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Feeling overwhelmed by the endless stream of news, politics, and pop culture? Join Denison Forum’s Conner Jones and Micah Tomasella as they break down the week’s biggest stories from a Christian perspective. Culture Brief dives into the topics that matter most, from the latest TV shows, movies, and celebrity buzz to trending stories in politics, sports, and technology. Expect laughs, insights, and honest conversations about navigating today’s fast-paced world with biblical discernment. Whether you’re looking for entertainment, encouragement, or a fresh take on the culture around us, Conner and Micah are here to help you make sense of...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Culture Brief turns politics, public tragedy, sports, and entertainment into candid conversations about Christian judgment and faithful response.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella turn a crowded news cycle into a conversational exercise in Christian judgment. Their format moves between explanation and response: they weigh competing arguments around Venezuela, question political leadership, consider persecution in Nigeria,…
Venezuela on one tab, the Mavericks on another: your news spiral has found its Christian group chat.
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Fast-moving Christian commentary on news, politics, sports, and pop culture.
Culture Brief is a fast-moving Christian conversation from Denison Forum that moves through news, politics, sports, and pop culture. This episode hits the Grammys, the Super Bowl, and a wider political and cultural roundup, and it works best when it keeps that broad pace.
A brisk Christian news roundup that moves from hard headlines to moral clarity.
Culture Brief opens with a wide news roundup and uses it to frame a Christian reading of the week. Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella, joined by Dr.
A brisk Christian roundup that ties the week together without flattening it.
Culture Brief moves from the war with Iran to airport security strain, then lands on pop culture notes like Project Hail Mary, Jack Reacher, The Bachelorette, and Chuck Norris, all through a Christian lens.
A brisk Christian roundup that moves from the Cowboys-Packers tie to whether a Gaza peace plan could hold.
Culture Brief opens with Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella and keeps a clear, steady pace as it moves through top stories, sports, and culture from a Christian perspective.
A brisk Christian weekly scan of major headlines, with clear plain-English context.
Culture Brief moves fast, and that is part of the point. It runs from rare earth minerals and China's grip on them to the Louvre heist, the government shutdown entering its fourth week, No King's protest, and Trump telling Zelensky no.
A plainspoken Christian look at a crowded news week.
Culture Brief moves through a crowded news week: the government reopening after the shutdown, the New York City win, and the Democrats' newfound momentum, all while taking note of how both parties keep getting in their own way. The hosts do more than recap headlines.
A brisk Christian take on Charlie Kirk's assassination and its cultural fallout.
Culture Brief spends this hour on Charlie Kirk's assassination and the public reaction around it. Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella move through the investigation, official responses, national division, political violence, safety concerns for public figures, firings, and the…
A brisk Christian recap that turns a chaotic year into something worth thinking about.
Culture Brief looks back at 2025 through January predictions, prominent people, bizarre stories, major flops, and the question of what God taught along the way.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open Culture Brief with troop deployments in Washington, D.C.
Culture Brief opens with the Seattle Seahawks’ 29-13 Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots, then quickly shifts to the halftime-show backlash that split social media and turned the broadcast into a politics-heavy conversation.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with a quick check-in on what has been happening in culture.
Roughly one out of every five barrels of oil in the world passes through that strip of water.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open the show by welcoming Dr.
Connor and Micah open on grief.
Culture Brief closes out 2025 by looking back at the year's predictions, people, headlines, and spiritual lessons.
Culture Brief comes in loaded.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with their usual banter before diving into a packed news week.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with football.
Culture Brief opens on a big week and goes straight to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Connor Jones hosts with guest co-host Alex Kondraty while Micah is on vacation.
Culture Brief opens 2026 by taking on Venezuela, then widening the lens to the military, oil, drugs, and the uneasy question of what America is doing there.
Culture Brief opens on a big reset.
Culture Brief opens by framing a crazy news week through a Christian perspective.
Culture Brief frames the week around one question from a Wall Street Journal/Archbridge Institute survey: about 70% of Americans say they have achieved or are on their way to the American dream.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with a quick check-in on the government shutdown and a light joke about the timing.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella spend most of Culture Brief Ep.
Culture Brief opens with Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella debating Greenland, Indiana football, Iran, Minnesota tensions, and the Epstein files from a Christian perspective.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with the Iran conflict, citing Wall Street Journal language about a tightening vice, gas-price pressure, and the Strait of Hormuz freezing to a halt.
Culture Brief centers on an $83 billion Netflix deal for Warner Bros.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open Culture Brief with the week's 'big four current cultural C's': Cracker Barrel, Chili's, the Cowboys, and college football, plus a fifth C for the Christian brand.
Conner Jones and Micah Tomasella discuss the Masters golf tournament and a US ultimatum to Iran from a Christian viewpoint.
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension after a comment about Charlie Kirk’s shooter leads Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella into a free-speech debate centered on FCC chair Brendan Carr, Disney CEO Bob Iger, and affiliate owners Sinclair and Nexstar.
Culture Brief opens with Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella walking through four violent stories from the weekend: the killing of two Iowa National Guardsmen and a civilian interpreter in Syria, the Brown University classroom shooting in Providence, the Bondi Beach attack in Sydney, and the Rob Reiner murder case.
Culture Brief centers on Ukraine, the U.S.
Culture Brief talks with Landon Wolfe, the worship coordinator at Passion City Church and lead voice on Passion’s “The Lord Will Provide,” a song that had 2.8 million YouTube views from Passion 2024.
Connor Jones and Micah Tomasella open with a quick sweep through a packed news week.
The hosts discuss J.D.
Two hosts introduce a weekly podcast that breaks down news, sports, and pop culture from a Christian perspective.
The hosts discuss a slow news week, focusing on spiritual applications of news, ceasefire talks in Israel/Gaza, summer movie box office results, Texas Democrats, and Scottie Scheffler.
A Christian-hosted podcast discussing the week's top stories in news, politics, sports, and pop culture, with a focus on a U.S.-Russia summit.
A Christian-hosted podcast discussing the week's top stories in news, politics, sports, and pop culture from a biblical worldview.
A Christian perspective on the week's biggest news stories, including U.S.
Connor and Micah discuss the week's top stories including Russia-Ukraine peace talks and executive orders from a Christian perspective.
The hosts discuss the worst Super Bowl ever, then dive into a Middle East update and other news from a Christian viewpoint.
A Christian news commentary podcast discussing recent plane crashes, Trump's tariff plan, the Super Bowl, and a major NBA trade.