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The loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes. What if real, transformative faith is more like disruptive punk rock? In a world of people addicted to some piece of certainty on "faith-based" reason. Punk Theology exists to explore some hope…

Russ Shaw


    • Mar 8, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 54m AVG DURATION
    • 63 EPISODES


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    S04E15 Penetration

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 72:39


    What if penetration really has many layered definitions? It takes us a while to get there but we delve into what it means to penetrate. Odds are this show is not what you are imagining in your dirty little minds :) Or maybe it is!

    S04E14 Tribe 4 The Tribeless?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 58:06


    The spiritual so-called spiritual deconstruction process, more often than not it can have many feeling tribeless. Is that what Punk Theology is? A tribe for the tribeless? And isn’t this idea of the tribe listening to other tribes or how we practice empathy? Can we outside our own safety zone and hopefully see the tribal or empathetic attitudes of others?

    S04E13 Define Deconstruct

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 76:48


    There’s been a lot of talk lately as American and western Christian evangelicals begin the arduous, freeing yet painful process popularly known as spiritual deconstruction. Is it influenced by very public failures and Christian leadership? Or coming together and learning the deeper parts of each other stories? Either way Steve, Chuck and Russ get curious and delve into the definition of deconstruction.

    S04E12 Jesus Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 62:37


    Are religious institutions trying to sell us something when they introduce us to their Jesus? Don’t it seem like many organizations have their own brand of who Jesus is? Was Jesus a magician or a mystic? Did he work to dazzle people with miracles to gain credibility? Or was/is he a controversial spiritual philosopher spreading ideas that made religious elites fearful of their own power and influence?

    S04E11 A Desire to be Rich

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 87:43


    Is it the MAN vs. the savy Wall Street Bets Reddit page? The little guy coming up against the big hedge fund managers brings us to ask questions like... Is there a growing distrust of our financial institutions? Is the desire to be rich derived from a deeper need for security? And are wealthy people happier than the rest of us?

    S04E11 A Desire to be Rich

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 87:43


    Is it the MAN vs. the savy Wall Street Bets Reddit page? The little guy coming up against the big hedge fund managers brings us to ask questions like... Is there a growing distrust of our financial institutions? Is the desire to be rich derived from a deeper need for security? And are wealthy people happier than the rest of us?

    Privacy Or Secrecy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 84:27


    If Secrecy is the act of hiding information... Is privacy is about being unobserved or incognito? What's the difference? What does it mean to be able to have ones own experience of life without the eyes of anyone else seeing and knowing? And what impacts does Privacy and Secrecy have on our mental health?

    S04E09 Near Death Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 59:24


    Here in January 2021 as COVID-19 continues to take thousands of lives. It’s fair to say death is in our face, on our mind and part of our social consciousness. In this episode Kristen, Steve, Chuck and Russ Discuss the reality, shock and awe of being near death. As we share some of our own near death experiences.

    Tribal Powerkeg USA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 82:14


    A failed cou di ta or a symptom of our subconscious bias? Was it the worst thing to happen this week in a macro level or micro level? Is our country a tribal powder keg that’s been waiting to explode? At Punk Theology we don’t tend to talk about current events very much but last weeks was hard to ignore. And then this episode we work to get to the root of why we got to this point. Yeah Subconscious bias of the other? Is our country a tribal powder keg that’s been waiting to explode? At Punk Theology we don’t tend to talk about current events very much but last weeks was hard to ignore. And then this episode we work to get to the root of How humans can get to this point.

    Disgust 2020 - 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 55:08


    It’s disgust a feeling? An emotion or a hindering character in our continued quest for well being and mental health? Or can disgust influence peace and well-being during such a tumultuous time?

    S4E6 Lil Sister Big Brother

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021 87:51


    In this 1st episode of 2021 we are joined by reoccurring guest Kristen. Kristen is a full-time therapist in Washington state and Derek’s sister. We discuss 2020, mental health, isolation and moving forward. PunkTheology.net

    S04E05 Building Influence Alone In 2020?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 53:52


    Steve is influenced by an author challenging him to get in touch with the younger yet older, deeper more tender parts of himself. Which raises the question, how are we influenced during a isolated or solitary time? In 2020 are we Mentally, physically spiritually alone? PunkTheology.net

    PTS04E04 Covid Christmas 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 40:04


    2020 tumultuous Christmas season. If life is 20% the stuff that happens to us and 80% what we do about the 20% then what do we do with this uncharted energy around 2020 Christmas season?

