The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp
Religion and Politics - subjects we avoid in polite society. But not here. Stories and people who challenge our assumptions and blaze new trails. Inspiring. Challenging. Out of the box. For Blog and Official BWM site, go to www.thebeachedwhitemale.com.
Episodes
384 episodes
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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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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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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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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Episode 63
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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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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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Episode 61
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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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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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Episode 59
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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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Episode 58
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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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Episode 57
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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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Episode 56
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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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Episode 55
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S5E54: The Two Kens: Debate Review - "They are Eating the Dogs"?
The Two Kens are back with their take on the Presidential Debate. Just a few days later, the spin masters have already had their impact, obscuring Kamala Harris’ blistering victory over her opponent, Donald Trump. Most everyone agreed, includin...
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Episode 54
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36:50
S5E53 - Grace and Forgiveness in the Age of Fentanyl Poisoning with Mark Bodnarczuk
Ken welcomes Mark Bodnarczuk back to the podcast. As he shared with Ken in March of this year, the fentanyl crisis in our country is real - and made an unwelcome visit to his home. Thomas, Mark’s then 17-year-old son, took a pill he bough...
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Episode 53
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S5E52 David Gushee, Ph.D. - The Moral Teachings of Jesus Part I
David Gushee - author, ethicist and global influencer - returns to talk about his new book entitled The Moral Teachings of Jesus: Radical Instruction in the Will of God. Professor Gushee, like Ken, interacts with many folks of a...
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Episode 52
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55:38
S5E51 Darcy McKenzie: Tim Walz Watch Party Gets TV Coverage
Ken welcomes Darcy McKenzie back for a follow-up conversation post-DNC (Democratic Convention). When Tim Walz made his acceptance speech on Thursday Night, Darcy contacted her considerable network of political activists in the Minneapolis/St. P...
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Episode 51
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52:07
S5E50 Two Kens - The Better Angels Our Nature
The morning after the 2024 Democratic Convention closed with a dazzling acceptance speech from Kamala Harris. Ken Fong joins Ken for a week’s end review. Harris is the first woman of color in history to receive a party’s nomination for Presiden...
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Episode 50
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46:15
S5E49 Piper Dellums on Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc. Sorority and The Meaning of D.E.I.
Piper Dellums, keynote speaker, author, filmmaker, poet, and activist returns to the podcast as the nation’s political drama intensifies. Piper responded enthusiastically to Ken’s Substack article, “
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Episode 49
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S5E48 Beach Talk #125 - Governor Tim Walz joins VP Kamala Harris PART II with Darcy McKenzie
For Part II in our series, Ken welcomes political activist and friend of the podcast, Darcy McKenzie. Darcy has been actively involved in local politics from her home in Mendota Heights, just south of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Darcy gives us the ...
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Episode 48
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38:57
S5E47 Beach Talk #125 - Governor Tim Walz joins VP Kamala Harris PART I with Betsey
In a two-part series, we explore the Vice President’s decision to invite Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate. Ken admits his unbridled enthusiasm, especially following that Philadelphia Rally where the two made a joyful, energeti...
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Episode 47
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39:25
S5E46 Barmen Today - Standing Strong in Contemplative Action with Dr. Scott McClelland
When a young man gets bored during the sermon in a starched Presbyterian Church on a Sunday morning, he pages through the Hymnal. That was Scott barely twelve years old who found, of all things, a Swastika at the top of the page at the end of t...
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Episode 45
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S5E45 The Two Kens: D.E.I., Jezebel and that Megawatt Smile
The Two Ken’s reconvene to talk about Joe Biden’s decision to step aside and pass the torch. He gave his full endorsement to his Vice President. Kamala Harris quickly emerged as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party. It triggered an e...
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Episode 45
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43:02
S5E44 Beach Talk #124 - RNC’s Apocalyptic Vision; The Democrat Party Reborn
Betsey returns to review the historical events unfolding right before us. The former President’s final convention speech upended the claim that he is “a changed man.” Betsey and Ken were depressed when headlines blared talk of a landslide victo...
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Episode 44
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43:36
S5E43 Beach Talk #123 - Post Debate Debrief, Project 2025 and Where We Go From Here
THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BUTLER< PA. Ken and Betsey reconvene for a post-debate debrief. Just before highly anticipated Presidential debate between the 45th and 46th Presidents, Ken and Betsey gave thei...
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Episode 43
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