Ben Tankard is a man of many talents: former professional basketball player, aircraft pilot, reality TV dad, musician, and pastor. Known as the Godfather of Gospel Jazz, "Tank" is the genre's bestselling artist and producer of all time, with multiple gold and platinum records and a career filled with critical acclaim and awards.

A native of the Philadelphia area, Brett Gunning came to Hofstra in 1994 from UNLV as a member of the incoming coaching staff under Hofstra Head Coach Jay Wright. During Gunning’s time as an assistant coach, Hofstra improved from a 10-win program in 1994-95 to back-to-back NCAA Tournament qualifiers and America East Conference champions in 1999-00 and 2000-01.

Grammy-nominated gospel recording artist Travis Greene is also a husband, father, and pastor. He has released two studio albums (Stretching Out& The Hill ) and one live album (Crossover: Live From Music City). He is married to his wife of 11 years, Dr. Jackie Greene. Together they lead several ministries individually and collectively including being the lead pastors of Forward City Church in Columbia, South Carolina.

Joel sits down with Grammy nominated inspirational Christian recording artist, songwriter, and worship leader, Pastor Tauren Wells. They’ll discuss Tauren’s faith journey and the challenges of balancing his music, ministry, and family.

At the age of 16 Tauren felt the call to serve God. He was the frontman of former Christian band Royal Tailor. After the group's disbandment in 2015, he released his solo album, Undefeated EP in 2016. Since then has gone on to win eight Dove awards and many chart topping songs. In 2024, Tauren and his wife Lorna launched Church of Whitestone in Austin, TX where they both serve as lead pastors.

Award winning director, producer, writer, and the creator of the runaway hit THE CHOSEN, Dallas Jenkins joins Joel on this Podcast. Dallas will share where it all started for him and how God directed him into Christian film content.

Dallas Jenkins is the creator, producer, director, and writer of the international hit series The Chosen. In his nearly 20-year career, he has directed and produced over a dozen feature and short films for companies such as Universal, Pureflix, Hallmark Channel, and Amazon.

Tune in to Joel’s interview with producer and award-winning actor of the runaway hit The Chosen, Jonathan Roumie. Jonathan shares of his journey and struggles in life and the amazing doors that God has opened for him.

Jonathan is a multi-talented actor, producer, public speaker, and ministry leader. He is widely known for his role as Lonnie Frisbee in the film Jesus Revolution and as Jesus, in the TV series The Chosen.

Award winning country music singer and songwriter Jimmy Wayne joins Joel to share about his thriving country music career and highlight his mission to raise awareness for children in foster care.

Jimmy is a former foster kid turned award-winning country recording-artist whose songs and story highlight his mission to raise awareness for children in foster care. He’s had four songs that reached Top Ten on the Billboard country charts. In 2010, Jimmy walked halfway across America (from Nashville to Phoenix) to raise awareness for kids aging out of the foster care system.

BeBe Winans is an American gospel and R&B singer. BeBe is best known as an inspirational R&B vocalist and songwriter who, along with his musical partner and sister CeCe Winans, are the first true Christian crossover artists to hit the mainstream. Together they were one of the first African American artists to receive significant airplay on contemporary Christian music radio stations and the second African American artists to receive the Dove Award in the Group of the Year category.