    S04E03 COVID Shutdown 2 in 2020 And our Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 48:29


    Punks share some thoughts on the second shut down of 2020 and it’s effects on our mental health, understanding of community and security moving forward. And why does it seem most religious institutions are choosing this time to bend or break the rules? The government shut down and encouragement to lockdown have you zooming again?

    S04E02 Derek's Angel and Russ's Demon

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 52:40


    We care not for politics or elections. So this show is mostly about Derek's Angel and Russ's Demon. No it s not a contest! New Patreon Kristen! Praise the Lord! Punktheology.net

    S04 Kicking off! Kids, Mushrooms and Emotions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 50:12


    Punk Theology kicks off season four and in a very punk rock kind of way! We don’t really change much of anything! No new plot twist, no solving the dissonance of season 3's cliffhanger. Everyone's doing that. Instead the four of us Chuck, Derek, Steve and Russ Get in to the emotional layers of the podcast along with raising a family, the realities of close relationships and mushrooms. Killer podsafe bump by Tendinite the song is Be Be See

    S03E30 Safe People

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 51:51


    As we carry out the business of living many of us carry weight that when we share that weight it feels less burdensome. The weight, pressure and struggle of life can get really heavy if I, You or someone has no people in this life to talk to. How does one choose relationships with people one can be ourselves around and open up to? Is this where we start asking ourselves, especially if we’ve been hurt in the past, who is safe?

    S03E29 Emotionally Exhausted in Summer 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 46:01


    In the summer of 2020. It seems, nothing is simple.. Everything takes more energy, relationships feel not as accessible, plans altered or cancelled, trust is questioned and patience are tested...

    S03E28 A Want To Button?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 45:20


    The Punks discuss the frustration of not knowing how to get loved ones to want to work on the relationship.

    S03E27 Scary Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 62:49


    The Punks discuss how being male makes their emotions scary to other people. And how can that result in suffocated emotional expression? Punks elaborate... PunkTheology.net aP5Yd9WpgBRLBiWrxJu8

    S03E26 What is The Machine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 42:57


    As we journey on this life. As we age as we experience things as we grow and or atrophy. What is the machine? Is it blocking us? Or do we have a relationship that’s dependent on it continuing to turn? Or do we want freedom from the machine? Punks try and unpack what the heck the machine even effing is...

    S03E25 How U know U Woke?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 38:33


    Steve, Derek and Russ bring you another installment of Woke Academy LOL! How do you know when your woke? How do you know other people aren’t woke? Is it a matter of consciousness vs unconsciousness? Or is it, I know something you don’t? Whether it’s the good news, an important stance on social justice or the crazy thing those people are doing. How do we know we are the ones who are awake AKA Woke?!

    S03E24 Vagina Envy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 49:52


    3 dudes, Yeah these 3 men, Steve the Boomer, Derek the millennial and Russ the Gen Xer discuss their envy for vaginas?! Yes? No? Kinda? What does Vagina envy mean and how do we put language to something many men think about but never dare talk about.

    S03E23 Everyday Modern Mystics interview of Russ Shaw by Rev Wendy Wolf 2 of 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 34:51


    Everyday Modern Mystics interview of Russ Shaw by past guest Rev. Wendy Wolf. She phones up PT host Russ Shaw on a zoom call for Every Day Modern Mystics Playground, her Facebook group. You can also find some more of Wendy’s work of Everyday Consciousness real in our own soul reality in our Everyday lives at ModernMystic.us and lightovercomesdarkness.com

    S03E22 Choose You Own Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 42:20


    We’ve all heard a virtual reality but the question beckons in summer of 2020... How good are we at making up our own realities? How do we know the difference? Do we live in a day and age of choose your reality? Is there a reality buffet for just about any crazy or rational set of ideas one can come up with? And do we choose it or is it looking for a place to choose us?

