After a much-needed season of Lent, the podcast celebrates a much-needed Easter morning! The program unpacks mysteries around Easter sunrise services, youth group egg bakes and bunny-inspired marshmallow treats and Will shares some personal insights on resurrection. And this week's music takes no prisoners with hand-clapping, gospel shouts from Robert Robinson, Southern Gospel Revival, Daisy May, and a knockout collaboration from Herbie Hancock, Joss Stone and Johnny Lang. It's Easter - turn up the volume and whoop it up with Needed Time!!
Apr 4, 2021
43 min
Needed Time marks the most solemn day of the season with its Good Friday program. The heaviness of the occasion is played out beautifully with music from The Oh Hello's, Gregory Porter, Crooked Still, Common Hymnal and Red Mountain Church. Prayers from Laura Truman and Thomas Turner and a poem from Lucy Shaw complete the journey through this sobering Holy Friday.
Apr 2, 2021
32 min
As we near the last week of Lent, educator, naturalist and maple-mustering mando maven Craig Johnson joins Will and Rob to share some brilliant takes on the natural world and the lessons available for our inspiration and instruction. The eclectic musical lineup includes whiz kid Jacob Collier, Patti Griffin, Rivers & Robots and some mando-ing from Peter Ostroushko and the terrifyingly faast Johnny Staats. On the other side of the speediness divide, we slow down with poetry from Wendell Berry and Mary Oliver. Come along, it's a Needed Time...
Mar 26, 2021
40 min
The Rev. Cynthia Williams visits Needed Time and shares her delightful and honest take on art, beauty and real life. Music from the Birds of Chicago, Common Hymnal and Rev. Cynthia's favorites Rachel Okerlund and Martial Besombes sandwich a dissection of Lenten lint and the long-awaited answer to pesky questions about the appropriateness of Hosanna-ing during the Lenten season. Needed Time has the Good News!!
Mar 19, 2021
38 min
This week features a far ranging interview with Quillan Roe, the co-founder of the award-winning bluegrass group The Roe Family Singers. Delightful and funny, honest and thoughtful, Quillan and our hosts invite you to stop, breathe deep and consider just why we're stopping and breathing deeply. Ah yes, Lent. Musical offerings from Chris Smither, Rhiannon Giddens and The Roe Family Singers, along with a verse from the astounding Mary Oliver round out week #4 of Needed Time.
Mar 12, 2021
43 min
Needed Time, week three, includes musical numbers from friendly, young folkster, Taylor Leonhardt, and jazz great, Gregory Porter, as well as poetry from Christina Rossetti. This week also features a conversation with President/CEO of Urban League Twin Cities, Steven Belton -- an engaging discussion on his Lenten practices of gratefulness, mindfulness, and togetherness. Jesus, won't you come by here -- for now is the needed time...
Mar 5, 2021
42 min
The conversation continues this week with well known Minnesotan songwriter Neal Hagberg. He shares with us his thoughts on the practice of listening and the importance of paying close attention. Deep cuts from the songbird Madison Cunningham, acoustic bluesman Parker Milsap, and a brilliant piece on forgiveness from Neal himself round out this music selections. Our show concludes with an unlikely duet featuring musician Robert Glasper and theologian Walter Brueggemann.
Feb 26, 2021
44 min
An interview with award-winning poet & jaw-dropping blues harpist Stephen Kampa gets the season started. B sides from the Wood Brothers, Liz Vice, and Kampa himself provide the musical backdrop and Needed Time explains itself - who are we? and why are we here? - with a look at Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent to follow.
Feb 19, 2021
42 min
Here is a preview of the 7 week Lenten podcast Needed Time with hosts Will Healy and Rob Ryden. Needed time refers to that sense of our needing God to come into whatever circumstances we are experiencing. Join Will and Rob as they ponder the meaning of this season, share songs to guide us in this journey, and interview guests to provide their unique experiences and perspectives on Needed Time with God.
Feb 9, 2021
4 min