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Send us Fan Mail In the early 1980s, Valley Girl slang escaped Southern California and somehow became a national emergency.   Teachers warned it was ruining English. Parents said it meant kids were getting dumber. Church leaders treated it like a sign of moral decay.   But this wasn’t really about language.   In this episode of Moral Panic Autopsy, we take a look at how harmless teen slang became...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight, we're going to be a little all over the place as we talk about a wide variety of topics. Kind of like a church potluck: you don't really know what you're eating, but you enjoy it anyway. Let's mix and mingle! Thank you to Skeptic Philosophy for hanging with me for a few minutes. He will be on next week for a full interview. Please don't miss it. I...

Send us Fan Mail In the 1980s, churches across America declared war on a tabletop game—and somehow lost the trust of an entire generation in the process. In this Moral Panic Autopsy, we revisit the Satanic Panic’s obsession with Dungeons & Dragons, the cartoon backlash, the Chick tracts, and the lasting damage done to Gen X creativity and trust. #MoralPanicAutopsy #SatanicPanic #DungeonsAndDra...

Send us Fan Mail Gen X watched the church cancel its own long before social media existed. Artists like Jennifer Knapp, Ray Boltz, Jars of Clay, Amy Grant, and others weren’t exiled for abuse or corruption—but for honesty, doubt, and humanity. This episode explores how Christian cancel culture helped push an entire generation away from institutional faith. #WhyGenXWalkedAway #ChristianCancelCultur...

Send us Fan Mail Gen X didn’t leave the church in a blaze of rebellion. We left quietly — after noticing something didn’t add up. In this Season 2 premiere livestream of The Mighty Philbert, we kick off a new format and a new chapter by examining a disturbing truth many of us lived through: How abortion became the defining Christian political issue, despite not always being treated that way — and...

Send us Fan Mail At 18, I was absolutely certain I had life, faith, and morality figured out.  At 50, I know how wrong that certainty made me. In this episode of The Mighty Philbert , I reflect on who I was at 18 — licensed into ministry, convinced of biblical inerrancy, and quick to judge — and contrast that with who I am now: more curious, more empathetic, and far less interested in being right...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Mighty Philbert , I explore how Gen X deconstruction didn’t begin with debates or atheist books, but through culture : music, movies, comedy, and lived experience. Long before we had words like “deconstruction,” we were already questioning authority, certainty, and fear-based faith. This isn’t a theology debate or a political rant.  It’s a generational refle...

Send us Fan Mail This is the final episode of ADVENT SHMADVENT . While Christians light the Christ Candle to celebrate purity, salvation, and obedience, The Mighty Philbert lights the final Shmadvent candle: 🔥 The Awakening Candle The candle of reason, clarity, freedom, and self-trust. In this episode, we talk honestly about: • Waking up from fear-based belief systems  • Letting go of guilt, sham...

Send us Fan Mail Last month, I debated the Kentucky Atheist on his channel on the topic of Which Universe is a Better Model for Society: Star Wars or Star Trek? He's allowed me to share this here for my subscribers and followers. I hope you'll have as much fun listening as we did debating this.  You can find The Kentucky Atheist's YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheKentu...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 4 of ADVENT SHMADVENT , where The Mighty Philbert takes the Christian Angel’s Candle of Peace and contrasts it with the Shmadvent Bullshit Candle — representing centuries of false promises, fear-based theology, and psychological manipulation. Christians love quoting “peace on earth, goodwill toward men” , but the lived reality of Christianity tells a very differ...