    CHAZ aka CHOP RIP!? And Every Day Mystic Wendy interviews Russ Shaw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2020 78:01


    S03E21 CHAZ AKA CHOP DONE? And the Modern Mystic interview of Russ Shaw by past guest Rev. Wendy Wolf. She phones up PT host Russ Shaw on a zoom call for Every Day Modern Mystics Playground, her Facebook group. You can also find some of Wendy’s work at ModernMystic.us and lightovercomesdarkness.com

    S03E20 Married Man Female Friend?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 44:14


    Punks discuss the sometimes sticky, tricky eyebrow raising feelings of a married man being friends with a human female adult person. And... CHAZ AND CHOP UPDATE June 2020.

    S03E19 SPORTS 2 Take Me To Church!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 53:08


    The critically acclaimed conversation about sports being both meaningless and meaningful not only continues but tends to have a different kind of energy during these times. So Chuck, Derek, Steve and Russ ask how we gonna play/watch Sports post in 2020 Covid 19 season? Again the question Meaningless or meaningful arises don't it? And what about the correlation between sports and church? Why do religious organizations get to gather in a group, audience atmosphere? And how come sports isn’t treated the same way? We fell it an honest question to ponder..? Ain't it?

    SPORTS 2 Take Me To Church! S06E19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 53:08


    The critically acclaimed conversation about sports being both meaningless and meaningful not only continues but tends to have a different kind of energy during these times. So Chuck, Derek, Steve and Russ ask how we gonna play/watch Sports post in 2020 Covid 19 season? Again the question Meaningless or meaningful arises don't it? And what about the correlation between sports and church? Why do religious organizations get to gather in a group, audience atmosphere? And how come sports isn’t treated the same way? We fell it an honest question to ponder..? Ain't it?

    S03E18 Injustice and Social Unrest Powerlessness 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 43:27


    The feeling of powerlessness continues with this episode of powerlessness three. More evidence of uncertain times as injustice leads to social unrest. Derek and I respond to the feelings of powerlessness that can come when authorities, tasked to serve and protect continue to abuse their power over and over again. Missing Steve on this episode. PunkTheology.net

    S03E18 Injustice and Social Unrest Powerlessness 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 43:27


    The feeling of powerlessness continues with this episode of powerlessness three. More evidence of uncertain times as injustice leads to social unrest. Derek and I respond to the feelings of powerlessness that can come when authorities, tasked to serve and protect continue to abuse their power over and over again. Missing Steve on this episode. PunkTheology.net

    S03E17 Survival Panic Too!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 50:24


    You, Your living through a global Effin pandemic! Nice work so far! TBT Our adrenal glands, hormonal system, cardiovascular system, and brain are constantly in a state of preparedness for survival. Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However what about when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and oppressive worry?

    S03E17 Survival Panic Too!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 50:24


    You, Your living through a global Effin pandemic! Nice work so far! TBT Our adrenal glands, hormonal system, cardiovascular system, and brain are constantly in a state of preparedness for survival. Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However what about when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension, and oppressive worry?

    S03E16 Survival Panic!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 38:05


    A boomer, millennial and a gen-Xer discuss the art of continuing to live, exist or thrive during Covid-19's take over of spring and possibly summer of 2020. Another Punk Theology Zoom Episode!

    S03E16 Survival Panic!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2020 38:05


    A boomer, millennial and a gen-Xer discuss the art of continuing to live, exist or thrive during Covid-19's take over of spring and possibly summer of 2020. Another Punk Theology Zoom Episode!

    S03E15 Spring 2020 TRIGGERED AF

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 118:00


    How are we being triggered by living in the city where the first novel Corona 19 virus outbreak was reported in the United States? Steve, Derek, Russ and Chuck stops by to talk about how us Americans are processing the cognitive dissonance around uncertainty and risk-taking in the age of covid-19. The effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind. (WARNING this episode is mostly us just hanging out)

    S03E15 Spring 2020 TRIGGERED AF

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 118:00


    How are we being triggered by living in the city where the first novel Corona 19 virus outbreak was reported in the United States? Steve, Derek, Russ and Chuck stops by to talk about how us Americans are processing the cognitive dissonance around uncertainty and risk-taking in the age of covid-19. The effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind. (WARNING this episode is mostly us just hanging out)

    S03E14 Dean G's Story Meth and Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 46:38


    Dean shares escaping the clutches of one of the most stubborn, deadly and inevitably body and soul deteriorating addictions known to man. One of Russell’s oldest friends stops by the Punk Theology Podcast to boldly and courageously share his story of addiction, recklessness, coming to the end of himself and his resurrection from Seattle to a sunshine island paradise. The Punk Theology 2020 Easter special.

