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The Round Table

295 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 133 ratings

The Round Table is the podcast of Church of the King in Evansville, Indiana. Featuring our monthly nights of conversation, comedy, and Christ, named ... The Round Table. (Previously Sound of Sanity podcast--search your podcast provider for Sound of Sanity archives, now in their own feed.)

Christianity Religion & Spirituality Comedy sanity christianity culture warhorn media nathan alberson jake mentzel
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Episodes

Everyone is here, baby

August 23, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

Nathan! Jake! Ben! They're all here, Man. Discussing things! Like Charles Manson for some reason. Okay, fine, this is more of hang out episode, but we're happy to be back in the studio together. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bill Burr and abortion

August 09, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB

This is an episode about what the title says it is about. You can listen to this episode and experience success! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

4 things Christian artists get WRONG!

August 02, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

How do you make (drumroll please) ..... Christian art????? Sound of Sanity talks about it! Yes! Listen to it with your ears! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Cannibalism, The New York Times, and Lord of the Rings

July 26, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Yes, we really do talk about all those things. They sort of depress us. Then we talk about Lore.Tv. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You winsome, you lose some (or be godly, not edgy)

July 19, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MB

We discuss edginess as it relates to truthiness. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Abortion and The World We Made

July 12, 2022 22:02 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

Another little bonus episode with Nathan. We've got some exciting cool stuff coming up. Support the new WWM podcast here. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Abortion, The Gospel Coalition, and Jordan Peterson

July 05, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MB

Abortion! Jordan Peterson! Culture wars! The Gospel Coalition! Read the Evangel Presbytery abortion document. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Stephen King, good preaching, and abstract evil

June 28, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MB

It all makes sense in the episode. Note: due to circumstances beyond our control, we weren't able to review the Supreme Court decision in a timely fashion. But we hope to talk about it ASAP. Short version: praise God!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

How to win friends and influence people

June 21, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MB

It's Sanityshelves again. Jake has read How to Win Friends and Influence People. So we're picking up our discussion of self help--the good, the bad, and the ugly. We also talk a bit about Dopamine Nation. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

An evil book about how to get what you want

June 14, 2022 05:00 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MB

In this edition of Sanityshelves, we talk about Hold On to Your Kids by Gordon Neufield and Gabor Maté. And Relentless by Tim Grover. One of them is a really evil book that exposes some key lies that honest pagans tell themselves (yes, that was the sentence we meant to write). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Disney dino depravity

May 31, 2022 05:00 - 53 minutes - 73 MB

Sound and Sanity talks about Disney sneaking depravity into some silly dinosaur show for kids. Why do we do a movies show anyway? Why not just agree that all movies are corrupted/corrupting and stop watching them? Hmmm. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Trusting God in a scary economy

May 24, 2022 05:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

Inflation is high! Money is low! These are interesting times. Like the fake Chinese proverb. Our heroes talk about how it affects them personally and how they trust God in the midst of it. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Want to see something really cool?

May 17, 2022 05:31 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Our friend Nate is making a documentary on a godly man with a fascinating story, Bob Kaplowitz, a man who had a big impact on all of our lives. You can support it and get updates here. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Roe v. Wade in a Bloody Century

May 10, 2022 10:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

It looks like Roe v. Wade is coming to an end—thank God. But there's a lot of fighting left to do to protect the unborn. We talk about abortion, chemical abortion, bad Twitter takes, and the devaluing of human life over the 20th century up til now. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Gospel Coalition Stinks Round-Up

May 03, 2022 05:00 - 28 minutes - 38.8 MB

A round-up of The Gospel Coalition stinking, including their terrible review of Greg Johnson's book. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Elon Musk buys Twitter (also stuff about abortion)

April 26, 2022 05:00 - 19 minutes - 26.4 MB

It's an episode of Sound of Sanity about Elon Musk and also abortion. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Amazon banned our book

April 19, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 13.4 MB

Amazon banned our book. Nathan banned our episode. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bruno from Encanto is not Jesus

April 12, 2022 18:53 - 1 hour - 96.3 MB

No, but this Gospel Coalition article is REALLY BAD. A true masterpiece of badness. Also we talk about lots of other things including abortion and Run the Mile You're In.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Pretty woo woo, pretty quick (Will Smith, John Calvin, and Stephen King)

April 05, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

Will Smith. John Calvin. Stephen King. The Civil War. Attachment parenting. So many things discussed on today's episode. Note: the last 10 minutes or so of this podcast we had an audio problem. Sorry! But the content was good, so we released it anyway.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Occult America

March 29, 2022 05:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

Fun fact about the occult ... in America it has often been linked to progressivism. And it's directly responsible for the self help movement. And it's very, very egalitarian and feminist. And in America it comes out of the Second Great Awakening.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Daddy Tried

March 22, 2022 05:00 - 25 minutes - 35.8 MB

In which our heroes revisit a book they helped publish. What's going on? Why? Do they have anything else to learn about being fathers? Listen to find out. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

JK Rowling has a spine

March 15, 2022 05:00 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MB

JK Rowling has used her influence for a one-woman crusade against woke sexuality at its sickest. How should Christians think about this? Was this kind of moral courage inherent in the Harry Potter series? Does that matter that Rowling is also a feminist? And more! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

An occasion for suasion (or: Should We Censor Ungodly Art???)

March 08, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MB

If you ran the world, would you ban ungodly art? What and how much? Our heroes argue that in a truly godly society, it wouldn't often get that far. Why not? Listen to find out! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Everyone's a critic

March 01, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MB

Why do we record two hour podcasts about how much we didn't like Spider-Man: Far From Home? Our good friend, Gunny, strikes again, forcing our heroes to defend their commitment to quality criticism. Oh no! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Should Christians make common cause with Joe Rogan, Chappelle, etc.?

