4-D Chess

Welcome to another episode of What the Frock?, where Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod once again attempt the impossible task of making sense of a world that seems determined not to make sense.This week’s conversation begins with a torpedo. Not metaphorically. An actual one. A Mark 48, fired in combat, setting off debate across the submarine world and raising a few questions about what really happened beneath the waves. From there, the discussion drifts through intelligence operations, geopolitics, and the strange way modern media manages to blame nearly everything, including gas prices and housing markets, on whichever crisis happens to be trending that week.But that is only the beginning.Along the way, Dave and Rod wrestle with theology, including the curious use of the so called Gospel of Thomas in modern political rhetoric. They talk about what happens when religious authority is used to sell ideas that may not actually belong to the faith being invoked. And then the conversation takes a more personal turn, reflecting on fear, anxiety, and how people, especially young people, process a world full of headlines about war and uncertainty.It is part history, part theology, part commentary, and occasionally part comedy.In other words, it is exactly what you would expect from What the Frock?