PostConsumer Reports Podcast
The PostConsumer Reports Podcast with Chris Marchand. It's like the blog but with sound: Thoughts on art, faith, and the intersection of the two, all spoken after consumption.
Featuring interviews and conversations with artists and thinkers.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2024
Ep 66: Alec DeJesus on almost giving up on art and then choosing to keep going
Artist Alec DeJesus was first a guest on the podcast a year ago. Since then he's had some of his highest highs and lowest lows. He found success with an art commission through Broward College in Flor…
Ep 65: Gretchen Filz of Catholic Company
Gretchen Filz is a writer and communicator with the Catholic Company and an editor at the daily devotional Morning Offering. In our conversation we discuss the work she is doing developing a catechi…
Ep 64: Brian Roberts of Ha Ha Tonka
Ha Ha Tonka is a band originally from southern Missouri, who've released five albums through Bloodshot Records. Their music is a seamless mixture of American music: classic rock, southern rock, count…
Ep 63: Artist Jaci Musec
Jaci Music paints abstract landscapes filled with symbols open to a surplus of interpretations...but she never really intended to...Jaci's story is one of an artist whose creativity was borne out of …
Ep 62: Stephen Backhouse on the life of Kierkegaard
Stephen Backhouse is a theologian and teacher and the author of Kierkegaard: A Single Life, a biography and survey of the work of the iconoclastic Danish writer Soren Kierkegaard. You can find out m…
Ep 61: Dan Leman—The art of lament
Pastor Dan Leman discusses the background and poetry of the book of Lamentations, and how God births art out of tragedy. The music and Rachel Wilhelm, Bifrost Arts, and Nathan Peterson are also menti…
Ep60: A Discussion on Nathan Peterson's Song "Is It A Sin?"
Nathan Peterson returns to the podcast for an in depth discussion of his recent song "Is It a Sin?" It's not so much an interview as it is a conversation about the song and how we respond to art that…
Ep 59: Jeremy Casella's New Album and Kickstarter Campaign
Jeremy Casella is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released four albums over the years and is currently putting on a Kickstarter campaign to fund his fifth album Spirit. Jeremy i…
Ep 58: What Are Christians To Do With Halloween? A conversation with pastor and author Kevin Wright
Kevin Wright is the pastor of First Covenant Church in Peoria Illinois and is also author of The Danse trilogy, a series of horror/mystery novels. If you are thinking that is a strange combination yo…
Ep 57: Does Christian Music Need a Savior? UTR Media's Dave Trout Thinks So
Ep 57 of the PCR Podcast features my conversation with Dave about his re-launch of UTR Media, which has already started with 5 new podcasts and looks to continue with live concerts, videos, intervie…
Ep 56: Andrew Osenga—musician, producer, consultant, podcaster
Andrew Osenga is a veteran musician, artist, and producer. Lead singer and founding member of The Normals, Osenga also had a stint as the lead guitarist and vocalist for Caedmon's Call, and continues…
Podcast Archive: Nathan Peterson from 2014—Part 2
An "archive" episode of the podcast, this is part 2 of my 2014 interview with Nathan Peterson. Nathan is a singer-songwriter from Peoria, Illinois who recently got a vinyl release of his new EP So A…
Ep 55: Nathan Peterson—singer-songwriter, author
Nathan Peterson is a singer-songwriter from Peoria, Illinois. Currently he is attempting to get a vinyl release of his new EP So Am I funded on Kickstarter. You can find out more of his story, liste…
Ep 54: Fr. Greg Lynn—What Does the Bible Say About Race?
Fr. Greg Lynn is the vicar of Epiphany Church in Peoria, Illinois. He also happens to be my pastor and my friend. On Sunday, August 20 he preached a message that had been weighing on his heart and mi…
Ep 53: The Mosley's—husband and wife duo
The Mosley's are Stephen and Rachel Mosley, a husband and wife sing-songwriter duo from Florida. Their music is earthy and reflective and indicative of the Americana folk of the South. Their first f…
BONUS: Family Worship Tips with Pastor Dan Leman
As a bonus to our previous episode with Pastor Dan Leman on worship in the church, Dan this time offers insight and practical steps for how to worship, pray, and read Scripture together as a family.
Ep 52: Fernando Ortega on "The Crucifixion of Jesus"
Episode 52 features an interview with musician and composer Fernando Ortega, who releases his newest album The Crucifixion of Jesus on August 4, 2017. Our talk runs the gamut of topics, from politics…
Ep 51: Pastor Dan Leman on rural ministry, being a young pastor, and getting beyond the worship wars
Three years ago my long time friend Pastor Dan Leman and I sat down to have a long chat about the Church's worship. Dan is the lead pastor of Faith Evangelical Free Church in Germantown Hills, Illin…
Ep 50: Stu G from Delirious on the Beatitudes Project
Stu G became known as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the revolutionary worship band Delirious? but after years of touring with other artists and logging lots of time as a studio musician, Stu…
Ep 49: Doug Chu on White Churches, Multicultural Worship, and the Asian-American Experience
Today's episode features and interview with Doug Chu on multicultural worship, the Asian-American experience, and a segment I like to call "I wish white churches would..." Doug was kind enough to pla…