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
Ep30: Vicky Matthews Director of Choices Women's Clinic
Vicky Matthews is the Executive Director of Choices Women's Clinic in Orlando Florida and the president of Life Steward Ministries (http://www.choiceswomensclinic.com/ & http://www.lifestewardministr…
Ep29: Dr. Melody Green—Tolkien Scholar
Dr. Melody Green, Dean of Urbana Theological Seminary, is the organizer of the 5th annual Tolkien Conference. She herself is a literature scholar, having published and researched on the works of Tolk…
Ep28: Dialogues With Brandon—What Makes a Great Novel?
In the latest "Dialogue With Brandon," Brandon and I discuss what it takes to make a great novel. We are both attempting to write a novel and so we hammer out what makes for great plot and great cha…
Ep27: Dr. Michael Danner—An Anabaptist Approach to Politics
Dr. Michael Danner is the Executive Minister of the Illinois Mennonite Conference. I invited him on the podcast to discuss a "liberal Christian" political perspective, but soon realized he was instea…
Ep 26: Zac Hicks, Author of The Worship Pastor
Zac Hicks is the author of the newly released book The Worship Pastor. He is Canon for Worship and Liturgy at Cathedral Church of the Advent (Birmingham, AL) and writes regularly at zachicks.com. You…
Ep25: The Speeches of Eisenhower and Kennedy
This episode features rare interviews from Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy taken from the Presidential Profiles record series. In preparation for the 2016 election it is time to s…
Ep24: Eric Olsen author of Why Every President Sucked
Eric Olsen is the author of Why Every President Sucked, and is putting on a Kickstarter campaign until the end of August in order to get the book published. In our conversation we talk about looking…
Ep23: Joe Johnson on the importance of reading theology
Joe Johnson writes reviews on Bible and theology books at https://tabletalktheology.com/ and http://www.theologues.net/. Our conversation focuses on the importance for "normal churchgoers" to read th…
Ep22: Blair Jeffers, artist and teller of "dad jokes"
Blair Jeffers is a Peoria area artist who is having a showing ("Comic Panels and Literals") at The Art Garage for the month of August. You can view some of her work at her blog: https://blairjeffers.…
Ep21: Carol McPherson on The Church Being a Patron For the Arts
Carol McPherson is the Director of Discipleship and Fine Arts Ministries at First United Methodist Church in Peoria, Illinois. She is also the director of the Foster Gallery for Christianity and the …
Ep20: An Introduction to Classical Education
This podcast episode is different from the norm for PostConsumer Reports. It features a talk Chris Marchand (host and writer for PCR) gave on Classical Education. Chris is the headmaster at Aletheia …
Ep19: Joe Cook of the Rich Mullins Ragamuffin Archive and Western Indian Ministries
Joe Cook is the station manager for three stations in the Western Indian Radio Network (http://www.westernindian.net/) in New Mexico and Arizona. He and his family moved out west a few years ago to d…
Ep18: Nathan Carr—Headmaster, Priest, & Preschooler at Heart
Fr. Nathan Carr is our guest today. He is the headmaster at The Academy of Classical Christian studies and vicar of St. James' Episcopal Church, both in Oklahoma City. We discuss the tensions of lead…
Ep17: Douglas Wilson—Author, Pastor, Classical Educator
Douglas Wilson is a pastor, theologian, and proponent of Classical Education. He has authored numerous books on various subjects pertaining to matters of the Christian faith, education, and history. …
EP16: Dialogues With Brandon—How Big Is Your Soul?
In our second Dialogue With Brandon we discuss the question "How Big Is Your Soul?" Are you a small-souled person? Most people wouldn't want to think so, but it's a question worth pursuing the answe…
Ep15: Mike Foster—Tolkien scholar, writer, English professor, and journalist
Our fifteenth episode features Mike Foster who is known mostly for his knowledge of J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle Earth (because of a famed Illinois Central College literature class and numerous essays a…
Ep14: Radiohead Fan Expectations With Ryan Hansen
Radiohead released their new album A Moon Shaped Pool this week. Pastor and author Ryan Hansen joins the podcast to discuss what exactly Radiohead fans expect from Thom Yorke and company every time t…
Ep 13: Jessica Ball—artist and owner of The Art Garage
Episode 13 of the PostConsumer Reports Podcast features a conversation with Jessica Ball, Peoria area artist and owner of The Art Garage. Jessica shares her journey as an artist and through it I get …
Ep12: Dialogues With Brandon Lulay: Archer and The Walking Dead
Every month (or so) I'll be putting up a new dialogue with my friend Brandon Lulay. Instead of an interview it's mutual conversation. Today we talk about my difficulties with the animated show Archer…
Ep11: Thom Blair on the Hebrew-English Interlinear ESV Old Testament and Logos Bible Software:
Episode 11 of the PostConsumer Reports Podcast features Thom Blair, editor and translator of the Hebrew English Interlinear English Standard Version (ESV) of the Old Testament. Thom also works for F…