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Join pro Guitar Instructors, Performers, Recording Artists and Session Musicians Scott Allen and Ryan Bowe as they talk all things Rock and Metal Guitar. They break down music and pop culture, as well as, learning guitar, guitar gear, performing and Rock guitar culture and history with the wit and insight of guys who have been players for decades. If your like Rock guitar, Rock music, Metal and Shredding this Podcast is a must listen!
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"I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, one of the best underground music scenes in the world. I got into the underground metal scene in the early eighties and found punk a few years later. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, punk has been one of the biggest influences of my life ever since. I've been in a few bands and toured every chance I got. I've been a booker at a few clubs and even owned a couple. With my background, I was excited to see my niece and nephew get into punk. I ...
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Welcome to BlueDeck. A weekly podcast featuring an eclectic, uplifting mixture of music from today's most exciting independent artists. If you're ready to add new music to your libraries you have come to the right place. Strap in, sit back and turn it up loud.
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Send us a text In this episode of the Rock Guitar Confidential podcast we explore what happens when a band hits its commercial zenith and then proceeds to crash and burn creatively (I'm looking at you Metallica!). Subscribe today wherever you get your podcasts!Di Scott Allen and Ryan Bowe
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There is no lack of complex challenges when delivering health care in the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS crisis. On the show today, we have Echo VanderWal who is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at The Luke Commission in Eswatini. Echo joins Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke for a conversation about calling, the pain and loss created by the AIDS Crisis…
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All is futility! Even in Christian nonprofits? We're changing it up a little for episode 265 as Brandon does a solo dive into the book of Ecclesiastes to gather wisdom from Solomon that can inform what we do and more importantly how we do the work of global justice. In an age of Big Impact, this is a word for the nonprofit leader that cares about t…
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The number of forcibly displaced people in the world are at an all-time high. On every populated continent, we are seeing conflicts and climates that lead to people fleeing their homes. Our guest today is Myal Greene, who is the CEO of World Relief and he says that the global displacement crisis is the most significant issue that we face in the wor…
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The Great Commission and making disciples is for all Christians, but do we really live that way? We've had a classic understanding of what missionaries ought to be doing, but is that exclusionary? In episode 263, we have Luke Perkins from Crossworld to help us sort it out. Luke served as a missionary professor in Haiti for several years and today i…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Rock Guitar Confidential podcast, we discuss which is more responsible for the death of Rock music. Was it the flannel wearers of the cowboy hats that did our favorite music in? Also, we get in the way back machine and look at some classic guitar ads from the Sears catalog circa 1988!…
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We're heading to Kenya for episode 262 as we connect with Steve Kariithi who is the Kenya Program Director at Hope's Promise. Steve talks with Brandon Stiver about what it looks like to do kinship based family care in Kenyan communities. We cover the effects of changing child welfare policy on families and juxtapose that with actions of the governm…
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For our July news and recommendation episode, we're joined by orphan care leader Kristen Lowry of Shelter Yetu to dive into a range of topics including the recent anti-virus update that sent the Blue Screen of Death around the world, the unintended results of making education free in Zambia, the legal trials of the Nobel Laureate father of micro-fi…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Rock Guitar Confidential podcast we discuss who is to blame when students don't learn. We also talk about our feelings on Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham taking on Van Halen classics on the Best of All Worlds tour. Is it disrespectful to play those songs without Alex and Eddie? Liste…
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Joining the podcast for episode 260 are global child welfare leaders Christopher Muwanguzi from child’s I Foundation, Elli Oswald from Faith to Action Initiative and Jared Scheppmann from Ekisa Ministries. Our guests speak with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about the status of moving people’s mindsets in the west to focus on the need for children t…
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There is no escaping the reality that much of what we're familiar with in global missions and development has some roots in colonialism. There is no better person to help us disentangle God's work from worldly power structures than Dr. Ruth Padilla DeBorst. Dr. Padilla DeBorst is the Richard C. Oudersluys Associate Professor of World Christianity a…
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Today on the show we are weaving in and out of various topics, largely surrounding Africa and that touch areas of malnutrition (continent-wide) and trafficking (Congo) and even some really beautiful solutions for helping babies (Uganda). We have Dr. Lauren Pinkston of Kindred Exchange on the show with us to make sense of the news and provide critic…
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In episode 257, Brandon welcomes author and nonprofit director Tiffany Bluhm back to the show. Tiffany is the Executive Director at Made for Pax, a Christian foundation which provides mentorship and vocational development for BIPOC leaders following Christ. The work is specifically employing contemplative formation for those that are engaging in pe…
