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Josh and The Giant

Josh And Ben

Josh Benson (Church Chad) and Ben Kessler (The Lord's Giant) are two Christian dudes trying to keep it together in a world controlled by aliens

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  • 11 episodes
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  • Avg 1 hr 3 min
  • English
  • Thursday · 54 min

    Episode 12: The One with the White Guy Draft

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com to become a member and watch our super secret episode! 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - Ben’s first meal at Waffle House 1:45 - Ranking American Breakfast Chains 3:20 - The Waffle House Index 4:45 - White Boy Draft 5:50 - First, White Boys no longer with us 13:40 - White Boy Draft (Active) 32:01 - We got Waffle House Hats!!! 43:40 - Who is the most talented white boy? 49:10 - Josh wrote a script for Ben 52:00 - Our Waffle House Rankings 54:00 - Outro Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com to become a member and score some cool new merch!

  • October 8 · 1 hr 25 min

    Episode 11: The One Where The Boys Get Political

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com to become a member and watch our super secret episode! 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - We have a new filming location! 2:14 - Story time with Josh 4:45 - Story time with Ben 6:25 - Why don’t women listen to our show? 6:48 - Mormon reaction to our Joseph Smith episode 8:10 - Kicking off the politics discussion 13:20 - Ben takes a citizenship test 19:30 - Tiger Woods? 23:20 - Does Ben get to be a citizen?! 23:40 - Bad Bunny is soooo talented 24:40 - Met Gala 25:25 - WHY ARE POLITICIANS SO OLD 26:00 - Josh’s second child was conceived when? 30:30 - Guessing the ages of the oldest active politicians 32:20 - MLK’s assassination 34:30 - Ben’s view on voting 36:30 - Taxes 38:00 - Healthcare 40:15 - Reform 48:50 - Josh’s time with some folks in government 54:00 - We’re getting into politics! 54:50 - Running political ads against each other 58:00 - Caricatures of the parties 59:15 - Talking Cops 1:04:30 - Abortion 1:08:00 - Immigration 1:09:00 - Death Penalty 1:14:00 - Political ASMR 1:16:15 - Ripping Pokemon Pack! 1:16:30 - Christians and Dinosaurs 1:19:40 - Government blowing up the moon? 1:20:40 - Cop ASMR 1:21:00 - Ben has a heart attack apparently 1:22:00 - Matt takes Ben’s place Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com to become a member and score some cool new merch!

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  • September 24 · 1 hr 7 min

    Episode 10: The One with The Worst Mormon Movie

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com for our new coffee mugs and to become a member! Don't forget to subscribe on Spotify! 0:00 - Intro 0:20 - Our new merch that Ben totally loves! 0:56 - This week on threads 1:26 - The KKK is a Christian Organization 3:00 - The first podcast to disavow the Klan 3:45 - Lazy arguments vs Christianity 4:40 - Ben standing on business 5:18 - Did CS Lewis like Interstellar? 5:36 - CS Lewis’ Wisdom 6:10 - Objectivity and Definitions for words 6:45 - Josh’s Story Time 8:00 - Even Matt was bugged! 8:40 - Will future humans think Ben was Muslim? 10:00 - Giving the Devil the day off 10:30 - Satan is finite 12:15 - Anyways, this week on threads 15:15 - Y’all remember when Dave Ramsey showed up? 15:49 - Ben doesn’t like Israel?! 16:05 - We watched a Mormon Movie called Witnesses 17:10 - SUNGLASSES ARE BACK ON 17:24 - Rotten Tomatoes 18:25 - A Mormon Woman made a video about Josh 19:51 - Unrated movie??? EDGY 20:07 - This movie was…interesting at best 20:26 - Lot of tension with Joseph Smith 22:40 - Josh has an issue with the first scene 24:40 - Bad Boys was a sick movie 25:30 - Back to the Mormons 29:05 - The Tablets weighed how much? 30:00 - Felt like a Django set 31:25 - Ben’s issue with the film 33:00 - Were Mormons totally innocent and peaceful in the 1800s? 34:30 - Wasn’t Joseph Smith supposed to hear from God? 35:47 - The Martin Harris story 39:15 - The freaking polygamy 41:00 - Did Joseph Smith actually see something? Or was it a con? 47:15 - Joseph Smith’s failed bank 48:30 - Joseph Smith taking over a Star Wars Town 50:00 - Why Joseph Smith wasn’t innocent at all 53:35 - The Book of Abraham 54:00 - The Official Ratings 59:50 - RIPPING PACKS AND STORY TIME 1:00:00 - Mormon Joker arrives 1:03:00 - WW2 Talk 1:06:20 - Outro

