Chris Two Cent Eric Podcast

Chris and Eric talk about how maybe they jumped on the "this pandemic is ending" bandwagon a bit too soon and talk about everything from rising numbers to where we go next. Then Chris starts to yell. It's pretty epic stuff!

Chris and Eric sit down with their friend Alyssa (Content & Communications Specialist, Compassion Canada) to talk about the songs that have gotten her through the pandemic so far, what she has learn about herself during the lockdown era and the work being done to stop Anti-Asian hate since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. ---- Alyssa Esparaz communicator and advocate. She brings her passions for youth, justice and Jesus to her role on Compassion Canada's Content Team. Alyssa is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto, where she studied International Development. Some of her favourite things in the world are her family, Raptors basketball and eating way too much ice cream. Alyssa currently lives just outside of Toronto. ---- Follow Eric on social media @ericversluis Follow Chris on social media @thatchrischase

Chris and Eric jump back in after a few weeks off to talk about all the crazy things that took place in the world while they weren't podcasting. They catch up on the olympics (2:33) for a bit then spend the bulk of their time comparing notes out of the The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast series by Christianity Today (25:46). Finally, the guys give their flowers to Kyle Lowry as he has moved on from the Toronto Raptors (1:07:06).

After focusing last episode on how the church has changed somewhat due to the pandemic, Chris and Eric focus in on friendships, families, fake news on Facebook and the fallout of the pandemic when it comes to relationships. We have all learned so much about each other due to our use of social media and the sharing of our opinions. So how do we manage to see each other when we now know so much more. That's the conversation. We tried splitting this into two parts but it needed to be one. It's just that kind of conversation!

In this episode, it's back to just Chris and Eric again! The gents take time to talk about how the church has changed since COVID and what that could mean for the future of her impact in communities and our world. How do we deal with people who want less to do with organized religion than ever before? Is the church dead? Better than ever? What do you think? No seriously...we want to know!!!!

We've heard a lot about “vulnerable people” during the pandemic but this portion of our population is much larger and more diverse than we often imagine. In this episode, Chris and Eric sit down with Jasmine Duckworth (@stressed_out_hippo) to talk about how, despite the fact that one in five Canadians identify as disabled, the disabled community is often overlooked and ignored. Jasmine shares with us some of the ways that the people we have often referred to as “shut-ins” have actually been “shut-out” of society and helps us think about ways to build a new normal that doesn't leave vulnerable people behind. -- Jasmine's bio: Jasmine Duckworth has served people who experience disability for 15 years at Christian Horizons where she works to nurture communities of belonging for people with disabilities. Jasmine is disabled herself and brings that personal experience to her work in supporting others with disabilities. She is also a contributor and editor for the Faith and Disability Forum.

Psychotherapist Kathy Bernard joins Chris and Eric to talk about the impact that the pandemic has had on our mental health and what practical things we can do to care for ourselves better going forward. The conversation moves through various topics such as grief, languishing and how to deal with people around us who have changed during these past 8 months. We also learn Kathy's “get through the pandemic song” and she shares a track that she hopes will be an anthem for the new normal.

In the first episode of their second second, Chris and Eric, along with their guests Lisa Goetze (Oakville Pastor at The Meeting House, @lisamariegoetze on Instagram) and Karmyn Bokma (Oakville Lead Pastor at The Meeting House, @karmynbokma on Instagram) put a playlist together based on songs that helped them get through the pandemic life (they each picked 5 songs in a draft-like order: Karmyn, Lisa, Eric and Chris). On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/103kxFy8qfqvm7gKOH1ePd?si=0ae957b28aad4bab On Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/podcast-pandemic-list/pl.u-qxylVGlC2GzryA For some reason, one of our songs couldn't make it to the playlists but you can listen to it here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYy0o-J0x20 -- Follow Eric on Instagram - @ericversluis Follow Chris on Instagram - @thatchrischase

In the season finale of the Chris Two Cent Eric Podcast, the gents and their special guest Lisa Goetze wrap up their conversation by going back to the beginning of their thesis - can someone who has messed up find redemption and be cheered once again or should they be cancelled forever? Questions that come up include: What if instead of retributive justice and cancel culture, we approached life through the lens of restorative justice? You will never be perfect, but does your worst moment have to be your defining moment?

