The Beached White Male Podcast with Ken Kemp

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Beach Talk #5. Recorded the day after the Presidential “Debate” with Chris Wallace, Ken and Carla weigh in with their reaction. They reflect on the untimely death of the irreplaceable Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg , the coming election and the Presidential spin - predicting massive “fraud,” sabotaging our confidence in the integrity of the legion of men and...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Dr. David Gushee , professor, author, lecturer and distinguished ethicist. While they focus on Gushee’s most recent book (just released), After Evangelicalism: The Path to a New Christianity , they share war stories growing up in the wide world of evangelicalism and Gushee’s academic track - leading up to his earned Ph. D. at Union Seminary . They share a deep concern...

Send us Fan Mail Ken welcomes Piper Dellums , powerful keynote speaker, poet, author, film director, producer, and activist. Their friendship began in a small church in the mountain community of Idyllwild, CA . They share a decade long friendship, their encounters with Ron Kovic ( Born on the Fourth of July ), the 1619 Project , John Lewis , the cast of MASH including Alan Alda and Loretta Swit ....

Send us Fan Mail Ken checks in with Carla for another talk on the beach . We get caught up on the West Coast fires ; Carla comments on our interview with Theon Hill , presents some interesting gender polling in this election season, comments on Mayor Pete’s Sunday Morning sermon from Paris this weekend, and share some of the reading we’ve been doing lately. Finally, the Bleached Blonde Female shar...

Send us Fan Mail In December of 2016, Christianity Today produced a podcast conversation between Editor Mark Galli and Dr. Theon Hill from Wheaton College with the topic: Are White Evangelical Trump Supporters Racist? Ken followed up with correspondence between both Galli and Hill - a robust exchange. It was the start of a treasured friendship for the Beached White Male. In this, the most recent r...

Send us Fan Mail The Bleached Blonde Female - Carla - and Ken talk about the headlines of the Labor Day weekend - including the heatwave in California, the fires, Zoom calls , “Suckers and Losers,” Carla’s WWII veteran father, the Deep State, Critical Race Theory , Jacob Blake’s mother and the sacred right to vote. Carla’s got some ideas on how to be sure every vote is counted. Support the show Be...

Send us Fan Mail Blake Chastain is the creator and host of #Exvangelical , a very popular podcast that 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 documentary entitled “Deconstructin...

Send us Fan Mail In today's edition of Beach Talk, Ken checks in with Carla , The Bleached Blonde Female , and discusses the headlines including the RNC , Kenosha , Portland , and the heartbreaking departure of Chadwick Boseman . Listen carefully, and you'll hear the breaking of waves as Ken sips his Mai Tai and Carla, her Tart Limeaid. Carla shares a moment of respite under the night sk...

Send us Fan Mail 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, you'll hear about the TABLE TALKS project from Albert Tate , John Williams , Theon Hill , and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to a new segment for the Beached White Male Podcast: Beach Talk . Ken and his friend Carla, The Bleached Blonde Female , review the virtual 2020 Democratic Convention. Join us on the beach! Support the show Become a Patron  - Click on the link to learn how you can become a Patron of the show. Thank you! Ken’s Substack Page The Podcast Official Site : TheBeachedWhiteMale.co...

Send us Fan Mail The Beached White Male introduces Robert Chao Romero : tenured UCLA professor, author, attorney and ordained minister. Our focus is on his new book, The Brown Church . We talk about Robert’s journey from high school in mostly white Hacienda Heights in upscale suburban Southern California to Cal Berkeley Law School to fifteen years as a university professor. Robert’s mother is from...

Send us Fan Mail The  Beached White Male joins creator Dr. Bradley Onishi in a survey of his original podcast series: The Orange Wave - A History of the Religious Right in the OC Since 1960 . Both Ken and Brad have lived a good portion of their lives in Orange County, California, and experienced in-depth engagement with its unique brand of white Evangelicalism. This interview revisits the "ma...

