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RERELEASE: #037 – What really happened at Salem - with Kathleen M. Brown

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 8d

Bad news for fan favorite recurring POK character Ryan Walters!!!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8d

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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#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor... by Pod Only Knows

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 14d

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!

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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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 14d

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#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraordinaire!

Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 09/30/2025 · 54m

#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraordinaire!

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 14d

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!

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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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 15d

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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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 28d

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

#043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · 29d

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

Pod Only Knows #054 – James Dobson - with Hilde Løvdal Stephens

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 5

(Both real examples, btw)

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 5

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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Hilde Løvdal Stephens @hildelstephens.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 2

(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!

(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.

#54 - James Dobson (1936-2025) with Hilde Lovdal Stephens (SORRY ABOUT JOHN'S AUDIO!!)

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 2

Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 09/02/2025 · 1h 4m

#54 - James Dobson (1936-2025) with Hilde Lovdal Stephens (SORRY ABOUT JOHN'S AUDIO!!)

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pod Only Knows #054 – James Dobson - with Hilde Løvdal Stephens

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Sep 2

(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!

(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.

#053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 19

Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 08/19/2025 · 1h 22m

#053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Pod Only Knows #053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 19

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.

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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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 18

TOMORROW!
@johnbrooks.bsky.social and @kellyjbaker.bsky.social welcome @vox-magica.bsky.social to talk about HERETIC!

Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts.

#052 – At Last, A Woke Superman!

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 08/05/2025 · 1h 4m

#052 – At Last, A Woke Superman!

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Aug 5

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!

We're back from break with Woke Superman, the DHS going full fascist Ryan Walters, poison ivy, and surgery!

#051 – Acute Religious Experiences - with Richard Saville-Smith

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Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Jun 22

Wittenberg Barnes and Noble, 1517

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · Jun 22

lol what happened here

Sign on storefront. "Due to recent events theology books are no longer permitted on the patio"

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Richard Saville-Smith PhD @dranamorphosis.bsky.social · Jun 12

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

Pod Only Knows @podonlyknows.bsky.social · Jun 10

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!

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