8. Podcasts are Friendships
A podcast is not a sermon. It's not a lecture. And it's certainly not a book. But it is something like a friendship. The very medium of a podcast is personable and intimate - you literally hear a podcast inside your own head thanks to the earplugs most of us use. But we should never settle for consuming friendships, we need to cultivate our own. In this episode, Joel and Andrew reflect on podcasts and friendships and how they make sense of each other.
0:00 - Intro + banter
4:25 - Tony Reinke's description of podcasts & what makes them unique
7:25 - Why podcasts are like friendships
15:55 - Why do we produce a podcast?
17:40 - Why creating something is important
25:20 - The rise of loneliness
27:40 - Cultivating friendships
Links:
- This episode was inspired & heavily influenced by a tweet from Tony Reinke. See here.
- C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves
- James Kelly's FaithTech podcast
- Brad East on loneliness
- Tim Keller's sermon on friendship HIGHLY RECOMMEND
