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The Holy Post

693: Holy Post LIVE from Chicago 2025

The Holy Post

Phil Vischer

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.54.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

This week is Halloween, and on this special episode recorded with a live audience, the Holy Post hosts discuss why our culture isn't afraid of monsters and demons anymore. How did all of our pop culture heroes and villains become morally ambiguous? Also, would communal living solve our loneliness epidemic? Kaitlyn is all for it, but Skye isn't so sure. Also this week—audience Q&A, Phil, Skye, Kaitlyn, and Esau play a game of true confessions, and Phil's favorite news segment comes full circle.

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0:00 - Show Starts

 

2:34 - Theme Song

 

9:55 - Sponsor - Sundays Dog Food - Get 40% off your first order of Sundays. Go to https://www.SundaysForDogs.com/HOLYPOST or use code HOLYPOST at checkout.

 

11:04 - Sponsor - Credible Witness - In a world where the church's credibility is in question, we share stories that still bear witness to Christ's radical love, resilient hope, and transforming justice:  https://bit.ly/42rh6wC

 

12:09 - Should We Be in Communes?

 

27:55 - Why Aren't We Scared of Demons Anymore?

 

33:30 - The Loss of Heroes?

 

47:40 - Skye's Take on Halloween

 

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52:30 - Sponsor - BetterHelp - This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/HOLYPOST and get 10% off your first month!

 

53:30 - Q&A: God's Leading vs Dreams

 

58:16 - Q&A: Less News of the Butt

 

1:00:18 - Q&A: New Taylor Swift Album

 

1:03:42 - Q&A: Magic in Media

 

1:12:12 - True Confessions

 

1:22:00 - End Credits

 

Links Mentioned in News Segment:

Butt breathing!

https://www.sciencealert.com/human-trials-bring-us-closer-to-breathing-through-our-butts

 

It's not normal to raise kids like this:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/opinion/culture/community-parenting-village.html

 

We're not afraid of demons or monsters anymore:

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/labubu-kpop-demon-hunters-demon-slayer/

 

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Holy Post website: https://www.holypost.com/

 

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Holy Post Merch Store: https://www.holypost.com/shop

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Holy Post. This week is Halloween, and on this special episode recorded with a live audience,

0:06.2

the Holy Post hosts discuss why our culture isn't afraid of monsters and demons anymore. How did all of

0:12.2

our pop culture heroes and villains become so morally ambiguous? Also, would communal living

0:18.0

solve our loneliness epidemic? Caitlin is all for it, but I'm not so sure.

0:23.2

Also this week, audience Q&A, Phil Caitlin Esau and I play a game of true confessions,

0:29.0

and Phil's favorite news segment comes full circle.

0:32.3

We've got two announcements before we jump into the episode.

0:34.8

First, if you were unable to join us for this live recording in

0:37.9

Chicago, I've got some good news. I'll be hosting another Holy Post event in just a few weeks

0:43.0

on November 15th in Los Angeles. My guest will be Old Testament scholar and Holy Post pundant

0:48.6

Carmen Ims. It will be a great conversation and a chance for you to interact with us and meet

0:53.7

other Holy Posters in Southern California. Tickets for that gathering are now available at

0:58.7

holypost.com slash events. And the second announcement is that we've launched a brand new

1:04.6

email newsletter written by one of our favorite people because he's really smart and wickedly funny.

1:10.1

And that is Drew Dick. We're calling

1:12.1

it the Drew's newsletter. Every week, Drew's going to aggregate the best news from around the web,

1:17.1

along with the best content produced by Holy Post Media, and drop it right into your inbox with

1:22.2

his sharp analysis and wry humor. And the best part is it's absolutely free.

1:30.1

So to get on the Drew's newsletter email list,

1:32.9

head over to holypost.com slash newsletter.

1:36.4

Again, it's holypost.com slash newsletter.

1:40.2

All right, here is the recording from our live show in Chicago.

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