Send us Fan Mail Michael MacDonald has a unique perspective on the mood in Portland during these difficult days of protest. Ken introduces Mike as the guy who challenged him to do a podcast... and this year, The Beached White Male is up and running with over 1,500 downloads. Mike talks about the crisis in Portland and the back-story of unique ministries all over the city. He reflects on his long t...

Send us Fan Mail Matula Adams, M.D. left her home in Dallas, Texas, and went back into residency at St. Johns Episcopal Hospital in Queens (New York) late in the fall of 2019 unaware that a global pandemic would strike. She soon found herself in the vortex of the crisis, seeing the first patient with the Coronavirus - and then the wave of cases hit like a tsunami. You’ll hear our conversation from...

Send us Fan Mail In Part II, we continue 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 the earliest days of white evangelicalism. Dr. Du Mez talks about The N...

Send us Fan Mail This one is for fun... Singer/Songwriter Will Duncan just this week turned 16. He talks to the Beached White Male about his work. He's an accomplished pianist, videographer, gamer and soccer player. He writes original songs, from conception to performance, mixing instruments and vocals in his studio. We talk about his hopes and dreams, and the joy of creation. One more thing...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Ph. D. , has just released her new book: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation . In two episodes, she discusses her meticulously researched book in which she follows the development of white evangelicalism and the emergence of the religious right from the mid-1900s to the present. She concludes that the white ev...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Belle Barthelmess talks about her commitment to anti-racism. Her journey started in a small, rural town in Maine. After college in Boston and a degree in urban youth work, she became a Residential Addictions Counselor for gang-affiliated adolescent males. Later, after serving a mega-church running a large youth program, she became Dean of Students at the International Training...

Send us Fan Mail In June, 2020, a group of women who call  themselves The Power 6 (all Moms) came together on Juneteenth to talk about the meaning of the celebration. Gina Grant, co-founder and CEO of Women that Soar was on the call. Ken got the green light from the group to interview this high-powered African American executive who is also a Mom. They discuss race, justice, Colin Kaepernick, “The...

Send us Fan Mail Ken and Mike talk about the inception and creation of the mythical world of The Sand Sea. Mike has been a reader of historical fiction and fantasy since his earliest memories of childhood. His experience on the football field in the O.C. through an Ivy League degree in history and four years on the gridiron on to law school in Washington DC, all fueled his dream of creating his ow...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 1 - The two Ken’s dive right into Ken Fong's principled change of heart as an Evangelical Pastor - specifically, with respect to the Asian American LGBTQ Community; how it came about, and the consequences of that change - from criticism to new open doors. The Beached White Male shares some thoughts on I-Thou and Us vs. Them. SEE SHOW NOTES:  https://thebeachedwhitemal...

Send us Fan Mail Part II - Dr. Fong speaks to American exceptionalism and the “racializing" of the Covid-19 pandemic and its social effect on Asian Americans.  Ken outlines some of the fascinating history that many of us have missed. The Beached White Male shares a disturbing episode of Us vs Them right in his own home town. SEE SHOW NOTES:  https://thebeachedwhitemale.com/ken_fong Support th...

Send us Fan Mail Professor Michal Meulenberg, Ph. D. and Attorney Seema Ali talk about the need for genuine conversation between Christians and Muslims. Michal, a professor at both Fuller Theological Seminary and Biola University is co-founder of People of Peace, Inc. and 2 Faiths, 1 Friendship - both committed to the encouragement of friendship and dialogue. Attorney Seema Ali has been an activis...

Send us Fan Mail Student Ministries Pastors, Sam Kemp and Osahon Obazuaye talk about their experience with students in this era of pandemic and racial tension in the Spring of 2020. In two parts, we talk about how these two remarkable people chose a career in student ministries; what they are learning from students and parents. We talk about race, purity culture, and the heroes who have inspired S...

Send us Fan Mail Student Ministries Pastors, Sam Kemp and Osahon Obazuaye talk about their experience with students in this era of pandemic and racial tension in the Spring of 2020. In two parts, we talk about how these two remarkable people chose a career in student ministries; what they are learning from students and parents. We talk about race, purity culture, and the heroes who have inspired S...