Passages

Back from the holidays, the fellers discuss parachuting mishaps, brain mismatches, and big moments. Plus, this week’s passage by Robin Sharma: “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”

The guys talk about a missing satellite, debate the best and worst Christmas movies, a bad preacher, and this week's passage from Charles Dickens: "No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused."

More fan mail! Also, a discussion about the 411 Boys winning the state championship and awkward Christmas songs. And, this week's passage by Ludwig Wittgenstein: "If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."

A special announcement and more fan mail! Also, an update on driverless cars, a list of Christmas gifts for men, the Zamora temple, tales of Michael James, and our passage for this week by William Ernest Henley: “Invictus.”

Happy Thanksgiving! The boys talk about cars of the future, things you shouldn't bring up at Thanksgiving dinner, a Yay Sports! segment, and things falling out of the sky. And, this week's passage from Muhammad Ali: "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."

A beauty pageant contestant chooses death metal for her talent, AI apocalypse, turkey talk ahead of Thanksgiving, balding remedies, Trump calls a reporter piggy, a guest caller, and more! Plus this week’s passage by HL Mencken: “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.”

A new sandwich at Chick-fil-A, updates on 3I / ATLAS, duck hazards on roller coasters, miracle myrrh, and a Say What involving charges of heresy. Plus this week’s passage by Leo Tolstoy: “All really great things are happening in slow and inconspicuous ways.”

The art of toilet papering someone’s yard, coaches getting fired in college football, AI Apocalypse, and the three Christs of Ypsilanti. A Vols fan mistakenly calls into the show and this week’s passage by Bob Ross.

The boys talk daylight saving time, escaped monkeys, southernisms, and trash Halloween candy. Also, another bad preacher and this week’s passage by 13th century Persian poet, Rumi: “What you seek is seeking you.”

Airline etiquette, jewel heists, the greatest deal in sports history and a bad preacher. Also this week’s passage by Marianne Williamson: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you...

Drew’s new novel, Out of the Thicket, launches, Drew and Jason discuss the nature of the comet 3I/ATLAS, more fan mail, bad preachers, and a Say What segment. Also, this week’s passage by Marc Brackett: "Be the learner, not the knower... and listen to understand, not to build your own argument."

Fall has arrived, the value of a good name, firefighters versus high school baseball teams, and a bigun on a plane. Plus, a new segment: “Say what?“ And our passage by Seneca: “ The things you run from are inside you.“

Jane Goodall in memoriam, chitchat at the grocery store, a school teacher’s prank “stinks,” new restaurants in Leeds, and a bad preacher. Also, this week’s passage by Hippocrates: “Everyone wants to heal until the medicine shows up in the form of discipline.“

Jason gives everybody an English grammar test to settle a score. Plus, old wives' tales, Jason's odyssey out West, a Gen-Alpha glossary, and another end-time prediction is cast into the dustbin of history. Also, this week's passage by Wendell Berry: "The Peace of Wild Things."

Patrick is at the controls solo, sans Drew, Jason, and Tim for episode 85. Guests Mackenzie and Eli join him in a discussion on AI, future generational events, and Eli picks a bone with Drew’s assessment of youth ministry from a few episodes ago; all while Patrick tries to keep Mackenzie on topic. And of course, our passage from Rainer Maria Rilke, “Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror....

The guys discussed the tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk. Then several questions or answered: what’s Tim allergic to? Who is the most traveled host of Passages? What’s easier—getting great abs or becoming a millionaire? And do we ever really forget anything? And, of course, this week’s passage by Haruki Murakami: “There are ways of dying that don't end in funerals. Types of death you can't smel...

A fire scare at Ashville Road, body language, a miracle drug for the eyes, pharmaceutical ads, a tomato festival in Spain, Patrick’s wedding, and another bad preacher segment. Also, this week’s passage by John Wooden: “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.”

Drew’s back from Ghana, Patrick points out the bland direction fast food architecture has taken, Tim has a list of things left in Ubers and Jason talks about his very bad day. Also, this week’s passage by Dr. Seuss: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”

Things happen. Lives are changed.

Patrick is back from the beach, and he is annoyed. Jason gives us a glimpse into the not too distant future. Tim issues an invitation to help break Guinness world record. And Drew shares some of histories most misquoted statements. Plus, “Thanks” by W.S. Merwin.

The guys talk about the best southern desserts and ten reasons why Drew left youth ministry. Also, Nathan joins the Passages crew to help pay tribute to Hulk Hogan. And of course, this week’s passage by Tom Waits: “ A gentleman is someone who can play the accordion, but doesn’t.“

For the first time, fan mail! Jason read some hot jokes, Drew deals with home repair, Tim reports on drama in the OC, and Patrick reports on Chick-fil-A‘s excellent efficiency. Plus, this week's passage by Vincent van Gogh: “One doesn't expect out of life what one has already learned that it cannot give, but rather one begins to see more and more clearly that life is only a kind of sowing...

The guys try to keep it together without Drew, the MLB All Stars game, insurance from a doctor's perspective, and things Jason hates about the beach. And this week's passage from Donald Miller, "The risk of being known is also the decision to be criticized by some."

Texas, floods, Wimbledon, psychology hacks, and health insurance woes that grind our gears. Another bad preacher, and this weeks’s passage from Ted Lasso.

Game show nostalgia, recording sermons, allergic reactions, and naps. Plus, this week’s passage by Rudyard Kipling : “If.”