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I listen to a prayer podcast in the mornings to try and set the mood of my day. Some days this works great, and other days it’s drowned out by the sound of people on the train or the sound of kids breakdancing throughout the entire train. And really, in that situation, WWJD, right? He’d probably pause to watch some headspins. Right? No. I don’t know. They didn’t have iPods then, so let’s move on.

The podcast is produced by Jesuits who, as a general rule, have been motivated throughout history to reach towards society and culture. I see Jesuits as the “tough monks”, and they can be seen being tough and monky in movies like The Mission and The Excorcist (note: it is tough to be vomited on and keep going. Give these guys some). The podcast is also spoken completely by people with British accents which automatically makes Evangelical Christians (like myself) feel more spritual (“whoa, I feel like I’m in Narnia with G.K. Chesterton…omigosh there’s…BILL HYBELS!?”) and people in general feel smarter (“whoa it’s like I’m waking up to BBC…Did you ever watch The Office? No, not that one….”).

I listen to this podcast on an iPod Shuffle which provides no visual navigation so I don’t know when the podcast is nearing it’s end or what will come next. The whole point of an iPod shuffle is mixing up your music for fun!, which trust me, when you’re a video editor for a living and have an iTunes library full of random sound effects, it’s a blast getting 4 ‘boing’ sound effects in a row while you stroll around town. The other morning while I was lulled into deep contemplation by a devout Brit, I was jarred back into my day by what came next on Le Shuf. Assume my peaceful contemplative mindset and click the above track to get the flavor of the prophet that follows the Jesuits in iPodsville.

(Click here to visit Pray As You Go, the podcast’s website. There are lots pictures of people closing their eyes with iPod earphones in on their site, which is what you’ll feel like doing til’ some Grammy winner yells in your ear 12 seconds later.)