Drunk Ex-Pastors

We kick off this episode with some banter about the return of vinyl, and then discuss the new documentary, I Can See Everything. We hear from a caller asking for clarification on something we said last week about gender and productivity. We talk about the recent midterm elections and then respond to a video questioning the benefit of texting and other forms of immediate communication. We close with a segment of "Pastor Jack's Off" about God's will and democracy.

We kick off this episode of DXP with a brief discussion about whether it's legit to think of religion and politics as two distinct kingdoms that play by distinct rules. We pivot to the issue of Artificial Intelligence, and the dangers experts warn us about (while rushing headlong into said dangers). We hear from a caller with some thoughts about the stagnation of pop music and then discuss James Talarico's remarks about God being non-binary, and then play a video about people being "addicted to purpose." We conclude with a segment of "Pastor Jack's Off" in which we are instructed how to vote Christianly.

The overall theme of this episode, especially at the beginning, is the flies that have infiltrated Christian's podcast studio (which he desperately battles throughout the show). We speak about aging and how it feels being on the back-nine of life, and then segue into the evolution of pop music through the years (or the lack of it). We discuss a fascinating theory about humans being the "cows of the future," and then conclude with another installation of "Pastor Jack's Off."

This episode kicks off with a brief discussion about baseball, after which we turn our attention to Hollywood and its passing golden age. We play and discuss a video on the topic of cultural stagnation: Why is it that so much of the content young people consume—whether music, movies, fashion, and even politics—is the exact same material as what people 30 years older than them are consuming? We talk about the future of A.I. "dolls" and what their existence says about the nature of relationships today. We wrap up with another segment of "Pastor Jack's Off."

We kick off this episode with some old-school biebers about doctor appointments and traffic signals, after which we discuss the film Digger and why Christian liked it so much. We respond to a video about the dangers of political disagreements (and our attitude about them), and then spend the bulk of the episode discussing a video about aging—do we notice it in ourselves like we do in others? Do we delude ourselves about avoiding it? Do our kids roll their eyes at us the way we did to our parents? We finish up with a segment of Pastor Jack's Off in which Pastor Jack tries, and fails, to explain how women are equal to men.

We start this episode with a (horrific) recap of Christian's trip to Italy, and then Jason shares some thoughts on the TV series The Gentlemen, which he just finished. We talk briefly about the prospect of millions of robots patrolling our streets before turning our attention to our main topic: God. We hear some fascinating thoughts from Andrew Huberman about the consistency of belief in God and faithfulness to the natural sciences. We conclude with some thought of evolution and what effect (if any) the vastness of the universe has on our quest for meaning.

This episode of DXP begins with a discussion about bohemian living as opposed to taking a more traditional approach and the pros and cons of each. We discuss the recent dust-up over Macklemore's supposed antisemitism, and then we turn our attention to Islamic terror attacks and whether it's really true that it is indeed the most violent of the world's major religions. We talk at length about a recent TikTok discussing the top 100 films and how that list evolves over time, and we conclude with another segment of "Pastor Jack's Off" in which Jack Hibbs insists that we are all miserable selfish wretches who hate Jesus and others.

We kick off this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with a discussion about Jason's elitism when it comes to accents. We reminisce about our favorite coming-of-age films, and then discuss whether there is any merit to the objections over NYC Mayor Mamdani being sworn in using a Quran instead of a Bible. We play a reel about dating from a man's perspective, and then interact with another video about the relevance of older pop music. We conclude with another segment of "Pastor Jack's Off" about godliness and the national debt.

This episode of DXP begins with a bit of brain fog, after which we discuss recent TV shows like Your Friends and Neighbors and The Bear. We spend the bulk of the episode discussing the Lindsay Clancy case—we play a video by a woman concerned about how the response of women to Clancy's crimes could set the feminist cause back a hundred years. We hear from Alan Watts on the topic of dreams, and then spend time addressing the accusations of "doomerism" against Greta Thunberg. We conclude with a segment of "Pastor Jack's Off."

This episode kicks off with a couple rants and a discussion about ageing, after which we discuss The Last of the Mohicans and how it measures up to other films in the genre. Christian shares some highlights from his recent trip to Europe, and then we respond to a TikTok about how much boomers suck. We wrap up with some thoughts on the current lawsuit against META and the pervasiveness of social media more broadly.