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The Mockingcast — 294 episodes

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Episode 294: Who Do You Think You Are Miss Astorbutt?

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Episode 293: The Secret Vault of Thomas Kinkade

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Episode 292: False Evidence Appearing Real

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Episode 291: Happiness Weighs an Extra Twenty Pounds

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Episode 290: Sanctuary of the Pitiful Heart

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Episode 289: Throw Parties, Give Gifts, Tell Stories

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Episode 288: A Dog Named Lucifer

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Episode 287: All the Blessed Interruptions

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Episode 286: Miracle at the Body Shop

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Episode 285: A Beautiful Day to Yell at God

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Episode 284: The Telephone of Life

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Episode 283: The Ol' Telling the Truth Trick

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Episode 282: Do It Afraid

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Episode 281: Fluffy Pens and Perfectionist Pain

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Bonus Episode: "The Hawaiian Shirt Guy at at Wedding" from Terrible Parables

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Episode 279: We Are All Nepo Babies

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Episode 278: Big Joe Breaks the Silence

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Episode 277: The Big Relief of a Good Dishwasher

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Episode 276: Love Has a Million Disguises (But Winning Is Simply Not One)

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Episode 275: Whereupon He Flipped Me the Bird

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Episode 274: Donuts for Lent

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Episode 273: The Kingdom of God Comes to Death Row

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Episode 272: Running Toward the Ick

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Episode 271: The Trapdoor of Grace

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Episode 270: Planes, Trains, and Miracles

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Episode 269: A Crisis of Gratitude

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Episode 268: Loving the Hell Out

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Episode 267: Redemption Is Better Than Perfection

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Episode 266: Reintroducing the Mockingcast

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Episode 265: Why Me Lord?

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Episode 264: Rock Bottom Has a Basement

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Episode 263: Estrangements and Encylopedias

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Bonus Episode: "Faith" from The Brothers Zahl

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Episode 261: What Am I Gonna Do About the Demons?

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Episode 260: I Don't Know If I Should Say This

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Episode 259: Last Chopper Out of Vietnam

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Episode 258: The Greatest Bible Study of All Time

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Episode 257: Screwing Up Is a Good Start

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Episode 256: God Is Not a Puzzle to Be Solved

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Episode 255: Mortal Movie Stars and Awesome Astronauts

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Episode 254: Fellowship of the Cringe

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Episode 253: The Ministry of Fun

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Episode 252: A Merry Little Rizzmas

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Episode 251: The Horror and the Majesty

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Episode 250: The Gang Goes Goth

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Episode 249: Justin Timberlake Is Dead to Me

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Episode 248: God's Great Merciful Lie

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Episode 247: Boys, Men, and Second Chances

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Episode 246: Sanitation Salvation

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Episode 245: God Never Shows Up Early

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Episode 244: Don't Forget to Tip Your Server

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Episode 243: The Worst Pep Talk Ever

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Episode 242: If I Wasn't Worried About Money

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Episode 241: How Old Are You (in Your Head)?

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Episode 240: Pain Avoidant Weirdos

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Episode 239: So Ruined, So Loved

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Episode 238: Heaven Is a Sleepover

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Episode 237: Missing the Miracles

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Episode 236: Dimming the Gaslights

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Episode 235: Disco Advent

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Episode 234: Boundaries Schmoundaries

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Episode 233: The Main Difference Between a Wedding and a Funeral

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Episode 232: Church of the Holy Dysfunction

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Episode 231: Low Anthropology Is My Love Language

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Episode 230: The Gospel of Ineffective Altruism

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Episode 229: The Opposite of Adulting

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Episode 228: Failed Saviors Anonymous

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Episode 227: Goblin Forgiveness

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Episode 226: No Fanny Packs in Heaven

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Episode 225: Stop Nagging Me (and Start Nagging God)

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Episode 224: The Least Pleasurable Sin

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Episode 223: Love Is Downwardly Mobile

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Episode 222: The Best Place to Cry in Public

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Episode 221: The Fastest Way to End a Miracle

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Episode 220: Beauty, Betrayal, and Burnout

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Episode 219: Hell Is Getting Everything You Want

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Episode 218: Too Good to Be True

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Episode 217: Not Captain Material

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Episode 216: No One Is Enjoying Their Life

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Episode 215: Blessed Are the Brokenhearted

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Episode 214: God Is On The Bathroom Floor

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Episode 213: Don't Count Another Man's Money

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Episode 212: The Secret to Complete Mastery

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Special Episode: The Surprise Issue

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Episode 210: Don't Stop Beliebing

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Episode 209: What If You Weren't Afraid Anymore?

