Episodes 194
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.5 (645)
Since Aug 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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About This Podcast

Life and Books and Everything is a podcast hosted by Kevin DeYoung where discussions center on, well, life and books and everything. As a church pastor and theology professor, Kevin loves to talk about faith, theology, history, current events, and the occasional hot topic. We hope you will learn something, laugh a little, and get some good book recommendations along the way.

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Life and Books and Everything has published 194 episodes since August 2020, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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Life and Books and Everything is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 49m.

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