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Melissa and Brian Koser make top ten lists of everything.

Melissa and Brian Koser


    • May 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 191 EPISODES


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    № 191 I Was Wrong About AI

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2025 25:24


    Brian shares his current views on AI. The episode title is technically correct.

    № 190 2025 Preview: Beatles, Bugs Bunny, and Botticelli

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 14:09


    Brian and Melissa preview a few upcoming episodes.s

    № 189 All-Time Favorite TV Shows 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 58:57


    For the second time, Brian and Melissa list their favorite shows watchable on the television. Have their lists changed since 2020?

    № 188 Films 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 60:55


    Brian and Melissa cast their minds back to the far reaches of 2024 and share with you their favorite new-to-them films.

    № 187 Books 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 80:34


    Brian and Melissa share their favorite reads and re-reads of 2024.

    № 186 Chosen in Christ FEAT Matt Koser

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 58:06


    Brian and his brother Matt start a discussion on election and foreknowledge as presented in two epistles of Sts. Paul and Peter. This episode is available on YouTube, a first for the show.

    № 185 Thoughts From Five Months Ago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2025 56:07


    Melissa shares some thoughts she has ruminated on since last summer.

    № 184 Goals 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 65:13


    The old year is dead, long live the new year! We briefly discuss 2024 and share plans for 2025.

    № 183 Desert Island Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 44:07


    If you could only read 10 books for the rest of your life, which would you choose? Brian and Melissa give the definitive answers.

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    № 182 Top Fourteen Books from These Fourteen Books from the Book Poster of Books FEAT. The Sci-Fi Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 83:17


    Brian read 14 books. Matt read 14 books. Ben read 14 books. They rank those books.

    № 181 Chocolates from This Other Box of Chocolates

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 26:28


    Due to popular demand (both hosts) we consume another box of chocolates on air. Is this the worst podcast idea we've had? How is this a series? Why hasn't [company name withheld] sponsored this podcast? Ponder these questions and more and you listen to half an hour of chewing sounds. Happy Halloween!

    № 180 Unsettling Bible Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 37:17


    For this fall season, Melissa presents ten Bible stories that could have been adapted for The Twilight Zone.

    № 179 Apply Sparingly

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 24:37


    Brian makes a case for fewer sermon applications (and fewer morals at the end of the story).

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    № 178 Ambleside Online

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 49:40


    Brian and Melissa talk through Ambleside Online, a free Charlotte Mason curriculum, and what a normal homeschool day is like for the Kosers.

    № 177 Midway In Our Life's Journey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 12:32


    Brian reveals secret goals he wanted to achieve by age 35.

    № 176 In the Beginning, Dog: A Comedic Reading of P. D. Eastman's 'Go, Dog. Go!'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 47:44


    Brian puts on the piercing spectacles of literay criticism and reveals the true meaning of P. D. Eastman's masterpiece 'Go, Dog. Go!'

    № 175 Films 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 55:20


    Brian and Melissa compare their favorite films they saw for the first time last year, 2023.

    № 174 Books 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 70:15


    Brian and Melissa share their favorite reads and re-reads of 2023.

    № 173 Goals 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2024 60:14


    Not quite New Year's resolutions, but Brian and Melissa discuss plans for the new year, the year of our Lord 2024.

    № 172 Christmas Films 2023 FEAT. The Sci-Fi Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 43:44


    Brian and Melissa welcome back Ben De Bono and Matt Anderson to discuss some of our favorite Christmas films.

    № 171 Thoughts on Connection

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 25:55


    Melissa shares ideas on how we can be less lonely, isolated, and fragmented.

    № 170 We Affirm One Baptism FEAT Matt Koser

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 104:10


    Brian is rejoined by his brother Matt for a discussion of baptism: credo or paedo? What does baptism do? What constitutes a valid baptism? No questions are answered, but a rousing time was, again, had.

    № 169 Why Charlotte Mason

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 42:46


    Brian attempts to explain Charlotte Mason's 20 principles that undergird her philosophy of education.

    № 168 Reasons to Homeschool

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 49:54


    Brian and Melissa explain why they homeschool

    № 167 They Descended Into Hell FEAT. Matt Koser

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 117:18


    Brian and his brother Matt discuss three Christian theological views of hell: infernalism, annihilationism, and universalism.

    № 166 Are AI Alarmists Right?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 59:43


    Brian and Melissa discuss the present capabilities and future possibilities of ChatGPT and its artificial "intelligence" brethren, and how alarmists may be wrong with their predictions but right with their warnings.

