The Joe and Smith Podcast: Read the Book of Mormon with us

Joe, Smith, Molly, and Reneigh close out their four-part deep dive into Alma 5 — the hardest chapter to finish when you keep getting distracted by werewolves. Is Michael Crichton's Sphere as scripture? Have you seen the anus of Blucifer ? (he doesn’t like being called that). He's the giant blue horse outside Denver Airport whose sculptor Luis Jimenez famously died during its creation. From there t...

Smith wants to talk KPop Demon Hunters, but Joe is clueless. Joe wants to talk Frankenstein. Someone claiming to be his attorney shows up but he kind of sounds like Bob Odenkirk from this TGTTM commercial. The guys try to explain the WoW, but it’s been a while. There is a Blue Mustang that clip-clops around.  Data and Kit try to teach about why you shouldn’t drink and drive. Smith refers to this D...

The guys are joined by Reneigh! Smith wants to collect his cigar funds, and has a note to read from his doctor. Smith suggests reading Michael Crichton over the BOM. Smith asks about a David Bazan documentary and mentions a Pedro the Lion song . Smith leaves at the arrival of Minnette Mumbalance. The crew is interrupted by someone speaking in brogue-code. It’s Jenny from Big Brother UK. She’s from...

Smith is missing, but Joe is joined by his old buddy Reneigh. They meet Dee Klein who works at the fraud department of Joe’s bank, YourBank. Dee reads from Alma 05 which starts off as a recap of the last few chapters which were probably boring. Reneigh talks about The Traitors and seems to recommend it.  Dee warns Joe about getting drained.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric Van...

Molly Morgasm joins the guys again and she has a sleepy confession. She is also trying out a new habit. Smith reminds the listener of the toes sketch from Tim and Eric’s Bedtime Stories (TW- this is grooosssssss). Smith brings up this old Onion video. Smith does a spot-on Lorne impression. Joe can’t help but to re-tell this joke.  Joe is excited to have a new connection to a Flav connection. Molly...

It’s the return of Molly Morgasm! She’s the guys’ old friend from a previous episode. The crew try to determine whether or not Michael Stipe ’s accent is a British accent. Joe talks about how the Denver airport is haunted. Molly describes a wonderful act of service in which she went around a grieving widow’s home and replaced spiritual quotes with quotes from the band The Smiths . Molly explains t...

Smith mixes up the dates for podcast recordings and he tries to do an X-Files episode . The guys are joined by a new friend Terry Cloth (Cloth), who promptly reminds the guys of this Lonely Island video. Smith mentions this bowling video from Vic Berger that everyone watches during the break later. There is also this turkey video too. Terry mentions this video where Eddy Burback convinces a robot...

The guys are finally joined by the third namesake in the podcast: And. And has quite the mythology around her.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmith   Remember who you are and what you stand for  

Smith gets an idea to add a drum fill sound effect. Joe refers to this clip from Conan.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmith   Remember who you are and what you stand for

Joe is interrupted by Dr. John from this podcast.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmith   Remember who you are and what you stand for

Smith is joined by Count Orlok this week. If you don’t know Bill Reel’s story about getting ex’d for calling JRH a liar, he probably covers it in this ep. Count Orlok and Smith struggle with the Akinator app and site .    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://p...

The guys start with a surprise 4-minute watchalong to this Postal Service video. They reference info from this podcast episode about a song about an ex.  Joe refers to this podcast episode from RFM.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmi...

Tech note: Smith has an audio issue for the last half of the episode. Smith reviews some recent purchases à la the Add to Cart p-cast with the widow howl app . Smith tells about his grandparents who had to clean movie theaters, but got some fringe benefits from it. Joe brings up this part of Modern Romance. Joe’s description does it zero justice. Smith refers to this animated gif from the band Pen...

