Sometimes, the literary crimes in these books feel so targeted that we wonder if the authors used a time machine specifically designed to tick us off. While Erin & Tori spend another week lightly dancing around subjects that they are woefully unprepared to discuss, the Young Trib Force splits the party: Lionel heads to the deep south for military training, Judd to a reeducation camp by way of back-to-back kidnappings, and Ryan to his underground church lair (that we're all wondering why was built in the first place. Absolutely nothing nefarious, to be sure). We're back to reading the weird Jimmy Kimmel fic, and spoiler alert: Jimmy Kimmel remains to be seen.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Calling all death care workers: what happens to a body if you leave it warming in a casket for 10 hours? Erin & Tori imagine Bruce to smell pretty rank after he had to spend his entire funeral listening to Rayford Steele's apocalyptic preaching from beyond the grave. While the church congregants prepare to go into the storm (book title mention!), Judd gets abducted in broad daylight and a very important character must go back into the closet. On the confessions slate, we're detailing 2nd kisses by way of extortion and ranking your high school classmates (by virtues ONLY! We're not nasty).

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Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Another book, another lament from Erin & Tori regarding the amount of brain cells needed to piece together plot events that just don't make a lick of sense. After Judd & Ryan pull a Scooby-Doo on Buck Williams (those meddling kids!) by following him around Israel, Judd thinks it's totally chill to swing by the Israeli police department to absolve a heretic. Back in the states, Vicki exhumes the Underground newspaper for the umpteenth time by enlisting Young Trib Force 1099 employee Shelly to go all Betsy Ross on some jacket pockets. In the first installment of a new back-half book format, Erin & Tori read their first LEFT BEHIND fan-fiction with a title that you simply must hear to believe.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Even in death, Bruce Barnes manages to give Erin & Tori more layers to peel back (against their will). The Young Trib Force splits the party, sending the boys on vacation to Israel while Vicki hangs back at home to pray. Erin & Tori spin their wheels trying to figure out the cartoon physics involved in a Spy Kids-esque plane escape. In the confessions department, which host/lifelong Gleek had a mental breakdown and which host ran away on a cruise ship?

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Spoiler alert: the latter half of Book 9 is so especially stale that not even a tender Judd/Vicki chin lift could save it. Erin & Tori speed read through Ryan's brief stint as Home Alone's Kevin McCallister in favor of discussing scholarly Revelation lore with the After Rapture Party's biblical consultant, Geneva K. Willis. Geneva provides an invaluable look into three rapture principles while your hosts fail to intellectually hang for a single second.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

This Heavenly Father… or rancher daddy? The Young Trib Force continues to feel God’s power, except when it comes to kidnappings (or murders or suicides or crush reciprocation). Erin & Tori thoroughly enjoy spending alone time with their favorite child, Ryan, and his new posh girl bestie that looks like a boy, Darrion. On this week’s confessions: who converted their dead grandfather’s shirt into a crop top, and who performed an eye test on their unsuspecting teacher?

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Forget the quote game, listeners should grab their In-N-Out John 3:16 milkshakes and take a sip for every time Tori starts a sentence with "so, basically." Erin & Tori don their military fatigues (actual pronunciation: FA-ti-gyoos) and run drills in the woods with the militia as Book 8 comes to a nuclear close. The death strike in question conveniently rids us of a much-hated character, but we're not so sure we're done with them going forward, since we know these authors loooooove a callback.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Calling all students of Global Community High School to the auditorium for an emergency assembly: we're getting UNIFORMS! Erin & Tori dress the part as they begin speedrunning the most event-packed installment of the series so far, Death Strike (not a relevant title to this half of the book, unless you count Tori's desire to suplex Coach Handlesman). Vicki gets adopted, Nicolae's plan to get rid of the world's weapons massively backfires, and Judd achieves an incredibly arbitrary academic goal that likely won't matter when Jesus returns for a second time. This week's more-shameful-than-usual confessions detail two events that shouldn't be happening in vehicles.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Ring-a-ding-ding, guess what Sunday brings! (A good ol' fashioned lobotomy.) Because they picked the same sage Pastor Bruce quote from Book 7, Erin & Tori make their way to downtown LA to report on the area's most infamous, Bieber-loving megachurch (led by a stand-up comedian with very expensive veneers). An exercise that begins rooted in positivity quickly takes a turn for the worse as Erin & Tori face their biggest challenge yet: doing fresh, immediate bits about an experience so genuinely nauseating.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Dear After Rapture Party guests: grab a beer and find the nearest buddy, because we've reached a MONUMENTAL TURNING POINT! After Erin & Tori realize that their show's premise has dire consequences, we dive headfirst into the latter half of Busted! to find Vicki grappling with her new Jewish foster family, the Steins, and her search for their not-dead-but-also-dubiously-discussed-renegade daughter Chaya. Mitch & Becca hit us with some rave Goodreads reviews that continue to be both awe-inspiring and absolutely unintelligible.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Erin Cholakian⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tori Chancellor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Composer: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jimmy Marino⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Artist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Anna Brown⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Producer: Margaret Borchert

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LEFT BEHIND: THE KIDS by Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins