The Happy Rant

Barnabas Piper, Ronnie Martin and Ted Kluck
Barnabas Piper, Ted Kluck, and Ronnie Martin cheerfully - if sarcastically - rant about all the things that don't matter all that much (and some that do).
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Episode #451 - Barbenheimer, Elon's Folly, and Does Seminary Matter?
August 3, 2023 - 60 min
Episode #450 - Preaching Failures, Normal Things That Used to be Weird, and Memory-Making Parents
July 27, 2023 - 54 min
Episode #449 - Threads, Flat-Footed Preaching, and Christian Books We Need
July 20, 2023 - 51 min
Episode #448 - Travel Complaints and a HISTORIC Announcement
July 13, 2023 - 46 min
Episode #447 - Appreciating Tim Keller
July 6, 2023 - 43 min
Episode #446 - Books, Vigilantes, and Romance
June 29, 2023 - 60 min
Episode #445 - Denominations are Fun
June 22, 2023 - 46 min
Episode #444 - Books That Shaped Us and Slippery Slopes
June 15, 2023 - 46 min
Episode #443 - Spending by Age, Fashion Arcs, and the Fame Effect
June 8, 2023 - 55 min
Episode #442 - Adult Boredom and Middle-Aged Motivation
May 31, 2023 - 46 min
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Meet Your Hosts
Barnabas Piper is an assistant pastor at Immanuel Church in Nashville and is the author of several books and multiple small group studies including—Help My Unbelief, Hoping for Happiness, and Ecclesiastes: Finding Meaning in a World of Passing Pursuits. He has contributed to numerous websites and publications and writes regularly for He Reads Truth. Piper speaks at churches and conferences around the country and lives in the Nashville area with his wife and two daughters.

Ronnie Martin is the Lead Pastor of Substance Church (EFCA), which he planted, in Ashland, Ohio. He is also the Director of Leader Renewal for Harbor Network and has authored six books, including The God Who Is With Us: A 25 Day Advent Devotional (coming Oct. 2022 on B&H). Ronnie and his wife, Melissa, regularly speak to church leaders.
Ted Kluck has written for ESPN the Magazine, USA Today, Sports Spectrum Magazine, and ESPN.com Page 2. Ted has authored or co-authored several books including Facing Tyson: 15 Fighters, 15 Stories, Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football, Why We're Not Emergent (by Two Guys Who Should Be), and Why We Love the Church. In 2010 Ted founded Gut Check Press, a small publishing house, where he holds the title Co-Founder and Secretary of the Interior. Ted also co-hosts The Happy Rant Podcast, The Gut Check Podcast, and Kluck. He has played professional indoor football, coached high school football, trained as a professional wrestler, served as a missionary and teaches journalism at Union University. Ted lives in Jackson, TN, with his wife and two sons. He's a frequent speaker at conferences and events.
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