Yakking With Yordy - A Premier Podcast About Faith and Creativity

Ep11: Merry Christmas

Hope you enjoy this short Christmas episode. I share some fun stories from Christmases past, a personal tale of a family member that passed away, and I even included 2 of the songs I released this year. Merry Christmas! Yakking With Yordy will be back sometime in 2018!

Ep10: Ben Peeples of I Am Spartacus

On this episode of Yakking With Yordy, I had a fun conversation with I Am Spartacus lead singer Ben Peeples. We talked about the direction of the music industry, trying to make it as a pop punk band and we even realized that both of our former bands recorded in the same studio with the […]

Ep9: Joel Hanson of PFR

Joel Hanson’s songwriting as the lead singer of PFR and beyond is what sparked a desire in me to be a songwriter more than 20 years ago. It was my privilege to have him on the show and learn about some of the history of PFR as well as his latest solo album, Let Me […]

Ep8: Leanor Ortega Till of Five Iron Frenzy and Urban Skye

This week Five Iron Frenzy saxophonist Leanor Ortega Till joins me on the podcast and we talk about the early days of Five Iron Frenzy right up to present day, as well as her side project The Fast Feeling. I also got to learn about the creative ministry Leanor is involved in called Urban Skye. […]

Ep7: Board Game Designer Seth Van Orden on Faith, Family and Productivity

This week on the podcast I’ve got board game designer Seth Van Orden on to talk about designing games, balancing work and family time, and some of the misconceptions he deals with as a Mormon. Seth is the co-designer of the popular board game Stockpile which is one of my personal favorites. During the podcast, […]

Ep6: So You Want To Leave Your Church w/Joe Wenger

This week we are finally discussing the results of a poll I conducted with my listeners on what might cause you to leave your church. Secretive church leadership? Music choices? Disagreements with other church members? Take a listen and find out what people place a high value on in their church! For this episode I […]

Ep5: Dr Ben Burkholder on Serving in Haiti and the Sacrificial Nature of Christ’s Death on the Cross

This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr. Ben Burkholder to discuss his new book “Bloodless Atonement?” and his recent trip to Haiti. Also in this episode, the news returns with more strange crime stories. As always, thanks for listening. Links for this episode: Buy Ben’s book direct from the publisher: https://goo.gl/NsQDvk Or […]

Ep4: Chris Gwaltney of Gamechurch

This week on the podcast I interview Gamechurch Director Chris Gwaltney. We talk about the games we’ve been playing, the ministry of Gamechurch, and how Christians can do a better job reaching the gaming community. There are a couple minutes in this episode starting around the 12 minute mark where the audio from Skype got […]

Ep3: At The Billy Graham Library

This week I make a trip to the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, NC and tell you all about my experience and range of feelings as I made my way through the library. Listen to the podcast then make sure to take the current poll on the website and help make a future episode of […]

Ep2: Denominational Descriptors w/Duane Mays

I conducted a poll asking people what words came to mind when thinking about various Christian denominations. The results were pretty amazing. Guest host Duane Mays and I break down the results and try and to figure out what “worship javelins’ are. Also we’ve got strange headlines from Pennsylvania involving rabid raccoons and buckets of […]