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The Youthwork magazine editorial team climb aboard the podcast bandwagon and offer you their thoughts and ideas for youth ministry in palatable bitesize episodic chunks.
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Episodes
1 - Episode 37
Martin Saunders enjoys an extraordinary conversation with Patrick Regan, the CEO and founder of London-based Christian youth agency XLP. As well as offering practical insights into how churches can intervene in the lives of dispossessed young people and offer them a new hope for the future, he tells the uplifting and harrowing story of his visits to Trench Town, Jamaica, one of the gang crime capitals of the world. If you only ever listen to one Youthwork podcast, make sure it's this one.
2 - Episode 36
Tom takes over hosting duties for his long awaited return from almost dying. He's brought his wife with him, and she happens to be an expert in teenage self-harm, and also much better looking than he is. Along with host-turned guest Martin Saunders, they're joined by emerging bright young thing Yanah Nightingale, an intern with Onelife and just about the smartest teenager we've ever met. It's a bit of a rambling mess this one to be honest, but then that's why you love it. We hope.
3 - Episode 35
Youthwork podcaster Martin Saunders, Urban Saint Matt Summerfield and 'bloke from Luton' Chris Curtis talk about their collective vision for the Youthwork Summit - a new kind of youth ministry event launching in October this year. Listen in the opposite of awe as they explain what the day will involve, why you should go, and how you too can get miracle abs. For more info on the summit, and to book tickets, visit: www.youthworksummit.com
4 - Episode 34
Martin is joined by Youthwork magazine's guest editor Amy Stock to talk about the special August issue, which has a schools work theme. Together they talk to Brad Hawkes, Director of schools ministry organisation New Generation, to talk about why every youth worker is a schools worker, even if they never set foot in a classroom or assembly hall. Plus - Brad reveals his shocking lack of knowledge about his homeland, Martin fails with yet another accent attempt, and Tom presents his most inexplicably extraordinary song yet.
5 - Episode 33
Martin meets Andy Wilson, Creative director of Rolltherock - a Harrogate-based youth ministry - and a veteran youth worker who is also totally blind. They discuss their jolly outing to the houses of parliament, the unexpected advantages of being a blind youth worker, and the sexualisation of youth culture. Plus, at last someone mentions the elephant in the room, namely Martin, who needs to go on a diet immediately.
6 - Episode 32
Martin, Sarah and intern Alex meet Susie Mapledoram and Martin Thompson, Diocesan youth officers in Manchester and Exeter respectively. They have fun digging up ancient scandal, talk briefly about youth ministry, and ask Tom to do the impossible: merge Frankie Goes to Hollywood and orthodox Christian thought.
7 - Episode 31
Martin meets comedy genius Ian Henderson to talk about urban fridges, special trains, and the Shine Your Light project with which he's involved. Ian tells some of the Message Trust story, Martin reflects on Britain's Got Talent, and newly-married Tom is back at last with another song after his near-death experience. Funny stuff.
8 - Episode 30
Martin meets Dave Newton and his trusty sidekick Kyle for almost an hour of Youth for Christ-related fun. Wince as Martin apologises for his own ineptitude! Ponder as 'the Newt' makes a thoughtful defence of YFC's extravagant mission statement! Coo in expectation with further revelations about the London Youthwork Summit... Plus, did anyone seriously think we'd make it to 30?!
9 - Episode 29
The extraordinary Francis Chan drops in to talk about living simply, re-engaging the Holy Spirit, and saying no to Christian celebrity. Clearly he's far too high-profile for us and had got the wrong recording studio, but Youthwork the Podcast took full advantage, parachuting in veteran Holy Trinity Brompton Youth Worker Matt Costley (and his entourage) to conduct an in-depth interview before the jet lag wore off and he realised where he was. Oh, by the way, this one is ACE.
10 - Episode 28
Mark Ritchie is widely regarded as one of the UK's best youth communicators. Unfortunately, that didn't prepare him for Ben Cantelon's newly instigated take-no-prisoners Bible quiz. Find out what happened when Mark talked World Cup predictions with Sarah 'statto' Wynter, went for a chilli pizza with Martin 'Phal' Saunders, and took part in possibly our funniest ever podcast. Listen, then tell your friends!
11 - Episode 27
Martin and Sarah meet popular worship warbler and teenage pin-up Ben Cantelon, to talk about youth worship, redeeming the football chant, and the rise of the Worship Central phenomenon. Plus, Martin tells his only Rowan Williams anecdote, Sarah impersonates Magnus Magnusson, and Ben loses his head battling a giant imaginary duck...
