David and Mark talk about Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1997 ablum Exodus and talk about the title, the Exodus compared to returning from Babylon, Rastafari beliefs and how much of it is in the music, I&I, radio airplay and best of lists, mystics, Jesus as a black figure, Marcus Garvey, Jah, Big Fish, heathens, the extra recordings, "yard", waiting, …

Mark and David talk about The Ten Commandments Rescored (1923 film with a modern 2020 musical score) released by Jewish nonprofit Reboot, and talk about the semi-famous musicians, showing the musicians on screen and over corners of the movie, the melodramatic modern-day second half of the movie cut from this new project, the original film as a resp…

Mark and David talk about U2's The Joshua Tree (1987) and discuss radio play, their live shows, album sales, America, giving the songs additional spiritual meanings, romantic relationships and relationships to God, comparing Bullet the Blue Sky to P.O.D.'s cover, songs in Ireland and New Zealand, the track order, drug addiction, coal mining, saguar…

We review Marty Goetz's Hanukkah and Christmas album Festivals of Light 2002 and discuss the "festive season", Christmas in Japan, the color blue in Judaism, the menorah and nativity cover, live performances, Superbook theme and Emmy nomination, songs blending together/"background music", the album title, instrumental heavy songs and the extra minu…

Mark and David discuss Spoken's Echoes of the Spirit Still Dwell including the band name and album name, comparison to Rage against the Machine, yelling vs screaming, doubt, influences on our sound and the background of our song Adonai, angsty Christian music, and dancing like David --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh…

For Passover/Easter we talk about the Jesus movie and its use as ministry tool, if it works as an interesting film, foreign languages and dubbing, the new intro with Eden and prophets, emotional vs educational angles, watching it in one sitting vs watching it as an episodic series, the call to faith, accuracy, special effects as well as Campus Crus…

Mark and David discuss Family Force 5, their live show energy and push for audience participation, hairstyles, rock/rap/crunk genre, misinterpreting themes and immature double meanings and possibly intentionally dumb lyrics, drugs as a metaphor for faith, comparison of the band to DC Talk, breakdancing, Southern rap-rock, drama queens and diss trac…

Mark and David have a brief talk on the Star Wars TV show Kenobi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Mark and David talk about the film Ushpizin and the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, what etrogs taste and smell like and usually cost, temporary dwellings (sukkah), pruning trees, humor in the film, the "wanted" unwanted guests, Israel and the Haredi community --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/message…

We discuss Messianic pioneer LAMB's 1978 album Songs for the Flock and discuss early Messianic music, other bands called lamb, lamb and sheep metaphors, shorter album and song lengths, songs of judgement, harmonies, worship songs and dance worship songs and what makes a "messianic" sound. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/…

Mark and David talk about the two versions of Shalom Sesame and their different approach on education with a focus on the Shabbat holiday (especially Shabbat Shalom Grover). We also talk about different adaptations of Sesame Street and include our Shabbat Shalom song at the end. Shalom Sesame playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9WtQjG…

We discuss the 1998 animated film, breaking down the songs and score, the voice acting, animation and CGI, the characters' relationships, Biblical accuracy, the voice of God, Moses, Zepporah, the Egyptian priest's magic or illusions, scrapped comedy sidekicks, the prequel film, ending the film on the Ten Commandments, and we discus our pitch for a …

Mark and David talk to David's father Rabbi Barney Kasdan (God's Appointed Times, Biblical commentaries) about Biblical archaeology, including theories about the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, Babylon or Israel theories as well as the second Temple without the ark, Ron Wyatt's claim to have found the Ark, archaeology as a science, the Baruch seal, h…

Mark and David discuss Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. They discuss the Ark of the Covenant, the Rise of Skywalker, the Angel of Death, Macguffins, Mark visiting Egypt, the Indiana Jones Disneyland ride, WWII and the Middle East, Egypt in the Bible, some speculation on Indy 5 and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.…

Judah talks with David about music going from records to digital, adapting technology, what genres work well on a Messianic radio station, his podcast and blog, paying artists and touring economics, mainstream Jewish artists, Middle Eastern sound, pop music, and political views within Messianic believers. His work is on messianicradio.com and messi…

We talk about the animated classic An American Tail which includes a Hanukkah scene. We also talk about Jewish culture vs direct references to Judaism, Hebrew writing, 1885, parallels under occupation, whether the cats are anti-semites or mobsters, our ancestors and immigration, Fiddler on the Roof parralels, the songs, name changes, Fievel being r…

