The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

Send us Fan Mail This week, Ken and Carla talk about the resistance to vaccinations the pressure on Joe Biden to call the nation together to battle the virus. This week, California votes on the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom, Larry Elder is making a full-court Trumpian run at replacing the governor. The new podcast SouthLake tells the story of an upscale Dallas community up in arms packing school...

Send us Fan Mail Carla and Ken review the shutdown of American involvement in Afghanistan . Texas has implemented a draconian anti-abortion law that is blatantly unconstitutional. Ken shares a paper he wrote in seminary the year Roe v. Wade decision came down from the Supreme Court . Daniel Darling , a Vice President for the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) lost his job because he believes th...

Send us Fan Mail Ken Fong has just returned from Alaska and his photo tour. The two Kens discuss the Netflix Film, Pray Away , the story of the rise and fall of Exodus International . Ken Fong has had discussions and interviews with some of the cast members and producers including Alan Chambers and Julies Rogers . They review Ken Kemp's interview with Andy Wells , author of "Tried to be...

Send us Fan Mail THE BEST OF - Today we rebroadcast one of our most popular podcasts - Part II, from July 2020 - our conversation with author and professor, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Ph. D . Her new book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation , addresses toxic masculinity, tracing the imposition of rigid hierarchy in the traditional family structure from...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla launch this Beach Talk with the headlines focused on the crisis in Afghanistan . Carla is not happy with the way in which this news is being covered. What's overlooked is the infrastructure plan and the advances in vaccination . We now have a President who tells the truth. Secretary Pete , a veteran of America's time in Afghanistan, has become a dad. The Ba...

Send us Fan Mail Carla celebrates the passing of the infrastructure bill in the Senate with a surprise bi-partisan vote: 69-30. Mitch McConnell voted YES. John Thune voted NO. Tucker Carlson calls it the " Pete Buttigieg Infrastructure Bill." Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers hit the headlines and create chaos. They remember and reflex smallpox and polio vaccines .  The Netflix documentary &...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Sarah Dornbos , educator and Christian justice advocate and activist. She’s also the Kids Hope USA director for her church and local elementary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Sarah is a Calvin College grad who recently completed her M.A. in Social Justice at Kilns college (with a focus on race/class disparities in public education). She’s also a tr...

Send us Fan Mail - California Gov. Gavin Newsome is in play. The bi-partisan infrastructure bill got support from Senator John Thune . Ken talks about the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago - and Eric Larson's book, The Devil in the White City in which Chicago out-did Paris and the Eiffel Tower. They did it with a Ferris Wheel . They talk about the CT podcast - The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill -...

Send us Fan Mail In this brief episode, Ken cordially invites you to become a Patron of the Beached White Male Podcast. He reflects on the past year as he produced well over 100 episodes. There have been thousands and thousands of downloads from all over the world - mostly North America. He's eager to get to know you. Be among the first Patrons. You can see the PATREON PAGE here . He also inv...

Send us Fan Mail The House Committee begins the hearings on the January 6 Insurrection .  Former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo brings the Sunday morning anti-vaxxer, anti-CRT message dismissing the January 6 inquiry as a "witch-hunt" to a California mega-church. They talk about how conservatives spin the hearings, telling people not to watch, diminishing the impact of the inquiry. J.D....

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes back Dr. Scott Chesebro . Just last week, Ken and Scott spent two days walking the streets of Hyde Park and the University of Chicago there on the South Side . Scott and Ken we classmates and fast friends, living in the city for three years and a second summer in the late 60s and early 70s. Scott became a sociologist and college professor with the Ph. D. he earned at...

Send us Fan Mail Ken makes a visit to Carla's home. They share lunch and conversation about democracy in jeopardy - President Biden's strong speech. The Memory Law brings Carla to a new, hard truth about segregation, equal rights, and wedding gowns. They reflect on Ken's podcast with Ken Fong and the effect of political and religious growth and change on marriage and friendship. The...

Send us Fan Mail Ken Fong and Ken Kemp speak of their two different podcast audiences and how each has been impacted by all the talk surrounding Critical Race Theory (CRT). Fong raises the question of how the Beth Moore and Russell Moore departure from the SBC impacted their respective spouses. That leads to an open conversation about their own spouses : Sharon (Snoopy) and Carolyn. It's a ve...

Send us Fan Mail In Part II of Ken's interview with Andy Wells , the two talk about the impact of the Nashville Statement and Andy's apologetics professor at Biola University , J.P. Moreland . Andy tells about his experience in leadership at a large evangelical church which led to "conversion" or "reparative therapy," and then his "coming out." The Exodus Mo...

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...