Brief: Secular Person of Faith: pt 1 (w/Brad Onishi)
Friend of the pod and Straight White American Jesus host Brad Onishi joins Matthew for a New Year’s discussion of post-religious spirituality. Onishi fills out the details on a nascent identity that m...
30 Dec 202341min
186: Coaches Coaching Coaches
Life coaching is big business. The life coaching industry was worth $1.5 billion in 2022 and is considered one of the fastest growing industries in America. The International Coaching Federation repor...
28 Dec 20231h 7min
Bonus Sample: Under the Xmas Starship
The joys of Xmas, the wonder of parenting, the complexities of family, the distinctions between religions and cults, and the compassionate dignity of locating the sacred in our mortal humanity. Julian...
25 Dec 20238min
Brief: Cop(Out)28 (w/Maya Lilly)
COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, recently took place in the UAE. The controversial conference included 2,500 fossil fuel industry lobbyists and featured billionaires flying in...
23 Dec 202330min
185: Light in the Growing Darkness
In this annual meditation and reflection, the trio consider the past year's significant happenings in conspirituality, discuss their biggest influences, identify 2024's most pressing challenges, and o...
21 Dec 20231h 32min
Bonus Sample: Rife-Wing Misogyny
In November, the comedian Matt Rife released his first Netflix special, "Natural Selection." Early in the show he made a joke about domestic violence that many people took offense to. Since then, he’s...
18 Dec 20235min
Brief: The Mother God Cult
Amy Carlson’s metallic blue body was covered in glitter, wrapped in a sleeping bag, and draped in Christmas lights when police found her on the night of April 16, 2021. The 45-year-old leader of the “...
16 Dec 202354min
184: Lies That Take Lives (w/Scott Kennedy)
Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. Fast forward to 2019 and the nation experienced the largest number of cases since 1992. Globally, there were 207,000 measles deaths that year, a 50% ...
14 Dec 202358min
