It's finally time for the story of two hungry bears versus 42 unruly youths!

• Hairy fire guy versus the Bible's alleged worst woman (who did nothing wrong) and her useless little emo husband, the Bible's most overrated guy
• Elijah was the fastest runner of all time and there's nothing atheists can do about it
• Meet yet another "Satan": Where the name Beelzebub comes from
• We are joined by the smart and funny Spencer Hall, a sports journalist whose love of this specific biblical passage helped make him one of our most requested guests

Intro music: "Who Do You Know" by Claire Lynch

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The Book of (First) Kings, chapters 11-16, a part of the Bible that's gonna sound like we chose it specifically because it was recorded in April 2025.

• But first, did you know the names of comically large wine bottle sizes are all named after Bible guys?
• Meet the rebel who might've been a big inspiration for the Moses story set centuries prior.
• Emily's as annoyed by Solomon as she has been by just about any character so far.
• Does a failson take the throne and immediately start yelling at an angry mob about his own penis? This is a Bible story, so you already know the answer.
• The Bible's oldest archeologically confirmed newspaper headline.

• Welcome Trey Ferguson, a pastor based in the Miami area who's also an author, podcaster, and tremendous poster. You're gonna like him a lot! Find all of his work via https://www.pastortrey05.com.

"Not Like Us" harp cover by Arianna Worthen.

Stay in touch! We also have a Patreon currently on hiatus) with lots of bonus episodes stored up, and most of our posting currently happens on Bluesky, though we have accounts elsewhere too.

We are so freaking back. We're joined by Seattle University professor emeritus Wes Howard-Brook, author of works like Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond, to discuss:

• King Solomon wasn't actually all that wise ...
• ... and the cutting-a-baby story isn't about what a great guy he was.
• In fact, the Bible's authors meant for us to view Solomon as just another Exodus pharaoh!
• How the David-Solomon story is The Godfather.
• And a whole bunch of other stuff about the Bible's overarching theme of love vs. imperialism.

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