The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla compare notes from July 4. New video gives an in-depth perspective on the January 6 Capitol Insurrection . The Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925 launched the culture wars. The Congress appoints an investigative committee that includes Liz Cheney as Republicans work to change the subject. Joe Trippi joins the Lincoln Project . Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis show a c...

Send us Fan Mail With difficulty, at age 36, Andy Wells came out as gay. He's about to release a book entitled - Tried to be Straight, Biblical Options for Gay Christians . In Part I, Ken follows Andy's journey that took him from Episcopalian to Congregational all in historic Pasadena . He had a profound conversion experience that changed everything. As a new evangelical Christian, Andy...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla talk about record heat and the implications of climate change. It's Gay Pride Month . Carla fills in detail on Secretary Pete's coming out journey; they share the evolution of their thinking relative to gay rights . The documentary Stonewall traces the legal and emotional history of the LGBT+ movement. A Gallup Poll indicates that 70% of Americans (includin...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Rebecca Gummere , award-winning author, advocate, former pastor and blogger. They discuss her recent popular article that appeared in the Huffington Post : "I Found God, Became A Pastor And Then Lost My Faith. Here's What I Believe In Now." Rebecca has been writing since the earliest days. Her academic career (which includes the MFA in Creative Writing...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla reflect on Grandparenthood and Fathers Day . They pick up on the close of the highly covered SBC Convention and unpack some surprise votes - and how CRT (Critical Race Theory) has been targeted and exploited - and the attempts to minimize the sex abuse claims within the denomination. The New York mayoral race highlights tension in many cities across the nation where...

Send us Fan Mail Soon-to-be-Grandma Carla talks about the impact that newly audible heartbeat. Ken shares his PICK ONE decision and 2022 plan. Val Demings , Michael Garcia and Tim Ryan get honorable mention in the context of the high stakes of the coming mid-term elections. The Southern Baptist Convention wraps up this week with a high profile in the national news - largely representative of the w...

Send us Fan Mail Big announcement from Carla! This Beach Talk gets personal. Ken and Carla pull up a chair on the beach to talk about life's wonderful surprises - surprises that motivate us to work toward a better world. They agree - Reveal Parties are risky business. Carla introduces her commitment to the PICK ONE plan - and she shares her picks:  Tim Ryan preparing for his Senate race in Oh...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes back creator and host of the Straight White American Jesus Podcast , Dr. Bradley Onishi . Brad has been professor of religion at Skidmore College (upstate New York) and was chosen to deliver the commencement address , along with Cornell West . Brad's New York Times article, Trump's New Civil Religion gave Brad a powerful new platform. Ken and Brad cover many...

Send us Fan Mail Blake Chastain is back! In this rebroadcast, the creator and host of #Exvangelical , a very popular podcast. It focusses on the stories of people who have been raised in staunch evangelical traditions and then found themselves in a classic “crisis of faith.” Blake created the podcast and then the hashtag - which went viral. It caught the attention of CBS , who produced a documenta...

Send us Fan Mail Carla admits to a dark mood this week and Ken works to cheer her up. Secretary Pete appeared on three Sunday morning network programs. What is our country - a democracy or a republic? Michael Flynn hatched another fantasy about an August coup, reinstating our former President in the near future. Carla connects the dots. NYT The Daily on The Burning of Black Tulsa . A TicToK video...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla compare notes reflecting on the year since George Floyd was murdered. It's also the 100 Year Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and time for us all to pay attention to a history that's been covered up. They respond to those who would discount and silence Critical Race Theory . Carla puts in a plug for a worthy project in the UK called Friendless Churche...

