Episodes 256
Avg. Duration 52m
Activity Dormant
Since Aug 2019
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Schedule
Every Few Days
Format
Episodic
Hosting
jonathanmartinwords.com

About This Podcast

The Zeitcast is a daily podcast that aims to speak to the spirit of the moment we are in. Exploring the intersections of spirituality and pop culture/news/film/music, Jonathan Martin and guests speak to the spirit of the times with equal parts wonder and irreverence.

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Recent Episodes

politicized by tenderness, with adrienne maree brown

Jan 31, 2025

One of my favorite conversations on or off mic with anybody any time--it is pure joy to welcome adrienne maree brown--an absolute force of a writer/public intellectual/creative genius, one of the…

conduits not creators, with Scott Erickson

Dec 19, 2024

What was supposed to be a conversation about Advent, turned into the kind of surprise that Advent portends—where the strange wonderful thing that you didn’t know that you needed, just kind of happens…

typecast: answering your questions!

Dec 05, 2024

Today is our first full on TYPECAST! Answering questions submitted via our website, and this first round of questions is FANTASTIC. Really all questions about life on the "other side"/reconstruction…

waiting for the anticipated Christ with Brian Zahnd

Dec 04, 2024

Yes we did simply mash up the respective titles of BZ and Jonathan's Advent books, lol! Some things just go together, like Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly, Laurel and Hardy--as much as they…

pay attention: an invitation into the waiting of Advent

Dec 01, 2024

Whatever it is, you’re waiting on, however long you’ve been waiting…Advent is for you. Here is a jarring, startling word that summons us to wake up, pay attention…to be alert. We talk about the…

on speaking of sin, building bridges, & the persistence of Advent hope with Rev. Brandan Robertson

Nov 26, 2024

Rolling Stone said that "Brandan Robertson is spreading the good news of an inclusive, modern gospel.” Jonathan has known Brandan all the way since he was still a student at Moody Bible Institute in…

FOUR THINGS FOR FRIDAY! (FIRST TAKE REVIEW OF U2’S HOW TO RE-ASSEMBLE AN ATOMIC BOMB, COBRA KAI, POP CULTURE ROUNDUP, THE BOOK OF WAITING)

Nov 22, 2024

There's a new U2 album (kind of, the shadow album that is How to Re-assemble an atomic bomb), so as you might imagine...Jonathan is in a state! It's a whole situation. Also, Cobra Kai, pop culture…

a spiritual elecion postmortem with CeCe Jones Davis

Nov 20, 2024

"Prophetic" and "pastoral" rarely go together...but they do in Rev. CeCe Jones Davis, which is why THIS is the two weeks later, spiritual postmortem of the election you need in your life! CeCe and…

the building will fall (but this end, may not be that end)

Nov 18, 2024

The systems and structures and institutions that have held us up are crumbling. There’s no need to bury our heads in the sand. Things do come to an end. But other folks have lived through such…

on worship, principalities & politics with Lan Davis Wilson

Nov 15, 2024

What on earth does it mean to worship in a time like this!? What does it mean to worship when it feels like the world (and maybe even the church) is ambiguous to you, or even against you? Why is it…

then sings my soul: prayer through songs at the piano with Lan Davis Wilson

Nov 14, 2024

I don't really have the words to name the electricity, joy and pain that we felt in the room at Gobin Church during this time of prayer through song with Rev. Lan Davis Wilson. I'd rather you feel it…

top 5 most misused Bible verses (& what’s wrong with that whole Trump/King David thing), with Rev. Benjamin Cremer

Nov 12, 2024

Rev. Benjamin Kremer joins us for a very special Zeitcast, in which he and Jonathan rank the five Bible verses that are the most misused right now, and what's wrong with the whole Trump/King David…

preaching to ourselves, with Jarrod McKenna

Nov 11, 2024

Well this turned into a WHOLE THING! I don’t know quite how to capture the way that Jarrod McKenna sharing from his own experience preaching in Perth, Australia (13 hours ahead of Greencastle,…

against centrism, With Dr. Drew G.I. Hart

Nov 07, 2024

We are committed to trying to bring the wisest guides we know to help you navigate this very particular moment--and Dr. Drew G.I. Hart is one of the clearest, most insightful prophetic voices we…

more with us than with them with Jarrod McKenna

Nov 06, 2024

In this post-election breakdown, Jonathan and Jarrod discuss the highlights the need for prophetic voices, particularly from the Black church, in advocating for social change and justice. They…

the truth about immigration with Zeke Hernandez

Nov 05, 2024

This is another emergency election edition of the Zeitcast--because I cannot sit on this conversation for five seconds knowing how central immigration is to the choices Americans are making this…

on sex and speaking in tongues with Dr. Andrew Newberg

Nov 04, 2024

This conversation is pure exhilaration! Dr. Andrew Newberg is a neuroscientist, the pioneer of "neurotheology," and one of the world’s leading researchers exploring the relationship between…

bonus episode: clarity, not certainty (side b with Carlos Rodriguez)

Nov 04, 2024

During this time that I know is very high stakes and thus can be high anxiety for some of us, I specifically wanted to post a couple of resources that would be good for your SOUL--for those moments…

bonus episode: twice as much (a sermon)

Nov 04, 2024

During this high intensity, and for many of us, high anxiety moment, I felt like I specifically needed to post some resources this week that might provide a sense of soul, solace and refuge in the…

Christian Nationalism reaches a crescendo in america, with Andrew Whitehead

Nov 01, 2024

r. Andrew Whitehead (author of American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel & Threatens the Church and Taking America Back for God) is America's leading expert on Christian…

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How many episodes does The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin have?

The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin has published 256 episodes since August 2019, covering topics in Music, Music Interviews.

Is The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin still active?

The Zeitcast with Jonathan Martin is currently dormant with new episodes every few days. Average episode length is 52m.

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