The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp
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Episodes
397 episodes
S6E3 The Two Kens - The Palisades and Eaton Fires
When Ken Fong saw the flames coming over the ridge from his front yard, he voluntarily evacuated along with his adult daughter. His home church, First Baptist of Pasadena, opened its doors to evacuees. Fong joined them for two nights. Ken Kemp,...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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45:31
S6E2 Remembering Jimmy Carter PART II with Dr. Randall Balmer and Dr. Dave Peters
In memory of President Jimmie Carter, Ken has invited three quests to share their personal reflections on a 100 year long life well lived: historian, professor and prolific author, Dr. Randall Balmer; retired Biola University political...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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46:19
S6E1 The New Year Begins: Remembering Jimmy Carter PART I with Randall Balmer and Betsey Newenhuyse
Special Guests in Part I: Randall Balmer, Ph.D. and Betsey NewenhuyseIn memory of President Jimmie Carter, Ken invites three quests to share their personal reflections on a 100 year long life well lived: historian, professor and prolific...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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55:14
S5E76 Year-End Review with Nate Manderson: How the Left Can Get Its Mojo Back
Ken welcomes Nate Manderson back as we close out our year and Season 5. Nate’s rich experience as a pastor, an educator, and an advocate for the working class has made him a popular writer for The Boston Globe and Salon.com. His most recent pie...
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Season 5
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Episode 75
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40:32
S5E75 Christmas Beach Talk: The Nativity - Beauty, Wonder and Mystery
Ken and Betsey usually discuss politics. Today, they set aside the political turmoil in the headlines and discuss Christmas. Ken’s most recent Substack reflects on the central scene that is the focus of the celebration of Christmas by Christian...
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Season 5
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Episode 75
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36:16
S5E74 Notre Dame - What The World Needs Now
Ken shares his reflections on the opening of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after the devastating fire of April 2019.You can follow along on his Substack Page here.
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Season 5
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Episode 74
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13:43
S5E73 Beach Talk: Late, Great, Planet Earth - Really?
Ken and Betsey reflect on the Late Great Planet Earth, the monster 197o best-seller by Hal Lindsey, who passed away on November 25th. The cottage industry of apocalyptic books and movies spawned by Lindsey’s book live with us to this d...
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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47:05
S5E72 David Dark - We Become What We Normalize (Reprise)
Ken welcomes back professor, author, and activist Dr. David Dark to discuss his new book, We Become What We Normalize. David shares the recent tragedy on Belmont University's campus in the shooting of the popular freshman, accomplished...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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58:51
S5E71 Dissecting the Cogent Message of the film CONCLAVE - with the Two Kens
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not seen the movie or read the book CONCLAVE, you may not want to listen (until you've seen the film or read the book). The Two Kens take a deep dive into the symbolism and message of thi...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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57:30
S5E70 A Thanksgiving Reflection
Ken shares his latest Substack entry: Factions - Tribal Warfare Has A Long History. It’s inspired by the Apostle Paul and Robert Harris’ novel, Conclave (now a highly acclaimed feature film). As we gather, let’s embrace the gifts that ...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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13:23
S5E69 Farewell Tony Campolo, Gone Too Soon
As we somehow adjust to the presidential election results, we bid farewell to an evangelical leader who stood for integrity over conformity. As Ken and Betsey connect again and share their disappointment over the election results, they begin wi...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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51:29
S5E68 Exvangelical and Beyond with Blake Chastain
Ken welcomes back to the podcast the originator of the hashtag that launched a movement: #exvangelical, Blake Chastain. They discuss his new book, Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement Fig...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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1:04:48
S5E67 The Two Kens - A Post Mortem the Morning After
Ken joins Ken Fong for a morning after the election review. It’s not so much an autopsy on what went wrong as it is a reflection of their visceral response to the news that the 45th President won a decisive victory. He will become the 47th Pres...
