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Giving Grace and Buying Guns
November 13, 2020
- 47:52
Now that the facism is ebbing, should the apologies be flowing? That's what Phill is hoping to glean from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. She...
Screw you, Mercury
November 6, 2020
- 37:19
This week, Phill is putting his phone down and looking up to the stars. First, he welcomes ABC News anchor and Ten Percent Happier...
The Pope's Big Gay Surprise
October 30, 2020
- 39:52
This week we’re looking at the church, and more specifically, who’s welcome inside. First, Phill chats with Gerald Posner, a journalist...
About The Show
We’re living in an unprecedented time, with many people looking for help and guidance in places they might not have looked to before. Journalist Phillip Picardi is one of them, with his journey coming as he re-evaluates his relationship with faith, spirituality and God. Picardi will take listeners on his quest to better understand his relationship with spirituality by learning how faith plays a role in other people’s lives, and with the help of the spiritual, religious, and agnostic, Picardi will guide listeners through the ethereal and worldly problems of the day, informed by his own on-and-off relationship with God. Through lenses both saintly and secular, Picardi will take a look at everything from sex to climate change, and how religion informs those discussions. New episodes every Friday.
More Episodes
Giving Grace and Buying Guns
November 13, 2020
- 47:52
Now that the facism is ebbing, should the apologies be flowing? That's what Phill is hoping to glean from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. She...
Screw you, Mercury
November 6, 2020
- 37:19
This week, Phill is putting his phone down and looking up to the stars. First, he welcomes ABC News anchor and Ten Percent Happier...
The Pope's Big Gay Surprise
October 30, 2020
- 39:52
This week we’re looking at the church, and more specifically, who’s welcome inside. First, Phill chats with Gerald Posner, a journalist...
The REAL Hocus Pocus
October 23, 2020
- 47:36
This week, we’re turning off the news and picking up our brooms. Witches are all around us, and always have been, so Phil decides to...
Amy Coney Barrett: A Catholic Bigot
October 16, 2020
- 41:39
In this week’s episode, Phill chats with two religious experts about the perversion of Christianity on display during the Supreme Court...
So, is this Karma?
October 9, 2020
- 43:30
This week, Phill takes a deep dive into what’s been on all of our minds: Is Donald Trump finally experiencing the karmic retribution he...
Is it a sin to hate Trump?
October 2, 2020
- 47:21
This week, Phill has a question on his mind -- is it okay to hate Trump? In a week in which Trump nominated a conservative judge to the...
The religious radicalization of the Supreme Court
September 25, 2020
- 36:06
In light of the tragic passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Phill invites Jenny Pizer of Lambda Legal to speak to the power RBG held on the...
How coronavirus has changed the way people die
September 18, 2020
- 42:34
As the death toll from the coronavirus reaches 200,000 in the United States, Phill talks to two chaplains about the difficulty of dying...
A Divine Abortion Story
September 11, 2020
- 27:04
This week, Phill hears a personal story of how one woman’s relationship to religion changed (for the better!) after her decision to have...
The sanctity of abortion
September 4, 2020
- 34:58
This week, Phill dives into the most religiously fraught political battlefield of our time: Abortion. To better understand the fight for...
Why Muslims Are Starving in ICE Detention
August 28, 2020
- 35:21
This week, Phill starts by discussing Jerry Falwell Jr’s resignation from the evangelical Liberty University amidst news of an alleged...
The Surprise Guest at the DNC
August 21, 2020
- 29:01
This week at the first ever socially distant DNC, leaders from the party were invited to give speeches and remarks in support of the...
Reverend Warnock and the case for the Religious Left
August 14, 2020
- 29:31
Reverend Raphael Warnock’s name has been in the news a lot lately as the Senate race heats up in Georgia. Just last week, WNBA...
Trans People are Sacred
August 7, 2020
- 38:37
Transgender people are currently fighting for their lives against an administration and a religious right that seems hellbent on denying...
Anti-Racism & Anti-Semitism
July 31, 2020
- 39:12
In the years following the election of Donald Trump, Anti-Semitism has been on the rise in America, marked by an increase in hate speech...
BDSM and...Buddhism?
July 24, 2020
- 30:48
This week, Phill talks to Soma Snakeoil, a Buddhism teacher and a professional dominatrix. Together, they chat about the intrinsic link...
On Faith and On Fury
July 17, 2020
- 29:47
A history of pain and controversy lies beneath the ashes of San Gabriel Mission, which caught fire last weekend. Phil talks to Alan...
Apocalypse Now?
July 10, 2020
- 29:41
2020 has been a hell of a year. Every month we read a new headline that makes it seem like the apocalypse might be nigh. While there's...
House of (Tarot) Cards
July 3, 2020
- 29:03
Protests in response to the murder of George Floyd at the end of May have sparked nationwide rallies that continue all across the...
Pride & Protest
June 26, 2020
- 24:26
Pride month during the pandemic has one thing in common with years past -- protest. Phil has a conversation with Ann Northrop, activist...
An Astrologer’s Guide to the Apocalypse
June 19, 2020
- 21:02
No one could have predicted the chaos that is 2020… or could they? Phil speaks to astrologer Chani Nicholas about how the present day...
The President's Sacrilege
June 12, 2020
- 28:43
Recently, President Trump received massive condemnation when law enforcement officials used gas and flash bombs to remove peaceful...
Facing Death and Seeing Miracles
June 12, 2020
- 28:41
Phil introduces the podcast by talking about one of the reasons he began re-evaluating his relationship with God: finding love. He’ll...
Introducing Unholier Than Thou (coming soon)
May 29, 2020
- 01:18
Award-winning journalist and editor Phillip Picardi is on a quest to better understand his relationship with spirituality by learning...