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Art, faith, how culture shapes and is shaped by us, and more in The Gray Havens\\u2019 latest album

Show Notes

Chris and Stephen have a wide-ranging conversation with Dave Radford of husband-and-wife folk-pop duo The Gray Havens about the value and purpose of art, the business side of the music industry, and the process of putting together their latest album, Ghost of a King.

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• Musical influences:
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• Simon and Garfunkel
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• James Taylor
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• Cat Stevens
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• Frank Sinatra
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• Dean Martin
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• Queen
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• Coldplay
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• Mumford and Sons
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• Florence and the Machine
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• Fleet Foxes
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• Bon Iver
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• Lyrical influences:
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• The Lord of the Rings\\n
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  • the Gray Havens in _The Lord of the Rings
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• The Chronicles of Narnia
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• The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man\\u2019s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
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• Other people mentioned on the show
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• Jon Foreman
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• Ben Shive
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• Stephen\\u2019s rant on iPods: 1.10: Because Capitalism Yay
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• Temple board
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• John Piper\\n
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  • 0.01: We Need Some Context\\u2014in which, in our very first episode, we discussed John Piper and Pope Francis as representing very different styles of using social media. (Also: whoa, that episode is rough\\u2026)
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Music

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• \\u201cShadows of the Dawn,\\u201d \\u201cBand of Gold,\\u201d \\u201cDiamonds and Gold,\\u201d and \\u201cThis My Soul\\u201d from Ghost of a King by The Gray Havens \\u2013 used by permission. Go buy this album!
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• \\u201cWinning Slowly Theme\\u201d by Chris Krycho. Who is also deeply inspired by Tolkien, for the record.
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Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month\\u2019s sponsors:

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• Andrew Fallows
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• Kurt Klassen\\n
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  • Jeremy Cherfas
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  • Jeremy W. Sherman
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