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Episode 208: God Is Insane

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Episode 207: Tangled Redemption

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Episode 206: The Goalposts Are Moving

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A New Podcast from Mockingbird! Trailer for The Brothers Zahl

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Episode 204: Sexy Lexie Has a Nervous Breakdown

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Episode 203: What If I'm Wrong About Everything?

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Episode 202: Batteries Not Included

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Special Episode: The Sports Issue

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Episode 200: A Mockingcast Birthday Extravaganza!

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Episode 199: Night of the Living Swingset

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Episode 198: I Feel Guilty About Liking This

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Episode 197: Play Now

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Episode 196: The Land of Bland

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Episode 195: All Shall Be Swell

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Episode 194: Defunding the Inner Police

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Episode 193: Those Upgrades Can Wait

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Episode 192: Smokin' Soulmates

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Episode 191: Exploding Heads and Inedible Sandwiches

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Episode 190: My Name Is Soapbox

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Episode 189: From Minneapolis to Constantinople

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Episode 188: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Mockingcast

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Episode 187: Watch Out Whitney

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Episode 186: Garbage Pail Groundhogs

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Episode 185: Be Like Mike?

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Episode 184: Karen vs the Emotion Police

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Episode 183: The Ballad of Weird Al

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Episode 182: Deployed!

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Episode 181: The Great Thing About Hell

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Episode 180: Lowering the Bar

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Episode 179: Coronacation Survival Kit

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Episode 178: What Would Gaga Do?

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Episode 177: The Type Who Never Listens

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Special Episode: The Future Issue

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Episode 175: Spirals of Forgiveness

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Episode 174: The Unchurchables

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Episode 173: Time's Quaint Stream(ing Service)

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Episode 172: Mary, Did You Have Amazon Prime?

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Episode 171: Everybody Loves Dolly

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Episode 170: Eat Your Heart Out, Marisa Tomei

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Episode 169: Optimizing the Broken

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Episode 168: Surprise Party

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Episode 167: Tuesday Freedom

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Episode 166: A Very Brady Mockingcast

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Episode 165: Be Nice, Lee Ann!

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Episode 164: Get in the Pool!

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(Mini-)Episode 163: Hope

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Special Episode: The Family Issue

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(Mini-)Episode 161: The Holy Spirit

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(Mini-)Episode 160: The Bondage of the Will

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Episode 159: The One About the Devil

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Episode 158: Pelagian Privilege

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Episode 157: Glorious Inefficiency

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Episode 156: The House of Brontosaurus

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Episode 155: Putting the Fun Back in Funeral

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Episode 154: God's Cup of Tea

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Episode 153: Jesus Is Aunt Becky

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Special Episode: The Faith and Doubt Issue

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Episode 151: Don't Wash Your Face

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Episode 150: Rumors of Grace

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Episode 149: Called Out!

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Episode 148: Hanging With Mr Cooper

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Episode 147: Sick Day Christianity

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Special Episode: Top Theology Books of 2018

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Episode 145: Gum, Gatorade, and Grace

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Episode 144: Teenage Recession

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Episode 143: A More Brunch-Like Experience

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Episode 142: The Untrustworthy List

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Episode 141: Electrocuting Barbie Dolls

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Episode 140: Hobbies, Pets, and Judges

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Episode 139: The Opposite of Sex

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Special Episode: The Deja Vu Issue

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Episode 137: Safety Dance

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Episode 136: Republic of Cancer

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Episode 135: Oh the Humanity!

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Episode 134: Effortless Church Planting

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Episode 133: The Gang Gets Washed

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Episode 132: Is There Still a Spaceman?

