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10 Years and 500 Episodes: The Story of BibleProject Podcast

12/31/202544 min

As we wrap up 2025, we’re celebrating two big milestones: 10 years and 500 episodes of exploring the Bible together! To mark the occasion, we’re strolling down memory lane to see how it all began. How does a side project recorded in a closet turn into a decade-long global conversation? In this episode, producer Lindsey Ponder interviews Jon, Tim, and other team members about how the show came to be, its growth over time, and how it continues to shape us, even as it helps hundreds of thousands of listeners experience the Bible as a unified story that leads to Jesu...

Clips

Permission To Ask Anything
Creating What Didn’t Exist
Editing Makes Us Sound Brilliant
Not About The Numbers
First Taste Of Communal Reading
What’s Next: Book-By-Book
Learning From Our Past Selves
The Legendary Chocolate Stain

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Tim Mackie· Guest0:00

    Okay, so I don't need to be looking at anything.

  2. Jon Collins· Guest0:02

    Oh, is there a coaster?

  3. Tim Mackie· Guest0:04

    There is. [laughs] It's fun to be like, "What are we gonna talk about?"

  4. Jon Collins· Guest0:07

    We're rolling.

  5. Tim Mackie· Guest0:08

    Okay.

  6. Jon Collins· Guest0:09

    [clears throat] [upbeat music] Hey, Tim.

  7. Tim Mackie· Guest0:11

    Hey, John. Hello.

  8. Jon Collins· Guest0:12

    There was no plan to start a podcast, but we started having these conversations as a part of making the videos. We're starting a new theme.

  9. Tim Mackie· Guest0:24

    Yeah, these are good days.

  10. Jon Collins· Guest0:25

    I'm really excited about this new series.

  11. Tim Mackie· Guest0:27

    Me too. These are really fun conversations.

  12. Speaker 20:29

    When the fox sneaks up the bay. And when sirens call your name.

  13. Jon Collins· Guest0:38

    I was enjoying these conversations so much I thought it'd be great to record them so other people can enjoy them, too.

  14. Tim Mackie· Guest0:46

    We are starting a new conversation.

  15. Jon Collins· Guest0:48

    What are we talking about?

  16. Tim Mackie· Guest0:50

    You know, I have all this stuff in my head right now.

  17. Jon Collins· Guest0:52

    Yeah, there was no other strategy than that, and I didn't have a plan for it becoming anything more.

  18. Lindsey Ponder· Host1:00

    As we wrap up 2025, The BibleProject Podcast is celebrating two big milestones, 10 years and 500 episodes of exploring the Bible together. To mark the occasion, we're taking a little stroll down memory lane to see how it all began. How does a side project recorded in a closet turn into a decade-long global conversation?

  19. Jon Collins· Guest1:22

    This was a new paradigm for me.

  20. Tim Mackie· Guest1:24

    The series, we'll be exploring Genesis 1-3.

  21. Jon Collins· Guest1:27

    It has become the favorite chapters

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