Pod Only Knows
Hosts: Kelly J. Baker & John Brooks
Two people from the serious world of religious studies take a sometimes serious, sometimes irreverent, and always curious look at the way religion shows up in our world. Kelly and John invite other people from the wide and wild world of religious studies to talk to them about why and how they do what they do and why their work matters to us all. They also talk to each other about the ideas, stories, and histories that fascinate them and that they think you should know about, too.
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- Pod Only Knows #049 – Our Pope Watch Has Ended – Leo XIV and the future of the Catholic Church
- Pod Only Knows #048 – Annika Brockschmidt
- Pod Only Knows #047 – Rethinking “Lord of the Flies” in the age of MAGA
- Pod Only Knows #046 – “First they came for the academy…” : The MAGA Attack on Higher Education
- Pod Only Knows #045 – Roko’s Basilisk, Pope Watch 2025, and Paula White
- Pod Only Knows #044 – The Lord of the Right: Tolkien, Fascism, and Race – with Marika Rose
- Pod Only Knows #043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
- Pod Only Knows #042 – Jason Kirk on “Hell Is A World Without You”
- Pod Only Knows #041 – A Load of Comstock – The life and times of Anthony Comstock
- Pod Only Knows #040 – Did Dickens “Invent” Christmas? – with Kristen Hanley Cardozo
- Pod Only Knows #039 – Breath of Fire: Conspirituality, Fraud, and the Prosperity Dharma
- Pod Only Knows #038 – Welp…what now? – with Andrew Tobolowsky
- Pod Only Knows #037 – What really happened at Salem – with Kathleen M. Brown
- Pod Only Knows #036 – HELL HOUSE (2001) – with Jason Bivins
- Pod Only Knows #035 – Sarah Posner – Humor vs. Rage and The Ohio Blood Libel
- Pod Only Knows #034 – Thomas Lecaque – Why the right can’t stop loving the Crusades (and other losers)
- Pod Only Knows #033 – “Jesus Camp” (2006) with Megan Goodwin
- Pod Only Knows #032 – Stockholm Syndrome: The Story of a Dumb Idea
- Pod Only Knows #031 – Project 2025 (and why you should really, really care about it)
- Pod Only Knows #030 – “Marjoe” (1972) with Megan Goodwin
- Pod Only Knows #029 – Thou Shalt Not Violate the 1st Amendment
- Pod Only Knows #028 – Dr. Matthew Taylor on An Appeal to Heaven, Alito, and the NAR
- Pod Only Knows #027 – DeSantis v Satan
- Pod Only Knows #026 – Dr. Richard Newton
- Pod Only Knows #025 – Eclipse Day Special! – featuring journalist Emily McFarlan Miller
- Pod Only Knows #024 – Simulation Theory, or Young Earth Creationism for Atheists
- Pod Only Knows #023 – Journalist and author Sarah Posner
- Pod Only Knows #022 – God’s Army with Amanda Moore
- Pod Only Knows #021 – Dr. Nicole Symmonds
- Pod Only Knows #020 – Dr. Judith Weisenfeld
- Pod Only Knows #019 – The Cult of Peloton?
- Pod Only Knows #018 – David Feltmate – The Simpsons, Religion, and Other Stuff
- Pod Only Knows #017 – Ghosts of Christmas Past – with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
- Pod Only Knows #016 – A Brief History of the War on Christmas
- Pod Only Knows #015 – Unraveling the Thanksgiving Myth – with Dr. David J. Silverman
- Pod Only Knows #014 – Mike Johnson: Christian Nationalist Wolf in Normal Guy Clothing
- Pod Only Knows #013 – Religion of Fear – Horror in Conservative Evangelical America – with Jason Bivins
- Pod Only Knows #012 – The Power of Christ Compels You – Catholic Horror with Matthew J. Cressler
- Pod Only Knows #011 – Chick Tracts – with Chelsey Weber-Smith
- Pod Only Knows #010 – Religion and The Labor Movement – with Dr. Heath Carter
- Pod Only Knows #009 – Deus Ex Machina – Jesus Chatbots and the Religion of A.I.
- Pod Only Knows #008 – Solomon Missouri – Twitter’s Pastor
- Pod Only Knows #007 – Preparing for War – Brad Onishi on the threat of Christian Nationalism
- Pod Only Knows #006 – Yoga, White Supremacy, and the Caste System – with Shreena Gandhi
- Pod Only Knows #005 – Is July 4th a Religious Holiday?
- Pod Only Knows #004 – UFOs as Religion – with Toby Ball
- Pod Only Knows Weekend Chit-Chat Episode #2 – There Are No Spoons
- Pod Only Knows #003 – Magic’s a Messy Bitch – with Dr. Shaily Patel
- Pod Only Knows #002 – Dr. Megan Goodwin on public scholarship in religious studies
- Pod Only Knows #001 – Mike Rothschild on his upcoming book “Jewish Space Lasers”