Pod Only Knows
@podonlyknows.bsky.social
A podcast about religion from two nonreligious religion scholars who care about religion. With @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social
(Alternately known as Scholars and Swear Words)
BLOG: https://bit.ly/3OhMw14
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(Alternately known as Scholars and Swear Words)
BLOG: https://bit.ly/3OhMw14
POD: https://bit.ly/3WnQvxT
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Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
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Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
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Spooky season isn't over yet!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
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The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
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#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock by Pod Only Knows
Scholar and author Joseph Laycock joins us to talk about his book "The Exorcist Effect" and how movies influence what and how we believe.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Spooky season isn't over yet!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
The one and only @josephlaycock.bsky.social joins @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social in a follow-up to our last episode where we discuss the cultural impact of THE EXORCIST
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
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Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
www.cageclub.me
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
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Friend of the @podonlyknows.bsky.social pod here, hyping this fun convo. I could talk #TheExorcist for days, especially with these two brilliant and beautiful humans. 😈🖤
Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
www.cageclub.me
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Friend of the @podonlyknows.bsky.social pod here, hyping this fun convo. I could talk #TheExorcist for days, especially with these two brilliant and beautiful humans. 😈🖤
Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Our friend and Catholic horror expert joins us for Halloween to talk about his favorite movie, 1973's The Exorcist!
www.cageclub.me
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happy Halloween! Our old friend @mjcressler.bsky.social joins us as @johnbrooks.bsky.social finally gets @kellyjbaker.bsky.social to watch THE EXORCIST. We talk Catholics, horror, demons, and curses in history's weirdest Christmas release!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
We're back tomorrow with more spookiness as we talk to @mjcressler.bsky.social about THE EXORCIST!
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We're back tomorrow with more spookiness as we talk to @mjcressler.bsky.social about THE EXORCIST!
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Oh God, I am knee deep in my own work on white Christian nationalism this morning because I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I talk to a reporter.
Y'all, I have been researching this stuff for 19 years.
Imposter syndrome is a jerk.
Y'all, I have been researching this stuff for 19 years.
Imposter syndrome is a jerk.
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Oh God, I am knee deep in my own work on white Christian nationalism this morning because I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I talk to a reporter.
Y'all, I have been researching this stuff for 19 years.
Imposter syndrome is a jerk.
Y'all, I have been researching this stuff for 19 years.
Imposter syndrome is a jerk.
Happy Halloween!
For our first spooky season episode, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social talked to Darryl Caterine about the paranormal and the religious in America!
Here, or wherever you get podcasts.
www.cageclub.me/darryl-cater...
For our first spooky season episode, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social talked to Darryl Caterine about the paranormal and the religious in America!
Here, or wherever you get podcasts.
www.cageclub.me/darryl-cater...
Pod Only Knows #056 – Paranormal America with Darryl Caterine
Darryl Caterine joins Kelly and John to talk about the religious dimensions of America's obsession with the paranormal
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October 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Happy Halloween!
For our first spooky season episode, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social talked to Darryl Caterine about the paranormal and the religious in America!
Here, or wherever you get podcasts.
www.cageclub.me/darryl-cater...
For our first spooky season episode, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social talked to Darryl Caterine about the paranormal and the religious in America!
Here, or wherever you get podcasts.
www.cageclub.me/darryl-cater...
No new episode this week due to scheduling challenges, but we're going back to back for the next two Tuesdays.
In the meantime, please enjoy this episode from last Halloween on the Salem Witch Trials.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
In the meantime, please enjoy this episode from last Halloween on the Salem Witch Trials.
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RERELEASE: #037 – What really happened at Salem - with Kathleen M. Brown
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October 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
No new episode this week due to scheduling challenges, but we're going back to back for the next two Tuesdays.
In the meantime, please enjoy this episode from last Halloween on the Salem Witch Trials.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
In the meantime, please enjoy this episode from last Halloween on the Salem Witch Trials.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Bad news for fan favorite recurring POK character Ryan Walters!!!