Is it a solo Smith-o? Nope. Ariff Em shows up, and boy is he angry about JK (not Rowling). He talks about the smell of napalm in the morning . Ariff Em refers to the formation of Voltron.  Ariff Em provides an accurate summary of the movie Conclave .    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscri...

The guys start out with tech talk. Smith is anti-pepto. Joe shares his B-52’s karaoke idea. Smith loves this karaoke video from Eric VanAusdal of John Cage’s 4'33" composition. Joe refers to this episode of MoNiteLive. JBTW Fkng rules. Smith wants to add zombies to the BOM.  Joe gets excited about BSA cheers. It’s quite a scouting tangent. Joe tells his latest favorite Brazilian rollercoaster   Pr...

Joe is not drunk, but his creepy guitar-playing suggests it.  Smith refers to this Vic Berger video about Ted Cruz, and this Vic Berger video about Jon Voight. Smith also talks about this part of a Vsauce video featuring the voice of presidential assassin JWB. Definitely JWB. Then there’s this scene from Idiocracy (2006). There’s also this short of Tyson walking away from an interview with his bun...

Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmith   Remember who you are and what you stand for

Joe tells an Alien$ story he heard on the Blank Check podcast. Smith wants more info about Cary Elwes. Smith comes up with the best name for a garment store.  Smith refers to this episode of the Dollop podcast. Joe tells about how this Mr Magoo cartoon spoiled Moby Dick for him.    Presented by Catchall Audio Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesu...

Smith informs Joe about the church purchasing the Kirtland Temple from the Community of Christ. Joe refers back to this South Park episode and summarizes the beginnings of the BOM for anyone who doesn’t know. Smith mentions this part from the Tim and Eric movie. Joe points out this series of Behind the Bastards podcast episodes. The guys have both heard Teller’s voice. Here’s a link to an unvetted...

The guys talk about how they’re feeling about the church after being out for a while. Some of Joe’s kids don’t really remember even going. Joe plays a reverse-jeopardy style game to try to relay information to Smith about the director Henry Selick . Smith announces a new BOM-related Lego line. The guys look down on the f***ing idiots who said ‘page number’ instead of ‘hymn number. Joe brings T2: J...

Joe refers to this piece of church art, and then this YT video from a news blooper compilation that he enjoyed. He then refers to this David Bazan song.    Music Provided by Eric VanAusdal The Book of Mormon is publicly available at churchofjesuschrist.org  Become a subscriber on our patreon at- https://patreon.com/joeandsmith   Remember who you are and what you stand for

Smith reminds the listener about a bundle of sticks. Joe has a scary story from E Colfax Ave. Smith spoils the end of The Prestige (2006), and gets a C-Nol quiz from Joe. There is more back-and-forth between Abinadi and King Noah. The guys keep referring to this unattributed picture .  The guys remember an old Pablo Francisco bit. Smith confesses to going to PF on V-day with Jared from Static Cycl...

The guys are back after another unplanned hiatus. Smith reminds Joe of some of his favorite mormonads , Joe isn’t convinced they’re real. Joe shares his thoughts on the authorship of the Bible after having listened to a lot of the Bible Brothers podcast. He plays a couple of BOM-related clips from it. Joe inaccurately refers to this unattributed picture of Tiger King Noah. Joe kills some fun by br...

Joe talks about the P’s of the C attraction at Disneyparks. Smith discovers that Chapter 14 is an Isaiah chapter so the guys skip it. Joe talks about one of his favorite new podcasts, Bible Brothers , where two actual comedy writers read the KJV. Smith talks about a D ass B quote that he saw online in a job posting for the church. Smith talks about an exmo reddit post that contrasted the shirt col...

This ep would be all-the-way skipable if it weren’t for the action we get from King Noah and the crew. Smith wasn’t feeling well, and it had been too long since an episode was released, so Joe broke protocol and recorded a solo episode. It serves the dual purposes of moving along in the reading, as well as demonstrating the necessity of our dear Smith.  Joe questions his own sanity in talking to h...