In which Spanks and the Dude talk about the connection between a pro wrestling construct, evangelicals, and conservatives in the United States, plus a discussion of the joys of Schitt's Creek and the quasi-dystopia that is the emotional intelligence of Daniel Tiger, which you can watch right now, for free, on the PBS kids app! 

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In which the duo talk about Mother's Day and Ethan shares some updates. 

And hey, whether you have someone who mothered you or whether you mostly mothered yourself and others, whether your mom is here and loving you or whether your mom is somewhere else or not able to love you as well as you deserve, we think you're pretty great. Don't let anyone tell you any different, especially from the pulpit. 

And hey, pastors? You're doing the work and we hope that your congregations love you well too. 

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In which Pastor Nick joins Ethan to talk about a pastor's social capital, what trust really looks like, and how to leave a ministry that you've outgrown but are still proud of. 

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In which Lars visits the pod again to talk pop culture and other sundry items with Spanks while the Dude takes a break. 

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It's like in My Favorite Murder, you know? Where they talk and talk about things that have nothing to do with murder, for like 40 minutes? And then people who really care about murder just skip that part? Well, this is all stuff that those people would skip, if those kind of people listened to our podcast. Spanks updates the Dude on some non-political news about politicians, the duo round out their conversation on Captain America and the Winter Soldier, and Young Rock gets another mention on this podcast that's mostly about pro wrestling now, I guess. 

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In which Ethan and Jo talk mostly about preaching. 

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In which Ian sticks around for a couple extra minutes to chat about Falcon and the Winter Soldier after episode 5. Spoilers spoilers spoilers, but stick around for a post-credits treat! 

We also strongly recommend listening to What Would Peggy Carter Do? by Kate Nyx. 

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In which Spanks and the Dude discuss Joerg Rieger's No Religion But Social Religion. 

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In which Ian again joins Ethan and Jo to discuss a recent Judicial Council announcement. 

Here's the post that spurred our conversation: https://www.facebook.com/umcbishops/posts/1126963891119043

And here's Rev. Jeremy Smith's thread on the WCA's GMC meeting: https://twitter.com/umjeremy/status/1383440552276860929

You should definitely be following him on Twitter, if you aren't already. 

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...yeah, turns out this whole church thing isn't about any of that at all. Ian joins Ethan and Jo to talk about what reforming the UMC might look like if the church, you know, did its damn job. 

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