In our Religion Block we hear from Pastor Jack Hibbs about how horrible it is for Muslims to create their own cultural and religious ghettos (even though when Christians and Jews do it it’s perfectly fine). We springboard to immigration and discuss the proper relationship of the one to the many.

In this week’s Politics Block we engage with Bill Maher’s latest “New Rule” on the topic of liberals insisting on purity tests to judge how enlightened and woke their fellow Democrats are. We also apply this to the dating world, where a similar dynamic exists.

In this week’s Culture Block we discuss the latest AI marvel: “Deadbots,” which enable grieving people to continue “talking” with their deceased loved ones. We weigh in on whether this is a good or bad thing, as well as its potential abuses.

In our Religion Block we talk about Bishop Robert Prevost’s election to the papacy as Pope Leo XIV, addressing the question of to what degree, if any, the conservative trajectory among American Catholics informed or influenced the Vatican’s decision to choose him to fill the office.

In this week’s Politics Block we share some firsthand experience of how broken our health care system is in this country, and then we hear from a listener with some push-back against our coverage of Bill Maher’s experience having dinner with Trump at the White House.

In this week’s Culture Block we continue our discussion about the five albums that have had the greatest personal impact on our lives, albums that we have listened to from start to finish more often than any others. .

In our Religion Block we address a question from a patron about balancing an admiration of the Catholic Church with a healthy and Exilic suspicion of Empire. We then launch into another segment of “Pastor Jack’s Off,” during which we laugh at Pastor Jack Hibbs’s attempt at explaining Good Friday.

In DXP’s Politics Block we discuss the historic polling about Trump’s performance after his first 100 days in office, as well as how trustworthy and helpful polling such as this is.

In this week’s Culture Block we discuss the five albums that have had the greatest personal impact on our lives, albums that we have listened to from start to finish more often than any others.

In this week’s Religion Block we listen to Pastor Jack Hibbs report of the death of Pope Francis, discussing the former’s insistence on the pope being born again as well as the connection between the papacy and the Exile/Empire paradigm outlined in our last Religion Block. Jason then addresses some questions from our patrons about the issue of Sola Scriptura.