February 22, 2022 06:00 - 24 minutes - 33.9 MB

Sound of Sanity talks about all those guys conservatives like.

Socko for Jocko!

February 15, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

What makes a man a leader? Is a leader responsible for all the bad things that happen on his watch? These are the sorts of things discussed in the books of Jocko Willink, and therefore the kinds of things discussed in this episode!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Are you hungry for ugly?????

February 08, 2022 06:02 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MB

You might not think you are hungry for ugly, but there's a good chance that you (yes, you) are hungry for ugly? So you better check yourself before you wreck yourself. Because you don't want to be hungry for ugly. Being hungry for ugly is the opposite of what you should be! "Leaving Home" and "Floating Cities" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in 1984 (Tom Hanks edition)

February 01, 2022 06:00 - 21 minutes - 30.3 MB

What do green girl M&Ms, heartless heart transplanters, over 50 thousand Canadians, Fight Club, and Tom Hanks all have in common? They're all part of the latest "This Week in 1984." We weren't gonna do another one so quickly ... but so many things happened, that we did! 1984! Woo hoo!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in 1984, Part III

January 25, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutes - 19 MB

Oh man, so many things happening in ......... 1984!!!!!!! Music: "Game Show Music" by Collin Thompson. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bronze Age Battle Cry????

January 18, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB

In another episode of our popular Sanityshelves series, Jake discusses one good book on manliness and one terrible book on who knows what. Plus ... do we need to bring shamans back into western civilization? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in 1984 (Jan '22 Edition)

January 11, 2022 06:00 - 18 minutes - 23.4 MB

It's a new year here in 1984, so we're reviewing more things happening in 1984! Note: within hours of this episode being recorded, the Harry Potter mob had gone after Jon Stewart and he had walked back his comments.  Music: "Game Show Music" by Collin Thompson. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

New Year's Sanity

January 04, 2022 06:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MB

Happy New Years! Our heroes look back on the year that was and forward to the year to come... ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A Christmas request

December 24, 2021 04:14 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MB

Help us out this Christmas by praying for our work and giving here.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Woke funeral homes?

December 14, 2021 06:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB

Our heroes discuss woke funeral homes, and progressivism coming for your death as well as your life. They reference this article. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week in 1984

December 07, 2021 06:00 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MB

We're living in the year 1984, so our heroes talk about this week in 1984. Music: "Game Show Music" by Collin Thompson. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The lies of The Gospel Coalition

November 30, 2021 06:30 - 20 minutes - 20 MB

Our heroes talk about this awful TGC article and what it says about The Gospel Coalition.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 23, 2021 06:00 - 5 minutes - 4.53 MB

Happy Thanksgiving!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

SNL's Goober the Clown is demonic

November 16, 2021 06:00 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

In which we talk about Goober the Clown who had an abortion before her 23rd birthday. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Talkin' Chip and Lance

November 09, 2021 18:17 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Listen to our new season of Chip and Lance in ... School of the Fates here. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Asia entertains the world ... be scared

November 02, 2021 05:25 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

Asia produces the world's entertainment. Be scared.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dale Carnegie!

October 26, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 20.2 MB

Dale Carnegie? More like Fail Carnegie? More like Hail Carnegie??? Another Sanityshelves, this one on Dale Carnegie and mid-century self-helpism! Yay!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

School of the Fates: A Chip and Lance Story

October 21, 2021 21:02 - 1 minute - 2.26 MB

Our new Chip and Lance podcast is not just short sketches, it's a whole story set in a magical world. Kinda Harry Potter meets Adventures in Odyssey, Chip helps Lance defend their beloved childhood school from the dangers of ... WOKEISM! Anyway, this is a short, fun clip, but to get the whole thing, you have to subscribe here! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Breathing!

October 19, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 38.4 MB

You've asked for it. You've waited for it. And here it finally is. Our episode on breathing. Well, technically, we're talking about a book on breathing that Jake read. But it's an interesting subject. Plus how do you investigate pseudo-science without being whacko? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No new ep today

October 12, 2021 05:36 - 42 seconds - 803 KB

:) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Negotiation vs Manipulation, Dawn of Justice

October 05, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

In our new series, Sanity Shelf, we discuss the ramifications of a book Ben has been reading: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Should Christians celebrate Halloween?

September 28, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 41.1 MB

Good die to boo, boils and ghouls! It's another spook-tacular episode on whether or rot Christians should celebrate Hall-ghoul-scream! (This is WAY different than our Sanity Mach 1 episode not the subject).  Music: "Horror Piano" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. "Engulfed by the Night" by Darren Curtis. " "Toccata and Fugue in D minor" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)icensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Zombies of the mono-culture!

September 21, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutes - 24.4 MB

Big tech (Facebook, Twitter, et al) is very good at persuading people into a sort of zombified groupthink. Or is it? Maybe it's just good at persuading people that they've been persuaded into a zombified groupthink.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

COVID TYRANTS ARE IN MORE THAN JUST THE WHITE HOUSE

September 14, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

COVID TYRANNY IS IN MORE PLACES THAN JUST THE WHITE HOUSE! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

New covid mandates

September 10, 2021 02:52 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Our heroes react to the latest COVID mandates from President Biden. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Death at the museum

September 07, 2021 15:00 - 30 minutes - 38.1 MB

Is there something intrinsically wicked about a society that embraces meaninglessness in its art? Nathan went to the National Gallery of Art, and saw ... THE DEATH OF OUR CULTURE!  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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