Pod Only Knows

By Kelly J. Baker and John Brooks

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Episodes: 77


 Mar 31, 2022

David
 Aug 14, 2020
Endlessly fascinating, wonderfully erudite and articulate guests.

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Hosted by Dr. Kelly J. Baker and John Brooks. 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.

Episode Date
Sarah Posner - On her new podcast, Epstein, and other news
Feb 09, 2026
RERELEASE (from 12/23): Ghosts of Christmas Past - with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
Dec 23, 2025
RERELEASE (from 12/24): Did Dickens "Invent" Christmas? - with Kristen Hanley Cardozo
Dec 16, 2025
#060 - Selling Out Santa - with Vaughn Joy
Dec 09, 2025
RERELEASE: Unraveling the Thanksgiving Myth - with Dr. David J. Silverman (11/2023)
Nov 27, 2025
#059 – The Passion of the Marjorie Taylor Greene
Nov 25, 2025
#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock
Nov 11, 2025
#057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler
Oct 28, 2025
#056 – Paranormal America with Darryl Caterine
Oct 21, 2025
RERELEASE: What really happened at Salem - with Kathleen M. Brown
Oct 14, 2025
#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraordinaire!
Sep 30, 2025
RERELEASE (from 2/25 ): The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
Sep 16, 2025
#054 - James Dobson (1936-2025) with Hilde Lovdal Stephens (SORRY ABOUT JOHN'S AUDIO!!)
Sep 02, 2025
#053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel
Aug 19, 2025
#052 – At Last, A Woke Superman!
Aug 05, 2025
#051 – Acute Religious Experiences - with Richard Saville-Smith
Jun 10, 2025
#050 - Severance - The Church of Keir
May 28, 2025
#049 – Our Pope Watch Has Ended
May 13, 2025
#048 – Annika Brockschmidt
Apr 29, 2025
#047 – Rethinking "Lord of the Flies" in the age of MAGA
Apr 15, 2025
#046 – The MAGA Attack on Higher Education
Apr 01, 2025
#045 – Roko's Basilisk, Pope Watch 2025, and Paula White
Mar 04, 2025
(Edited Reissue) #024 - Simulation Theory, or Young Earth Creationism for Atheists
Feb 27, 2025
Chris Kluwe - (Republished from "Hard to Believe" - April, 2021)
Feb 21, 2025
#044 – The Lord of the Right: Tolkien, Fascism, and Race - with Marika Rose
Feb 18, 2025
#043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin
Feb 04, 2025
#042 – Jason Kirk on "Hell Is A World Without You"
Jan 21, 2025
#041 – A Load of Comstock - The life and times of Anthony Comstock
Jan 07, 2025
#040 – Did Dickens "Invent" Christmas? - with Kristen Hanley Cardozo
Dec 24, 2024
RERELEASE (11/21/23) - Unraveling the Thanksgiving Myth - with Dr. David J. Silverman
Nov 28, 2024
#039 – Breath of Fire: Conspirituality, Fraud, and the Prosperity Dharma
Nov 26, 2024
#038 – Welp...what now? - with Andrew Tobolowsky
Nov 11, 2024
#037 – What really happened at Salem - with Kathleen M. Brown
Oct 29, 2024
#036 – HELL HOUSE (2001) - with Jason Bivins
Oct 17, 2024
#035 – Sarah Posner - Humor vs. Rage and The Ohio Blood Libel
Oct 01, 2024
#034 – Thomas Lecaque - Why the right can't stop loving the Crusades (and other losers)
Sep 17, 2024
#033 – “Jesus Camp” (2006) with Megan Goodwin
Sep 03, 2024
#032 - Stockholm Syndrome: The Story of a Dumb Idea
Aug 13, 2024
#031 - Project 2025 (and why you should really, really care about it)
Jul 30, 2024
#030 - "Marjoe" (1972) with Megan Goodwin
Jul 16, 2024
#029 - Thou Shalt Not Violate the 1st Amendment
Jul 02, 2024
#028 - Dr. Matthew Taylor on An Appeal to Heaven, Alito, and the NAR
Jun 18, 2024
#027 - DeSantis v Satan
May 07, 2024
#026 - Dr. Richard Newton
Apr 23, 2024
#025 - Eclipse Day Special! - featuring journalist Emily McFarlan Miller
Apr 08, 2024
#024 - Simulation Theory, or Young Earth Creationism for Atheists
Mar 26, 2024
#023 - Sarah Posner
Mar 12, 2024
#022 - God's Army with Amanda Moore
Feb 27, 2024
#021 - Dr. Nicole Symmonds
Feb 13, 2024
#020 - Dr. Judith Weisenfeld
Jan 30, 2024
#019 - The Cult of Peloton?
Jan 16, 2024
#018 - David Feltmate - The Simpsons, Religion, and Other Stuff
Jan 02, 2024
#017 - Ghosts of Christmas Past - with Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
Dec 19, 2023
#016 - A Brief History of the War on Christmas
Dec 05, 2023
#015 - Unraveling the Thanksgiving Myth - with Dr. David J. Silverman
Nov 21, 2023
#014 - Mike Johnson - Christian Nationalist Wolf in Normal Guy Clothing
Nov 07, 2023
Halloween Special - NEVERMORE: Poe, Pain, and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Oct 31, 2023
#013 - Religion of Fear - Horror in Conservative Evangelical America - with Jason Bivins
Oct 25, 2023
Midnight Mass Rerelease - From Hard to Believe 10/20/2021 (RAIN DELAY FILLER CONTENT!!)
Oct 24, 2023
(Emergency Alert) Chit-Chat Episode #5 - The 5G FEMA Zombie Endtimes
Oct 14, 2023
#012 - The Power of Christ Compels You - Catholic Horror with Matthew J. Cressler
Oct 10, 2023
Weekend Chit-Chat Episode #4 -The White Christianity to Western Chauvinism Pipeline
Sep 30, 2023
#011 - God Has Forsaken Ashley: Chick Tracts ‐ with Chelsey Weber-Smith
Sep 26, 2023
#010 - Religion and The Labor Movement - with Dr. Heath Carter
Sep 12, 2023
#009 - Deus Ex Machina - Jesus Chatbots and the Religion of A.I.
Aug 29, 2023
#008 - Solomon Missouri - Twitter's Pastor
Aug 15, 2023
#007 - Preparing for War - Brad Onishi on the threat of Christian Nationalism
Aug 01, 2023
Weekend Chit-Chat Episode #3 - Your True Authentic Self
Jul 29, 2023
#006 - Dr. Shreena Gandhi - Yoga, White Supremacy, and Caste
Jul 18, 2023
#005 - Is July 4th a Religious Holiday?
Jul 04, 2023
#004 - UFOs as Religion - with Toby Ball
Jun 20, 2023
Weekend Chit-Chat Episode #2 - There Are No Spoons
Jun 17, 2023
#003 - Magic's a Messy Bitch - with Dr. Shaily Patel
Jun 06, 2023
Weekend Chit-Chat Episode #1 - The Middle Way
May 27, 2023
#002 - Dr. Megan Goodwin on public scholarship in religious studies
May 23, 2023
#001 - Mike Rothschild on his upcoming book "Jewish Space Lasers"
May 09, 2023
Metamorphosis - Hard to Believe becomes Pod Only Knows
May 02, 2023