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Episode 131: Our Favorite Hallucinogen

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Episode 130: Royal Weddings, Vegan YouTubers, and Original Sin

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Episode 129: Kanye and Kim (Not That Kim)

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Episode 128: Infiltrating New York City

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Special Episode: The Humor Issue

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Episode 126: Some Kind of Sinners Anonymous

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Episode 125: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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Episode 124: Academy of Imputation

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Episode 123: Opiates of the People

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Episode 122: Free Juice

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Episode 121: Cradles, Quarterbacks, and the Angel of Death

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Episode 120: Humblebragging about Aziz and Atonement

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Episode 119: A New Year, Some Good Books, and an Old Church

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Episode 118: Tis Better To Receive Than to Give?

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Episode 117: The Mockingcast Rides Again!

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Episode 116: Prayer and Affliction: Martin Luther on the Spiritual Roots of Theological Insight - Simeon Zahl

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Episode 115: Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (in the Work of John Bunyan) - Dan Horn

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Episode 114: Grace in Luther - Matthew Milliner

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Episode 113: Closing Q&A with Nick Lannon, Sarah Condon, Jacob Smith and David Zahl

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Episode 112: Can't Stop the Signal: Enduring Hope for Divided Times - David Zahl

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Episode 111: Grace, Race, and the KKK - Daryl Davis

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Episode 110: When Katie Met Luther: A New Kind of Love - Sarah Condon

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Episode 109: Robert Barnes and 500 Years of Justification by Grace Alone - Jacob Smith

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Episode 108: Devotion on Ezekiel 47:1-10 - Adam Morton

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Episode 107: No, Actually I Don't Work Out - Nick Lannon

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Episode 106: Freedom in Christ, or, How We Can Do What You Do on the Dance Floor

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Episode 105: Liars and Madmen and You: The Art of Narrative - CJ Green

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Episode 104: Exploring the Oddball World of Leftfield Christian Music 1973-87, Pt. 2 - John Zahl

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Episode 103: The Word of the Cross - Jim McNeely

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Episode 102: How to Have (Just) One God - Adam Morton

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Episode 101: Saving Paul From the Academy - Todd Brewer

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Episode 100: Greetings From the Upside Down - Stephanie Phillips

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Episode 99: The Reformation Today - Jacob Smith

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Episode 98: Science is From Mars, Theology is From Venus: Perspectives from Psychology and Faith - Bonnie Poon Zahl and Bethany Sollereder

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Episode 97: Multiple Marriages to the Same Spouse - Debbie and Ellis Brazeal

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Episode 96: The Gospel as the Dynamite of Salvation and Vocation as the Scaffolding of the Christian Life - Scott Keith

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Episode 95: Beneath the Pelagian Surface of Moana - Charlotte Getz

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Episode 94: Hearing Law, Seeing Gospel: A Mockingbird History of Art - Matthew Milliner

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Episode 93: Jesus and Therapy - Ethan Richardson

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Episode 92: Another Decade Ends - David Zahl

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Episode 91: Did It Have to Be Jesus? - Nicole Cliffe

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Episode 90: ARCHITECT: Fellow & Failing - Duo Dickinson

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Episode 89: The Raising of the Crucified One - Fleming Rutledge

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Episode 88: Sisyphus's Inbox - Oliver Burkeman

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Episode 87: Hiding in Plain Sight - Simeon Zahl

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Episode 86: Jackwagon Junction - Sarah Condon

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Episode 85: Rock n Roll All Day, Party Every Night - Aaron Zimmerman

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Episode 84: Fear and Trembling

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Episode 83: What's Zacchaeus Got To Do With It?

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Episode 82: The Power Of Meaning

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Episode 81: Outrage, Escape and Immortality

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Episode 80: Abandon Me...In Texas

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Episode 79: Love, Religion & Death

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Episode 78: Third Time's A Charm!

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Episode 77: The Food & Drink Magazine Edition

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Episode 76: Pastrix

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Episode 75: A Path Revealed

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Episode 74: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

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Episode 73: Shameless

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Episode 72: Good Riddance

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Episode 71: Star of Wonder, Star of Night

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Episode 70: Oh What A Feeling

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Episode 69: Special Episode: The Holiday Survival Guide

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Episode 68: By Faith And Not By Sight

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Episode 67: Silence

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Episode 66: Happy Thanksgiving!

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Episode 65: Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart!

