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Zippy the Wonder Snail is a podcast zipping through the news and culture that impacts you, co-hosted by Timothy R. Butler and Jason Kettinger.

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Episode 14: Music of the Spheres, the Minimum Wage and Maxed Out Macs

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Oct 28, 2021 at 2:04 PM

The Boys dig into Coldplay’s new album Music of the Spheres, preview the new supercharged Apple computers, consider privacy and surveillance online, debate the Minimum Wage and then spend some time in the Gospel of John and Revelation once again.

Episode 13: Reason, Revelation and 'Rithmetic

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Oct 22, 2021 at 8:20 PM

Your favorite snail of news and culture returns with an episode zipping through baseball drama with the firing of Mike Schildt, a deeper dive into arguments in the abortion debate (including how that intersects with disability), a discussion about the Chosen and other dramatizations of the life of Jesus and a hopeful reflection on what God accomplishes in Revelation 22.

Episode 12: Like Toasted Ravioli and Provel-Based Pizza

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Oct 05, 2021 at 11:42 AM

The boys are back on the 20th Anniversary of OFB with an epsiode packed with music, politics, baseball and mysterious priests in the Bible. Where else can you discuss the Cardinals, the migrant crisis, a John Mayer album and Melchizedek in one place?

Episode 11: Pumpkin Spice Zippy

Baseball, Human Dignity and God’s Constant Mercy

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Sep 18, 2021 at 5:30 PM

The boys are back and start off with a perfect fall medley of pumpkin spice and baseball. They also delve into vaccine mandate controversies and the new Texas and Mississippi abortion laws, with a hopeful topping of discussion around God’s love in the Old Testament.

Episode 10: All's Well that Ends Well

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Sep 03, 2021 at 12:34 PM

This episode, the Zippy Crew digs more deeply into the Afghan Crisis and hits on several topics related to religious persecution and faithfulness. For this week’s lighter side, we also wrap up our “Summer of the Miniseries” with last looks at Tinker, Tailor and WandaVision, including a look at a scene in WandaVision that helps us think about resurrection.

Episode 9: Hope in the Ruins

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Aug 22, 2021 at 3:26 PM

We can’t fix this world, but there’s hope from God — that’s a point the Zippy Crew comes back to time and again as we deal with huge geopolitical shakeups (Afghanistan), the experience of grief in our lives (and how WandaVision explores that grief) and hope found in the midst of Paul’s warnings against sin in 1 Corinthians 6. Alongside those topics, we also do a wrap up of the 2020 Summer Olympics and talk about the political machinations around two giant bills currently going through Congress.

Episode 8: Out of this World

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Aug 05, 2021 at 11:59 AM

The Zippy Boys return in an out of this world episode. This week, we turn to the story around the stellar Olympian Simone Biles, the meteoric private space tourism race and the other worldly comfort of our God in the Psalms. We also continue the Summer of the Mini-Series discussion, returning to Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy.

Episode 7: Masks, Maximoff, and Musings on Human Rights

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Jul 22, 2021 at 3:04 PM

Tim and Jason zip back as your favorite snail covers the surge of the COVID Delta Variant, the coming Olympic Games, Jason’s viewing of WandaVision and a discussion on human rights in the context of Jesus’s incarnation.

Episode 6: Big Courts, Big Tech and Big Questions

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Jul 11, 2021 at 5:06 PM

The Zippy Duo delves deeper into the topic of the recent Fulton v. Philadelphia decision on the Supreme Court, considers regulation being proposed against “Big Tech” and discusses what we learn about God’s love in the midst of Job’s suffering.

Episode 5: Tinker, Tailor, Justice, Prophet

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Jun 28, 2021 at 4:02 PM

Tim and Jason return to our fearless Snail-cast, this time to discuss the recent Supreme Court decision concerning religious freedom, the story of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the importance of the Minor Prophets in Bible Study and the appeal of “localism.”

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