500th Episode Extravaganza!
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
The gang’s all here! Phil, Skye, Christian, & Kaitlyn are all in the studio for the first time ever to record this very special episode of the Holy Post. They retell the show’s origin story dating all the way to Phil’s talkshow dreams in the 1980s, how that accidentally gave rise to VeggieTales, why Skye got roped into the scheme, how Christian went from TV producer to podcast co-host, and how Kaitlyn is leveraging her new Holy Post notoriety. The crew then countdown the Top 10 stories of the last 10 years, and speculate about what the future holds for faith in America. Featuring original songs by Phil, voice messages from the audience, and a mythological Inuit knife, this is an episode for the ages!
Holy Post Quiz Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgIOoK0BpkY
Holy Post Patreon (now with book club!): patreon.com/holypost
Episode 500 merch: holypost.com/shop
Special thanks to: Waylon Klix, creator of brick characters included on episode 500 art card and in the video; Ellie Kleinsasser, creator of episode 500 merch design; and all our Patreon supporters who submitted voice messages! (For time’s sake, we couldn’t include all the voice messages we received, but we loved listening to every one that came in.)
0:00 - Intro song
00:42 - Voice messages: Shelby, Jared, Edgar
02:31 - Holy Post origin story
23:33 - News of the Butt
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X19305371
28:26 - Voice messages: JT, Jere
29:50 - Sponsor - Abide
http://abide.co/holypost
31:01 - Announcements
32:47 - Voice messages: Quinn, David
34:23 - 10 stories from 10 years, part 1
“Facts Are Our Friends: Why Sharing Fake News Makes Us Look Stupid and Harms Our Witness” (Ed Stetzer) - https://churchleaders.com/outreach-missions/outreach-missions-articles/299041-facts-friends-sharing-fake-news-makes-us-look-stupid-harms-witness.html
52:20 - Voice messages: Michael, Catherine, Sarah, Ethan
55:21 - Sponsor - Faithful Counseling
faithfulcounseling.com/holypost
56:31 - 10 stories from 10 years, part 2
“Justice” video (Bible Project) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A14THPoc4-
“Struggling with Evangelicalism” book (Dan Stringer) - https://amzn.to/3MTixL5
1:15:20 - “Crazy” song
1:17:20 - Looking ahead
1:27:59 - Voice messages: Raphael, Rick, Laura, Denise
1:31:01 - End
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Transcript
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| 0:30.0 | What's your favorite podcast show? Holy post 500. |
| 0:34.3 | That was all. |
| 0:42.2 | Hi, Holypost family. I'm Shelby. I'm from Virginia. |
| 0:45.6 | Congratulations on 500 episodes. And I just wanted to say thank you for the profound impact |
| 0:51.2 | you've had in my life, especially over the past two years of uncertainty and fear. |
| 0:56.7 | You've definitely made me feel like I'm not alone. You've been such a passionate and faithful |
| 1:02.1 | representation of Jesus when so many of us were experiencing crises and injustice. |
| 1:08.6 | So thank you for using your platform and your voices to lift up the hurt and the oppressed. |
| 1:14.2 | May God continue to bless you in your ministry. Thanks, guys. |
| 1:18.7 | Hi, Phil, Sky Christian, Caitlin and Jason. My name is Jared White from Rochester, New York, |
| 1:23.6 | and happy 500th episode. And thank you so much for the impact that you've made in my life personally. |
| 1:30.2 | I cannot put fully into words how much this podcast has meant to me over the years. |
| 1:34.8 | Your podcast was my spiritual nourishment while I was away at a state college where finding a good |
| 1:39.2 | church was really difficult for me. Your podcast has taught me how to engage with people from other |
| 1:44.5 | churches or non-church traditions in a loving and compassionate way. I still think the episodes |
| 1:49.6 | of Peter Purgosian, the early episodes are some of my favorite examples of that. And your podcast |
| 1:56.0 | continues to help me to learn how to walk with God in such a personal way that I was ever |
| 2:00.0 | talk growing up. So thank you all so much. Here's for the podcast to come. And please, Phil, |
| 2:05.9 | never stop doing the news of the butt. Thanks, guys. |
| 2:09.5 | Hello, this is Edgar from Toronto, Canada. I've listened since near the beginning and when |
| 2:14.0 | the kids were younger, we often listened together in the car. And I've always loved how the podcast |
| 2:18.8 | takes on the most contentious issues of the day. And it helped us see that there is a way to address |
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