CAPC’s Favorite Music and Podcasts of 2025
An exploration of the Satanic Panic, a hang out with friends, atmospheric post-punk, the return of folk heroes, and of course, Tay Tay.

An exploration of the Satanic Panic, a hang out with friends, atmospheric post-punk, the return of folk heroes, and of course, Tay Tay.

Instead of retaliating, what if we humbly listened to those who harbor genuine grievances, pain, and fears regarding Christianity?

What should we do with our desires and what do they do to us? How do our desires shape who we are?

Some Christians want their version of revival so desperately that they try to force revival through fearmongering.

Taylor Swift’s latest album accurately shows we are not the sole culprit for our sleeplessness.

Three hit songs offer three different perspectives on what it means to worship.

Our team highlights their favorite music and podcasts from 2020 that managed to break through the dark days and deliver a bit of goodness.

In writing fiction, Taylor Swift has somehow managed to ponder the deeper truths of love and loss and life.

The Christ and Pop Culture team highlights some of their personal favorite pop culture artifacts of the past 10 years in the Faves of the Decade series.

Sam and Cray dive into Ultralight Beam on ‘The Life of Pablo” from Kanye West. Does the song illuminate the rest of the album in a gospel-centric light?

Taylor Swift’s 1989 sums up much of my journey and the decades that have made me the woman I am now.

Joining Swift in gazing at New York is Ryan Adams’s way of hopping into the DeLorean: perhaps revisiting his past can renew him when he gets back to the future.

Both Taylor Swift and Sia are wildly successful at writing songs about themselves as their personal approach certainly connects with fans. But where these two artists diverge is far more interesting.
“Our grossly inflated perceptions of celebrities as one-dimensional figures are really questions about identity: Are we who people say we are or are we who we say we are?”
Taylor Swift gets lost in fantasy, and Flo Rida spouts culturally acceptable shamelessness.
Get our weekly recap email for the latest from CAPC, delivered straight to your inbox.
Support our work: Become a member and get exclusive membership perks.
Introduce friends & colleagues to the CAPC world with a gift membership.
Learn more about writing for us.




