Todd Cochrane, Charlie Kirk, & Rich Mullins

About this episode

John Wilkerson discusses the influence of Todd Cochrane, the killing of Charlie Kirk, and finds hope in Jesus and Rich Mullins' music.

In the past 10 days there has been a lot of bad news. In this episode I talk about how Todd Cochrane influenced my podcasting journey, the killing of Charlie Kirk, and the hope I find in Jesus and the music of Rich Mullins. Support the podcast when you buy me a coffee ! If you’re listening in a new podcast app , hit that boost button and send me some Satoshis. Music: “Loopster” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License Follow the podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite platform .

People in this episode

Host: John Wilkerson

Topics covered

• podcasting
• influence
• hope
• music
• faith
• current events

Keywords

• podcasting
• Todd Cochrane
• Charlie Kirk
• Rich Mullins
• hope
• faith
• music

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