Christian Cringe

This week we are joined by Analog Jones and the Temple of Film creator Stephen Bay who makes us watch one of his favorites of the Christian VHS Market ... BIBLEMAN specifically the adventure of The Six Lies of the Fibbler! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into The Donut Hole. Matt was under the impression this series was a beloved piece of Christian content but quickly learned the host was a local performer and it's possible he's in the minority of people who remember (or even were exposed to) this strange show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While not specifically a show for Christians by Christians ... 7th Heaven fit right into that wholesome family entertainment for Christian families box at least briefly. Matt has never seen it but Katie's family watched it weekly so we decided to dive into it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With it being Mother's Day we decided to bring back Catholic Cringe and go over a blog post Matt found of the 10 Catholic Customs from the Catholic Mom's Life blog! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Jenae Thompson to discuss Kirk Franklin and the influence of his massive hit album "The Nu Nation Project" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Scott Okamoto who was Katie's English teacher when she attended a Christian College. The team discusses the experiences of Christian College both as a student as a professor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 years ago Relient K released their debut album on Gotee Records and made immediate fans out of Katie and Matt. This week we dive back into the record that started it all to try to determine if it holds up to nostalgia or not! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Matt reacts to some of Katie's favorite stand-up routines about religion! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on the podcast we talk about a more recent release. It 2021 there was a controversy about the number 1 Christian album on iTunes having a parental advisory sticker. Matt became a fast fan of the EP and the artist Semler and given the general state of the world it felt like we needed to shine a light on this truly amazing concept album from just a few years ago! Learn more about your ad c...

We take a break from our personal Cringe to invite back our first guest Mark Hampton who shares with us some of the cringy things the catholics do... specifically Lent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Internet Supreme Court dishonorable judge Nate Lopez to discuss the weird puppet show his Grandmother forced upon him and his brothers ... Quigley's Village! We dive into Episode 1 "Responsibility" and how this is a nightmare version of Sesame Street meets Mr. Rogers. This might be the cringest thing we've discussed so far!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

This week Katie and Matt dive into the debut album from Punk Legends MxPx! Even though both are huge fans, Katie and Matt rarely listen to this album, will this revisit reveal why that is? Only way to find out is to listen! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Katie and Matt are joined by Woody Massie who introduced both of them to the bizarre 70's film The Cross & The Switchblade! It captures the dark gritty vibe of a grindhouse movie with the preachiness of a church service, what more could you ask for! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The premise was simple. Katie was going to do a presentation on the history of Christian Foods with our friend Joe Fejeran joining for the ride... unfortunately when she got to Testamints a mystery unfolded that Katie couldn't help but deep dive. WATCH THIS WEEKS EPISODE HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We wrap up our Five Iron February by sitting down with Five Iron Frenzy's guitarist Micah Ortega. We discuss the early days of the band, some of the themes of Our Newest Album Ever! and our feelings on Christianity in 2025! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Matt continues Five Iron February by exposing Katie to the 2nd Five Iron album "Our Newest Album Ever!" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Five Iron Frenzy drummer Andrew Verdecchio who talks to us about the early days of the band, how the reaction was to Upbeats & Beatdowns, His own journey in his faith and what fun things we can look forward too when we get to their next album! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the beginning of Five Iron February and we kick it off with the debut album from Five Iron Frenzy "Upbeats and Beatdowns". Is this the most punk-rock debut album in Christian music history? Matt certainly thinks so! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we dive into the first episode of the VHS series McGee & Me! In Episode 1 "The Big Lie" our protagonist and his cartoon buddy McGee move into a new town and make a first impression in the worst possible way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we venture into the crazy world of Religious video games with EXODUS: JOURNEY TO THE PROMISE LAND! We found a play through of the game that we watched (you can find the video on the Geekscape YouTube) while Katie tells us the crazy story of the bootleg studio that created this game! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we are joined by Marie Brand (co-host of Napping Through Happy Hour) to discuss the first Veggie Tales video "Where is God When I'm S-Scared". This episode of Veggie Tales also contains the certified banger "God is Bigger". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we discuss the 2001 Christian Skating film EXTREME DAYS starring Dante "Rufio" Basco. We are joined by Dante's former Hook castmate Thomas Tulak! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title really says it all. Katie loves playing a game with her husband called "Did you know that tis band is Christian?" For over a year she's been getting him into the music of Relient K and decided to reveal their religious origins to Mark on the podcast ... however to trick him fully we pretended our podcast was about 90's grunge music and we wanted him to discuss his favorite band of all ti...

Welcome to the first episode of Christian Cringe! In our first episode Matt shows Katie the Tooth & Nail record "Happy Christmas Vol. 1" which features some Christmas covers from classic Christian bands like The O.C. Supertones, Joy Electric, Plankeye and Seven Day Jesus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices