting vs. worship leading β€” what's actually better?
  • 45:20 – Pat's surfing obsession
  • 48:15 – The March Madness Mascot Bracket Challenge


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0:00.0

It's episode 1294, and it's the relevant podcast here in Orlando.

0:09.6

I'm your host Cameron Strang.

0:10.8

And joining me from Loverland, Virginia.

0:12.4

It's Jesse Carey.

0:13.3

Hello, hello.

0:14.3

From Nashville, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown.

0:18.2

Hey, y'all.

0:19.1

And it's just the three of us this week.

0:21.2

Why do I have a nail file in my... I've used it as a pointer just now. I don't know. It was sitting on my desk and I just, you know, instead of holding... Did you just return from the salon? Instead of having an Oscar. I don't know where this came from. It was sitting on my desk. maybe the housekeeper found it under a couch or something.

0:39.8

Anyway. It was sitting on my desk. Maybe the housekeeper found it under a couch or something.

0:39.9

Anyway, it's just the three of us because coming up later, Pat Barrett joins us.

0:46.2

Worship leader Pat Barrett.

0:47.3

He's going to actually join the show.

0:49.2

So that's going to be fun.

0:51.2

I figured for the first half of the show, we'd bring back the three of us, you know,

0:54.7

from last week's incredible show where we ended the episode. First of all, it went up like six

1:00.3

days late. But then we ended the episode with having to apologize to the estate of Shell Silverstein.

1:06.9

So if you miss last week's show because it was out of sequence or out of the normal rhythm,

1:12.2

go back and watch it.

1:13.5

It was a doozy.

1:15.2

It was delayed because we had to get it cleared through legal.

1:18.1

So that's what we were dealing with.

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