About this episode

Mike and Doug discuss the Super Bowl halftime backlash and its deeper implications, exploring themes of Mormonism, colonialism, and sexuality.

Send us Fan Mail Mike and Doug reflect on the Super Bowl halftime backlash, Bad Bunny, and the manufactured outrage of the 24-hour news cycle, using it as a doorway into something deeper. The conversation moves through Mormonism, colonialism, whiteness, sexuality, and repression, circling the tension between reverence and embodiment. From Hawaii baptisms and altar mishaps to crotch-grabbing moral panics and religious seriousness, the episode keeps returning to the same theme: embracing both t...

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Doug

Topics covered

• Super Bowl backlash
• Mormonism
• colonialism
• sexuality
• repression
• media outrage
• spirituality

Keywords

• Super Bowl
• Bad Bunny
• Mormonism
• colonialism
• sexuality
• repression
• media outrage
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Super Bowl, Mormonism, colonialism, whiteness, sexuality, repression

Places: Hawaii

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