Episodes
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S4E5 SEASON FINALE! Eaves-dropping, Sig Scents, Snakes in the Closet, Big Substack Growth & More
In the Season 4 FINALE (so soon!) Morgan and Sara talk about her Norway trip featuring St. Olav's Way and the Lofoten Islands. Morgan goes viral (...for her, ok?), Sara's SUDs spikes reading workshop feedback live, the beauty of the 4.6 Chipotle, and secret pest invasions. Plus, Morg's new…
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S4E4: What to do When Yr Friend Goes Viral, Choosin' Texas, and Goooaaaallllllls
In what might be our most feral episode ever, we talk about what to do when your friend goes viral (answer: think about it endlessly). Also, French Mani shaming, famous people in book clubs, corn cobs...the new wipes? and country music-splaining. What we're wearing, what we're into, what we're...
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S4E3: Friendships with Insane Lore, Micro-Feminism & Pilgrimage Prep
In this week's ep: mythic friendships, Raising Hare, and ankle chaffing. Sara takes on Olive Garden, Morgan drinks out of colorful straws, makes fluffy desserts, and more micro fun. First celebrity crushes, neck braces, first concerts, what we're into, what we're worried about, and what we REALLY...
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S4E2: Make America (Sort Of) Healthy Again, Butt Lifts, Pilgrimage Anti-Prep & More
This week: Feeling bad about laughing at funerals, getting hungrier after Sweetgreens, the Barre backside lift, and grabbing ducks at Tractor Supply. How to not prepare for a very long walk, what we're watching, and a burning question: can you be accidentally MAHA? What we're worried about, what...
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S4E1: Season Premiere! feat. Resting Clown Face 🤡
Season 4 of That’s the Spirit is here! Why getting dressed can feel existential, murder in the cereal aisle, the great Midwestern duck sweater of 2026, and seeing a famous person at a writing festival. What to do when you're happier to see a friend than they are, laughing at a funderal, and…
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SEASON 3 FINALE! 🥂 Radically Minding Your Own Business, Aspirational Holiday-ing & More
On the Season 3 FINALE!—Morgan's big T-giving and Sara's Turkey Trot + pickup football fantasy. Also: Can you choose to be nice to yourself instead of falling down the fear-shame spiral? Do Morgan's pants make her look naked? A special thanks to our Patreon supporters and to each of you for...
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Good art, old lovers, and why every evangelical kid missed out on Song of Solomon — with Ned Bustard!
This week, Morgan and Sara are walking on air after a very funny, very lovely conversation with fan favorite and first-ever repeat guest Ned Bustard. Ned talks about love after loss, his new projects coming out from Square Halo Books, creative practice, an invitation to a PA creative gathering…
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Vulnerability hangovers, Marilynne Robinson Slumber Party & the Green Parrots of Rome
This week, Morgan and Sara recap a mega Italy adventure. 1200s perfume, birthday gelato in Florence, and a gentleman waiter for the ages. Sara tries fiction and asks why can't book launches be more like product drops? Morgan takes 36 seriously, and much more. There's some real questions and some...
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S3E3: Sister Energy, Powders + Acids, and Homeschool Style
This week, Morgan and Sara talk about sister energy, Nuuly order foibles, and fall style inspo straight from the homeschool bin. Plus a fresh batch of listener questions. Where are you on the "Basically a Duggar or Coolest Person on Earth" scale? Listen in! * Support us on Patreon Email listener…
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S3E2: Italy Confessions, Southern Sorority Culture & Sea Creature Phobia
This week, Morgan and Sara talk about Southern Bid Days, eating their way through Italy, and easy pumpkin vibes. Need a break from the wild, wider world? Count yourself in and laugh with us for an hour. Support us on Patreon Preorder Sara's new book Nervous Systems Find Morgan on In Residence and...
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S3E1: Season Premiere! Fried Butter Exposure, Pentecostal Mullets & Your Inner Teen
We're back, baby. In the season 3 premiere, Morgan and Sara talk state fair season, Morgan's new sorority girl reality and Sara's inner teen exploration and book marketing anxieties. It's wild out there, friends, and it's more than ok to laugh. Consider yourself invited. Support us on Patreon...
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SEASON 2 FINALE!🎉 What we're into, what we're anxious about, and what's ahead!
What we’re into, what we’re anxious about, what we learned this season & what we’re up to this summer. We've had a blast this season and are happy to report that our little pod reached over 5,000 downloads. A small but mighty feat. A special thanks to our Patreon supporters and each of you for...
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S2E8: Hydration Anxiety, Going Full Linen, Viva Italia!
This week, Morgan and Sara talk about very important questions: Are electrolytes the new green juice? When does linen move from cute to old? Can Sara bring back the rat tail? Secret anxiety files, wild writing, caregiving gets real real. Listen up! * Support our NEW Patreon and 📣 get yr…
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S2E7: Cara Meredith Takes us to Church Camp — and to Outback for Bloomin' Onions
This week, we lay out a Pendleton blanket, crack open a couple of cold ones and gather 'round the campfire as we welcome Cara Meredith, author of Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation. "Make purple?" The nefarious OUTBACK night? Look, we didn't know...
