#85 - Saved!

#85 - Saved!

What happens when a queer director who grew up going to Christian schools finally gets a chance to make a movie about it? The result is strange: a story that begins as a dark comedy and ends as something you'd expect to find on the Hallmark Channel. Dan and Ryan discuss the highs and lows of 2004's Saved starring Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, and Macaulay Culkin. It's a mix of spot-on satire and cringey comedic bits that haven't aged well, with some confusing theological messaging thrown in for good measure. But you get to hear Dan and Ryan talk about their respective experiences with Christian sex ed! It's as horrifying as you think.

#84 - 7th Street Theater (Part 2)

Dan and Ryan continue their journey through the strangest TV series they've ever encountered. They learn why earrings are bad, why some of the movies they've watched for this podcast are good, and why Gates needs to be monitored by the authorities at all times.

#83 - Touched by an Angel

Ryan and Dan are joined by Kristen McKenzie of Highwire Improv to talk about an episode of Touched by an Angel featuring a young Alyson Hannigan. Questions are raised about how far into the future angels can see, what their spending limit is, and why God's hands seem to be tied when it comes to American healthcare. Also, fax machines are destroying our children!!

#82 - Cosmic Conflict: The Origin of Evil

Here's what we were able to piece together from this week's movie: Long ago, God created a perfect race of angels. And one of the angels was more perfect than any of them. He was so perfect that he was actually the worst one. And he started breaking God's laws, which none of the angels understood because nobody had ever broken them before. The evil angel started a rebellion against God, which God refused to destroy because otherwise it might have led to rebellion. Then God felt lonely so he created a new planet with humans, and it was a perfect paradise, so perfect that it was surprisingly easy for Satan to corrupt. God seems to be 0 for 2 with perfect paradises.

#81 - Bells of Innocence

Chuck Norris ventures into the West to stop a horde of ghosts in their deadly path.