Pod Only Knows #020 – Dr. Judith Weisenfeld
Kelly and John talk to Dr. Judith Weisenfeld about her life in religious studies and her books, Hollywood Be Thy Name and New World A-Coming.
Kelly and John talk to Dr. Judith Weisenfeld about her life in religious studies and her books, Hollywood Be Thy Name and New World A-Coming.
Kelly and John make good use of Kelly’s Peloton bike to explore why so many fitness crazes get accused of being cult-like.
Dr. David Feltmate joins Kelly and John to talk about his life in religious studies, why he loves The Simpsons, and how religion exists in a post-Simpsons America.
Folklorists Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman join Kelly and John to talk about the ghosts that haunted the Victorian Christmas.
Kelly and John check in on the latest casualties in the War on Christmas and offer a little history on Christmas past and present.
Dr. David J. Silverman helps us unpack the (nonsense, ahistorical) myth that lies at the heart of Thanksgiving.