Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Rewind: SIC Innovations (ft. Brad Onishi and DL Mayfield)

For 1990s evangelical teens, punk, hardcore, and ska were a gateway to a passionate, edgy way to express their Christianity outside the mainstream. But was the music and

The Vampire Weekend to Tooth and Nail Connection (ft. Adam Voith)

Adam Voith began his career in the music industry alongside the early bands riding the Tooth and Nail boom, blurring the line between Christian rock and the secular music

The Luxury of Sacred Harp (ft. Matt Hinton)

Matt Hinton has only been a member of Luxury for 27 years, so he's the new guy in the band. He's also a documentary filmmaker with two feature length films to his name: A

When DIY Music Met Youth Group Kids (ft. Randall Stephens and Scott Hatch)

Scott Hatch grew up Methodist, but learned about DIY music at his college radio station. When he started his label, Burnt Toast Vinyl, in 1996 he put out bands that had a

From Politically Incorrect to Ye Gods (ft. Scott Carter)

Scott Carter is the host of Ye Gods, a podcast and public radio show that explores codes of religious, cultural and secular conduct with notable guests like Martin Short,

Our God Is An Awesome God To Hang With (ft. Emperor X)

Chad Matheny is better known by his folk punk band name, Emperor X. His 12th full length album, Unified Field, is out on June 26 and features a single called "Praise Jesu

The Supertones' Progressive Neighbor (ft. Jewly Hight)

Jewly Hight is a noted music journalist best known for her work with NPR Music, Nashville Public Radio, The Bitter Southerner and more. She's also a friend of Leah's from

Making the Invisible Visible (ft. Flamy Grant)

Flamy Grant may be the world's only Christian drag queen songwriter. She's one of the few queer artists to ever top the Christian music category in the iTunes Store. She'

The World's Most Outrageous Jesus Freak (ft. Nina Hagen)

Nina Hagen is a true legend. She's considered an icon of German culture. And she's known as "the Godmother of German Punk." But our interview with her revealed that she a

The Reverse CCM Crossovers of 1985 (ft. Tim Dillinger)

Tim Dillinger returns to the podcast to continue our examination of 1985 as a pivotal year in Christian music. This time his focus is on artists who tried to break into t

When The Songs Aren't Enough (ft. Rosie Thomas)

Rosie Thomas is a singer-songwriter who came up alongside artists like Damien Jurado, Pedro The Lion and Sufjan Stevens. She was one of the first folk artists signed to S

The Normals Approach to Christian Music (ft. Andrew Osenga)

In the late 1990's Andrew Osenga's high school band caught the ear of a member of Whiteheart. That led Osenga to Nashville and his band, The Normals, releasing three albu

What's Funny About Failing at Christian Rock? (ft. Jeremy Alder)

Jeremy Alder is a comedian who mines his life as a homeschooled youth group kid growing up in Texas for jokes that will probably be very relatable for our audience. We ta

Sneaking D'Angelo Riffs Into Worship (ft. Sam Sanders)

Sam Sanders is the host of The Sam Sanders Show from KCRW. He was a founding host of The NPR Politics Podcast and It's Been A Minute from NPR. Sam grew up in the Black Pe

Season 4 Trailer

Rock That Doesn't Roll is coming back with Season 4 launching on March 4th. We'll be publishing every other week after that.  Do you have a Christian rock story to tell?

Jason Martin of Starflyer 59 (From Transmissions with Jason Woodbury)

This episode is a feed drop from Transmissions with Jason Woodbury from Aquarium Drunkard. Here's their original show notes: This week, we have an exceedingly rare inter

Big Freedia: Is Twerking Next to Godliness? (From The Sam Sanders Show)

Introducing The Sam Sanders Show from KCRW This episode is a perfect fit for Rock That Doesn't Roll. Big Freedia is best known as the Queen of Bounce, but her new album

The Christmas Special 2025 (ft. Kelsey McGinnis and Daniel Gill)

It's our third annual Christmas special! Leah and Andrew are joined by returning guests Kelsey Kramer McGinnis and Daniel Gill. Everyone brought a Christmas song or two t

John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats on Sound Opinions

Co-host and producer Andrew Gill's day job is with Sound Opinions. He recently interviewed John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, so we're doing a feed drop here of that e

Introducing: When We All Get To Heaven

Please enjoy this episode from a podcast we love: When We All Get To Heaven.  To share a song pick for the Rock That Doesn't Roll Christmas Special, call ‪(629) 204-4264