Episode 1301: Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes + Christian UFO Expert Timothy Alberino

About this episode

Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes discusses her career and special, while Timothy Alberino explores UFOs and their theological implications.

Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes joins the show to talk about her new special "Ugly Baby" and how a joke-writing class at her church kicked off her stand-up career. Then Christian UFO researcher Timothy Alberino comes on to make sense of the Pentagon's newly declassified UFO files. The cast walks through why aliens, demons and military tech are three different conversations most people are lumping into one, where the Nephilim theory in Genesis 6 fits in and why none of this should rattle anyone's theology. Alberino's book "Birthright" is worth a read if this rabbit hole calls to you. In RELEVANT Buzz, we also break down the American Idol finale, where all three finalists this season (Jordan McCullough, Hannah Harper and Keyla Richardson) are outspoken Christians. Plus comedian Jay Pharoah's conversation with Tamron Hall about the insane experience he had while committing to read through the Bible last year. In Slices, Derek tells us about a black bear in Gatlinburg that clawed its way into a bakery for some cinnamon rolls, and Jesse tells us about a CPR instructor that went into cardiac arrest and was saved by the students he was teaching CPR to. "One Has to Go" closes things out…

People in this episode

Guests: Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Timothy Alberino

Topics covered

• comedy
• UFOs
• Christianity
• American Idol
• current events
• theology

Keywords

• Anjelah Johnson-Reyes
• Timothy Alberino
• UFOs
• American Idol
• theology
• Nephilim
• comedy
• cinnamon rolls
• CPR

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ugly Baby, Birthright

Places: Gatlinburg

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