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Season 5
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Episode 67
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34:51
S5E66 BEST OF... Nate Manderson: Working Class Voters and Camino de Santiago (Spain)
Ken welcomes back essayist, teacher, guidance counselor, and ordained minister Nathaniel Manderson from his home in Boston. Last Summer, Nate took thirty days to walk the 500 mile Camino do Santiago pilgrimage tradition says was...
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Season 5
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Episode 66
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56:16
S5E65 BEST OF... Jim Wallis - The False White Gospel
Ken welcomes writer, teacher, preacher and justice advocate, Jim Wallis. Rev. Wallis’ new book, The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy is getting high marks and a wide r...
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Season 5
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Episode 65
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1:07:53
S5E64 BEST OF... How A Trump Victory Will Impact The World with historian Martyn Whittock
Ken welcomes historian, author, and media commentator Martyn Whittock from his home across the Pond just outside London. Martyn read Ken’s Substack series on Biblical Authority and reached ...
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Season 5
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Episode 64
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55:55
S5E63 BEST OF... Ben Cremer - Into The Gray: "Real Christians," Total Depravity and Lament
For a second time, Ken welcomes Rev. Ben Cremer to the podcast for Season 5. Ken starts by thanking Ben for that first interview, "Myths We Believe," which is far and away the most downloaded podcast of Ken's more than 300 episodes (exceeding t...
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Season 5
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Episode 63
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59:10
S5E62 The Sanctuary Movement in America with Lloyd Barba, Ph.D.
In this election year, immigration has become a major political issue. Some would like you to believe immigration is tantamount to a veritable “invasion” of undesirables or worse. However, since the 1980s, a little-known faith-based movement ha...
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Season 5
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Episode 62
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53:07
S5E61 The Two Kens - High Anxiety as Election Day Approaches
The two Ken’s reconvene at about 23 days out. The predictions seem to be coming true. The conspiracies, the threats, the misinformation, the falsehoods, and name-calling all proliferate. Kemp and Fong remain stymied that the race could possibly...
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Season 5
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Episode 61
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47:47
S5E60 Neelam Warren-Pal - The Grandfather She Never Met
Just this year, Neelam Warren-Pal graduated from DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. Her late grandfather, Melvin Warren, was Ken's classmate in the late 1960s.When Ken left Southern California after grad...
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Season 5
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Episode 60
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53:08
S5E59 Beach Talk #126 The VP Debate in Review
The Republican Vice-President candidate had two objectives: 1) to appear the “nice guy” (as opposed to the extreme MAGA champion) and 2) to make the former President’s campaign sound reasonable (which it isn’t). It seemed to work until the seco...
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Season 5
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Episode 59
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46:22
S5E58 1946 - The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture with Ed Oxford
Ken welcomes Ed Oxford, key researcher and contributor to the film 1946 - The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture. Ed, who identifies as a gay Christian, graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Talbot Theological Seminary in Ne...
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Season 5
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Episode 58
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58:18
S5E57 Queering the Church in the Heartland with Tom Wasssink, M.D.
When Adey and Tom Wassink launched a Vineyard Church in the university town of Iowa City (IA) twenty-five years ago, it didn’t take long to fill the worship center. A winsome and intelligent couple, they brought a love for the church, an intens...
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Season 5
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Episode 57
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57:27
S5E56 David Gushee - The Moral Teachings of Jesus Part II
Dr. David Gushee returns to continue the timely discussion of his new book, The Moral Teachings of Jesus. Ken and David expand on the Golden Rule. Gushee’s doctoral work at Union Seminary focussed on ethics and the Holocaust. His work ...
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Season 5
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Episode 56
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48:46
S5E55 BONUS - Philip Yancey and His Brother Marshall with Mark Bodnarczuk
As promised, here is the heartwarming, personal story - when Mark Bodnarczuk reached out to Philip Yancey’s brother Marshall. Phillip shared Marshall’s story in his memoir and on the podcast. The two brothers responded to their father’s early d...
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Season 5
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Episode 55
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