We discuss playing live with Navi, review their album Where We Are and also talk about Relient K, Irish and pirate music, optimistic vs pessimistic themes, arrangements and songs entirely in Hebrew. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

Switchfoot- Learning to Breathe We talk about seeing the band before they became famous, their surfing, meanings of the title track, their punkiest song, their skydiving music video, Jon Foreman's resemblance to Kurt Kobain, one song neither of us are a fan of, and much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mess…

We discuss themes in the Darren Aronofsky take on a Biblical epic with Noah We discuss liberal interpretations of the Bible, environmentalism and industrialization, Noah's status as a prophet, Methuselah as a mystic, the creation sequence, the Creator, the cycles of violence, and what makes a film Christian or Jewish or neither. --- Send in a voice…

We discuss Messinaic hip hop group Hazakim's second album Theophanies and also talk about apologetics, the 3-dimensional New Jerusalem, the music business, "seeing god face to face" and Golgatha. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/m…

We discuss "our" one hit wonders- the one and only song by an artist that we each individually really like. (It's a bit of a back-handed compliment but we do like these songs.) These songs might or might not match up with the traditional definition where a single song is popular. At the end of the episode we also get into a discussion of cover song…

We discuss one of our favorite bands Project 86 and possibly their best album Drawing Black Lines. There's a lot of subjective lyrics and we discuss rap-rock, Christian and secular music and the music business, suffering in the world, their live shows and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/mess…

We review the debut EP from The Accident Experiment and talk about Pete Stewart's views of religion, Marcos split with P.O.D. as it pertains to this recording and general thoughts on Arena's negative themes and we try and discuss what the lyrics are actually talking about. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messian…

We discuss P.O.D. - Brown, an early release before the band became famous. We get into their scriptural references as well as Babylon, "punks", San Diego, NWA and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hoste…

We talk about the VeggieTales version of the story of Esther, which is the basis of the Jewish holiday Purim. We discuss the show in general and other Christian children's entertainment like McGee and Me. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

Mark and David discuss meeting him, traditional prayers, the different eras the songs take place in from the Torah to the New Testament, present day and the future.In the post credits we threw in a conversation we had about artists with same name and other things only loosely connected to the artist.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s…

Mark and David discuss the film Nativity Story, the accuracy and impact of Christmas stories (the birth of Yeshua/Jesus), the Magi/Wise Men/Kings and traditional Christmas music --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/supp…

We review Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album and discuss the mix of traditional and secular songs. Mark has a personal story growing up listening to this album. We also discuss Neil's Jewish background and his choice to record these songs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcas…

Halloween Songs! We discuss our background on the secular (and Christian!) holiday and go into costumes, concerts and songs we think fit in the festive mood. Reliant K - My Girlfriend (Marilyn Manson Ate My Girlfriend)/ Skillet- Monster/ The Deadlines- Go, Go to the Graveyard/ Pound Foolish- Life Beyond Life/ The Insyderz - The Hunted/ Five Iron- T…

We review Matisyahu's Live at Stubb's album as well as his debut album Shake Off the Dust, Arise! and talk about the similarities and differences between Hasidic and Messianic Judaism and go in depth on the lyrics. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spo…

We review Jars of Clay's self-titled debut album --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An extra-long interview with Nate Parrish, who just released his solo punk album I'm a Wreck. He designed the artwork and did a lot of work on the music videos. We discuss the music and lyrics while also getting into how politics and faith influence his music, being in the Christian band Kutless as well as discussing pop-culture. I'm a Wreck is ava…

We review one of the final albums from one of the best-selling music artists of all time, Johnny Cash's American IV. Did you know he's actually in The Gospel Music Halls of Fame? We talk about his reinterpretations of popular songs and the spiritual messages of the album. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messiani…

In this episode we review the self-titled debut album from Remnant 11. We review Messianic, Christian and secular music from a Messianic and Christian perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on …

Back after 5+ years! We have a new format now where we review Messianic, Christian and secular music from a Messianic and Christian perspective. We have a new co-host Mark! In this episode we review the debut album from The O.C. Supertones, called Adventures of the O.C. Supertones. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…