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THE CHICKENS ARE FINALLY COMING HOME TO ROOST
Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.
Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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Ryan Walters is out & the investigation floodgates just opened. The Oklahoma AG launched a full audit of Walters’ entire tenure as Superintendent, and it’s about damn time.
Also the education dept website’s being scrubbed of his culture-war nonsense.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bad news for fan favorite recurring POK character Ryan Walters!!!
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It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told)
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor... by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk about the right's obsession with the idea that Taylor Swift is secretly, deep down one of them!
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September 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told)
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told)
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor... by Pod Only Knows
Kelly and John talk about the right's obsession with the idea that Taylor Swift is secretly, deep down one of them!
cms.megaphone.fm
September 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's Taylor Swift Album Week! (Or so John is told)
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talk about the Christian right's obsession with Taylor-as-TradWife, Pete Hegseth's love of massacres, and bid a sad farewell to recurring character Ryan Walters!
Coming up TOMORROW on Pod Only Knows, we (okay, just Kelly) celebrate the new Taylor Swift album by asking the question: Why the fuck is the Christian right so incapable of being even a tiny bit normal about Taylor Swift?
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Subscribe to POD ONLY KNOWS wherever you get podcasts!
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Coming up TOMORROW on Pod Only Knows, we (okay, just Kelly) celebrate the new Taylor Swift album by asking the question: Why the fuck is the Christian right so incapable of being even a tiny bit normal about Taylor Swift?
Subscribe to POD ONLY KNOWS wherever you get podcasts!
Subscribe to POD ONLY KNOWS wherever you get podcasts!
Given recent events, we have decided not to release a new episode this week. Instead, we are re-releasing our conversation with Lerone A. Martin from February, in which he discusses his book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover (which seems pretty relevant right now)
RERELEASE, from 2/25 - #043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
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September 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Given recent events, we have decided not to release a new episode this week. Instead, we are re-releasing our conversation with Lerone A. Martin from February, in which he discusses his book The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover (which seems pretty relevant right now)
For *waves around at America* reasons, we are not releasing a new episode this week, but will rerelease our episode with Lerone A. Martin about his book THE GOSPEL OF J. EDGAR HOOVER tomorrow & will be back in 2 weeks.
In the meantime, if you don't want to wait & haven't heard it already, it's here
In the meantime, if you don't want to wait & haven't heard it already, it's here
#043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
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September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
For *waves around at America* reasons, we are not releasing a new episode this week, but will rerelease our episode with Lerone A. Martin about his book THE GOSPEL OF J. EDGAR HOOVER tomorrow & will be back in 2 weeks.
In the meantime, if you don't want to wait & haven't heard it already, it's here
In the meantime, if you don't want to wait & haven't heard it already, it's here
The best thing about doing this show is the number of reps who see that it's a show about religion, pretend they have listened to it, and send us an email asking us to book their client who wrote a book about how Christians are being persecuted in America or how TDS should be in the DSM.
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The best thing about doing this show is the number of reps who see that it's a show about religion, pretend they have listened to it, and send us an email asking us to book their client who wrote a book about how Christians are being persecuted in America or how TDS should be in the DSM.
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This was a great experience! Glad to get a chance to talk about Dobson and his legacy. Thanks @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social for inviting me.
(Sorry about the audio on this one!)
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
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@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
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Pod Only Knows #054 – James Dobson - with Hilde Løvdal Stephens
(Sorry about John's audio quality in this one!) Hilde Løvdal Stephens joins Kelly and John to talk about the life and times of James Dobson.
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September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This was a great experience! Glad to get a chance to talk about Dobson and his legacy. Thanks @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social for inviting me.
(Sorry about the audio on this one!)
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Pod Only Knows #054 – James Dobson - with Hilde Løvdal Stephens
(Sorry about John's audio quality in this one!) Hilde Løvdal Stephens joins Kelly and John to talk about the life and times of James Dobson.
www.cageclub.me
September 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
(Sorry about the audio on this one!)
