[chuck]For the 3 of you who are wondering what’s going on here at Irreligiosophy, here’s a quick breakdown: we’re currently in “crunch time” for our back yard haunt, which means that we’re building and decorating nearly non-stop. In order to get the last 2 weeks off for Halloween at work, I needed to push the entire month’s worth of shifts into the first 2 weeks, which means I work 13 out of the first 16 days in October (and a good portion of those are 12 hour shifts). On top of everything else, I got a GI bug that took me out of commission all last week. Leighton, of course, still has school.

So what does this all mean for the One True Podcast? We’ve actually finished research on Prop 8, enough to squeeze 2 episodes out. We’d like to do a takedown of “Haunting in Connecticut” as well, and maybe a podcast on Satan or something before the month is out. But October is always a rough month, and this month is worse than most. All I can say is that we’ll keep trying, but if it’s too rushed, I’d always rather wait a week or three (or four, or five) to make sure that the quality is up to par.

Sorry, folks!

[irrelig]Apparently I was wrong, there will indeed be a podcast this week — provided to us by long-time listener and prior guest interviewee Emma. In honor of “Fuck You Fans Month,” she hosts an interview with Leighton and I for “Fuck You Hosts Day.”

Give it a listen, but I’d like to remind all you listeners out there of one thing: every day is Fuck You Hosts Day.

[chuck]As you probably already know, we’re late on the podcast this week — it’s just been too damn busy around here. We’ll have one up next Tuesday, and it may or may not be the Proposition 8 podcast we’ve been threatening for weeks. That all really depends on getting Leighton off his lazy ass to do some actual research.

See you Tuesday … maybe.

[irrelig]In this podcast, we discuss Fred Phelps and the infamous Westboro Baptist Church with estranged son Nathan Phelps. We discuss details of Westboro Baptist theology and practices, how Nathan managed to get the hell out of Dodge, and how he dealt with the aftermath of his upbringing. It’s a rare, fascinating, and deeply personal glimpse into one of the most notorious cults of our time.

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[irrelig]For this episode, we cover the strange LDS practice of baptizing corpses just in case they change their mind and want to become Mormons in the afterlife. We cover the roots of the practice, why it’s done and what scriptural justification Mormons give for it, and the various controversies surrounding it. Also, we actually brought on a listener named Jessica to share her creepy experiences as a young Mormon dragged into the Temple to be baptized for two or three dead people by proxy.

Plus, more Skunk Dicks than you can shake a skunk at in episode 79.

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