The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

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...

Send us Fan Mail REPRISE- The Orignal Round Table Discussion on Seeing White from August 28 2021 for April 2, 2021 For five weeks, Ken Kemp facilitated a virtual discussion around the Scene On Radio Podcast series, Seeing White - all 14 episodes. All ten participants were white and represented several generations - white people exploring "whiteness" together. In this episode of the BWM,...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla review events in Egypt and the Suez Canal. Kristin Du Mez appeared with Shane Claiborne and spoke to issues of our time. Phyllis Schlafly, Mark Hatfield, Richard Halverson, Secretary Pete are in focus for this week's Beach talk along with Easter Sunday, coming up this week. Contact Ken Edition 88  Support the show Become a Patron  - Click on the link to learn ho...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a full year since Ken launched the Beach White Male podcast in March of 2020. In his episode, he reflects on an eventful twelve months. The podcast began just as the pandemic crisis changed the world. From his "man cave," he has interviewed an amazing collection of authors, thinkers, and influencers. He and Carla have brought their open and candid response...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Carla back after a week recovering from her second vaccine. Ken just got his - so they swap vaccine stories . It's been a brutal week with two tragic mass shootings - in Atlanta, Georgia and Boulder, Colorado . Ken and Carla talk about the fall-out that surrounds the awful events, including a push for gun control legislation. Several names come up: Ruth Graham of...

Send us Fan Mail REPRISE: Ken brings back his conversation with New York Times best-selling author, historian, podcaster, and thought leader, Jemar Tisby (see special links below). Jemar shares his background as an African American who became a Christian when he was invited to a primarily white high school youth group. At Notre Dame , as an undergraduate, he was introduced to Reformed theology - h...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Diana Butler Bass, an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. They talk about her new book (to be released March 31, 2021) Freeing Jesus . Diana shares the background that took her from the East Coast to Arizona and Scottsdale Bible Church where she made a commitment to follow Jesus. It took her to Westmont College and G...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla explore the relief plan just signed by President Biden this week - The American Rescue Plan . The stock market hits record highs. Jemar Tisby and Beth Moore announce their departure from the church they love. They remember the legacies of Howard Hendricks and Tom Skinner . The now former royals, Harry and Meghan , tell all to Oprah and Ken reminisces about his visit...

Send us Fan Mail The Two Kens come together again to talk about the increase of violence against Asian Americans as the battle against Covid rages. You'll hear from Author Activist Helen Zia and Sharon Kwan , Ken Fong's podcast guest, a licensed clinical therapist whose article on the subject recently went viral. They delve into the Trumpist vitriol , the history of violence against Asia...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla share "Vaccine Joy" - including Dolly Parton , Sikhs and Alaskan Native Americans all getting the protection that comes from needle to arm. Bethany Christian Services has announced a change in policy regarding adoption eligibility for LGBTQ couples prompting Carla to share thoughts on privilege. Ken shares a story about families who deal with LGBTQ children...

Send us Fan Mail This Table Talk is the conversation that we all want to have but few of us get around to ... it's challenging; fear-inducing; lots of resistance - but richly rewarding. In the longest (and maybe best) BWM podcast, Ken and Osahon welcome six of the table talk participants. They all share the powerful impact of the five weeks we spent together working through the fourteen episo...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Carla meet again on that imaginary deck in Newport Beach - this week to talk about Covid vaccines, the anti-vaxxers , conspiracy theories, and Ron DeSantis ' plan to lower Florida flags to half-mast in honor of Rush Limbaugh . The Supreme Court unanimously approved the release of the former President's tax returns to investigators, opening the door for Cyrus Vanc...