- 94
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 63
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
- 102K
- YouTube views
About Make It Simple
Matt Popovits and Rachel Ryder take complicated issues and break them down into ideas we can understand, truths we can apply, and questions worth pondering--and they do it all through the lens of faith. With thought-provoking insights and engaging conversations, they explore everything from parenting and anxiety to racism, gender identity, the Enneagram, politics, and more.
- Publisher
- MPM
- Category
- kids & family · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 21 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 94 episodes have a transcript.
21 Sept 2026
Translating the Bible with Rich Rudowske
18 Sept 2026
Fear and Anxiety with Luke Kjolhaug
11 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why Christian College with Ryan Peterson
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Why Christian College with Ryan Peterson
Published 11 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And I think to myself, my son or daughter has a lot of options to get a decent education in this world. Why should I care whether the university they attend is faith based or not? Yeah, that is a really good question. And I think the the beginning of the conversation really does start with why. And you asked, why should they care? Why does it matter? Because we want to start with the why. One of the things that I love about Lutheran and Christian higher education is that we really do get to drill down on the why. We get to think about, hey, does it matter what I'm learning, the environment that I'm in? […]
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- Rich Rudowske
- Luke Kjolhaug
- Ryan Peterson
- Tim Ahlman
- Aaron Stewart
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 102,323
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 56 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100
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- Quality
- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Make It Simple?
Matt host the show. Published by MPM.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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