    S03E14 Dean G's Story Meth and Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2020 46:38


    Dean shares escaping the clutches of one of the most stubborn, deadly and inevitably body and soul deteriorating addictions known to man. One of Russell’s oldest friends stops by the Punk Theology Podcast to boldly and courageously share his story of addiction, recklessness, coming to the end of himself and his resurrection from Seattle to a sunshine island paradise. The Punk Theology 2020 Easter special.

    S07E13 Powerless 2 CoedCovid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2020 50:12


    A Global shaking of the Snow Globe! What do you men Toilet Paper doesn't just show up at the store automatically?!?! Punks talk about the consciousness in and of the logistics of how a society functions during the *light* apocalypse we’re all experiencing. And how do relationships bend, strain and copulate (or not) during long stay at home orders?

    S07E13 Powerless 2 CoedCovid

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 50:12


    A Global shaking of the Snow Globe! What do you men Toilet Paper doesn't just show up at the store automatically?!?! Punks talk about the consciousness in and of the logistics of how a society functions during the *light* apocalypse we’re all experiencing. And how do relationships bend, strain and copulate (or not) during long stay at home orders?

    S03E12 Global and Personal Powerlessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 61:07


    Recorded a few blocks away from the hospital where the first Novel Coronavirus Outbreak was reported in the United States. Steve, Derek and Russ talk about the effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind, both personally and globally. Recorded 3/12/2020

    S03E12 Global and Personal Powerlessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 61:07


    Recorded a few blocks away from the hospital where the first Novel Coronavirus Outbreak was reported in the United States. Steve, Derek and Russ talk about the effects this light apocalypse is having on our anxiety sense of safety and peace of mind, both personally and globally. Recorded 3/12/2020

    S03E11 Chuck's in Checks in!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 58:40


    Long time favorite PT member from season 1 and 2 checks in. Speak candidly about struggling with dissociative identity disorder, previously called multiple personality disorder. A complex psychological condition that is likely caused by many factors, including severe trauma during early childhood.

    S03E11 Chuck's in Checks in!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 58:40


    Long time favorite PT member from season 1 and 2 checks in. Speak candidly about struggling with dissociative identity disorder, previously called multiple personality disorder. A complex psychological condition that is likely caused by many factors, including severe trauma during early childhood.

    S03E10 Dreams of Beauty and Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 44:37


    This podcast has no description and needs no introduction. FYI The Punk Theology Podcast is a loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes.

    S03E10 Dreams of Beauty and Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 44:37


    This podcast has no description and needs no introduction. FYI The Punk Theology Podcast is a loud, encouragingly troublesome, rebellious, colorful artistry of what one really, actually believes.

    S03E09 Dopamine Fasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 45:04


    Silicon Valley giving birth to a curious moral trend? What is dopamine fasting? And how is it different than religious ideas of sin and repentance? Derek Steve and I talk about the interesting trend of dopamine fasting on Punk Theology

    S03E09 Dopamine Fasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 45:04


    Silicon Valley giving birth to a curious moral trend? What is dopamine fasting? And how is it different than religious ideas of sin and repentance? Derek Steve and I talk about the interesting trend of dopamine fasting on Punk Theology

    S03E08 Death Positive 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 41:15


    What if in this hopeful new year 2020 we could be more positive about the fact that people die. The western world tends to have a stigma towards death and dying. The facts are that death is as natural as childbirth.

    S03E08 Death Positive 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2020 41:15


    What if in this hopeful new year 2020 we could be more positive about the fact that people die. The western world tends to have a stigma towards death and dying. The facts are that death is as natural as childbirth.

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