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Confessions of a Worship Leader (feat. Kim Hensley)
It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the fourth episode in a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christianson joining Josiah as co-host. ...
If We Burn (Bookclub #5)
Taking a brief* intermission from Christian Rock Summer, this is the fifth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake...
[Preview] The Grieving Son of Evangelical Christianity: Pedro the Lion, David Bazan
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The Bad Christians: Emery (feat. Nathan Thiessen)
It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the second episode in a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christianson joining Josiah as co-host. ...
Extreme Youth Group Energy: The Chariot (feat. James)
It's Christian Rock Summer! This is the beginning of a month long exploration of the fringes of Christian music with Josh Christianson joining Josiah as co-host. We're...
[Unlocked] You Should Watch Scavengers Reign
Hey everyone! Something came up and so I won't be able to release another free episode in June. To make up for that, I'm releasing this Patreon episode to the main fee...
[Preview] Chaos in the Troubled Stateside (MX #3)
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Hell is a World Without You (feat. Jason Kirk)
Josiah is joined by Jason Kirk (@jasonkirk_fyi, Shutdown Fullcast, VBS Podcast) to discuss his novel, Hell is a World Without You, as well as growing up evangelical, t...
Fighting the Food Barons (feat. Caitlin Golle & Julie Duhn)
Josiah is joined by two members of Iowa CCI: Caitlin Golle, a farming & environment community organizer with the organization, and Julie Duhn, a board member who joine...
[Preview] I'm Wide Awake, It's Arc (MX #2)
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Food Barons (feat. Austin Frerick)
Austin Frerick joins Josiah to discuss his book, Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry and the politics of food production in Iowa and ar...
[Video Essay] Celebrating the Creative Nobody / Why You Should Watch Motern Media
This is the audio for a video essay on YouTube. If you choose to listen here, you will only get half the experience. For the full experience, check out Fruitless on Yo...
[Preview] Spectacle (feat. Josh Boerman)
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[Preview] Veggies, Derechos, & Steel
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[Preview] People Who Eat Magrudergrind (MX #1)
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Drawing Dinosaurs (feat. Tyler Stone)
Tyler Stone (@TylerStoneArt) joins Josiah to discuss his work as a freelance paleoartist. Paleoart (scientific illustration of prehistoric life) is a field with an int...
Shared Dreams (feat. Wes Klingele)
Wesley Klingele (@MannnMiami) joins Josiah to discuss his new short film, Somnium, and the artistic themes he finds compelling. They talk about dreams, coming of age i...
Ramp Hollow (Bookclub #4)
This is the fourth installment of the Fruitless Bookclub, a show-within-a-show, featuring Chris Barker and Jake the Lawyer, where we read all those nonfiction books we...
Kaufman for Lent
Alien aka Stewie Griffin DJ joins Josiah to discuss Synecdoche, New York and whether or not life is worth living. Happy Good Friday!Follow today's guest on Bluesky @st...
[Preview] Hogcast
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[Preview] Ukraine Revisited
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A Hollywood in Our Backyard (feat. Will Sloan)
Josiah is joined by Will Sloan (@WillSloanEsq, Important Cinema Club, Michael & Us) to discuss Motern Media and the artistic philosophy of Matt Farley and Charles Roxb...
[Preview] Mumbling Safdies (feat. Dylan Weaver)
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The Puffy Chair (feat. AJ Ditty)
Josiah is joined by AJ Ditty (@thefuzzymask, The Worst of All Possible Worlds) to discuss The Puffy Chair (2005) and how Mumblecore can actually be pretty good sometim...
[Preview] Antivax Crowd Work
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Society of the Snow (feat. Finch)
Josiah is joined by Finch (@santo_pinzon, Mammonburg) to talk about Society of the Snow (2023) and the discourse around the film in the Spanish-speaking world.Finch’s ...
[Unlocked] It's a Damn Documentary! (feat. James)
This is an unlocked episode from the Fruitless Patreon, originally published 1/12/2024. Enjoy!James (@cigarette_liker) joins Josiah to talk about Idiocracy (2006). Yes...
The End of the End of History (feat. Luke Savage)
Josiah is joined by Luke Savage (@LukewSavage, Michael & Us, Jacobin) to reflect on the last fifteen years of U.S. electoral politics in light of the current election ...