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We need rhythm in our time—it’s what makes one moment different from another. It gives shape and color and form to all of life. The first Christians understood this—that time, like sound, is best when broken up, divided and arranged into patterns and rhythms. And so they created the church calendar. A way to organize the year, a way to bring variance to our days, a way to find a song in the passing of time. For example, Lent. For the seven weeks leading up to Resurrection Sunday, we practice sober awareness of our frailty, sins and smallness. It starts on Ash Wednesday when those ashes are traced on our foreheads in the shape of the cross, a tactile reminder of our origins in the dust. From there we come, and to there we will go. You want to really live, the kind of living that drains the marrow from every day? Then start by facing your death, your weakness, your smallness. We spend seven weeks facing our death and despair and doubt, entering into it with the fullness of our being—heart, mind, emotions—we leave nothing behind. Read more at http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/deeper-walk/features/23640-why-advent#1kY0sDC2hhByFEtb.99

Rob Bell, We talk about liturgy in pop culture here: http://playyourpart.podomatic.com/entry/2015-02-27T15_09_51-08_00

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Fresh off the Boat I talk about it here: http://playyourpart.podomatic.com/entry/2015-02-27T15_09_51-08_00

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Newest inductee into the Culture Canon at http://playyourpart.podomatic.com/entry/2015-02-27T15_09_51-08_00

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So what now? I know how this song makes me feel. It makes me feel proud to be black, proud that a black man created it, but also mad as hell. But that’s just me. But what happens when the majority of the rap-listening audience — Kendrick’s audience — represents the bad guy, in a major song from one of the most awaited albums of the year? What comes of that? Is it guilt? Denial? Or is the answer to ignore what’s being said and just nod along to the beat? It’s unclear. But I can’t wait to find out.

Rembert Browne at http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/being-real-black-for-you-who-kendrick-lamar-is-rapping-to-on-the-blacker-the-berry/

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Unsung Hero Robert Smalls a thief and Civil War hero

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Pop Culture Rec http://playyourpart.podomatic.com/entry/2015-02-27T15_09_51-08_00

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A new big episode with all your favorite segments! Pop Culture Recs! 2:20-7:35 -Kendrick Lamar, Fresh Off the Boat, Future, Cop Talk Liturgy in Pop Culture with Blaze Russo 7:42-35:05 -Talk about how the patterns of liturgy shape our everyday lives, especially in the ways we consume pop culture Unsung Heroes: Robert Smalls 35:15-41:56 -An American hero who stole a ship in his 20s Culture Canon: The Wire 41:56-45:49 -The Wire gets inducted into the Culture Canon

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The National "Thanksgiving Song" from Bob's Burgers

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The Ice Storm (1997)

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Compiled by Tim Maddocks.

Check out the Longform guide to Thanksgiving here, with the essays I mentioned on the show, plus several more.

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Jacob is back to provide Thanksgiving pop culture suggestions for you! Because Thanksgiving deserves to be culturally commodified too!

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More T-Swift coverage

Listen to the NY Times music podcast for some excellent talk about Taylor Swift's "1989" and then listen to our own less informed commentary here!

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Check out our commentary on the new Taylor Swift album here http://playyourpart.podomatic.com/entry/2014-10-30T16_57_06-07_00

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BONUS EP! This is unprecedented territory (kind of), myself and Taylor Wilson joined forces, listened to the Taylor Swift album, and we want you to join us! Get those mp3's ready and hit play to hear what Jacob, Taylor, and Taylor have to say.

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Also check this out, a lotta good shows here. I personally recommend The Gist, Start Up, and Criminal. Heard great things about the others as well.

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Don't forget to check this out, a true crime podcast from This American Life it's unique and thrilling. Featured on the latest Play Your Part episode.

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The full track from Iceage off of their new album "Plowing Into the Field of Love", featured on the latest podcast.