Pod Only Knows
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.
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#066 - The Resurrection of Ned Ludd
51 min
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#065 - "Contact" (1997) with Lauren Turek
69 min
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#064 - Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey"
64 min
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#063 - The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby with...
75 min
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Football Is (The Way, The Truth, and The) Life!...
49 min
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#062 - Woke Pope Updates! Schism and AI Encycli...
65 min
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Reissue (from 2023) #005 - Is July 4th a Religi...
45 min
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#061 - RELIGULOUS with Shaily Patel
84 min
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We're back!
31 min
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Sarah Posner - On her new podcast, Epstein, and...
49 min
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RERELEASE (from 12/23): Ghosts of Christmas Pas...
In a rerelease from last Christmas season, Folklorists Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman join Kelly and John to talk about the ghosts that haunted the Victorian Christmas.0
55 min
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RERELEASE (from 12/24): Did Dickens "Invent" Ch...
60 min
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#060 - Selling Out Santa - with Vaughn Joy
Researcher Vaughn Joy discusses the Cold War era evolution of Christmas movies with her book "Selling Out Santa"
71 min
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RERELEASE: Unraveling the Thanksgiving Myth - w...
73 min
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#059 – The Passion of the Marjorie Taylor Greene
Kelly and John talk Marjorie Taylor Greene, Peter Thiel, and the Pope's newfound love of raves
56 min
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#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock
Scholar and author Joseph Laycock joins us to talk about his book "The Exorcist Effect" and how movies influence what and how we believe.
66 min
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#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!
76 min
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#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
63 min
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RERELEASE: What really happened at Salem - with...
58 min
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#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraor...
Kelly and John talk about the right's obsession with the idea that Taylor Swift is secretly, deep down one of them!
53 min
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RERELEASE (from 2/25 ): The Gospel of J. Edgar ...
61 min
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#054 - James Dobson (1936-2025) with Hilde Lovd...
Kelly and John talk to Hilde Løvdal Stephens, author of "Family Matters: James Dobson and Focus on the Family’s Crusade for the Christian Home"
64 min
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#053 – Heretic (2024) - with Shaily Patel
Shaily Patel, one of our earliest guests, rejoins us to talk about 2024's "Heretic"
82 min
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#052 – At Last, A Woke Superman!
We're back from break with Woke Superman, the DHS, Ryan Walters, poison ivy, and surgery!
64 min
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#051 – Acute Religious Experiences - with Richa...
Richard Saville-Smith joins Kelly and John to discuss his book "Acute Religious Experiences – Madness, Psychosis, and Religious Studies"
59 min