The Ethics of Ira Glass

Posted by on Mar 19, 2012 in blog | 0 comments

The Ethics of Ira Glass

Ira Glass is America’s best storyteller. Over two million people listen to his show This American Life every week. But this weekend even more people listened as Ira issued a dramatic retraction of the most listened to podcast in the history TAL (849K downloads) that featured Mike Daisy who as it turns out lied about important details in his dramatic report...

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My Interview with Ira Glass

Posted by on Feb 14, 2012 in blog | 0 comments

Next to playing in band what I absolutely love to do most is interview people. I love being nosy about peoples personal, professional and most of all religious/spiritual lives. I love asking questions other interviewers skip – like the ones about God or faith or why people believe what they say they believe (or don’t) and what they’re doing...

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What would you pay to prevent losing your child?

Posted by on Dec 11, 2011 in blog | 0 comments

We all have skeletons in our closets. Our families are messed up, our past chases us and bad financial decisions haunt us. We don’t want our dirty laundry aired but sometimes for the sake of others it has to be.This is one of those times. Ken and Kelly Bean have loved and served Jesus for decades – not as professionals, as volunteers. They have a group...

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When A FundRaiser Becomes A FunkRaiser

Posted by on Oct 17, 2011 in blog | 0 comments

I’m singing the blues next Monday night at Jazz Alley. My good friend, Dr. Nancy Murphy’s organization Northwest Family Life is holding their annual Fundraiser at at the incomparable Jazz Alley in Seattle. My band will be performing along with Soul Jelly and The Jessica Ketola Band. You will hear several fascinating stories from women and men who have been...

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Are You Ready for Save Me?

Posted by on Aug 29, 2011 in blog | 8 comments

We’ve Got Sex. We’ve Got Politics. Where’s Religion? Our culture is swimming in talk about sex and politics. Tabloids plaster news of sex scandals and celebrity hook ups. Cable TV has conveniently separated us into red and blue political groups. What’s fascinating is that neither sex nor politics hold as much sway in people’s day-to-day lives as...

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