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August 27, 2025 98. Pastor Could Ask His Dad (BCO 41)
Ben, Steve, and Jared discuss BCO 41.
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43 min
August 19, 2025 97. Inept to Do This Alone (BCO 40)
A Ben and Fred duo episode--all about Review and Control.
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59 min
August 12, 2025 96. Nothing of Substance (RPR w/Thomas Rickard)
Scott and Jared are joined by Thomas Rickard to have (another) discussion about Review of Presbytery Records.
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58 min
August 05, 2025 95. Put Me Out of My Misery (BCO 39)
It's all about the modes! Join Scott, Jared, and Fred as the discuss the BCO chapter with the longest title: Modes in Which the Proceedings of Lower Courts Come Under the Supervision of Higher Courts.
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51 min
July 29, 2025 94. A Good Church, A Bad Church, and Nowhere (BCO 38)
He's never introduced, but you can't deny the dulcet tones of RE Howie Donahoe, who joins Scott and Jared to get into BCO 38.
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50 min
July 22, 2025 93. BCO Amendments Are Coming!
Scott leads us through the BCO amendments sent down from this years General Assembly.

https://pcapolity.com/2025/07/22/thirteen-proposed-amendments-in-2025/
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53 min
July 15, 2025 92. Regarding Paul Settle
Jared sits down with Mel Duncan and Jason Helopolous to discuss the influential ministry of Rev. Paul Settle.
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43 min
July 01, 2025 91. 52nd PCAGA Recap
Ben and Jared hit a few highlights of the 52nd General Assembly, and then Jared is joined by the PCA Archivist Wayne Sparkman for a brief interview.
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Check out the following GA roundups that are already published:
Presbyterian and Reformed Churchman Podcast
George Sayour's summary
ByFaith Summary
Ryan Biese's Summary
Joe Cristman's Summary

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46 min
June 23, 2025 90. Revisiting RPR
Our AI substitute wasn't able to record an episode, so it seem like it generated an introduction with NotebookLM and then aired our RPR Deep Dive from last year. Enjoy.
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1 hr 9 min
June 16, 2025 89. Crash Course on the PCA General Assembly
Jared, Scott, and Ben spend time with friend of the show Steve Dowling, discussing the week of General Assembly and what we might expect at the 52nd.
Fred Greco's Overtures Roundup
Jacob Gerber's Parliamentary Procedure for Presbyters
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40 min