Grammy-nominated artists Childish Gambino and David Byrne take stock of contemporary culture in a way that’s as old as the Old Testament: speaking truth to power and casting a vision of the future.

Show Notes

Kathryn Freeman on "This is America" and Nehemiah.

John J. Thompson on Dawes' pastoral Passwords.

Aarik Danielsen on David Byrne's American Utopia.

John's "Prophets at the Grammys" Spotify playlist.

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This Episode's Contributors

Josh Larsen is editor of Think Christian and host/producer of the TC podcast. He's also the co-host of Filmspotting, as well as the author of Movies Are Prayers and Fear Not! A Christian Appreciation of Horror Movies. You can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, and Letterboxd.

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Kathryn Freeman is a Masters of Divinity student at Baylor University's Truett Seminary. She also holds degrees from the University of Texas School of Law and Texas A&M University. She lives in Austin, Texas. You can follow her on Twitter @kathrynannette.

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“JJT” has been chasing the thread dangling between eternal truths and temporal creative experiences for nearly three decades. He is a writer, a businessman, a father, an artist, and a seeker. Read more about him at True Tunes.

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Aarik Danielsen is the arts and music editor at the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, Mo., where he lives with his wife and son. He also writes The (Dis)content each Wednesday at Fathom Magazine. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.

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