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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 18: The Christmas Extravaganza

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Dec 24, 2021 at 11:05 AM

The Zippy Crew takes you over the river and through the woods with a review of a fantastic new Nat “King” Cole Christmas album, sharing of Christmas memories and reflections on the upcoming 12 Days of Christmas. Also, Special Guest Jim Krenning joins us for a preview of an adventure through the Psalms in the New Year.

Episode 17: A Swift Look at Creativity, Liturgy and Advent

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Dec 17, 2021 at 9:31 PM

The boys are back and this time they are joined by special guest Deborah Allinder Lee for an action packed episode exploring creativity, liturgy and Advent. Also on this podcasting excursion: the official Zippy review of Taylor Swift’s newly released album, “Red (Taylor’s Version).”

Episode 16: Thankful With a Huge Helping of Hope

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Nov 23, 2021 at 5:08 PM

The boys spend some time on this Thanksgiving Week on thankfulness, Christmas music, Christmas shopping and God’s gift of salvation for all of us. Tim and Jason also turn back to the subject of Spiritual Abuse, looking at a breaking story about “Peacemaker” Christian conciliation.

Episode 15: Have They Undercooked It?

By Zippy the Wonder Snail | Nov 12, 2021 at 2:30 PM

How crispy should bacon be? Should you go see the new Dune movie? You’ll find the answers in this episode, along with further consideration of the minimum wage increase debate, analysis of last week’s election news and a meditation on Romans 1.

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.

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