Episode 232: Church of the Holy Dysfunction

In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk vanishing cursive, gentle parenting, church families, and grieving rockstars. Also, RJ reveals why he doesn't like writing thank-you notes, while Sarah sings one, er, hell of a spiritual. Click here to read Drew Gilpin Faust's piece on how Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive in The Atlantic. Click here to read Jessica Winter's profile of The Harsh World of "Gentle Parenting" in The New Yorker. Click here to read Sarah Hinlicky Wilson's piece for Mbird, "One Big (Unhappy) Family?". Click here to read the NY Times Magazine's interview with Nick Cave. Click here to order his book Faith, Hope, and Carnage.