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
@kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social were delighted to have @hildelstephens.bsky.social talk to us about the life and legacy of the late James Dobson.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talked to @vox-magica.bsky.social about 2024's thriller HERETIC
Atheists! Mormons! Monopoly! Radiohead! Creepy Hugh Grant! It's all here!
Here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Atheists! Mormons! Monopoly! Radiohead! Creepy Hugh Grant! It's all here!
Here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Pod Only Knows #053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel
Shaily Patel rejoins us to talk about new atheism bros, faith, and the horrors of hyper-rationality in 2024's "Heretic"
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August 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This week, @kellyjbaker.bsky.social and @johnbrooks.bsky.social talked to @vox-magica.bsky.social about 2024's thriller HERETIC
Atheists! Mormons! Monopoly! Radiohead! Creepy Hugh Grant! It's all here!
Here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Atheists! Mormons! Monopoly! Radiohead! Creepy Hugh Grant! It's all here!
Here or wherever you listen to podcasts.
TOMORROW!
@johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social welcome @vox-magica.bsky.social to talk about HERETIC!
Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts.
@johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social welcome @vox-magica.bsky.social to talk about HERETIC!
Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts.
August 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
TOMORROW!
@johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social welcome @vox-magica.bsky.social to talk about HERETIC!
Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts.
@johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social welcome @vox-magica.bsky.social to talk about HERETIC!
Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts.
We're back! Catching up on a busy summer, we look at the Ryan Walters porn scandal, the DHS posting Nazi shit, and the right's outrage over Woke Superman.
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Pod Only Knows #052 - At Last, A Woke Superman
We're back from break with Woke Superman, the DHS going full fascist Ryan Walters, poison ivy, and surgery!
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August 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're back! Catching up on a busy summer, we look at the Ryan Walters porn scandal, the DHS posting Nazi shit, and the right's outrage over Woke Superman.
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Here or wherever you get podcasts!
Wittenberg Barnes and Noble, 1517
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Had a blast talking to Kelly and John, once you start thinking about the intersection of mad studies and religious studies it is a seductive cocktail
We talked to @dranamorphosis.bsky.social about the intersection of mad studies and religious studies in his fascinating book Acute Religious Experiences.
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
#051 – Acute Religious Experiences - with Richard Saville-Smith
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June 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Had a blast talking to Kelly and John, once you start thinking about the intersection of mad studies and religious studies it is a seductive cocktail
We talked to @dranamorphosis.bsky.social about the intersection of mad studies and religious studies in his fascinating book Acute Religious Experiences.
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
#051 – Acute Religious Experiences - with Richard Saville-Smith
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June 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We talked to @dranamorphosis.bsky.social about the intersection of mad studies and religious studies in his fascinating book Acute Religious Experiences.
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts!
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EVERY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: well surely the smartest kid at MY college, according to a system that we have valorized for years for ranking intelligence, will not be able to accurately identify and describe an ongoing genocide. oh FUCK!!!
The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before: cnn.it/43GWlge
2025 MIT class president banned from graduation ceremony after pro-Palestinian speech | CNN
The 2025 class president of MIT was barred from attending her graduation ceremony on Friday after delivering a speech denouncing the war in Gaza at a commencement event the day before.
cnn.it
June 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
EVERY UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT: well surely the smartest kid at MY college, according to a system that we have valorized for years for ranking intelligence, will not be able to accurately identify and describe an ongoing genocide. oh FUCK!!!
This week, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social are joined by @profdolfi.bsky.social to talk religion, capitalism, and goats in "Severance"
Listen here or subscribe and listen to Pod Only Knows wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or subscribe and listen to Pod Only Knows wherever you get podcasts!
#050 - Severance - The Church of Keir
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May 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
This week, @johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social are joined by @profdolfi.bsky.social to talk religion, capitalism, and goats in "Severance"
Listen here or subscribe and listen to Pod Only Knows wherever you get podcasts!
Listen here or subscribe and listen to Pod Only Knows wherever you get podcasts!