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PODCAST

Hey, Are You Listening?

Brandon Lorick and Joel Ainsworth

A podcast examining the past, present, and future of this thing called Christian music.

music music commentary

All Episodes

104:02

Hey, Are You Listening to Ending is Beginning by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2026/01/30

Brandon and Joel are joined by Zach Patton to talk through Downhere's album, Ending is Beginning. They also get into a conversation about CCM Fake News on Social Media.

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63:23

Hey, Are You Listening to Ad Astra Per Aspera by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2026/01/23

Brandon and Joel dig into the album Ad Astra Per Aspera by Abandon Kansas. They kickoff a new mailbag segment and talk about what artist they would like to be stranded on a desert island with. Don't miss it!

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83:17

Hey, Are You Listening to Unseen Power by Petra?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2026/01/16

Brandon and Joel are joined by Dusty Goff to talk through Petra's album Unseen Power. They also do a round of CCM 20 Questions and dig into some pretty fun conversation!

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48:57

Hey, Are You Listening to Hello Hurricane by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2026/01/09

Episode 20 is here! Brandon and Joel are joined by David Zach of Remedy Drive to chat through one of his favorite records, Hello Hurricane by Switchfoot!

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74:04

Hey, Are You Listening to our Top Ten Albums of 2025?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/12/26

Brandon and Joel spend some time thinking back over their favorite albums of 2025.

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68:08

Hey, Are You Listening to The Greatest Gift of All by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/12/19

Brandon and Joel sit down to talk through the NEW Christmas album by Stryper - The Greatest Gift of All. They also play a quick game of Metal or Myth and talk about the weather.

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85:13

Hey, Are You Listening to Home for Christmas by Amy...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/12/12

Brandon and Joel are joined by Joel's sister Lisa to chat through Amy Grant's 2nd Christmas Album, Home for Christmas. They also jump into the topic of AI Christian music and play a round of CCM 20 Questions.

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57:24

Hey, Are You Listening to Tis the Season to be Gotee?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/12/05

It's Christmas Time! Brandon and Joel dig into the first Gotee Records Christmas Sampler - Tis the Season to be Gotee.

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52:32

Hey, Are You Listening to David Zach from Remedy Drive?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/11/28

Brandon and Joel sit down with David Zach from Remedy Drive to talk all things Remedy Drive and Daylight United.

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80:50

Hey, Are You Listening to Our Newest Album Ever by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/11/21

Brandon and Joel are joined by Ty Garvey from Jonezetta to talk about the 2nd Five Iron Frenzy Record, Our Newest Album Ever.

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50:57

Hey, Are You Listening to Much Afraid by Jars of Clay?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/11/14

Brandon and Joel take some time to chat through the 2nd album by Jars of Clay - Much Afraid.

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89:12

Hey, Are You Listening to This Guy from Jonezetta?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/11/07

Brandon and Joel are joined by Ty Garvey, bass player of Jonezetta, to talk about all things Jonezetta and Don Quixote's Horse!

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50:07

Hey, Are You Listening to the Greatest Christian...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/10/31

Brandon and Joel dig into the Ranker list of the Greatest Christian Artists of all time to see just how accurate it is.

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65:37

Hey, Are You Listening to Jungle in the City by Gable...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/10/24

Brandon and Joel are joined by a special guest for the 10th Episode of the show covering Jungle in the City by Gable Price and Friends!

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77:12

Hey, Are You Listening to The Hunger by Seven Day Jesus?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/10/17

Brandon and Joel are joined by John Paul Dove to chat through Seven Day Jesus' first record, The Hunger.

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56:18

Hey, Are You Listening to The Boy vs. The Cynic by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/10/10

Brandon and Joel dig into the album The Boy vs. The Cynic by John Reuben.

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64:45

Hey, Are You Listening to The Great Adventure by...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/10/03

Brandon and Joel are joined by their friend Andrew Blalock to talk about the CCM Standard - The Great Adventure by Steven Curtis Chapman.

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69:51

Hey, Are You Listening to the Whole EP by Pedro the...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/09/26

Brandon and Joel sit down again with Jared Byers of Bleach to talk through one of his favorite albums, the Whole EP by Pedro the Lion.

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82:39

Hey, Are You Listening to this Bleach Drummer?...

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/09/19

Join Brandon and Joel as we spend some time with Jared Byers, the drummer of Bleach. We talk through his journey through the Bleach years, where he spent time after, and some fun stuff coming up.

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48:23

Hey, Are You Listening to These Backstories?

Hey, Are You Listening? ·

2025/09/12

In the fourth episode of the podcast, Brandon and Joel open up and share their stories of the impact of Christian music in their own lives.

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