Why We Need A Historical Drama About The Life Of Jesus Christ, And Why 300 Million People Have Already Tuned In To Watch “The Chosen”
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3.0 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Happy Easter everyone! In this episode we sit down with the creator of Amazon Prime’s wildly popular series “The Chosen,” Dallas Jenkins. Jenkins tells his story of how and why he decided to bring the story of Jesus Christ to life in a scripted streaming series. Jenkins talks about the criticism and praise he’s received for taking creative licenses with the Bible for context, understanding and entertainment purposes. Jenkins also tells us why he believes his series has found such incredible success with both believers and non-believers alike.
The Chosen Season 6 premieres on Prime Video November 15th.
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| 0:36.8 | Happy, happy Easter. It is Sunday, April 5th, and we have a very special treat for you on this Easter edition of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:46.7 | I miss this. This is something we used to do regularly in our previous lives. We would make sure every week we talk to some, a faith leader of some kind. |
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| 1:01.3 | just a little encouragement or a little better, I don't know, some sense of comfort in some |
| 1:06.6 | really challenging times. Yes, we need that now more than ever before. We have discussed about trying to |
| 1:12.3 | revitalize a version of that, having a faith leader, and we're working on that. I want to let you know |
| 1:17.5 | those of you who listen to us faithfully every day, or at least maybe every weekend. We are working |
| 1:22.6 | on trying to find someone who can guide us through these tough times. So today, on this Easter Sunday, we found someone, the creator, executive producer, director, |
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