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Episode 189: From Minneapolis to Constantinople Jun 01, 2020

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In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk picky eaters, casual racism, George Floyd, and Brendan the Navigator. Also, Dave presses some steel while Sarah reheats some frozen garlic bread.

Click here to read CNN's report on picky eating.
Click here to read The NY Times piece on How to Talk to a Racist
Click here to read CT's article on the Gospel Legacy George Floyd left in Houston
Click here to read Fr Stephen Freeman's "It's Good To Be Here.
Click here to read the NY Review of Books article on A Tale of Two Churches.

Episode 188: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Mockingcast May 26, 2020

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In which Dave, Sarah, and RJ talk Calvin and Hobbes, dirty dishes, prayer science, and oscillating faith. Also, RJ risks domestic discord to rearrange the silverware, and Confetti Egg Condon make a cameo.

Click here to read Chuck Wendig's article on "Calvin and Hobbes and Quarantine."
Click here to read Ellen McCarthy's article on how "The Dishes Will Never Be Done."
Click here to read about "The Science of Prayer."
Click here to read Todd Brewer's "Good News That Never Goes Out of Style."

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Episode 187: Watch Out Whitney May 18, 2020

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk middle school meddling, Waffle House fisticuffs, worthless baseball cards, and weird Christians. Also, Dave gets cut from a basketball team (or two).

Click here to read an excerpt of Judith Warner's new book, And Then They Stopped Talking to Me
Click here to read about the full Waffle House report
Click here to read Ryan Hockensmith's article about "My Priceless, Worthless Baseball Cards"
Click here to read Tara Isabella Burton's feature on Weird Christianity

Episode 186: Garbage Pail Groundhogs May 10, 2020

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In which RJ, Sarah and Dave talk guilty pleasures, quarantine fatigue, 1st century exorcisms, and eccentric branches of the welfare state. Also, Dave turns to ebay while Sarah lets them eat cake.

Click here to read Ian Olson's article on The Acquittal of Our Guilty Pleasures
Click here to read Megan Garber's appraisal of Groundhog Day
Click here to read Damon Linker's When Time Stops
Click here to read Todd Brewer's post on Exorcisms, Jesus and Modernity.
Click here to read Tom Holland's argument for why Church Leaders Should Not Be Talking Like Middle Managers in this Time of Crisis.

Episode 185: Be Like Mike? Apr 30, 2020

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In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk Michael Jordan, productivity epiphanies, and Kierkegaard's glorious failures. Also, Dave goes full Regency while Sarah expounds on Russian dynasties.

Click here to read Brian Phillips' piece on Michael Jordan the Story Versus Michael Jordan the Man.
Click here to read Laurie Penny's essay on how Productivity Is Not Working.
Click here to read Thomas J. Millay's review of Sylvia Walsh's new book on Kierkegaard and Religion.
Click here to read Sarah Denley Harrington's post on The Freedom to Do Nothing.
Click here to read Lydia Suitt's reflection on Quarantine Side Effects.

Episode 184: Karen vs the Emotion Police Apr 23, 2020

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk corona shaming, prepared forgiveness, parental anxiety and essential churches. Also, RJ finally finds out how the cow ate the cabbage.

Click here to read Jennifer Weiner's piece on The Seductive Appeal of Pandemic Shaming.
Click here to read Emily Lordi's The Stutterer's Song: Remembering Bill Withers
Click here to read Agnes Callard's article on The Emotion Police
Click here to read Kate Julian's What Happened to American Childhood?
Click here to read Giles Fraser's post on Where Is God in this COVID Horror?

Episode 183: The Ballad of Weird Al Apr 15, 2020

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In which Sarah, RJ and Dave talk the ministry of weirdness and the hope of post-Corona grace before lamenting the popularity of lament. Also, Sarah reassesses Pokemon while RJ complains about his boss.

To read Sam Anderson's profile of Weird Al, click here.
To read Amanda McMillen's piece on Grace Before and After Corona, click here.
To read Todd Brewer's essay on "More Than Lament", click here.
To read The NY Times interview with Kate Bowler about living in the face of fear, click here.
To read Josh Musser Gritter's post about "When Jesus Got Infected", click here.

Episode 182: Deployed! Apr 06, 2020

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In which Dave, Sarah, and RJ talk celebrity backlash, culpability anxiety, remote worship, and New York trauma. Also, Dave does his best Coach Taylor impression while Sarah learns from widows.

Episode 181: The Great Thing About Hell Mar 30, 2020

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In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk favorite memes, anticipatory grief, apocalyptic pick-up lines, and other impossibilities. Also, Sarah organizes a Zoom happy hour, and RJ shakes his neighbor's hand.

Episode 180: Lowering the Bar Mar 22, 2020

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In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk corona-couples, corona-parents, corona-jobs, and the perils of giving advice. Also, RJ takes things too personally, Sarah skips Morning Prayer, and no celebrates Lazarus's life. Articles discussed:

Jennifer Senior's "Welcome to Marriage During Coronavirus"
"Lowering the Bar in Parenting" via The Cut
Productivity in a Pandemic
Click here to read Tim Kreider's polemic Against Advice
Click here to read why Jason Micheli won't be doing any celebrations of life

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