New Years Kiss on ESPN, Renaming the Kennedy Center, Tradlife Affordability and Ken Burns take on The American Revolution
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
A New Years kiss led to some anxious moments for an ESPN host. President Trump adds his name to the Kennedy Center. What is keeping young people from marriage. And a new Ken Burns documentary just in time for the nation's 250th birthday.
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Segment 1 – An Awkward Kiss; Renaming the Kennedy Center
Segment 2 – You Can Have a Trad Life
Segment 3 – Ken Burns: The American Revolution
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakpoint this week, where we're talking about the top stories of the week from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:07.8 | We're going to kick off the program today talking about sports and the new year. |
| 0:12.0 | And then we're going to talk about the renaming of the Kennedy Center to add President Trump's name. |
| 0:17.2 | We have a lot to get to you this week. |
| 0:18.5 | We're so glad you're with us. |
| 0:19.8 | Stick around. |
| 0:22.9 | Welcome to Breakpoint this week. From the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, I'm Maria |
| 0:26.8 | Bear, alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. John, happy 2026. It is. It is |
| 0:33.2 | 2026. It's still yet to be seen whether it'll be a happy one or not. It's going to be a happy one. |
| 0:38.3 | There we go. I got my daughters for Christmas, a framed quote from Anne of Green Gables, which we |
| 0:43.3 | read this year. And I'm going to butcher the quote precisely, but it was something like, I've |
| 0:48.2 | decided that you can enjoy just about anything if you make up your mind that you will. And I think |
| 0:53.9 | that's incredibly wise. |
| 0:55.1 | That's what I'm going to do going into 2026. But let's talk about the New Year, John. So I did not |
| 1:00.7 | watch any of the festivities this year. And that made for a really fun New Year's Eve. But I have |
| 1:06.9 | seen the clips since. And there was an interesting moment with Scott Van Pelt on ESPN. And we've |
| 1:13.1 | talked about him before because I think he's just such a interesting looking bloke. And my husband |
| 1:18.5 | really likes watching him. He's a great commentator. But there was a moment where he was just |
| 1:24.3 | commenting as the camera moved over people in Times Square on New Year's Eve. And of course, |
| 1:30.8 | when the ball drops, they always show a bunch of people kissing for the New Year's moment. And all |
| 1:35.8 | of a sudden, it went to two men kissing. And Scott Van Pelt had kind of a, what is probably a deeply |
| 1:42.7 | human and very common reaction, which was like, oh, oh, ooh. And then he kind of a, what is probably a deeply human and very common reaction, which was like, |
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