About this episode

The episode discusses soccer, Jury Duty, The Odyssey, and Mythicism as it relates to the New Testament.

We begin this episode with Christian geeking out about some soccer match that's allegedly happening, as well as by talking about the amazing career that Jason is about to embark on. We talk about the reality TV show Jury Duty, and then spend some time discussing the upcoming Christopher Nolan film, The Odyssey, and its casting decisions in particular. We conclude with a lengthy discussion of the concept of Mythicism as applied to the New Testament.

People in this episode

Host: Christian

Topics covered

• soccer
• Jury Duty
• The Odyssey
• Mythicism
• New Testament
• reality TV
• film casting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Jury Duty, The Odyssey

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