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In which an anthropomorphic paintbrush screams about his childhood.

Meet Bob, a pharmacist who moonlights as the mayor of his town, and who also occasionally performs emergency medical services for a local bike gang. Confused? That's only the beginning. Bob has decided to fight the War on Christmas in order to defend his freedoms, which are not really under attack. It seems that Christmas is illegal in the town, even though it isn't, and it seems that nobody wants...

If Scooter from the Muppets had a baby with Mayor McCheese and made him attend Sunday School, the end result would be our subject this week: Gerbert, the Christian puppet with an anxiety disorder and major codependency issues. Dan and Ryan are joined by leading Gerbertologist Jen Kane. Things are immediately derailed by a horrifying visit from Binney Brush, the commander of Satan's armies. Hide yo...

In which Ryan and Dan lose their minds over the absurd personal story of Kevin Zadai.

This movie turned the butts of our hearts into sinkholes, but now our hearts are Trump. Yes, according to this week's movie, both halves of that sentence are valid thoughts. Dan and Ryan discuss this low-budget boomer political fantasy from 2020 where old people get into fights at the mall, YouTube is hailed as a reliable source of information, and every single character suspiciously sounds like t...

In which Carman beats the crap out of Satan (again).

Have you ever had a negative experience with a therapist? That's because, as our movie today informs us, therapists are Nazis and the only way to resist them is to join the Church of Scientology--er, I mean, to join the fight against human rights abuses caused by psychiatrists. Those are really the only human rights abuses you should be worried about, and we have some wonderful literature for you...

As the nation mourns the loss of its most beloved superhero (RIP Kevin Conroy), another caped crusader returns to continue the fight against crime, or not really crime so much as a couple of goofy idiots who dance around with scarves and fall in love with their computers. That's right folks, we're taking another crack at Bibleman! Dan learns that Ryan is a liar, and Ryan laughs maniacally as Dan c...

In which Dan and Ryan discover that there's a Bibleman video game.

The nation is at a crossroads. Social media giants are falling, billionaires are collapsing into themselves, and we are on the brink of a profoundly troubling election. It's clear what we need to do. Now, more than ever, we need to stop listening to rock music and get clean from heroine before it leads to something worse like marijuana. Don't misunderstand - Dan and Ryan like a really good "get do...

In which a woman eats a hamster.

This week Dan and Ryan celebrate Halloween by doing everything they can to bury their original episode about a troubling documentary and replace it with this discussion of a strange movie made by a Christian band in the mid-nineties. Maybe our brains were too fried from the last movie but we actually kind of liked this one. There's a very moving subplot about a bassist being threatened by an angry...

Halloween may seem like a time of harmless fun, but before you know it children will be dressing up as bees, horny old ladies will be jumping around their living rooms, and Mrs. Smith's fourth-grade glass will suddenly reveal deep-seated homicidal tendencies. Halloween is no joke, and that is why a group of concerned Christians got together in 1991 to make up a bunch of scary facts about what the...

In which Dan and Ryan try in vain to understand what Degarmo & Key are talking about.

The question on everyone's minds is, "What happened after Gary Busey blew up all those demons?" (see episode #1) This movie picks up where Tribulation left off. We meet back up with Helen Hannah, the journalist who died in that film. Corbin Bernsen and Mr. T lead a no-star cast in this legal drama about a court case where - get this - they put God on trial! Meanwhile, Mr. T wants to kill everyone,...

In which Dan becomes a conspiracy theorist after learning about the 100% Rotten Tomatoes audience score for God's Not Dead 4.

God's Not Dead is the timeless story of a Christian college student, his controlling girlfriend, an atheist professor, his longsuffering Christian wife, the wife's ailing mother, the mother's other son Dean Cain, Dean Cain's girlfriend who is a blogger who is also dying from cancer, Willie Robertson from Duck Dynasty, a spiritually confused student from China, the Chinese student's angry father, a...

In which the Newsboys present themselves as... enemies of science? It's their story, we didn't write it.

The boys roll up their sleeves, put on their serious film-critic glasses, and talk about a 2019 documentary chronicling the evolution of the Satanic Temple from its modest origins to its growth into a full-blown religious institution. Dan and Ryan are going to have lots of nightmares about fetish babies after this one, I can promise you that. Featuring a special guest appearance by the goat-demon...

In which the Christian singer Carman murders a Klingon.

Come experience the magical world of a young boy named Nick and his animated best friend, where sneaking into a horror movie is as bad as committing murder and the absolute worst thing you can do is call someone a geek. Dan and Ryan contemplate McGee's hellish existence while trying to avoid being seen with Nick's unbelievably awful parents. Dan feels very cool because he's wearing sunglasses, and...

Dan and Ryan delve into the seedy underground world of Christian boxing. Jake the Jackhammer is a former boxer who wants to get back into it, or maybe he doesn't, it's a little unclear. His marriage is falling apart, which is probably a good thing, and his boss is a caveman. Kevin Sorbo is in this one, marking his first of what will be many appearances on this podcast. But when Franco shows up? Th...

It's time to do a deep dive into Dan's childhood trauma by exploring the demented world of Jack Chick, author of the world-famous Chick Tracts, which use fun cartoons to tell little children that God will not hesitate to torment them with flames. Ryan reveals himself to be both a Dungeons and Dragons player AND a Catholic so he's basically the worst person who ever lived. Dan and Ryan watch adapta...

What if God and the Devil played a game of chess together? Who do you think would win? God, obviously. But wait - what if they were playing for the DEED TO ETERNITY? And what if all the cosmic drama played out in the form of a poorly thought out bank heist? And what if God had a sidekick named Katana? THEN who would win the chess game? Still God. It's not a very good story, is it? Anyway, God is p...

What happens when a church in Texas puts on an illegal production of Hamilton in which the lead character learns to give his life to Jesus? Well, if it's followed by a homophobic sermon, the answer is "It goes viral and then they get hit with a big fat lawsuit." Dan and Ryan contemplate the logic that must have gone into this decision, and then everyone has to sit through a very awkward altar call...