Send us Fan Mail The Two Kens are back and as two former pastors, kick around the notion of "Biblical Authority" that dominates much of the discussion today around gender, hierarchy, racism, LGBTQ+, religious certainty and even Christian nationalism . To start, they talk about Ken Fong's incredible shots of the Milky Way   over Joshua Tree National Monument , past midnight. One of F...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla are back on the beach. They review Carla's CA visit . Carla is a big fan of the octopus ( My Octopus Teacher ) and Gold Leaf South Park . Topics today: Trump Organization under criminal investigation ; the Supreme Court takes up the Mississippi case on abortion (Carla weighs in); Russell Moore leaves the SBC for Christianity Today ; the Billy Graham documentary...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Carla to his home in Southern California. They share some of the highlights of the visit and then move on to the stories of the week including the announcement by President Biden and VP Kamala Harris regarding masks for the vaccinated. They salute Liz Cheney for her strong stand against her party's dogged loyalty to the former president - the unlikely rise of Eli...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez returns for a new original interview - catching us all up on her experience since her now best-selling book, Jesus and John Wayne was released just ten months ago. The professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University addresses the events that confirmed much of the book's thesis - Black Lives Matter , George Floyd , the Presidential electio...

Send us Fan Mail For Episode #100, Ken welcomes back Co-Founder and President of Culture Connection, Inc ., Scott Young . To celebrate, the two focus on finding the sacred in the most unlikely places. They follow Scott's career, from a period of spiritual and intellectual awakenings in his hometown of Escondido, CA . From there, Scott completes college and seminary to become a chaplain on sev...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla have some great news - Carla has travel plans . This week, they begin with a reflection on hard personal news that challenges our perspective on, well, everything. Carla took in the American Experience on PBS on the life of the author of The Wonderful World of Oz . In their review of politics, they review President Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress,...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes veteran of the film and entertainment distribution business, Dave Mechem . Their careers have run in parallel lines - including some collaboration and lots of mutual encouragement. The two friends walk through those projects: the feature film NOT TODAY about India's caste system , human trafficking and the plight of the Dalits that has led them both into a seriou...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla meet again on the beach for a relaxed, open conversation. On the day of recording, the Feds raided the home and office of Rudy Guliani . Ken shares his experience with Jury Duty this week. Carla loves the movie Nomadland that had a been night at the Oscars - they unpack the movie. Ken shares his recent read, Where the Crawdads Sing . President Biden just completed hi...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes award winning filmmaker , author and cultural commentator, Professor Craig Detweiler. Craig earned the M.F.A. at the University of Southern California’s acclaimed School of Cinema/TV (fellow alums: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas ). A professor of cinema at both Pepperdine and Biola Universities, he earned both the M.Div. and Ph. D. at Fuller Theological Seminary ....

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ken and Carla review the run-up to the final verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial and the impact on the nation. Conservatives are already promoting an alternate narrative, led by Tucker Carlson . Russian dissident, Alexei Navalny is barely hanging on to his life. Earth Day brings our planet into focus and the White House is calling together leaders from around the world t...

Send us Fan Mail Dalaina May takes us for a tour of those five years she spent in the jungles of Peru, working with a remote tribal people group with her husband and three young boys. While there, she managed to enroll in a graduate program via satellite. It triggered what she now calls a serious "deconstruct" that transitioned her family to Indonesia. In the exotic island city of Bali,...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Ken gather at the beach again, this time they review Charles King's Gods of the Upper Air . They grieve over the loss of rapper DMX , gone too soon. A gutsy pastor, John Pavlovitz has challenged us in ways that bring affirmation and condemnation. Minnesota is their focus this week the Chauvin trial , the death of Daunte Wright, and more. Hate crimes legislation , Ma...

Send us Fan Mail This week the TWO KENS talk about Purity Culture - a conversation prompted by the Atlanta mass shooting. They explore the shooter's background and the contribution of Ruth Graham and Dr. Bradley Onishi that appeared in the New York Times. They address a key question: if Purity Culture has caused harm, what's the alternative? Ken Fong opens up on a very personal level abo...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla return to the deck overlooking the harbor and the blue pacific and discuss the massive infrastructure bill in play with Secretary Pete at the helm. Amazon is going to battle with union organizers, raising questions about collective bargaining . March Madness delivered unforgettable basketball moments worth reliving. Professor David Dark emerges as a voice toward reco...