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Weird Religion episodes
- 054 THE HEX (witches hex trump, Paula White-Cain summons African angels)
A hex and a counter-hex. Witches vs. Paula White. A spiritual showdown for the ages.
23 min - 053 THE UPLOAD (crossover with Bioethics for the People on the Amazon show Upload)
We have a crossover episode with the good scholars from "Bioethics for the People" to talk about the Amazon show Upload and a host of related religious and bioethical concerns. It's weird.
46 min - 052 THE RETREAT (the Kitsch Corner is back, with two personal accounts of a men's retreat)
What happens behind the scenes at a “men’s retreat”? Sexualized sermons and high-stakes confrontations. Two stories, here at the return of the Kitsch Corner segment. With guest Simon Trautmann. And here is the story about the drug cartel using the men's retreat classic book.
25 min - 051 THE GRANDPA (Grandpa Kitchen, food memories, death ritual, Orientalism)
You should totally watch the YouTube cooking show Grandpa Kitchen. Why? A sweet Indian grandpa cooks huge dishes of food for orphans. And when he dies, they make an episode of his funeral. What about this Western gaze upon the food rituals of others, though?
27 min - 050 THE FIANCÉ (90 Day Fiance, Biblical marriage patterns, "hot ladies" and "dumpy dudes")
In this episode we begin by discussing the hit TLC series 90 Day Fiancé and meander into topics such as Biblical marriage patterns in the book of Genesis, sexist stereotypes about the attractive lady + the less attractive guy, and how women get exoticized on the show and in real life.
34 min - 049 THE MILITIAS (Rick Joyner's call for new militia-based wars based on a dream)
Charismatic pastor Rick Joyner sees militias sprouting up like mushrooms in a dream and tells us we now need to go to war based on that dream
34 min - 048 THE DICTATOR (BRIAN AND LEAH DISCUSS HOT NEW CAREER FIELDS IN THE 2020S)
In which Brian suggests a rising career field for his daughters to enter, and Leah comments on how Pentecostal and charismatic churches are handling the pandemic
7 min - 047 THE COUNTERPART (LEAH SHARES A NEW FAV SHOW)
In which we discuss the Amazon TV show Counterpart, parallel universes, and so forth
6 min - 046 THE CARPET (A DREAM INVOLVING HERACLITUS)
In which Leah takes on the mantle of dream interpretation and Brian recounts a mysterious saying from Heraclitus.
6 min - 045 THE CHARACTERS (BRIAN REVEALS THAT HE HATES MOST BATTLESTAR CHARACTERS SO FAR)
In which Brian checks in on his first viewing of the TV series Battlestar Galactica and reveals views that leave Leah in total horror
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About Weird Religion
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Weird Religion is a podcast for people who think religion is weird but love it anyway. Your hosts, Leah Payne and Brian Doak, are both professors, authors, and pop culture aficionados, whose interests…
range from archaeology and history and linguistics to LARPing and The Walking Dead. Episodes tackle some piece of media highlighting the wonderful weirdness of religious experience—a documentary, a television show, a Twitter scandal—and use that as a "thread" on which to hang reflections on a wide variety of topics. Cults. The perils of fame within the evangelical world. Church attendance. Atheism. Gamer communities. Millennials and avocado toast. It's all here.