The season finale! In today's episode, Randy (Josiah's dad) joins Josiah to talk about his faith journey from drugs and rock music to Golden Dawn occultism, on to a born again conversion to Christianity during the 90s. We discuss the rise of the charismatic movement bringing him to Reformed theology, and the impact all of this had on Josiah's faith growing up. 16 Shells from a 30.6 - Tom WaitsDig, Lazarus, Dig!! - Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsFlood - Jars of ClayEntertaining Angels - NewsboysYou Are The One - Keith GreenReality - NewsboysThe Church's One Foundation - The Scottish Festival SingersTonight - The O.C. SupertonesThere is a Kingdom - Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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my God has two arms

In today's episode, Monikpal (@MonikpalSingh) joins Josiah to discuss Sikhi, interfaith, and the divide between Eastern and Western religions. He clarifies some major misconceptions about the faith, and we talk about the similarities and differences between Sikhi and Christianity.Lovely Allen - Holy FuckSkin Game - DIIVExpect the Bayonet - Sheer MagI'm On Fire - ElectrelaneSikhi video "What is God?"Email us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

religion is not for everyone

In today's episode, Kyle (@mma_marxian) joins Josiah to talk about his recent conversion to Islam. We trace his journey from southern evangelicalism (both charismatic and reformed) into agnosticism, Buddhism, and mainline Christianity before eventually coming to the conclusion that God is one.Every Thought a Thought of You - mewithoutYouWolves at the Door - David BazanAllah Allah Allah - mewithoutYouEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

God is one

In today's episode, Sam (@motherenergy__) joins Josiah to discuss her religious journey from orthodox Judaism to Episcopal Christianity, liberal Christian anti-semitism, and the weird communities that the internet fosters.Green - Young JesusChristian Brothers - Heatmiser, Elliott SmithEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

gay jewish christianity

In today's episode, Lennox (@coolzonepod) and Shea (@shea_said) from Cool Zone join Josiah to investigate the incredibly obscure political philosophy, Soulism: a form of anarchism that seeks to abolish and/or overcome the laws of physics themselves.Special thanks to Elis for the interview at 1:00:20Are Friends Electric? - The Dead WeatherForce of Habit - Paris TexasLet's Write a Book - Field MusicWave of History - Downtown BoysLinksPolitical compassMeme that Josiah lovedr/serioussoulism is the primary subreddit we exploredThere is also r/soulism101 and r/soulismIn Service of the Mute God by u/notbob17Soulist-EternalismLogic: the Uncovering of QuintessenceRedcat's TwitterJackson (@jhussy42)Burgundian systemEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

overthrowing physics (the soulism episode)

cw: talk of sexual abuse / child abuse. In today's episode, Joseph (@Gross_Online) joins Josiah to discuss Jack Chick, the legacy of Chick Publications, his theological influences, and a tract that even Chick himself would later find distasteful. I Wanna Believe - Jennie LawlessA Quick Death - Paris TexasI Walk This Earth All By Myself - EkkstacyCovered in Chrome - Violent SohoLinksPalestine Emergency Appeal and Intransitive (charities from Joseph's plugs)UnderunderstoodGod's Cartoonist (2008/9)John ToddAlberto RiveraRebecca Brown (no Wikipedia page for her, only RationalWiki. Sorry)Fat CatsNo Context Chick Tracks or @No_Context_JTCLisa (content warning)Twitter NewsI'm not linking Merrick.Helldude condemns racism (here's context we found after recording)soy drehertrying to get blockedEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

nested issues (the one about jack chick)

In today's episode, Alien (@1newaymirror) joins Josiah to talk about Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism. We take a journey into the strange evolution of Nick Land and the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit before getting into Fisher's perspective on what's wrong with the world right now, and how you can see it in bureaucracy and depression. Don't forget to check out Mammonburg, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.The Vanishing American Family - ScubaZLiving in Hell - Cobra ManHeaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau TwinsEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

don't be realistic

In today's episode, Phil (@CryptidDirector) joins Josiah to discuss A Week Away (2021), our experiences with summer camp, and whether or not this film believes in God. Don't forget to check out Mammonburg, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.TrailerThe Great Adventure - The Cast of Netflix's Film A Week AwayCampfire Cheers from A Week AwayBest Thing Ever (Reprise) - The Cast of Netflix's Film A Week AwayDive - Stephen Curtis ChapmanEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

summer camp theology (a week away)

In today's episode, Finch (@FinchOWar) joins Josiah to talk about vampires and zombies, their origins in folklore, their literary meaning, and how we can make them cool again. Don't forget to check out Mammonburg, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was brought to you by Colonial Zombies and Capitalist Vampires.Perhaps Vampires is a Bit Strong But... - Arctic MonkeysAlabaster - All Them WitchesHybrid Moments - HelvetiaTwitter newsdude fuck off with your statisticsshe's backnormal vancenon fuckable tokensEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

make monsters scary again

In today's episode, James (@cigarette_liker) joins Josiah to talk about evangelicalism, leaving and returning to Christianity, Twitter, irony poison, and how our beliefs are irrational (and that's okay).Life is Suffering - DeerhoofLord I've Been Changed - Tom WaitsLong Distance Conjoined Twins - Home Is WhereTwitter newsMeatSocialism done left (no way in hell i'm linking any of that shit here)Email us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

