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Whistle the Feast
A seriously engaging forum for the Christian imagination and studio practice. With over 20 years of experience as an artist and educator and 100’s of creative commissions, host Jason Jaspersen dives deep with guests. He and co-host Norah get curious with guests about making meaning from matter and discovering what God has given us.
Episodes
91 episodes
Melodies from Madrid
Carlitos DelaVega returns to showcase his song he wrote about saying goodbye to vices.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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5:31
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The Woller Photography Handbook to Legacy and Self Discovery
Join co-host Norah Kratz and Bethany Lutheran College professor and professional photographer Denice Woller as they unpack the nature of legacy. Photographs can encapsulate so many emotions and memories within them, and maintains a piece of tho...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:15:14
A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee
Jason Jaspersen reads A Liturgy for the Ritual of Morning Coffee from the book Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey. Allow God to be with you during those few moments of stillness.Learn More About...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:26
Sit with the Story Reaction
Listen to the response "Grown Where You Aren't Planted" written by Bethany Education and Music major, Allison Rygh in response to a quilt called Dandelions in the Wind by Teri Polson. This quilt is a commentary on what we are called to...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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2:54
Congratulations! You're A Lego
Crossing international waters to the streets of Chiang Mai, Thailand is no ordinary feat, but that is nothing compared to the amazing work done by Pastor Stephen Weisenauer. Host Jason Jaspersen is joined by Colin Neville to discuss the many wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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2:26:34
The Trouble with Sitting Down
This Chapel Sermon from Bethany Lutheran College was delivered by ELS Seminary President Tim Hartwig on December 4, 2025.The devotion follows Romans
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12:12
Soaring Through "The Wing Window"
Right outside of Meyer Hall on the campus of Bethany Lutheran College, there is a collection of people who couldn't care less about what is happening on the ground among them. With their eyes on the skies from August to mid December, the Bethan...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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1:03:18
A Holy Nation
This Chapel Sermon from Bethany Lutheran College was delivered by Chaplain Don Moldstad on November 7, 2025.The devotion follows 1 Peter 2: 9...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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9:05
A Liturgy of Praise to the King of Creation
Jason Jaspersen reads A Liturgy of Praise to the King of Creation from the book Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey.Learn More About
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5:19
The Sweet Haven Session (feat. Jason Jaspersen & Norah Kratz)
In a special episode of Whistle the Feast co-hosted by students of Bethany Lutheran College, Gracen Lukasek and Claire Marcus, our crew discusses their approaches to friendship. The conversation wanders from relaxing ways to experience moments ...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:47:40
Melodies from Madrid
Host Jason Jaspersen is joined by Bethany student Carlitos de la Vega to discuss the story and thought behind his musical background on the streets of Madrid, Spain. Featuring a song he wrote inspired by his grandmother, and the ways he discove...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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16:37
Sit with the Story Reaction
Listen to the prose piece written by Whistle the Feast co-host Claire Marcus in response to a quilt by Koleesa Dirksen. This quilt is a good descriptor for everyday life as well as this show, a variety of different materials and pieces joined t...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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4:21
Shaken, not Stirred (feat. Richard Stokes)
Joined by englishman turned Minnesotan, Richard Stokes, host Jason Jaspersen has a wonderful talk about how others experience the Bethany environment, shifting religions in other places of the world, and many of Richard's stories from growing u...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:51:07
Made So That We Love
Host Jason Jaspersen reminds us with this passage that there is so much beauty around us. We are created to enjoy the art made by the same being that created us.Learn More About
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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0:47
Sit with the Story Reaction
Responding to a quilt made by Nancy Sponholz, Bethany student Annika Doberenz uses some of the context she acquired to write a prose piece in response. Annika was the dramaturg for Bethany Lutheran College's 2025 Fall Production of Little Women...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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4:12
Process vs Product (feat. The Whistle the Feast Co-Hosts)
Departing from our regularly scheduled programming is this episode ran by the students of Whistle the Feast. Norah Kratz, Silas Gawrisch, Claire Marcus, and Jaksyn Graham discuss what brought them to the podcast, ownership, and random philosoph...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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2:03:31
System of Living
Whistle the Feast co-host Silas Gawrisch reads one of the Louis Sullivan quotes that became the creed of the Bethany Lutheran College arts program. Among the definition "form follows function", this quote takes a look at the different levels of...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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0:42
Chasing Desires
A passage from the John Mark Comer book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, read by Whistle the Feast producer, Jaksyn. As Christians we must remember through all the pressures and craziness of the world that there is always a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:06
Unapologetically Lutheran (feat. Rev. Glenn Obenberger, Chap. Don Moldstad, and Brian Herscovici)
The atmosphere of Bethany Lutheran College has this indescribable quality to it. This course of the feast is our best attempt at describing the indescribable. Jason Jaspersen sits down with Evangelical Lutheran Synod President, Glenn Obenberger...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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1:04:16
Joy to the World
Bethany Lutheran College music professor and chamber orchestra conductor, Benjamin Faugstad, arranged this rendition of Joy to the World for the 2025 Christmas at Bethany concert.Watch
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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3:07
Trembling Hands
A quote brought to us from Bethany Lutheran College chaplain, Don Moldstad. This quote was from his grandfather and is a message to pastors everywhere.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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0:31
Winter
Winter is a featured season from the Benji Inniger nature documentary: Bold North. Recorded by a mixture of Inniger himself, the Mankato Symphony Orchestra, and the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in Hungary, enjoy the backing track to the awe inspi...
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5:12
Prayer - Martin Luther
Evangelical Lutheran Synod President Glenn Obenberger reads a prayer of Martin Luther's dating back to 1516. This prayer was sent by Luther to George Spalatin about one year before he nailed his reformation theses to the church door.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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0:25
We're All Just Walking Each Other Home
Friend of the show, Matt Moberg, returns to talk with current Bethany Lutheran College student, Natalie Hennig. In this host-less episode, the two have a peaceful talk about what inspires their music, their music experience, and how music makes...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:09:48