Send us Fan Mail It's that time of year again, where we take a look back at the year and talk about the future of the Mighty Philbert podcast. Yes, today I present my State of the Philbert address for 2025. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 3 of ADVENT SHMADVENT, where The Mighty Philbert takes the pink Shepherd’s Candle of Joy and holds it up against the real, documented history of Christian power. This week’s Shmadvent candle is: 🔥 The Tyranny Candle — lit in remembrance of the violence, oppression, forced conversions, and authoritarian control carried out in the name of Jesus for centuries. In...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight on The Mighty Philbert Livestream, we’re diving into the most overlooked, underwritten, and frankly suspiciously quiet character in the Nativity story: Joseph. Yes — poor Joseph. The carpenter. The fiancé. The man who woke up one day to find out his bride-to-be was pregnant by… God. This episode is a fully irreverent, sarcastic, and historically grounded look at: Who Josep...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2 of Advent Shmadvent, we compare the Christian Bethlehem Candle of Faith with the Shmadvent Contradictions Candle — and discover that Matthew and Luke can’t even agree on where Jesus’ parents lived, why they traveled, when Jesus was born, or what happened after. Turns out the Christmas story is… kinda a mess. 🔥 Shmadvent Candle #2: The Contradictions Candle Faith vs....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 1 of ADVENT SHMADVENT, the holiday series where The Mighty Philbert takes the beloved Christian tradition of Advent… and gives it a warm, sarcastic, fact-checked reality check. This week, we tackle the Prophecy Candle — the candle of Hope. Christians say it represents the prophets who foretold the birth of Jesus. But the Shmadvent candle? 🔥 The Misunderstood Ca...

Send us Fan Mail Hate never really disappears. It just learns how to blend in. In this special episode, Ember, from the Better Than Ember Channel joins me as we take a hard look at how racial and homophobic bigotry shaped the 20th century — and how it’s finding new life in today’s culture. From Emmett Till and James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, to James Byrd Jr., Brandon Teena, S...

Send us Fan Mail On this livestream, Scott Duke joins me as we discuss The Beat's recent video concerning Christian persecution and what it means to be a "Jesus Follower". 

Send us Fan Mail What happens after we die? Nobody really knows — but that hasn’t stopped billions from pretending they do. In this episode, I tear into the business of death, the psychology of Heaven and Hell, the science of near-death experiences, and what it really means to make peace with the inevitable. It’s part philosophy, part dark comedy, and all Mighty Philbert. Because the only thing sc...

Send us Fan Mail Tonight we’re doing a live autopsy of the debate between Christian exorcist Bob Larson and PhD classicist Ammon Hillman. We’ll look at what’s actually said on camera—claims, dodges, definitions (or the lack of them), and the recurring move where diagnosis replaces dialogue. When disagreement gets labeled “demonic,” can there even be a debate? If you’re new here—welcome. Around her...

Send us Fan Mail Brylan Riggs thinks Miss Rachel — yes, the children’s YouTuber who teaches colors and kindness — is “evil.”  Why? Because she told toddlers everyone belongs.  In this episode, The Mighty Philbert dismantles his pearl-clutching hypocrisy point by point.  We’ll talk fragile faith, fake outrage, and the ongoing Christian panic over basic decency.  If “love thy neighbor” offends you,...

Send us Fan Mail In Jackson County, TN, Pastor Andrew Isker is demanding that locals remove their “Hate Has No Home Here” signs — calling them hate speech . Because nothing says “Christlike love” like banning kindness, right? Today, I break down the lunacy of calling compassion dangerous — and why Christian nationalism is the biggest threat to love your neighbor since segregation.  #TheMightyPhilb...

Send us Fan Mail YouTube Christian Apologist, Big Jon Steel, tries to debunk an Atheist's video about why she doesn't find Heaven appealing. I guess we can't even have opinions anymore. Anyway, in his retorts, I find a lot of things to comment on.  #mightyphilbert #bigjonsteel #counterapologetics #deconstruction

Send us Fan Mail Here's my list of the top 5 Bible verses Christians always seem to ignore. #mightyphilbert #deconstruction #churchhypocrisy #exvangelical #counterapologetics

Send us Fan Mail Should the 10 Commandments be posted in public school classrooms? One YouTube atheist said definitely not, and Big Jon Steel had a problem with that. So, here, I respond to Big Jon's response. All kinds of fun! #mightyphilbert #bigjonsteel #counterapologetics #exvangelical #deconstruction

Send us Fan Mail The pulpit is supposed to be a place of truth, but sometimes it becomes a stage for betrayal, abuse, and mass death. In Part 2 of The Dark Side of the Pulpit , we dive into three haunting stories: 🩸 Murder Ordained : Pastor Tom Bird and church secretary Lorna Anderson — an affair that turned into conspiracy and two suspicious deaths. 🔥 Jack Schaap : A megachurch pastor who used...