having fun on the computer

cw: sexual violence, gore, and racism/racial slurs. In today's episode, Jackal (Mammonburg! @JackalJester) joins Josiah to discuss Caravaggio, Goya, and the Haitian Revolution. This disparate combination of topics began to synthesize into a visual history of modernity, war, colonialism, religion, and revolution from Napoleon to Aristide. The show notes for this episode are pretty helpful since a lot of our discussion focuses on visuals, and of course don't forget to check out Mammonburg, now streaming wherever you get your podcasts.World Destruction - Time Zone, John Lydon, Afrika BambaataaThe Painter - I'm From BarcelonaCruel Summer - BananaramaDambala - ExumaMoney is King - Leyla McCallaMèsi Bondye - Leyla McCallaYou Don't Know What's Going On - ExumaLinksGeneral content warning: a number of the paintings linked below contain violent or disturbing content.CaravaggioPainting no. 1: Saint Jerome Writing, CaravaggioKim Jung GiClaire's Redbubble with flat art GoyaJudith Beheading Holofernes, CaravaggioJudith taking revenge on rapist, Artemisia GentileschiFrancisco GoyaCharles IV of Spain and His Family, GoyaThe Garotted Man, GoyaThe Peninsular WarThe Second of May 1808, GoyaThe Third of May 1808, GoyaThe Haitian RevolutionFirst episode of Mike Duncan's series on HaitiMike Duncan, History of Haiti after the RevolutionDisasters of War, Goya seriesThis is Worse, GoyaA heroic feat with dead men, GoyaFor a clasp knife, GoyaThe same, GoyaInvasion of HaitiThe body of Charlemagne Péralte (cw: photo of a corpse)Ogou(n)Philomé ObinThe Crucifixion of Charlemagne Péralte for Liberty, ObinDuvalier dynastyJean-Bertrand AristideThe People's Church (or Ti Legliz) movement. There isn't even a Wikipedia page for it.Ernst PropheteRecrucifixion of Charlemagne Péralte, Prophete(I misspoke, there are two sources of this painting I've found, here is the other)Henry Ossawa TannerThe Annunciation, TannerNicodemus, TannerHaiti books referencedThe Faces of the Gods - Leslie DesmanglesThe French Revolution in San Domingo - Lothrop Stoddard (very racist, probably don't read)The Black Jacobins - C. L. R. JamesSilencing the Past - Michel-Rolph TrouillotThe Rainy Season - Amy WilentzOur Lady of Class Struggle - Terry ReyEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

portraits of war gods

In today's episode, Leo (@LCDickens) joins Josiah to talk about the discourse: Lil Nas X, Dr. Seuss, "cancel culture," evangelicals, exvangelicals, and why the internet sucks but can sometimes be good.Modern Guilt - BeckFuck Off - The FrogsSure As Spring - La LuzLinksRimworld gameplayPiece about the Capitol insurrection (After the Sacred Landslide by David Roth) Illuminati in PlayboyHitchens on Diana (mentioned in Know Your Enemy Patreon episode)Right wing bound by mutual enemiesPatrons mocked on twitter: @EmilyReineke, @ajmontpetitTwitter newsTeethAmazonDean replies to AmazonDude PerfectEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

making up a guy

In today's episode, Rose (@Rose_In_Ivy) and Emily Rose (Idle Curiosities! @EmilyReineke) join Josiah to discuss reboots, sequels, nostalgia films, and 'comfort food' art. Is it good? Does it represent the death of our culture? What role does copyright law play in all this? Can Josiah make this about some philosopher he likes? Should cola go in coffee? Should Emily Rose be allowed to have a soundboard? All this and more on Very Legal Very Cool.Jesus is the One - Zack FoxThe Atlantic Ocean - Richard SwiftMemory Lane - Eddy Current Suppression RingLinksHead and HuckabeeTwitter NewsNate likes maskLiterally hitlerFrankEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

rose 2: roses reloaded

In today's episode Ross (Mr. Hands episode! @guyrespecter) and Caleb (the ocean episode! @theboghog) join Josiah for an absolute train wreck of an episode that begins with the subject "animals" and eventually becomes about a guy that tried to do trial by combat with his ex-wife. We discuss some terrible prank calls Josiah did as a child and a stupid purchase Caleb made as a child, all while working through a list of questions to ask on dates or 'for fun.' I'm sorry. Today's episode was brought to you by Bird Law.Wake Bake Skate - FIDLARAnimals - Maroon 5715 - CR∑∑KS - Bon IverRock 'n' Roll Can Rescue the World - Electric Eel ShockLinkstrial by combatLaw and Crime dot com36 questions to fall in love from Big ThinkFun questions to askGoliath tiger fishAlligator snoutTwitter NewsDead Sea ScrollsPat Sajak (removed)MarijuanaSkinny jeansNo bandsFrom chicks to championsMarry your best friendMarxist corporationsThe worst accountNew josiahEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

the animals episode

cw: homophobic slurs, bullying. In today's episode, Solomon (@solomonjohng) and Kellar (@rallekat) join Josiah to talk about their rocky childhood friendship, the Boy Scouts pinewood derby, the depravity of theater, why stand up comedy sucks, and our different but equally tense relationships with Christianity. Also we try to say positive things about each other.Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas - Beach SlangIt's A Sin - Pet Shop BoysLinksSunday SchoolSeth Cloe & the Silver LinersBouquetEmail us at hello@verylegalvery.coolJoin the Twitter hivemind: https://twitter.com/vlegalvcoolpodVisually stimulate yourself: www.instagram.com/verylegalverycoolpod/Audio-visually stimulate yourself: www.youtube.com/channel/UCU6LNzjByApFks97SP9s81wLive stuff https://www.twitch.tv/verylegalverycoolJoin George Soros in funding the show: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=37940154&fan_landing=trueMore at verylegalvery.cool★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

bullying your childhood bully

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