Drunk Ex-Pastors

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, we explore whether Hillary actually does have a better shot of beating Trump than Bernie did (could a self-proclaimed socialist with *that* hairstyle really ever be a U.S. President?). We then take a listener's call about whether, if Universalism is true, religion has any point. Christian then defends his position on guns to a caller who thinks it's just ridicu...

We kick off this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with a voicemail about how fugly we apparently are, and then we officially put an end to the discussion over baby-soul popsicles. A listener takes us to task over our insistence that the Obama administration was scandal-free, which springboards into a discussion about what, exactly, constitutes a scandal (does it have to be sexual? Illegal? Both?). Anot...

In this episode of DXP we spend time considering the age-old question, "If you freeze a baby and then thaw it out, where did its soul go?" Well OK, it may have been a bit more sophisticated than that (as in, in cases of frozen embryos or near-death experiences, does the absence of heart- and brain activity prove that souls don't exist? And if so, is abortion moral?). Then turn our attention to Hil...

We're not gonna lie, in our 100th episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we allow ourselves to get more a bit sentimental than we usually do (this may or may not have to do with our being, umm, more "in our cups" than usual as well). But hey, we all love a celebration, and we begin this show by allowing our listeners to celebrate with us and let us know what DXP has meant to them (culminating with our patron...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we begin with a discussion about how we can have discussions (in other words, how it is that a Catholic and agnostic can be as civil as we are to one another), after which we share some thoughts about the ever-narrowing field of presidential candidates. A caller asks us for our honest opinion about homeschooling, as in, is it just a tool for religious segregatio...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we revisit the topic of cultural misappropriation, discussing how dope it is when white people use black lingo, fo shizzle. We springboard from the legitimate connection between mental ill-health and mass shootings to the illegitimate way people of a certain political persuasion use that fact (*cough*Republicans*cough*), and then take a caller's question about w...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with the age-old question, "Should the Tesla Motor Company be pronounced like the metal band "Tesla" from the '80s, or does CEO Elon Musk have the right to just change the pronunciation on a whim? And what gives him that right?" We then take a voice mail asking what our respective protocols would be if we were diagnosed with cancer (as in, who would we tell,...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors: On his road to ruining the U.S.A., has Donald Trump also ruined our hopes of the one thing we were looking forward to this summer: a contested Republican convention? Will autonomous automobiles drive with the same knack for self-preservation that humans do, and if not, can we change that setting? Do airlines intentionally make sure that there is at all times at...

Episode #95 of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with a voicemail suggesting that we may have engaged in a bit of gender stereotyping in a recent episode, but since the caller was a woman we immediately dismissed her as hysterical and emotionally out of control. Jason's personality is then diagnosed, with the fairly accurate prognosis that he is utterly unfit for gainful employment. We then delve into the i...

DXP #94 begins with a brief lament over the death of one of pop culture's most beloved and talented icons (but enough about Chyna), and then we address the recent barrage of faith-based films and the agenda behind them. We spend a fair bit of time addressing the relationship between religion and morality (as in, how immoral are atheists on a scale of four to ten?), after which we take a call askin...

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with some good news about Jason's forthcoming book and Christian's excitement over our podcast reaping a bit of that attention from it. We then address a listener's objection that we are just pinko Rush Limbaughs, as well as deal with the issue of the rampant and bigoted persecution of Christians in this country . We take a listener's call about what kind...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with a verbally abusive voicemail which, it turns out, we not only endure but love (not sure what that says about us). We then discuss whether "living and letting live" is something only atheists can do as well as take our very last call about music theory (we promise). We take calls about the possibility of America's first Jewish president and the validity...

This episode begins with a brief update on how our "Late for Lent" experiments are going, after which we launch into a series of corrections of all the misinformation and ignorance we disseminated in our last episode (in our defense, lady-parts are complicated). We then take a couple calls from Presbyterians who betray everything they stand for by listening to our show (which gives one of us no sm...

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with an impromptu discussion about whether beauty is objective or merely in the eye of the beholder, and then sit at the feet of Microsoft's new AI chatbot, Tay, and seek to learn from her wisdom and sensitivity. We delve into the Twitter feud between Trump and Cruz and segue into the complete clown show that is the 2016 Republican Party. The remainder of...

In this episode the DXPs are joined by their friend Johnny Terranova, who admits that Jason's case against the truth of the moon landing is the most convincing one ever put forward. We then discuss our rejection of the idea that the Bible must be the believer's sole authority as well as where that rejection has led us, after which we delve a little more into issues surrounding theism and Christian...

We begin episode #88 of DXP by discovering, through sheer trial and error, that veganism is just cannibalism in seed form. We respectfully and dignifiedly make fun of the pro-gun woman whose toddler shot her, and then address an off-color metaphor (ahem) that one of us used in our last episode (doesn't matter who). We take a phone call asking about the prudence of voting for the lesser of two evil...

This episode begins with a solemn reflection on Americans' porn preferences (really, Wyoming?), after which we begin a discussion on food and diet, to which we return toward the end of the show. Christian shares his experiences at his recent "team building" meeting among his sales and marketing associates, all of which makes Jason sad. We take a call from a listener who chides Christian for his al...

This episode of DXP begins with our bitching and moaning about our various tax- and credit card-related hassles, after which Jason insists on addressing the controversy surrounding Kesha and her allegations of sexual assault by her producer (a discussion that Christian wants absolutely no part of), leading us into the broader issues surrounding these kinds of he said / she said situations. We take...

This edition of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with a depressing reminder that we are aging and on a steep decline in health and wellness followed by an economics lesson on how, if we are all dying anyway, we can live for free off other people's money until we meet our untimely end. We then hear from a local listener whose Valentine's Day ended with some sexy lovin' despite how it began (with public half...

We start this episode of DXP with a brief discussion of ale, beer, and the White House's crappy Wi-Fi, after which we take a voice mail from none other than renowned physicist Stephen Hawking whose mother, we hope, he doesn't kiss with that mouth. We wrap up our in-depth report on whether it's OK for white people to dislike Cam Newton, and speaking of wrapping, Christian surprises Jason with some...

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with a complete and cavalier dismissal of most medical and psychological "syndromes" (we don't trust things we can't relate to) and then foray briefly into an anti-technology rant for some reason. We then spend some time coddling and placating our audience and their blind devotion to Cam Newton (yes, he is a wonderful man off the field; no, we're sure you'...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with Christian explaining what he's been doing with his down-time while sick, and then moves on to Jason's love for Australians and their "busted pluggers" (which is not nearly as sexual as it sounds). We conclude our reporting on the militia standoff in Oregon (they're all dead or in jail), and then take a listener's call about whether people who adopt stup...

This post-cruise episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors (featuring a slightly under-the-weather Catholic and an at-death's-door agnostic) begins with a tale about a near-fatal "three-hour tour" and a free lesson in how to make a drug cocktail that sounds delicious and will for sure kill you. We break down Palin's eloquent endorsement of Donald Trump and then turn our attention to the ongoing armed and illega...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins (much to Jason's distaste) with a tale of vomit, poo, and Christian's supposedly comforting bedside manner. We then take a call from a listener whose holiday cheer rivals that of the Grinch, but which leads to a discussion about which is more indicative of Christianity: Frosty the Snowman or the Easter Bunny. We then turn our attention to a video by the Jewi...

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors by taking a call that causes us to wrestle with the proper term for cripples (as in, is it wrong to call them cripples? We aren't sure, but we're looking into it). We then take another voice mail from the same listener, but we become distracted by trying to outdo one another with our best Midwest accents (ookee dookee, y'betcha). After we have sufficiently...