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  • September 10 · 1 hr 15 min

    Episode 9: The One with 9/11 and The Human Centipede

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com 0:00 - Intro IT’S TIME 0:20 - Reading an interesting Spotify Review 1:40 - Sydney is BACK 2:30 - Josh is shaving his head 4:00 - Sydney is not shy with the clippers 4:15 - Church at the Movies! 5:35 - Josh preaches on Black Snake Moan 7:01 - What does a Snake Moaning Sound like? 7:20 - Ben preaches on Brokeback Mountain 11:21 - Josh preaches in Bad Santa 12:40 - Syd left the room so Josh can make a joke about black church 14:00 - Ben preaches on the Human Centipede 18:50 - Josh preaches on The Marine 22:48 - Ben preaches on The Barbie Movie 24:07 - PRAISE BREAK 24:46 - One of Josh’s best rap bars 25:07 - 9/11 TALK 28:30 - Conspiracies? Maybe? 31:40 - The architecture of the towers 34:40 - How does the moon landing relate? 36:30 - Reflecting on 9/11 Footage 38:45 - 9/11 Heroes 41:00 - I’M PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN 46:00 - Interesting Coincidences 48:06 - Talking GTA 48:55 - Talking Marines 52:10 - The Israel “Thing” in 9/11 58:00 - Josh’s head is mad lumpy 58:50 - Closing thoughts on 9/11 1:03:45 - Josh’s Vegas Story Time while Ben rips some packs 1:05:20 - Josh pretended to be blind (allegedly) 1:11:50 - Closing Remarks and Helen Keller Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com

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  • August 27 · 48 min

    Episode 8: The One with the Torture Device

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Josh’s Story Time 1:00 - Josh was offered HOW MUCH to do Stand-Up? 1:45 - Josh SAID NO??? 4:00 - What happened to the guy that offered Josh a giant bag of money? 8:20 - Matt is wearing an interesting hat 9:20 - Josh talks ICE 11:00 - Real Alphas choose their bowel movements 12:10 - Ben’s wonderful, amazing family 12:55 - Dominicans are AWESOME 13:25 - Josh’s black friend 15:44 - Names to call white people 17:00 - Josh made merch and BEN DOESN’T LIKE IT 18:20 - Hedbanz with a torture device 19:55 - Ben is first in the torture chamber 26:32 - Josh is next in the torture chamber 26:55 - Sydney (Josh’s wife) is the one torturing him 28:30 - Josh is a MUPPET 34:00 - Josh and Sydney’s TV show dynamic 37:09 - Opening the expensive Pokemon packs 39:10 - JOSH’S PACK LUCK CONTINUES 40:00 - Ben’s PACK LUCK IS??? Non-existent?? 41:50 - BONUS PACK CRACKS 47:00 - Have we made money with Pokemon cards? Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com

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  • August 13 · 57 min

    Episode 7: The One with the Interstellar Debate

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com Intro - 0:00 Josh’s Gold Chain - 0:24 Opening first pack - 1:24 Card Results - 4:00 Ben Doesn’t Like Interstellar??? - 6:23 Debating Interstellar - 8:00 Christopher Nolan Movies - 10:00 The Boys Cried - 12:01 Timmy Chal - 15:30 Ben’s Favorite Movie - 22:18 Talking College - 25:59 Historical Wheelchair Index - 28:20 OJ Simpson - 31:10 Ronald Reagan - 32:27 Genghis Khan - 35:33 Jeffrey Dahmer - 37:58 Trump and Biden combined into one human - 42:58 Josh’s son was conceived WHEN - 43:50 Amber Heard - 44:30 Martin Luther King Jr. - 46:40 Candace Owens - 46:51 Matthew McConaughey joins to talk to Ben - 47:40 Pontius Pilate - 49:50 Josh’s College Experience - 51:20 Ripping more packs - 53:50 Josh is willing to shave his head on camera - 56:45 Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com

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  • July 30 · 58 min

    Episode 6: The One With the Kindergarten Brawl

    VISIT ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.com 0:00 - Introduction & Pre-Show Banter 1:17 - Sexy Jesus, Mr. Jonathan Roumie 4:45 - People think Josh and Ben are mocking God? 5:00 - Speaking in Tongues 5:39 - POKEMON TIME 7:37 - Josh wrote a Pokemon script for Ben to act out 13:22 - Time to open some Pokemon packs 19:02 - We pulled a card worth $13??? 20:00 - People like Ben more than Josh? 20:18 - Josh got a new neighbor and it’s…not great 24:54 - Video games at 4 AM 29:04 - TALKING BACKROOMS 34:25 - Obama on South Park 39:24 - Fighting Kindergarteners (How many could we take?) 48:00 - Josh’s High School and Childhood Experience 51:00 - Ripping One More Pokemon Pack and WOW!!!! 53:20 - Josh pulled a WHAT? 55:20 - IT’S WORTH HOW MUCH?! SUPPORT THE SHOW! Get EARLY- AD FREE Access to Episodes and More! VISIT ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.com

