Pod Only Knows
@podonlyknows.bsky.social
A podcast about religion from two nonreligious religion scholars who care about religion. With @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social (Alternately known as Scholars and Swear Words) BLOG: https://bit.ly/3OhMw14 POD: https://bit.ly/3WnQvxT
Author @michaelblanding.bsky.social joins @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social to talk about his new book, The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby. They talk about the Green family, forgeries, the Museum of the Bible, and Chad Allen. Here or wherever you get podcasts.
#063 - The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby with... by Pod Only Knows
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While John is still in a good mood (unaware of what fate awaits England), we talk about football/soccer as religion, the sanctification of Diego Maradona, and how the story of Brazilians blaming their loss on the rise of Protestantism is a one to take quite seriously! Here or wherever you listen!
Football Is (The Way, The Truth, and The) Life!... by Pod Only Knows
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New episode! @kellyjbaker.bsky.social likes soccer now, @johnbrooks.bsky.social gets all nerdy about schism stuff, and we're joined by journalist @nitishpahwa.com to discuss his piece for Slate on Pope Leo's encyclical about AI! Here or wherever you get podcasts.
#062 - Woke Pope Updates! Schism and AI Encycli... by Pod Only Knows
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There are a lot of documentaries about religion. This is technically one of them! @kellyjbaker.bsky.social, @johnbrooks.bsky.social, and @vox-magica.bsky.social swearily discuss Bill Maher's 2008 "documentary" about "religion" RELIGULOUS Here or wherever you listen to podcasts!
#061 - RELIGULOUS with Shaily Patel by Pod Only Knows
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Tune in tomorrow to hear @johnbrooks.bsky.social, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social, and @vox-magica.bsky.social rant about RELIGULOUS, which is legally a movie but in no way resembles one! People loved it! It's awful!
Everybody, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social, @johnbrooks.bsky.social, and @vox-magica.bsky.social watched "Religulous" and ranted angrily about what a dumb asshole Bill Maher is and in a couple days you can hear us do so!
Kelly J. Baker (she/her)@kellyjbaker.bsky.social · last mo.I am watching the first movie for @podonlyknows.bsky.social summer movie series, and it's making me super angry. So, it will be great podcast material 😀
This week, John talks to friend of the show @sarahposner.bsky.social about her new podcast, REIGN OF ERROR, and what recent revelations about Epstein tell us about him and his network Here or wherever you get podcasts.
Sarah Posner - On her new podcast, Epstein, and... by Pod Only Knows
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This week, John talks to friend of the show @sarahposner.bsky.social about her new podcast, REIGN OF ERROR, and what recent revelations about Epstein tell us about him and his network Here or wherever you get podcasts.
Sarah Posner - On her new podcast, Epstein, and... by Pod Only Knows
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Kelly and John are wonderful hosts and I had so much fun last year talking with them about Dickens and Christmas!
Pod Only Knows@podonlyknows.bsky.social · 8mo agoRereleased from last year, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social welcomed @khandozo.bsky.social to discuss Dickens, Christmas, and whether or not he invented it (spoiler: No. But...) Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Rereleased from last year, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social welcomed @khandozo.bsky.social to discuss Dickens, Christmas, and whether or not he invented it (spoiler: No. But...) Here or wherever you get podcasts!
RERELEASE (from 12/24): Did Dickens "Invent" Ch... by Pod Only Knows
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This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social welcome @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social to discuss her book "Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy" Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
#060 - Selling Out Santa - with Vaughn Joy by Pod Only Knows
Researcher Vaughn Joy discusses the Cold War era evolution of Christmas movies with her book "Selling Out Santa"
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This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social catch up on a wild week in the news with Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempted redemption arc, Peter Thiel's Antichrist lectures, and papal raves! Get it here or wherever you get podcasts!
#059 – The Passion of the Marjorie Taylor Greene by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk Marjorie Taylor Greene, Peter Thiel, and the Pope's newfound love of raves
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Spooky season isn't over yet! The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST Here or wherever you get podcasts!
#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock by Pod Only Knows
Scholar and author Joseph Laycock joins us to talk about his book "The Exorcist Effect" and how movies influence what and how we believe.
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Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release! Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
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Friend of the @podonlyknows.bsky.social pod here, hyping this fun convo. I could talk #TheExorcist for days, especially with these two brilliant and beautiful humans. 😈🖤
Pod Only Knows@podonlyknows.bsky.social · 9mo agoHappy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release! Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release! Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
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Oh God, I am knee deep in my own work on white Christian nationalism this morning because I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I talk to a reporter. Y'all, I have been researching this stuff for 19 years. Imposter syndrome is a jerk.
Happy Halloween! For our first spooky season episode, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social talked to Darryl Caterine about the paranormal and the religious in America! Here, or wherever you get podcasts. www.cageclub.me/darryl-cater...
Pod Only Knows #056 – Paranormal America with Darryl Caterine
Darryl Caterine joins Kelly and John to talk about the religious dimensions of America's obsession with the paranormal
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No new episode this week due to scheduling challenges, but we're going back to back for the next two Tuesdays. In the meantime, please enjoy this episode from last Halloween on the Salem Witch Trials. Here or wherever you get podcasts!
RERELEASE: #037 – What really happened at Salem - with Kathleen M. Brown
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Bad news for fan favorite recurring POK character Ryan Walters!!! 😬😬😬
Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 10mo agoTHE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time. Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense. 🧵
It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told) This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor... by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk about the right's obsession with the idea that Taylor Swift is secretly, deep down one of them!
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It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told) This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor... by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk about the right's obsession with the idea that Taylor Swift is secretly, deep down one of them!
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Coming up TOMORROW on Pod Only Knows, we (okay, just Kelly) celebrate the new Taylor Swift album by asking the question: Why the fuck is the Christian right so incapable of being even a tiny bit normal about Taylor Swift? Subscribe to POD ONLY KNOWS wherever you get podcasts!
Given recent events, we have decided not to release a new episode this week. Instead, we are re-releasing our conversation with Lerone A. Martin from February, in which he discusses his book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover (which seems pretty relevant right now)
RERELEASE, from 2/25 - #043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
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For *waves around at America* reasons, we are not releasing a new episode this week, but will rerelease our episode with Lerone A. Martin about his book THE GOSPEL OF J. EDGAR HOOVER tomorrow & will be back in 2 weeks. In the meantime, if you don't want to wait & haven't heard it already, it's here
#043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
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The best thing about doing this show is the number of reps who see that it's a show about religion, pretend they have listened to it, and send us an email asking us to book their client who wrote a book about how Christians are being persecuted in America or how TDS should be in the DSM.