On the penultimate episode of season 1, Chris and Eric begin to circle back to their opening premise of cheering for teams even when they've failed us, specifically looking at how stories may change depending on things like death and time. The main questions asked here are: Is a person's life defined by their negative actions or their positive ones? Can a person “redeem” their narrative and atone for their past mistakes? What does that even mean?

Recorded shortly after the deaths of Prince Philip and rapper DMX, Chris and Eric talk about heaven and hell, the difference between cancelling people versus cancelling ideas or institutions and whether or not Jesus would be one to ever cancel people.

Chris and Eric take time to talk about their own failures as human beings and what life would be like if Twitter existed when they were young (Cue the epic track by The Killers). From there, the guys look at the topic of confession and discuss its merits in today's world. 

Chris and Eric sit down with Tiffany Bluhm (author of the book "Prey Tell", host of "Why Tho" podcast and Lisa Goetze (Pastor at The Meeting House, Oakville Parish) to talk about various stages of purity culture, unhealthy power dynamics, gender roles and how the church has failed when it comes to protecting victims of abuse and corruption. Tiffany's bio: Tiffany Bluhm is the author of Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up. She is a sought after speaker, writer, and podcast co-host of the popular podcast Why Tho, a show answering the existential and nonsensical questions we ask ourselves, with author and speaker, Ashley Abercrombie. She speaks at conferences and events, and her work has been featured in World Vision Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, Jenny McCarthy Show, and more. As a minority, immigrant woman with a interracial family, she is passionate about women's equality, justice, and dignity.

Chris and Eric sit down with Tiffany Bluhm (author of the book "Prey Tell", host of "Why Tho" podcast) and Lisa Goetze (Pastor at The Meeting House, Oakville Parish) to talk about purity culture, unhealthy power dynamics, gender roles and why the church has failed when it comes to protecting victims of abuse and corruption. Tiffany's bio: Tiffany Bluhm is the author of Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up. She is a sought after speaker, writer, and podcast co-host of the popular podcast Why Tho, a show answering the existential and nonsensical questions we ask ourselves, with author and speaker, Ashley Abercrombie. She speaks at conferences and events, and her work has been featured in World Vision Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Sojourners, Red Letter Christians, the YouVersion Bible app, Jenny McCarthy Show, and more. As a minority, immigrant woman with a interracial family, she is passionate about women's equality, justice, and dignity.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled podcast rollout to talk about the aftermath in the Derek Chauvin verdict. Unlike our other episodes, this was a one take, no edits, no talking points planned conversation that ties into the themes of season 1 so far while leaning into the topics of race, policing, accountability and hope.

What's the craziest conspiracy you've ever heard? Chris and Eric go down the rabbit hole as they talk about the draw of QAnon and its place in today's culture. From there, they spend time talking about how belief in our teams will allow us to really believe anything, even if we know it it not true.

Chris and Eric talk continue their conversation from episode 1 to dig into why someone would support Donald Trump, how Chris was able to be a fan of Kobe Bryant in 2004 and beyond post his sexual assault case in Eagle (CO), cancel culture as a weapon and more. We also get to hear Eric say "scarcity mindset" a lot.

Chris and Eric open season 1 with a conversation about cheering for Terence Davis, a Toronto Raptor at the time of recording the episode (He is now on the Sacramento Kings) and the mental gymnastics of being happy that he was on their favourite team even though at the time he had just been under investigation for sexual assault by law enforcement. From there, they walk through the premise for their show - walking through what we might allow or gloss over in order to see their favourite team win - even if it may go against everything they hold as a value.

Meet Chris Chase and Eric Versluis, two friends who've known each other for years and work for the same organization but who've never been in the same room together. While they have normal differences, they see the world in similar colours and decided to talk about that in this podcast. With the overall theme being teams and fandom, the guys hope to talk through things that matter to them - sports, pop culture, religion, politics and how they all intersect.