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The Happy Rant
Barnabas Piper, Ronnie Martin and Ted KluckBarnabas Piper, Ted Kluck, and Ronnie Martin cheerfully - if sarcastically - rant about all the things that don't matter all that much (and some that do).
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Episode #443 - Spending by Age, Fashion Arcs, and the Fame Effect
June 8, 2023 - 55 min
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Our spending arc by age and stage
The dad fashion arc
People's relationship with photos
How fame effects relationships
Old models of fame vs. new
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #442 - Adult Boredom and Middle-Aged Motivation
May 31, 2023 - 46 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
What does boredom look like and feel like as an adult?
Do boring people know they are boring?
How do we escape boring interactions?
What motivates us at this point in life?
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #441 - The Danger of Affirmation, Almost Repentance, and Difficult Apologies
May 25, 2023 - 37 min
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
The danger of telling someone "good job"
Almost repentance and reconciliation in stories
Apologies are never easy
Balancing fallenness and repentance in story telling
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #440 - Food and Movie Mount Rushmore
May 18, 2023 - 40 min
In this episode Ted and Ronnie wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Food Movie Mt. Rushmore
Artists and their relationships with critics
The idol of Creative Control
How Ted never does the third ad break as a sort of commentary on the state of things.
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #439 - Replacement Communities, Cruises, and Air BnB Aesthetics
May 12, 2023 - 52 min
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Middle aged pastor personas online
Fill-in communities for church
The Cruise experience
Air BnB aesthetics: so creative they're the same everywhere
Is it possible to be unique in the internet age?
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #438 - Great Business Stories, Office Aesthetics, and Alan Greenspan
May 4, 2023 - 37 min
In this episode Ted and Ronnie wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Great American business stories: The Happy Rant and Nike.
Ted is Alan Greenspan
“Air” tried hard to be “Moneyball” and “Jerry Maguire” but fell short
1980s office aesthetics
“Without Limits” is the true and better “Air.”
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #437 - Vacation is Hard Work
April 27, 2023 - 40 min
In this episode Ted and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Parents at high school sporting events
The work it takes to go on vacation
Different styles of vacation
The nautical life - manhood tests, new guy pressures, and more
Making vacation friends
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #436 - Damon, Affleck, "Air", and Death Scenes
April 20, 2023 - 36 min
In this episode Ted and Ronnie wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
The movie, Air, and the work of Damon and Affleck
What if Damon and Affleck partner with us on a movie project?
Downton Abbey, the second movie
Pastoral perspectives on death scenes in movies
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #435 - Church Imitating Culture, Goblin Mode, and the Nuance of Anxiety
April 18, 2023 - 42 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
Everything is grim and nothing is funny
Is the church 7-10 years behind culture or 70 years behind it?
How the church can respond to culture instead of imitating it
Goblin mode: the squalor of soul
The monolith of anxiety and how we can't approach it with nuance
Redefining failure and disappointment
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode #434 - Twenty Year Perspectives Looking Backward and Forward
April 6, 2023 - 34 min
In this episode Ted, Ronnie, and Barnabas wander to and fro through a variety of topics:
How would your 20-year-old self view your current self?
How did we find our way into our gifts and callings?
Where do we see ourselves in another twenty years?
Ministry, retirement, and raising up young people
For more ranting, conversation, and cultural analysis check out our book, The Happy Rant: Wandering To and Fro Through Some Things That Don’t Matter All That Much (and a Few That Really Do) at https://thehappyrant.com/book/Visit our show store where you can find shirts, notebooks, bags, and more. Our merchandise makes great gifts and is an ideal way to look cooler than all your friends too at https://thehappyrant.com/shop/Check out our sponsor:Visual Theology (https://visualtheology.church) and use the code “happyrant” at checkout for a 20% discount!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Meet Your Hosts

Meet Your Hosts
Barnabas Piper is an assistant pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville and is the author of several books and multiple small group studies including—Help My Unbelief, Hoping for Happiness, and Ecclesiastes: Finding Meaning in a World of Passing Pursuits. He has contributed to numerous websites and publications and writes regularly for He Reads Truth. Piper speaks at churches and conferences around the country and lives in the Nashville area with his wife and two daughters.

Meet Your Hosts
Ronnie Martin is the Lead Pastor of Substance Church (EFCA), which he planted, in Ashland, Ohio. He is also the Director of Leader Renewal for Harbor Network and has authored six books, including The God Who Is With Us: A 25 Day Advent Devotional (coming Oct. 2022 on B&H). Ronnie and his wife, Melissa, regularly speak to church leaders.

Meet Your Hosts
Ted Kluck has written for ESPN the Magazine, USA Today, Sports Spectrum Magazine, and ESPN.com Page 2. Ted has authored or co-authored several books including Facing Tyson: 15 Fighters, 15 Stories, Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football, Why We're Not Emergent (by Two Guys Who Should Be), and Why We Love the Church. In 2010 Ted founded Gut Check Press, a small publishing house, where he holds the title Co-Founder and Secretary of the Interior. Ted also co-hosts The Happy Rant Podcast, The Gut Check Podcast, and Kluck. He has played professional indoor football, coached high school football, trained as a professional wrestler, served as a missionary and teaches journalism at Union University. Ted lives in Jackson, TN, with his wife and two sons. He's a frequent speaker at conferences and events.