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This week Adrian and Austin talk about climate change, if we should worry about it and what we can do about it. We talk about some of the reasons why people are not concerned with climate change and what would help people understand how they can help. Finally, we wrap up our discussion by talking about why Christians should care about climate change. Here are the audio and videos referenced in this episode.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix2XprA6A7I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqDyHYJFhSM https://www.newfrontierschurch.com/in-the-beginning/2017/1/24/beccas-sermon

In this episode Adrian and Austin look at why people love and love to hate Twenty One Pilots. We talk about what is good and bad about their music and compare it what makes a hipster a hipster. From there we try to determine if genres are good and if we should have them. Finally, we talk about creativity in music, especially among artists with Christian backgrounds. Here are the articles and video referenced in this episode. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/ 10/15/arts/music/twenty-one- pilots-trench.html http://www.vulture.com/2018/ 10/why-do-people-love-to-hate- twenty-one-pilots.html https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=f3xe-Wxio1o

Following up last weeks episode, Adrian and Austin discuss if popular things are for that reason pop. We start by talking about popular music vs pop music, and draw the line between the pop genre and what is merely popular. From there we dive into the idea of pop culture, and try and define what pop culture is and discuss whether or not it is good for society. Here are the videos referenced in this episode. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=EoovlwC4N4A&t=448s https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=-KY-TGmXQik&t=832s

Is pop music the new folk music? In this episode Adrian and Austin dig into the idea of folk music and what makes a song a folk song. From there we try and determine if pop music has become the new folk music. Finally, we look at talented pop artists such as Charlie Puth and determine if they are wasting their talents as a pop artist and what they could do to become true musical geniuses.