12 - Episode 26
Martin is flying solo as he meets Becca Dean, who didn't used to be in Hollyoaks, and certainly doesn't look anything like Bill Bailey. She's the youth worker at Carpenter's something something something church in Chorleywood, and has just written her first book. By way of congratulation, and to help reassure her that she doesn't look like a hirsute male comedian, Tom presents his greatest musical achievement ever. Plus some discussion about Christian youth work.
13 - Episode 25
Martin and Sarah meet Matt Wilson of Eden Networks - a national extension of Manchester's highly-regarded Eden project. Matt talks about incarnational youth work, how every urban context is unique, and why 80s band Kajagoogoo are his role models. Shockingly, this is our 25th podcast; less shockingly, we forgot to mark it in some sort of meaningful way.
14 - Episode 24
Martin and Sarah meet Russ Rook - former Director of Alove and founder of community transformation charity Chapel St. In this episode, Russ talks candidly about his secret past as a Parisian go-go dancer, Martin tries to beat the world record for eating Wotsits in a minute, and Sarah does an uncanny impression of rapper Jay-Z. Plus, some stuff about the church's central role in the future of Britain's communities.
15 - Episode 23
Martin and Sarah see all their dreams come true as their hero - Celebrity Big Brother star Stephen Baldwin - drops in for a chat. Glow with warmth as he tells the story of his miraculous conversion! Gasp as he decides between High School Musical and a punch in the face! Dance as he instructs Tom to write a song about Barney Rubble! Trust us: you will not want to miss this.
16 - Episode 22
Martin and Sarah meet Andy Burns, Director of the East to West trust, to talk about getting into schools and the forthcoming gender lecture series that he's involved in. Plus, because he said he was so happy to talk about sex and relationships, we ask him to address one of the major areas of struggle for teenagers. That wiped the smile off his face.
17 - Episode 21
Sarah and Martin are joined by Graeme Hodge, a man with the most important job title of all our guests so far. As Deputy Director for International Development at the Salvation Army (told you), he's able to fill us in on the amazing success of an HIV/AIDS campaign which many youth workers were involved in. Plus, the team talk Avatar, and Tom wonders what might have happened if the Village People had taken a different muse.
18 - Episode 20 - Christmas Special
Velvet-voiced quizmaster Tom Wade is back in the studio for our Christmas special, putting Martin and Sarah through their paces in a series of Christmas-themed quiz rounds. Plus, we're joined by pioneering Youth ministry legend and godfather of soul John Buckeridge, plus our web editor Celia Hyland pops in for a chat.
19 - Episode 19
Martin and Sarah meet rappers and schools workers Kev and Dave from hip hop act 29th Chapter to discuss Old Skool, Nu Skool and Playskool. Highlights include: Kev does killer Rob Bell impression; Sarah shows off her encyclopaedic knowledge of 1980s rap; and Dave and Martin face off over the merits of RnB. Plus some youth work-related content - we promise.
20 - Episode 18
Author and lecturer Jason Gardner is our guest as we talk about discipleship, generational disconnection and 2009's Youthwork the Conference. More significantly, Martin finds some sort of weird sound FX machine, and completely undermines all the worthwhile intellectual discussion. This episode comes with added Benny Hill.
21 - Episode 17
After a seemingly eternal absence, Tom Wade returns to the studio to turn guest. Not because our actual guest dropped out at the last minute or anything like that, but because he is an interesting and important person in his own right. Tom talks from experience about the life of a youth ministry student and reviews the latest films, then subjects our unsuspecting web editor Simon to the quick quiz. Please note: if you've previously complained that we witter on too much about the unimportant details of our personal lives, do not listen to Youthwork the Podcast: Episode 17.
22 - Episode 16
After an extended summer break, the Youthwork team return with less in-jokes and more youth work content - just like you demanded! This week, Veteran youth worker Jon Langford talks mentoring and group dynamics; Martin takes over quizmaster duties, and Tom makes an appearance from beyond the grave.
23 - Episode 15
World-renowned worship leader Tim Hughes, co-host of some other podcast, joins the Youthwork team for an extended show. Tom bonds with Tim over a recent CD review, and is then challenged to perform his own heavy-metal cover of 'Happy Day', while Martin shares a tender moment with the unrequited friend-love of his life. Plus, Tim reveals the ropiest song he's ever recorded, answers calls to 'man up' his music, and invites us all to punch him in the face.
