Podcast

Rambles With Ronnie

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

A Christmas aficionado who records artsy, analog Moog albums, and writes books of a theological nature, Ronnie actually spends most of his time trying to defy categorization. And now he's podcasting about it all.

Episodes
37
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
45 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
1 day ago

Episodes

37 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 36

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Christmas time is here'ish
    • Welcoming yourself to your neighborhood
    • Making money making Christian songs

    27 min
  2. Episode 35

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Middle-aged musings on U2
    • Outsidey not outdoorsy
    • Joining the AI resistance
    • Eradicating lawn mowing
    • My betwixting new album

    49 min
  3. Episode 34

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Complaining like a Narnian
    • Lovely but lonely childhoods
    • All I want for Christmas is jazz
    • Death by wingsuit

    43 min
  4. Episode 33

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • My trick or treating history
    • Commercial flops starring me and Tom Cruise
    • Living in a ghost town
    • The candy corn controversy

    48 min
  5. Episode 32

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • A few of my favorite (fall) things
    • Letting the day come to you
    • The emptiness of completion
    • Bonafide witches in woods

    51 min
  6. Episode 31

    Show notes

    This week ramble includes:

    • The Stryper Pumpkins
    • Candy bars, the comeback
    • The Narnian Heresy
    • Leaving crumbs on your plate
    • Buying egoless tools at Lowes

    36 min
  7. Episode 30

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • A series of irrational events
    • The world's most dangerous stairs
    • Pastor Tom Cruise
    • The cake-eating kid
    • Pastors and horror films: a case study

    49 min
  8. Episode 29

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Life in the Halloween Capital
    • Driving in Silence
    • Men Who Wear Dad Shirts
    • First World Mirror Problems
    • Navigating Gen Z Stares at Coffee Shops

    43 min
  9. Episode 28

    Show notes

    This week ramble includes:

    • Johnny Scrooge

    • Holly Dolly Parton
    • Getting emotional about AI
    • Comforting a kind hearted police officer

    43 min
  10. Episode 27

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • My top 10 sports movies
    • Coming to blows at book clubs
    • My roller coaster days are over
    • When it rains it pours

    1 hr 1 min
  11. Episode 26

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Are you a journey or destination person?
    • The life, death, and life of magazines
    • It's a glittery world out there
    • Reading but not finishing books
    • Becoming a hotel lobbyist

    44 min
  12. Episode 25

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • My first sermon
    • That Thing You Do
    • Blacklisting Narnia books
    • National Middle Child Day

    47 min
  13. Episode 24

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • My presidency years on Facebook
    • Low-awkward thresholds
    • Tommy Spiderman from Holland
    • What music are you listening to?
    • Sax on planes

    48 min
  14. Episode 23

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Right within your grasp
    • The Inklings Detective Agency
    • Barking cats
    • Suffering for your art
    • Running errands

    56 min
  15. Episode 22

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Our special guest--Big M!
    • A little art film called The Odyssey
    • What slowing down really means
    • Christmas in July and other myths
    • Can we all just stop using cash already?

    45 min
  16. Episode 21

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Lazy Sundays
    • Reading Ecclesiastes
    • The high cost of Tic-Tacs
    • The three most magical words

    48 min
  17. Episode 20

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Do you watch The Bear?
    • Cancelled meetings: A new epidemic
    • Building a snow room for your yacht
    • Old diners and new country
    • What kind of collector are you?
    • No snacks, no water: Travel stories from my youth

    51 min
  18. Episode 19

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Gen Z mustaches
    • Hot fields, hot dogs, and 4th of July
    • My co-dependent cat
    • Romantizing the past
    • Vacationing like Chevy Chase

    47 min
  19. Episode 18

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • Getting good habits back
    • Our perplexing relationship with horses
    • Lakes disguising themselves as beaches
    • The difference between Fencers & LARPers

    37 min
  20. Episode 17

    Show notes

    This weeks ramble includes:

    • The Madness of Preaching
    • People Who Cut In Front of Me
    • The Agony of Answered Prayer
    • Caught In A Rain Storm With Big M

    39 min