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  • July 16 · 1 hr 39 min

    Episode 5: The One with the God’s Not Dead Movies

    Want to join our cult for more exclusive content? Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com 0:00 - Introduction/Pre-God’s Not Dead Banter 2:11 - God’s Not Dead (The OG One) 35:40 - Josh and Ben’s God’s Not Dead Rating 36:03 - God’s Not Dead 2 50:30 - Ben Cried During God’s Not Dead 2 51:52 - Josh and Ben’s God’s Not Dead 2 Rating 52:00 - God’s Not Dead 3 (A Light in the Darkness) 1:06:30 - Josh and Ben’s God’s Not Dead 3 Rating 1:08:14 - God’s Not Dead 4 (We The People) 1:15:10 - Why are so many Christians Flat Earthers? 1:21:25 - Josh and Ben’s God’s Not Dead 4 Ratings 1:22:00 - God’s Not Dead 5 (In God We Trust) 1:35:40 - Josh and Ben’s God’s Not Dead 5 Ratings 1:36:40 - Wrap Up and reminder that OUR GOD’S NOT DEAD Keep this cult alive - Visit: ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com

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  • July 2 · 46 min

    Episode 4: The One With Dave Ramsey

    Visit ➡️ https://joshandthegiant.com 0:00 - Cold Open 0:37 - Show Intro 0:55 - The Robbery 2:24 - Dave Ramsey Appears 6:13 - The Multiverse Dave Ramsey 7:25 - Caller #1: Jim's Southern Business Plan 18:36 - Cotton Fields 22:25 - J-Dog & Jeffrey Epstein 25:38 - Caller #2: Mark Henry's Island 30:23 - The Wild Sales Pitch 37:16 - Caller #3: Edgar 37:48 - Josh Returns 43:24 - World Cup 2026 Predictions 52:35 - The Prophecy 53:15 - Outro

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  • June 18 · 52 min

    Episode 3: The One With The One Chip Challenge

    visit ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.com One Chip Challenge Gone Wrong / Joseph Smith Movie Questions 00:00 Nephilim Cold Open 00:21 Can You Say Mormon 02:02 Best Joseph Smith Movie 05:15 Pitbull Nostalgia Break 08:04 One Chip Challenge Setup 08:43 Milk Debate and Rules 13:25 Eating the Chip 14:52 Questions While Dying 20:43 N Word and Wardrobe Talk 24:50 Katrina and Crawfish Memories 25:31 AIPAC Joke Spiral 28:19 Katrina Crawfish Memories 28:59 Spice Pain Aftermath 30:24 Bananas And Boundaries 32:09 Pokemon Culture Bits 34:03 Crabs And Mantis Shrimp 36:30 Eden Poop Theology 40:38 Comedy And Offense 45:04 Chip Exit Strategy 49:51 Whimsy Signoff And Merch SUPPORT THE SHOW! Get EARLY & AD FREE Episodes and other cool stuff visit ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.com

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    June 4 · 53 min

    Episode 2: The One With The Wheelchair Index

    visit ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.comThis is Episode 2 of Josh and the Giant, where Josh and Ben talk about giving McDonald’s Sprite to a normal person in the year 1400, Alien Pastors Airbnb & something they have named The Wheelchair Index. Don't forget to subscribe :)00:00 intro00:49 Meet The New Editor01:38 Football Bit Turns Existential03:24 Zyns And Christian Vices04:51 Internet Christianity Clip Culture07:44 Australian Reveal And Horny Stereotypes09:03 Worship Music In The Bedroom12:50 Brandon Lake AI Fan Fiction16:10 Pastors Briefed On Aliens20:27 Birria Tacos Vs Aliens22:47 British Spice Challenge Idea24:19 Homeless Night Fundraiser Story26:43 Radio Man Legend27:52 Panhandler Wheelchair Scam29:21 Wheelchair Index Explained29:49 Chosen Ad Read Tangent31:46 Testing Celebs and Politicians35:28 Weinstein and Cosby Fail39:27 Kanye and Attraction Debates40:50 Sci Fi Dream Project45:07 Copeland Ellen Oprah Ratings48:57 Hulu Christian Dating Show51:53 Wrap Up and Sign OffSUPPORT THE SHOW!Get EARLY & AD FREE Episodes and other cool stuffvisit ➡️: https://joshandthegiant.com

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