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Episode 64: Come Healing

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Episode 63: Special Election Hangover Edition, With Jim Knable

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Episode 62: He’s Back…

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Episode 61: Happy Birthday To Us, Let’s Do The Monster Mash!

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Episode 60: Worship, Anxiety & The Lies We Tell Ourselves

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Episode 59: ScreenWise

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Episode 58: Finding God In The Waves (With Science Mike)

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Episode 57: Transcendent

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Episode 56: Theology After You’ve Been Left Behind

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Episode 55: Special Edition: A First Look At The Mental Health Issue Of The Magazine

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Episode 54: Help

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Episode 53: Getting Religion

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Episode 52: The Church’s One Foundation

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Episode 51: Christians Need Missionaries Too

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Episode 50: Grace After God?

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Episode 49: The Devil’s In The Details & The Nostalgia

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Episode 48: Speaking Of Faith, Fashion and Friendship

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Episode 47: Rest Assured

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Episode 46: Everything Moves

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Episode 45: Peter Leithart, Don Knotts & The Orthodoxy Of Romance

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Episode 44: PZ Returns

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Episode 43: Life Is An Authentic Mess

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Episode 42: Religion’s Place In A Chronically Anxious World

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Episode 41: Bonus Cast: Game Of Thrones Recap And Review

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Episode 40: The Ecumenical Apocalypse

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Episode 39: Did Jesus Have A Wife? Do You Have Septimania?!?

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Episode 38: Should You Ever Be Authentic Or Do What You Love?

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Episode 37: Bonus Mini-Cast: Lindy and Scott Review “Love And Friendship”

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Episode 36: How’s A Gorilla Mom Like Me Gonna Make It Through The Zombie Apocalypse?

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Episode 35: Nurture The Wow

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Episode 34: The Gospel Is For Sinners

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Episode 33: Special Episode: The Church Magazine Edition

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Episode 32: Preaching Can Be Powerful, But Should It Be Funny?

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Episode 31: Falling Into Grace

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Episode 30: What Is True Freedom? And What’s The Deal With Choose Your Own Adventure Books?

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Episode 29: Our Conversation With Derek Webb, Thoughts On Prince, And The Joys Of Crashing Weddings

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Episode 28: The Mockingbird NYC 2016 Podcast

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Episode 27: Vulnerability, Loss & The Anti-Law

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Episode 26: Tay The Twitbot Has Spoken, We’re All American Psychos Now

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Episode 25: Special Episode: The Superman V Batman First Look

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Episode 24: The Passion of Christ and Our Passion for Performance

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Episode 23: Preaching and Hearing The Word In Holy Week And A Live Recording From #MbirdTyler2016

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Episode 22: Life’s Too Short To Pretend You’re Not Religious, Let The Healing Begin

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Episode 21: The Power of Empathy, The Excesses of Leadership and The Episcopalian Skeletor

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Episode 20: Meet Our New Co-Host…

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Episode 19: A Lenten Theology Of The Cross

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Episode 18: The Protest Vote and The Magic of Protestantism

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Episode 17: Everyone’s A Critic

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Episode 16: Regret, Resolve and the Possibility of Relief

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Episode 15: A Conversation With Mark Oppenheimer

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Episode 14: Talking Science, Shame, and Satire in the wake of the Snowpocalypse

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Episode 13: David Bowie, David Brooks and the God Who Hates When We Hate Our Mess

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Episode 12: Mockingcast Special Edition: The State of Theology and Church in 2015

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Episode 11: The Power of Confession, The Fear of Failure, and Paul Zahl on Donald Trump

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Episode 10: Have Yourself A Mockingbird Christmas Time

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Episode 9: Stuff Your Face In Front Of The Elf On The Shelf, Right After You Go See Star Wars

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Episode 8: Find Your Safe Space

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Episode 7: There’s No Shame In Being Bill Murray

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Episode 6: Thanksgiving Edition…Grace and Gratitude

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Episode 5: Asking Polly What To Do When You’ve Been Pulverized In Palo Alto

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Episode 4: Wonder As A Wellspring Of Life

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Episode 3: Mockingcast Special Edition: The Technology Issue Preview

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Episode 2: The Surprising Jesus And The Story of Self-Justification

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Episode 1: The Mockingcast Premiere Episode