Michael Hunt is the founding guitarist and singer of Downpour. This Messianic hard rock band is in North Carolina. We discuss his musical background, recording at album and playing at national Messianic events. This is the second part of an interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport…

I reposted this interview from 2013 when Sean Trank passed away in 2014. Sean Trank worked in the Media Department for Jews for Jesus. He was the creator of Parsha in 60 Seconds and the episode Passover in 60 Seconds. He also worked on the feature-length documentaries “Flowers of the Son” and “Awakening”. www.youtube.com/user/TrankBros --- Send in …

Michael Hunt is the founding guitarist and singer of Downpour. This Messianic hard rock band is in North Carolina. We discuss his musical background and how to be a Messianic band in a secular music scene. This is the first part of a 2 part interview. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport…

Our special Hanukkah episode, where we interview Christian Montoya, creator of a Thanksgivukkah t-shirt and co-founder of Echad Records and also features a Star Wars Hanukkah audio play I created. 0:00 Welcome 1:01 Interview with Christian Montoya of Echad Records 28:59 Star Wars Hanukkah Special Audio Play by David Kasdan --- Send in a voice messa…

Mark Ericsson is the current lead singer and guitarist of The Pear Republic and The Trees will Know. He was previously in the band Netzer. We start out talking about Netzer, recording The Pear Republic and then talk about The Trees will Know, a worship/folk project that is a change of pace from our previous hard rock projects. --- Send in a voice m…

Jonathan Lane is the praise and worship leader at Sha'arey Tzion (Gates of Zion) Messianic Synagogue. He has a released an EP called Come my Beloved. Afterwards I include some moments from my touring days. 0:00 Announcements and New Releases- Misha Goetz, Lev Shelo, Echad Records 1:45 Interview with Jonathan Lane 18:26 Jonathan Lane- Come My Belove…

Christian Montoya and Abyars Uckun are two founders of Echad Records. Their first release will be a free to download Messianic music compilation. We also talk about their musical careers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianic…

Dorothy Gitelman is the editor of Achot, the UMJC Women's magazine and helps run the children's ministry worship for Simchat Yisrael in Messianic Congregation in New Haven, CT. The second of the interview is a discussion on how to set up a podcast. It's slightly outdated as technology has changed for releasing episodes. I now use Anchor.fm for rele…

Mark Ericsson is the current lead singer and guitarist of The Pear Republic and The Trees will Know. He was previously in Netzer and we talk about releasing albums for Netzer and playing across the country. We talk about his upbringing and college experiences before joining Netzer, as well as his work on the documentary A Long Walk Home, about Suda…

Stephanie SanHamel is a musician who performs as Ashirah and is the manager for Navi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/messianicmedia/support Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

My father is Rabbi Barney Kasdan, the founder and rabbi of Kehilat Ariel Messianic Synagogue in San Diego. He is also the author of “Matthew Presents Yeshua, King Messiah: A Messianic Commentary” as well as the popular books “God's Appointed Times” and “God's Appointed Customs.” He was recently in the film Promised Land: Israel through the Eyes of …

David Kasdan talks about practical video production for Messianic congregations and ministries, covering what it takes to get started. Presentation on Video Production, Presentation on Podcasting If you represent a Messianic music group please contact me at messianicmedia@gmail.com. I am especially looking to play Messianic music that is outside th…

Vlad Horol is a spoken word artist and is also works for Devar Emet Messianic Synagogue in Skokie, Illinois. This episode is sponsored by David Kasdan Videography. New Releases and Announcements- Veiled Messiah, Zion's Sake, Lawra Elizabeth Interview with Vlad Horol Vlad Horol- Hanukkah Interview with Vlad Horol continued I recently debuted a video…

Heather Silverman is a Messianic artist who was one of the founders of Messianic Artists Collective. Announcements and New Releases- Minikon, Laret Kherev, Congregation Shemen Sasson Interview with Heather Silverman Send comments or voice messages in mp3 format to messianicmedia@gmail.com or through Facebook.com/messianicmedia. I am also looking fo…

Mandie Greenberg is a musician who was part of Blue Mosaic. She currently works for Tree of Life Bible. At the end of the interview you can listen to the song"Build You Up" from Blue Mosaic. Intro and New Releases- Downpour, Hannah and Jeremiah Zaretsky, David Wein Interview with Mandie Greenberg Blue Mosaic- Build You Up Blue Mosaic: http://blog.j…