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Updates on the podcast created by Andrew Gill and Leah Payne on Christian rock music and it's effect on American culture.

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  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Choosing Sacred Music (ft. Nico Muhly) (opens the original)

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    This a special addendum episode to season 4. Nico Muhly is an extremely accomplished composer known for work with Sufjan Stevens, Bjork, Grizzly Bear, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and so much more (including two operas for The Met). He's also had a sort of parallel career composing sacred music in the English choral tradition. On Sunday, October 4, 2026 his work as composer in residence at Christ Church Oxford will have its NYC debut at Carnegie Hall. We had a wide-ranging discussion with Nico abou

  2. Issue · Sep 16, 2026

    Rewind: Radicalized By Christian Ska (ft. Five Iron Frenzy) (opens the original)

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    This is episode was originally released in 2024.If there's one music genre lampooned more than Christian rock, it might just be ska. And Christian ska? Expect next level ridicule. But a lovable band of misfits from Denver, Colorado managed to do something that might seem unthinkable: combine two maligned genres and become a cultural phenomenon with an enduring cult following. On the season two finale of Rock that Doesn't Roll, music journalist Andrew Gill (Sound Opinions<a href="htt

  3. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    Rewind: SIC Innovations (ft. Brad Onishi and DL Mayfield) (opens the original)

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    For 1990s evangelical teens, punk, hardcore, and ska were a gateway to a passionate, edgy way to express their Christianity outside the mainstream. But was the music and the message enough to keep the evangelical faith? In this episode, originally published in October 2023, hosts Andrew Gill and Leah Payne follow three Christian punk rock stories from Dr. Bradley Onishi of Axis Mundi Media, author D.L. Mayfield, and Tim Whitaker of The New Evangelicals as t

  4. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    The Roadside Monument novel that nearly sums up everything (opens the original)

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  5. Issue · Aug 19, 2026

    Recommended If You Like Good Books (ft. Adam Voith) (opens the original)

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    Adam Voith began his career in the music industry alongside the early bands riding the Tooth and Nail boom, blurring the line between Christian rock and the secular music industry. He went on to be a booking agent with clients including Vampire Weekend, Bon Iver, Haim, The Mountain Goats, Father John Misty and more. Now he's retired from the music industry and has gone back to his first love: independent publishing. He's just released his third novel, fictionalizing his experiences in the Christ

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