    № 165 Book Reviews: Poetics and Sourcery

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 9:38


    For the first time in recorded history, Aristotle's Poetics and Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Sourcery are reviewed in a single podcast episode.

    № 164 All-Time Favorite Films 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 51:59


    For the first time, Brian and Melissa reveal their favorite Hollywood-style video movies!

    № 163 Book Review: Mrs. Dalloway

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 7:12


    Brian's quick thoughts on the novel Mrs. Dalloway.

    № 162 Book Review: Mort

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 7:18


    Brian's fuller thoughts of the fourth Discworld novel, Mort.

    № 161 Book Review: The Great Gatsby

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 13:53


    Brian tries reviewing a book. It went okay maybe? All spoilers for a 98-year-old book.

    № 160 Chocolates from This Box of Chocolates

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 59:15


    You know what translates well to a podcast? Eating. Eating little pieces of chocolate from a box of chocolates from Melissa's brother Michael. Thanks Michael!

    № 159 Books 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023 77:55


    Another year of books! Brian and Melissa share their top tens and bottom ones from 2022.

    № 158 Films 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 70:57


    Melissa and Brian discuss their favorite first-time-viewing films of 2022. Brian is now pretentious and calls them films instead of movies. Melissa has an unbelievable list; number 2 will shock you!

    № 157 New Year's Resolutions 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 61:13


    Start the year with Brian and Melissa! They review 2022 and set some new goals for 2023!

    № 156 The Top 10 (12) Items from Our Book Poster of Books from The Sci-Fi Christian FEAT. The Sci-Fi Christians

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 75:50


    Our friends Ben and Matt have a book club, with which Brian has been reading along. Together they rank the 12 books they've read over the past couple years.

    № 155 Potty Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 48:26


    Melissa's ten best tips for potty training your little tyke. Recorded on Maundy Thursday, but not posted until Easter because of a kidney stone attack! Pray Melissa passes it soon.

    № 154 Movies 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 47:10


    Only one-third of the way through 2022 before we talk movies we saw in 2021! That's okay, we talked about most of these in November after we did our scary movie list. You can probably skip this one, to be honest. Unless you want to hear Brian's theory on how No Country for Old Men is a hopeful movie.

    № 153 Flight of the Conchords Songs FEAT. Colten Jernigan

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 80:10


    Brian and special guest Colten Jernigan share their love of New Zealand comedy musical duo Flight of the Conchords by listening to their ten favorite songs.

    № 152 Books 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 66:39


    We didn't read 100, but we did read some books in 2021. Here are our favorites and least favorites.

    № 151 100 Movies 2022 Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 40:05


    This year, Melissa and Brian are going to watch or rewatch 100 films, leading up to a top 10 films of all time list in 2023.

    № 150 New Year's Resolutions 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 51:47


    Start the year with Brian and Melissa. They review 2021 and set some new goals for 2022!

    № 149 Muppet Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 43:18


    Brian and Melissa watched all the Muppet movies in 2021. What is the best Muppet movie, and more importantly, which is the worst?

    № 148 Christmas Carols—Well, Actually…

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 23:55


    What is a Christmas carol? Melissa finds out, and so will you when Brian attacks sacred cows and splits the hairs of Christmas.

    № 147 Scary Movies 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2021 77:13


    Brian and Melissa and almost-regulars-at-this-point Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono rank the Halloween movies the Kosers watched in October.

    № 146 Dune Movie Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 64:00


    Brian and Melissa and guest Clint discuss the movie Dune, from the perspective of a book reader and a non-book reader.

    № 145 Horror Plans 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 54:13


    Melissa and Brian make a list live! I mean, you're listening to a recording, but we recorded it live. We didn't make the list ahead of time, is what I'm saying. No, it was on purpose, not a lack of planning. Jeez. It's scary movies we're going to watch in October.

    № 144 Goodbye, Mobile

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 18:14


    We're moving! The audio quality is terrible, so if you want to skip this one: we're moving to Huntsville, Alabama at the end of June. For the fresh start, adventure, challenge, more moderate climate, more outdoor activities, etc. We're super busy now but will probably be podcasting again in August.

    № 143 SILOW Volume I: Books

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 80:39


    Brian introduces a new series: Stuff I Learned on Wikipedia. Which article related to books is the most interesting? Is the answer, "None of them"?

    № 142 Dr. Seuss Books

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 93:18


    Melissa and Brian share their favorite Dr. Seuss books. How many of Seuss's Sinful Six made it onto their lists?!

    № 141 Wheel of Time, Book 7: A Crown of Swords

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 46:03


    Our Wheel of Time series keeps spinning as we cover Book 7 with Ben and Matt on The Sci-Fi Christian podcast.

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