In this episode, the Jew and the Gentile are joined by our dear friend Kristen Leigh Mitchell, singer/songwriter, theologian, and possessor of all knowledge of Star Wars, for a deep dive into Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theory of folly. "Folly," writes Bonhoeffer, is a more dangerous enemy to the good than evil." Think any of this is important for today? Click the links to read about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his work "Of Folly." While you're at it, give Kristen's website a look. To skip our opening mishigas start listening at the 10:15 minute mark.

For Mental Awareness Month, we look at religion and suicide. The Jew and The Gentile. The Ampersand of Reason is MIA (i.e., she is working for a living) take a deep dive into a 2018 Cambridge University longitudinal study on religious affiliation and suicide risk. Researchers followed 1,106,104 people aged 16–74 years at the 2001 UK census for nine years to examine suicide risk according to Christian religious affiliation and by inference to examine underlying mechanisms for suicide risk. SPOILER ALERT: You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out the results! To read the full study, follow the link bellow.

Religion and the risk of suicide: longitudinal study of over 1 million people

We are also including a link to the song “Life is a Carnival,” by The Band. SPOILER ALERT: You’ll have to listen to the podcast for the context for including this link! Or, you can always just click the link and enjoy the song. To skip our opening mishigas start listening at the 14:29 minute mark.

Great to be back at The Wild Goose Festival recording live from the GooseCast Stage. Unfortunately, neither The Gentile nor The Ampersand of Reason could make it this year, but fortunately, two wonderful friends stepped up. Filling in for The Ampersand of Reason is Shannon Weston, Leadership Coach, Co-host of the Pub Theology podcast, and exponentially better half of Derrick Westin. And, filling in for The Gentile is our dear friend, host of the Gay with G-d podcast, author of the best-selling book, Gay with G-d, a person who is her brand, Midge Noble.

In this episode, together with The Jew, Shannon, and Midge address the question of "Does the Debate over G-d's existence matter?" Needless to say, more questions were raised than answered. To skip the opening mishigas start listening at the 11:15 mark.