Ted Kluck and Zachary Bartels

Gut Check Podcast

Religion EN ↓ 290 episodes

Official podcast of Gut Check Press.

Author

Ted Kluck and Zachary Bartels

Category

Religion

Podcast website

www.gutcheckpress.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

#252 | German Decorum 17.07.2025

This week: Bavarian recap, Boyhood crushes on the now-elderly, Shushgate, Burn Notice revisited yet again, No Country for Old Men

#251 | Ahoy! 05.07.2025

This week: Gut Check River Cruise, Why isn't Germany romantic? Pleasantly getting shot and dumped in the ocean.

#250 | Three Kinds of Glum 11.06.2025

In this milestone episode: The most annoying type of TPR, the need for dirtbags, the fall of Michael Tait, RIP George Wendt

#249 | Performative Backpack Swinging 03.06.2025

If you're gonna be a film school hipster, you gotta be tiny, and other observations from evangelical conferences. (Also, bonus content from Nicky Blaine's: the Mystery of the Missing Lanyard)

#248 | Smart Toddler 23.05.2025

This week: Picking a new pope, Ted's flammable regalia, phones are small/big/annoying, old guys going liberal

#247 | Dead-Eyed Dignity 01.05.2025

This week: Locating our promise, archiving friendships, rediscovering Palmer

#246 | The Hard Data Podcast 09.04.2025

This week: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day; are there even young people?

#245 | Dinklage 31.03.2025

Forgiveness, Snow White stuff, AI upscaling old shows, Secret City Drawing, A fantastic new game

#244 | Prime Richard Rohr? 22.03.2025

This week: Ted steps in the ring with a former world champ; Evangelical Smackdown Redux

#243 | Enough Jokes. 08.03.2025

Zach and Ted are the opposite of disappointed, discussing series finales, good and bad.

#242 | Lorenzo Music 28.02.2025

This week: The Gorge; The Pilgrim's Progress: Dangers, Toils, and Snares; Classic ads; Cheers-Newhart Crossover; The Eighties loved humbling the rich

#241 | A Candle, A Painting, and a Song 21.02.2025

This week: The Irish are just white people now, Card-keeping etiquette, three thoughtful gifts from listeners, hate-listening to Gut Check, Ted and the Cult.

#240 | The Closest to Being Naked 19.02.2025

Eating eggs on the air, schizophrenic DVDs, Old man Cheers and Newhart talk, Evangelical Celebrity Stories

#239 | The Inhumanities - FIXED LINK 03.02.2025

Rome airport insanity, Streaming services are garbage, Cheers is evergreen, Movie idea: Die Alone, Why not just let AI write the movies (and the sermons)?

#238 | This Is Gonna Sound Mean, But... 03.01.2025

Gladiator II (and Twisters, again); Ted is mad at Satan

#237 | Peace on Earth and Don't Get Stabbed 25.12.2024

This Christmas: Trapped in Paradise, You can't kill the bull moose, Is It's a Wonderful Life a good movie?, Newheart vs. Jimmy Stewart, Land Man

#236 | TEN YEARS, MAN! 18.12.2024

In this ten-year-anniversary episode: coquetish permapose, vein-work and acupuncture, Mike? Never call me again., critiquing free product, critiquing old podcasts, critiquing an AI podcast about Ted, Zach's new book; (Oh, and the word I bleeped was "rascal")

#235 | Camo Vest + Million-Dollar Shorts 03.12.2024

This week: a (admittedly delayed) Tyson fight debrief, Drisky Business

#234 | You Guys Have Fun 19.11.2024

We're back and our host is UN-HACKED! This week: Zoom smoke debrief, Election debrief, Turk speculation

#233 | Lit Boy 07.11.2024

Flannery O'Connor and smugness, New Gut Check Literacy Month series coming...

Yes, We Tried Pressing Escape | An Announcement 12.10.2024

I don't have that code! You broke in here to access out computer?! Any information you could get--when they wake up in Altoona in the morning, they'll change it! You won't be able to blackmail our executives or threaten our publishing emp-- SIT! DOWN!

#232 | A Flight of Huel and a Flight of Fancy 04.10.2024

This week: Who's the George in your life? Huel: Not mealy, lumpy gruel

#231 | Mozart's Ghost 26.09.2024

This week: We watched The Net. Then we pressed CTRL-SHIFT and discussed it.

#230 | Intervention 05.09.2024

This week: pushing on pain-points for content.

#229 | Watch This 27.08.2024

This week: baller watches, a Bob Ross energy drink, boxing, sushi with Jesus, Gut Check Records.

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