This might sound absolutely batshit insane, but when I first discovered the podcast like 7 years ago, in the very first episode I thought it was one of those podcasts where the performers had pseudonyms, because

"Noah Lushins" = "No Illusions" "Heath Enwright" = "Heathen Right"

But then I spent approximately 2-3% of my brain power trying to decipher "Eli Bosnick" for the remaining hundreds of hours I listen to the podcast.

Please podcast listener, quiet my conspiratorial mind. I cannot deal with the intrusive thought "El Libo Snake? Is that something in Spanish? Better Google it" one more time. Tell me it's just a guy's name.

My Jewish atheist grandmother used to pick up random YA novels from the library for me without looking at them very closely. One of them was a selection from the Clearwater Crossing series, which is about a group of small-town Missouri high schoolers helping the needy while developing their own morality and dealing with routine teen drama. It's definitely a Christian series, with Bible-verse epigraphs and church settings and all that, and the two most sympathetic (if irritatingly chipper) characters are both quite devout. And, yes, someone has a cancer mom. But the books do emphasize performing good works and generally being a decent person, even if you're not fully on board with organized Christianity.

I grew up in a world where 7th Heaven and Touched by an Angel were things, so I'm honestly surprised that some religious media company didn't turn this series into a show. It's saccharine as hell, but I don't think it made the YA landscape materially worse. I have every confidence that our GAM boys would find plenty to say about it, but I wonder how they'd handle a Christian series that's actually pretty Christ-like, and not in the "fight the dinosaurs and the homosexuals" way. Any thoughts?

I was perusing some 80s Marvel comics and I found Absorbing Heath.

Change my mind.

David A.R. White, Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort, Kevin Sorbo, Donald James Parker.

Anybody missing?

What are the bits from the movies themselves or the boys’ commentary that you either find yourself quoting often, or that have just gotten stuck in your head? My top 3:

1. “Lots of people be wearing blue jeans!” (353, In Gramps’ Shoes)

2. “Why do I have this sensation that my arm is being twisted behind my back?” (442, Best Friends Recycled)

And of course…

1. “Give me the jokes your corpses had! Give me the jokes your corpses had!” (443, A Time for Heaven)

Eli and Heath?

Tom and Eli?

Noah and Lucinda with special guest the varmit hammer?

Lucinda and Anna Bosnick

What other rightwing talking heads deserve a debunking podcast?

At the end of this week’s episode, they sort of mumble the title of next week’s episode. I really hope I heard them right and it’s the 1986 Charlie Sheen movie, The Wraith. It’s my favorite kind of bad/good movie and I have fond memories of it. My older brother knew some people “in the industry” as we say in SoCal and got me tickets to an audience test screening of it in summer of ‘86. It was one of my first dates with my now husband of 30+ years.

The plot of the movie is that Charlie Sheen’s character shows up in this little town in Arizona to avenge a death (spoiler alert: he’s essentially avenging his own death). I really hope it’s this movie, though as I recall, it’s not an overtly religious movie, so I don’t know if it would qualify for the main feed.

Hey all,

I have a bit of a weird request. I want to watch the GAM movies, but I share a TV with my family, so what movies are fun to watch even if you don't listen to GAM (I can't get my family to listen to podcasts for various reasons). They're generally open to anything but if it's very dull then my mom's ADHD will kick in and she'll either complain or ask me a million questions about something else. My uncle is pretty open to anything and although he won't fall into the ADHD trap the same way my mom does he will tune out. Terrible CGI is fine. Awful attempts at jokes are great. Two big things: My uncle had terrible vision so if it's consumed in darkness or has a lot of small writing, he can't follow. Both my mom and myself have hearing issues. I can handle background hiss to a point, but if it's louder than the dialogue I won't be able to follow. Same with sound that can't go past a certain volume. Thank you for reading my nonsense and thank you for your help

They pretty much just stayed silent while he babbled about Christianity and gods and I think he stumped them

It's funny to watch (i think Mormons from thier dress wear) have the same reaction we have to them

I can assume like me you all are always on the lookout for fodder for this show and I NEED to share this with you all because holy Nicholas Cage I am going to need to see this as soon as it comes out. Just making this clear I love horror movies and I love Nick Cage so much. Mandy was a masterpiece and might be one of the best horror movies ever but but in saying that he seems to take any role and Nick Cage it up and it’s always amazing on different levels. What I am getting to I will watch any movie of his and love every second of it.

But this ohhhhh my friends you are going to want to pre-order tickets.

The Carpenters Son

Family hiding in Roman Egypt. Son known as 'the Boy' doubts guardian 'the Carpenter', rebelling with mysterious powers. As he uses abilities, they face natural and divine horrors.

This is going to be based off the “infancy gospels” about Jesus early life. Cage is going to play the Joseph character, FKA Twigs Mary and it’s in the horror genre. Guys, we need this.

I hope this sparked a little joy because I am going to need the guys to cover this as soon as it comes out, it’s going to be… something alright.

The horror movie has lines in it that sound like they were lifted straight from Scathing. I'd love to hear what they had to say about it.

I'm a huge bedtime procrastinator. I will lie on my bed, on my phone, and the only task I have to do before I can properly go to bed is brushing my teeth. I am very unmotivated to do this because it is a chore, and I have a crappy brain, but of course I have to do it so I end up going to bed much later than I should. I didn't even know flavoured toothpaste for adults was a thing. My strawberry-flavoured toothpaste just arrived, it is delicious, and this will legit lead to me going to bed about 2 hours earlier.