The Mysterious Science Of Turning Christian: The Mike Nelson Interview

<p dir="ltr">Editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle welcome Mike Nelson, former star of Mystery Science Theater 3000, <a href="https://www.rifftrax.com/">RiffTrax</a> dude, and host of some podcasts. Mike talks to Kyle and Ethan about his story of becoming a Christian, working in an industry that's not really down with that,  making comedy for all, and how he and Ethan helped ruin VeggieTales. </p> <p>You can hear more from Mike Nelson on his podcasts: <a href="https://liketreeswalkingpod.com/">Like Trees Walking</a> (about Basic Christian Apologetics), <a href="http://372pages.com/">372 Pages We'll Never Get Back</a> (about bad books) and he semi-regularly joins in with Doug TenNapel and Ethan Nicolle on <a href="http://audiomullet.com/">Audio Mullet</a>! </p> <p dir="ltr">Check out the <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-live-2020-hobgoblins-and-amityville-4-riffed-live"> RiffTrax Live 2020 Kickstarter</a>!</p> <p><a href="https://shop.babylonbee.com/collections/books/products/the-best-of-the-babylon-bee-volume-1-preorder"> Pre-order the new Babylon Bee Best-Of Coffee Table Book</a> coming in 2020! Get a <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Kyle_Mann/status/1232473798902861824">Sneak Peak</a>!</p> <p><strong>Topics Discussed</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">The guys plan out Mike's tombstone listing his accomplishments</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Mike Nelson's story and his work on MST3K</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">How Ready Player One is terrible</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Coming to faith in Hollywood</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Facing doubts, finding ammunition in C.S. Lewis' God in the Dock</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Working with people who disagree with you</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">RiffTrax events and other podcasts</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Mike Nelson worked on the infamous Netflix run of Veggietales with Ethan</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Hollywood name-dropping and funny things that happened to Mike's wife</p> </li> <li dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr">Seat-fillers at award shows </p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Mentioned in this episode: <a href="https://www.rifftrax.com/mst3k-merlins-shop-of-mystical-wonders">MST3K: Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders</a> (This episode may be a good gateway into MST3K according to Mike Nelson)</p> <p><strong>Subscriber Portion</strong> (Begins at 00:42:09)</p> <p>The entire interview is available for Babylon Bee subscribers only…</p> <p dir="ltr">Become a paid subscriber at <a href="https://babylonbee.com/plans">https://babylonbee.com/plans</a></p>