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#058 – THE EXORCIST EFFECT with Joseph Laycock Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 11/11/2025 · 1h 7m

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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.

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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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!

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!

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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. 😈🖤

#057 – THE EXORCIST with Matthew J. Cressler Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 10/28/2025 · 1h 16m

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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!

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!

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We're back tomorrow with more spookiness as we talk to @mjcressler.bsky.social about THE EXORCIST!

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.

#056 – Paranormal America with Darryl Caterine Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 10/21/2025 · 1h 3m

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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

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!

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

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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Bad news for fan favorite recurring POK character Ryan Walters!!!
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#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!

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!

#055 – Taylor Swift: Christian TradWife Extraordinaire! Podcast Episode · Pod Only Knows · 09/30/2025 · 54m

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#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!

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!

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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RERELEASE, from 2/25 - #043 – The Gospel of J. Edgar Hoover with Lerone A. Martin

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)

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

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

(Both real examples, btw)

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.

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 #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.

(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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