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The Valley View Podcast
Matt Brant and Tyler Magnuson of Prairie Hill Church discuss theology and...other stuff. Best podcast either of us have ever created!
Episodes
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VVP 282: On Fire Between the Clevelands
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about being On Fire For God and the first president who was tied for 25th.
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VVP 281: Hidden Gem #1
This week, Matt and Tyler have a surprise talk about desserts, hit some honorable mention Christianese terms, and discuss the 27th ranked president. Guest…
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VVP 280: Millard Forgot
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about backsliding, the 28th ranked president, and a lot of other fun silly Matt's-birthday-adjacent topics.
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VVP 279: COVETING IS A SIN
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the 10th commandment (kinda) and the 29th ranked president.
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VVP 278: Loving on John
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about loving on somebody and the 30th ranked president.
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VVP 277: Bending the Knee
This week, we talking about bending my dad's knee and the short story of our 9th president...and also we reprise Episode 4 of the VVP.
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VVP 276: Be Quiet
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Quiet Times and the final bottom 10 president.
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VVP 275: Lil Groups
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about all the different groups your church maybe has and also the 33rd ranked president.
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VVP 274: Checking Your Heart
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Heart Postures and the 34th ranked president.
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VVP 273: I do not want to share my prayer request
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss "unspokens" and the 35th ranked president.
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VVP 272: Daddy Hoover
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the phrase "Daddy God" and the 36th ranked president...who is from Iowa. Guest: Sara
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VVP 271: Wet Gravestone
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Hallelujahs and the 37th ranked president.
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VVP 270: Do Not Do Life Together
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Tyler's least favorite Christianese term and another bad president.
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VVP 269: The Ice-Spitting Episode
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about witnessing and the 39th ranked president...and also Matt spits ice on Tyler's floor.
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VVP 268: Hands with the Actual Worst President
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about laying hands and the "second worst" president.
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VVP 267: The North Dakota of Presidents
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about being washed by the blood of Jesus and also about the lowest-ranked president.
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VVP 266: Is Hanging Out With Other Christians Fellowship?
This week, Matt and Tyler and Nate introduce a new series and talk about Fellowship. Guest: Nate
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VVP 265: Farewell to the States
This week, Matt and Tyler spend one last week informed by the 50 states discussing our top 5 state capitols.
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VVP 264: 10,000 Reasons to be the #1 State
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about dry seasons and MINNESOTA
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VVP 263: Playing in the Mountains
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about asking Jesus into your heart and the #2 ranked state.
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VVP 262: The Biggest of Skies
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the 3rd ranked state and the mercies involved in travelling there. Guest: Nate
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VVP 261: Hedging
This week, Matt and Tyler start their series on Christianese terms and discuss an absolutely INCREDIBLE state, ranked 4th by the listeners.
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VVP 260: 5 Years of Podcasting
This week, Matt and Tyler celebrate their 5 year anniversary by ranking all the series we've done over the past 5 years.
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VVP 259: Tropical Claustrophobia
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about atheism and the 5th ranked state. Guest: Emily
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VVP 258: An Episode Deeply Influenced By Sports Culture
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss 75 Hard and the 6th Ranked State. Guest: Alex
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VVP 257: Walking in Memphis
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss witchcraft and the #7 ranked state.
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VVP 256: Twin Anti-Telepathy
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Buddhists and the 8th ranked state. Guest: Soren
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VVP 255: The Stream of the Universe
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Hinduism and the 9th ranked state. Guest: Schawonne (and sorta Hannah in spirit)
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VVP 254: Matt's #1 Ranked State
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss Muslims and the first state in the Top 10.
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VVP 253: Heavy Hitters
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about both Judaism and Texas.
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VVP 252: Can I Use AI To Write My Sermon?