24 - Episode 14
Tom gets starstruck as he interviews Christian rock-worship superstars Yfriday - in a Yfriday t-shirt. How cool is he? Discussions include stories about Tom's 'mam', toilet phones, the Child Catcher and singer Ken Riley's mega-hit, that one that goes 'Strength will rise when we da da dum dum dum.' Meanwhile, Martin and the band get off on the wrong foot and take most of the podcast to recover, after Martin manages to sound insincere about the new album, tries to start a Oasis vs Blur-style fight between Yfriday and Delirious, and finally makes an effort to split the band up. Also features up-to-the-minute football chat, including an important prediction about the fate of Newcastle United.
25 - Episode 13
Rich Wilson, leader of Fusion, pops in to talk about their new Studentlinkup resource, grills Martin about the recent Youthwork conference venue news, and demonstrates great creativity in devising our first ever listener competition.
26 - Episode 12
Martin, Tom and Sarah are joined by Greg Downes, a popular Ricky Gervais impersonator and principal of the Watford School of Leadership. Greg talks about his past work with young offenders, students and Stephen Merchant, and shows an unnerving composure when answering Tom's latest quick quiz.
27 - Episode 11
Demonstrating their up-to-the-minute grasp of popular culture, Martin, Sarah, Tom and guest Chris Curtis discuss The Crystal Maze, Titanic (spoiler alert), and new Sandra Bullock movie The Net. They also talk a little bit about the new Youthwork charter, 'We Love Our Youthworker', Chris eats his lunch, and Martin loses track of which episode number this is.
28 - Episode 10 - Easter Special
Believing they're now established enough to warrant an Easter Special, the Youthwork podcast team present: 'Youthwork the Conference - The Easter Special'. Join quizmaster Tom as he puts two predictably-captained teams through their general knowledge paces. Joining Martin is Chris Curtis, youth and schools work pioneer and an expert on marine biology. On Sarah's team, Ricky-Gervais-lookalike Greg Downes is the principal of the Watford leadership institute and a leading authority on diets. Who will win? Who cares? You do. Listen now.
29 - Episode 9
Martin is back in the saddle as the team get trendy and sit down with two of the youth work team from Soul Survivor church in Watford. Listen in and meet Phil Shaw, who isn't very academic but is very pretty, and Glyn, who strikes a careful balance between the two. Also this episode: Tom and Martin recreate a classic scene from Watchmen, Tom puts a UK Grime track in your ear (one time), and Sarah continues to be the one source of sensible questioning. Warning - contains McNutts.
30 - Episode 8
Team Youthwork has to cope without it's leader in this episode as Sarah and Tom sit down with Becky Johnson to talk about social networking with young people, a youth bus, pancakes and the Oscars. Other highlights include Sarah describing herself miming going to the toilet and Tom's breakdown due to lack of caffeine.
31 - Episode 7
Winchester DYO Pete Maidment tells the team about the new Youthwork Lectures, Tom makes an abortive effort at Gilbert and Sullivan, and Martin apologises for offending Scotland. Plus we get feedback on our moral dilemma, continue to promote ourselves into the ground, and get a glimpse of a terrifying vision of the future of musical theatre.
32 - Episode 6
Kiera Phyo, head of Tearfund's youth department, explains a fantastic new free resource; Tom sings bluegrass through a hat; Sarah sneaks out halfway through and Martin says goodbye to everyone. It can only be Youthwork the podcast (19th most popular Christian podcast in the world and sinking fast).
33 - Episode 5
Sarah makes a welcome return as we welcome Kingston-based youth and student worker Anna Macshane to the podcast. Despite being the only speaking human we could find at short notice, she turns out to have views on everything from women in leadership to the return of Jack Bauer in 24. Plus, Tom raps, explains what a 'ladar' is, and proves to be the worst foreign accent impersonator since Dick van Dyke.
34 - Episode 4
Youthwork Magazine brings you its 2008 round up two weeks later than planned! This episode features a discussion on the big news stories of 2008 that affected Youthwork, as well as lots of talk about the good and bad films of the last 12 months. Taking control for the first time, Tom is joined by a very special guest, but please note, Sarah fans, that she was unavailable for this edition.
35 - Episode 3
Now reaching the landmark achievement of 3 episodes, team Youthwork welcome another guest to the podcast fold. Joined by Jenny Baker, co-founder of the Sophia network, discussions range from triathlons to alternative worship to the difference between male and female youth workers. Also this episode Martin promises to be nice to Sarah, the team take part in a Christmas quiz, and Tom sings a pirate jingle.
36 - Episode 2
The Youthwork podcast gang meet youth work legend Pip Wilson - the man who invented blobs. Plus, the team bully Sarah into revealing far too much about her personal life, and Tom presents the world premiere of his three-part rock opera 'Youthwork the Rock Opera'.
37 - Episode 1
In this first episode, the Youthwork magazine editorial team introduce themselves and offer some thoughts and ideas for youth ministry.