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S2 E6: Anonymous Crushes, 40's Feelings, Lenten Follies & Peeps 4ever
This week, Morgan and Sara talk anonymous crushes, the glory of the peep, avoiding nice women, pit-to-pit measurements, big thoughts on 40, and a defense of Shrek. Plus, a speed round of listener Q's. It's rough out there, friends, escape with us for an hour! * Support our NEW Patreon and 📣 get…
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S2 E5: When good writers on retreat go bad, bourbon tasting nuttiness, and once-a-decade cig indulgences
Need a news detox? We got you. This week, Morgan and Sara recover from a whirlwind writers' retreat weekend in the beautiful bluegrass state. A bourbon tasting for the ages! Race Day pie before lunch! Deadstock groceries! Also: Sara's dad embarrasses her again, Morgan shares what it's really like...
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S2 E4: Telling (Fun) Lies, Wildly Specific Interests, and Pennsylmania with Ned Bustard!
This week, we welcome printmaker, "Every Moment Holy" illustrator, and Square Halo Books creative director NED BUSTARD to the pod. We're all in on light stuff, hard stuff, church stuff, creativity, community, publishing, and printmaking. Ned is prolific, wise, and a whole lot of fun. Listen in! *...
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S2 E3: Wienerdogville USA, Famous People at Church, Yr First Cig
This week, we're talking substance use, ordination day and dogs—the perfect podcast trifecta! Sara wilts when a famous musician takes the stage during a Sunday service, Morgan puts on turtlenecks and takes on a wild pack of weiner dogs. This may be our favorite episode yet. Listen in! Support our...
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S2 E2: We've got questions ... for ERIN MOON!
This week, we welcome none other than Erin Moon! After an especially ridiculous ⚡outfits of the week⚡ segment, we talk with Erin about her new book, I'VE GOT QUESTIONS, scoring on the Spiritual Gifts Inventory, & Texas, explained. The world is wild, friends—take a beat and hang out with us for an...
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S2 E1: SEASON PREMIERE!🎉 How to fail at book club, prep for a neck procedure & break from social media in secret
We're back, and a lot has happened. For the season premiere of TtS: we're into and anxious about for the start of a new year. Morgan's got a new hobby, a favorite cranky classmate, and neck procedure prep. Sara has a new listening habit and book club fail. Season 2, let's go! Support our NEW...
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S1 Bonus Ep: Surprise! Our 2024 Holiday Special
They couldn't stay away! A surprise bonus holiday ep as Morgan and Sara discuss the horrible, beautiful seasons of advent, Christmas and New Year's. Merry happy everyone! * Find Morgan on In Residence and Instagram Find Sara on Bitter Scroll and Instagram More about us at thatsthespiritpod.com…
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S1 E8: Season Finale! First Kisses & Hot Frosty and What's Next
This week, Morgan and Sara pull out all the stops with a particularly spicy and ridiculous conversation. Take a seat, crack your neck, pour a dram, and come round the fire as we talk about being scared of women, the secret diet of monks, what we do in the bathroom, and (FINALLY) Sara's…
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S1 E7: Sick Burns, Faking Doctor & the Inattentive ADHD Club
This week, Morgan and Sara talk about feeling like a million bucks on estrogen, sick "Guess Who" burns, a doc visit with a physician who may be wax and could be pretending, feeling seen and betrayed in a fancy restaurant, Templeton the Rat's Love is Blind doppelganger and Martha-Martha-Martha!…
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S1 E6: — Your Election Anxiety Coffee Break, with Sophie Hudson!
This week, we welcome the pure delight of a human Sophie Hudson! After a speed round of what we’re into and our ⚡outfits of the week⚡, we talk with Sophie about her new book, narcissism vs. healthy leadership, finding love on Kelly's Corner Singles, and Mississippi, explained. We’re your election...
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S1 E5: Nicorette, Custard, Homecoming and Hip Hop Yoga
This week, we’re diving deep into the joy of homecoming, whether Morgan is actually from the 1700s, and why Sara has a low bar for being grossed out. Yoga instructor anxiety, Nicorette in 2024, and what if we were on "Love is Blind for middle-aged people?" Listener mail, outfits of the week—we're...
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S1 E4: Book Dreams Can Come True — With Annie B. Jones!
This week, we welcome our first guest, the writer and bookseller Annie B. Jones. After a speed round of what we're into and our ⚡outfits of the week⚡, we dive into a chat with Annie about the joys and perils of entrepreneurship, bringing her first book into the world, and how buying a bookstore...
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S1 E3: The Horror of Meeting a Very Famous Person, Pet Blessings, Let's ADHD, Baby
This week, Morgan and Sara talk about how it feels to get an ADHD diagnosis in your 30s, animal blessings, seeing yr therapist in public, and the horror of meeting a very famous person in real life. We're going deep this week, friends. Listen in! Boden Dog Shirt Find Morgan on In Residence and...
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S1 E2: Sizing Up, Pumpkin Tats & Alex Murdaugh's Big Capri Sun Energy
This week, Morgan and Sara explore the wide world of underwear upsizing, book edit anxiety, Alison Roman's ubiquitous voice, the weird obsession with a certain North Carolina lawyer and kid drink, and much more. What we're anxious about, what we're into: We're on a roll, people. Find Morgan on...
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S1 E1: Let's Try It! Baby Anglicans, AirBnB Anxiety, Is Tim Walz Gen X?
It's our inaugural episode, and some introductions are in order. Does it take trust to laugh with someone like it does to talk about serious things? We think so, and we'll prove it by diving into what we're anxious about and what we're into this week, plus answer a burning listener question. You...