This week, Matt and Tyler have Ethan on the pod to discuss the history and pastoral implications for Artificial Intelligence. Guest: Ethan
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VVP 251: In Which Tyler Says Something Incorrect Every 4 Minutes
On review of this episode, I think I (Tyler) had to correct myself more in this 30 minutes than at any other point in my life. Apparently I need to study up on…
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VVP 250: Thank Y'all
This week, Matt and Tyler celebrate 250 episodes by sharing feedback from our most dedicated listeners over the past 5 years.
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VVP 248: License Plate Chaos
This week, Matt and Tyler are a lil spontaneous about license plates, and then talk about Word of Faith and the 14th ranked state.
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VVP 247: Pay-To-Play Religion
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss Scientology and the first state in the top 15 of the rankings!
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VVP 246: What You Might Find In The New England Woods
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Unitarian Universalists and the 16th ranked state. Guest: Devin
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VVP 245: Border Battle
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Jehovah's Witnesses and a SHOCKINGLY highly ranked state...it's Wisconsin. It was ranked 17th. Insane.
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VVP 244: One More Week On The Fringe
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Seventh Day Adventists and the 18th ranked state.
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VVP 243: Prosperity Gospel = Christianity or nah?
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the prosperity gospel and the 19th ranked state, which is the first in Tyler's personal top 10.
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VVP 242: Two Protestants Trying Desperately To Speak Intelligently About Eastern Orthodoxy
This week, Matt and Tyler attempt to discuss Eastern Orthodoxy, and we enter the TOP 20 in the state rankings. Stick around to the end for a MASSIVE…
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VVP 241: The Big Dogs
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the largest Christian denomination and the northwesternmost contiguous US state.
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VVP 240: The Maze of Episcopalians
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about Episcopalianism and the 22nd ranked state.
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VVP 239: The Second Quarter-Century
Welcome to 2026! This week, Matt and Tyler review 2025 and accidentally discuss the 23rd ranked state.
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VVP 238: Christmas without a Denomination
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about non-denominationalism and the 24th ranked state. Merry Christmas from the Valley View Podcast!
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VVP 237: So Average That It Hurts
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about 2 contrasting denominations and the most average state in the rankings, as voted by you listeners. Guest: Ruthie
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VVP 236: Mountain Parent
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the 26th ranked state and what it was like for Tyler's kid to be born.
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VVP 235: Baby Incoming
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about babies, Pentecostals, and Kentucky
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VVP 234: Probably Underrated
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about an underrated denomination and an underrated state, ranked 28th. Guest: Nick Flad
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VVP 233: Another Armpit
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the 29th ranked East Coast bleh state, and also the UMC.
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VVP 232: The Benefits of Being Forgotten
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about some other Presbyterians and the 30th ranked state that NOBODY LIKES.
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VVP 231: The State of Extremes
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about James Wiersum's #1 ranked state and the PCUSA.
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VVP 230: Tiger Muskies
This week, Matt and Tyler start the East Coast swing of state rankings and discuss WELS (listen to figure out what that acronym stands for). Guest: Emily (and…
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VVP 229: Paige and Patrick's Episode
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about a state and a denomination that are both near and dear to Matt's sister (I don't know if they're actually dear, but they…
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VVP 228: In Misery
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the first of three branches of Lutherans and the first half of the only tie in our state rankings.
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VVP 227: How many Baptists are in Vegas?
On this episode, Matt and Tyler do NOT discuss the question in the title...but we do talk about Baptists and the 35th ranked state. Guest: Schawonne
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VVP 226: Matt's Homecoming
This week, Matt and Tyler talk about the EFCA and Iowa, so Matt's in heaven.
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VVP 225: New York and New Denominations
This week, Matt and Tyler discuss the 37th ranked state and introduce our upcoming series on denominations and world religions.
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VVP 224: Panhandle
This week, Matt and Tyler talk primarily about the Okies, and a little about being bored.
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VVP 223: Matt's Back!
This week, Matt and Tyler debrief Matt's sabbatical and discuss the 39th ranked state.