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In episode 256, Brandon and Phil get a crash course in global health from Yasmine Vaughan. Yasmine has her Master's in Public Health and serves as the Technical Advisor for Global Health and Missions with Helping Children Worldwide. Beyond sharing words and conditions that we can't even pronounce, Yasmine shares about the context in West Africa in …
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Send us a text In this episode of the Rock Guitar Confidential podcast we are joined by Ex Aegis singer Jude Morgan to discuss how it seems that the most popular music is terrible, J-Lo and AI's impending art apocalypse. Check it out!Di Scott Allen and Ryan Bowe
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Joining the podcast for episode 255 are nonprofit leaders Dave LeVan and Jon Allen with Water For Good. Dave and Jon speak with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about the status of worldwide access to water and what it looks like to implement Water, Sanitation and Hygiene projects in the Global South. We talk through the tremendous needs as well as ac…
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In this month's 3+1 episode, we're diving into conversation around the current refugee crisis being fueled by conflict and displacement worldwide, jump back into recent conversation on Haiti and the challenges that pregnant mothers are facing in the midst of tumult and also look at the controversy surrounding mass weddings in northern Nigeria that …
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On the show today, we're joined by missionary Matt Rhodes who is the author of No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions. He talks with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about trends within missions that emphasize speed and big numbers, but often lack the depth of discipleship that characterized Jesus' ministry. Matt shares about the miss…
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We are joined today by global nonprofit leader Gaston Warner who is the Global North CEO of Zoe Empowers. Gaston talks with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about their work among vulnerable families, especially child and youth headed households. Over the years, our show has talked a lot about the need for kids to be raised in families and communities…
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In this 3+1 episode, we're getting into recent news about ways that Russia is getting around economic sanctions to buoy their economy during their war of aggression as well a couple Asian countries where pollution and contamination is having widespread effects on people's health and wellbeing. We've got Amanda Erne joining us for the conversation. …
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"We stand together at the foot of the cross and we will work for peace." Dr. Karen Fancher from Multnomah University joins the show today to walk us through the profoundly Christian field of peacebuilding. In her conversation with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke, Dr. Fancher walks us through what it means to promote peace within the humanitarian spac…
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The K's - Heart On My Sleeve Hannah Weedall - I've Got My Eye On You Alex Spencer - Love and Let Go Caitlin Lavagna - Gold Fat Dads - Honey Estella Dawn - If You Were In Love The Ruby Tuesdays - Feel It The Great Leslie - The Sauce Annie Hamilton - Talk Louis Berry - Texas Mentioned in this episode: Support the show…
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We are privileged to be joined today by a Christian leader that really embodies the ethic that we are all striving for as we pursue justice, mercy and shalom in the nations. We're grateful to have Eugene Cho join Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke on the show today talking with us about the work of Bread for the World and what it looks like to advocate …
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In this 3+1 episode, we're talking the good (malaria vaccines), the bad (slavery) and a whole lot of Haiti. We've got Mac Archer back on the show to share with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke what she's seeing on the ground in Haiti and what's getting missed in larger media outlets. We talk through the utility of violence by those running the country…
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Today, we're releasing our podcast collaboration with our friends at Theology in the Raw. Brandon had a chance to sit down with Preston Sprinkle and dive into all things global orphan care and discuss the realities of that children in orphanages face worldwide. Our conversation weaves between a theology of calling and mission and how American Chris…
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Send us a text In this episode of the Rock Guitar Confidential Podcast we talk about what it's like to love bands that everyone seems to hate and hate on bands that for some reason are universally loved. How to navigate it when you are on the wrong side of pop cultures norms.Di Scott Allen and Ryan Bowe
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RuBe - Set Me Free - https://www.instagram.com/rubemusicc The Rosadocs - Stand Alone - https://www.instagram.com/therosadocsuk Avis - Daffodil Girl - https://www.instagram.com/avisband/ Spangled - Little Tom - https://instagram.com/spangledband The Baby Goats - Won't Stop Waiting - https://www.instagram.com/thebabygoatsmusic Hot Mud - Learning To B…
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Global nonprofits are notorious doers, always thinking, planning and taking action. In all of our intentionality for programs and justice endeavors, are we being equally intentional to pray? Peter Greer is back on the show, along with new friend Ryan Skoog, to share about the new book that they wrote (along with Cameron Doolittle) called Lead with …
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In honor of the World Without Orphans Global Forum and in honor of awesome work being done in the Philippines, we've got Chrina Cuna Henson joining the show. Chrina runs the Manila-based organization Generations-Home and talks with Brandon Stiver and Phil Darke about what it's like to promote foster care and adoption in the Philippines. We discuss …
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In this 3+1 episode, we're catching up on some global stories that you might have missed and have a recommendation of the pop variety. We're continuing last month's conversation on elections by looking at El Salvador, talking through localization efforts in global development, the scandal surrounding UNRWA-Hamas and then get Brandon's take on Bono'…
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