707: Halftime Hullabaloo and Tyler Johnson
The Holy Post
Phil Vischer
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
The big game was on Sunday, and for most of the country, it was a big letdown unless you're heavily invested in the culture war. Phil, Kaitlyn, and Skye start by breaking down Bad Bunny's halftime show (en español) and Turning Point USA's alternative with Kid Rock. Then they discuss how Jesus became such a big part of football culture. Is it good that so many players start their media interviews with a shout-out to their Lord and Savior, or has it become a distracting cliche? Skye talks to Tyler Johnson, the Chief Impact Officer for Come Near, about how their Super Bowl ad this year still hopes to point people to Jesus but with less controversy. Also, this week, Bonnie Kristian says everyone is too obsessed with gender.
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0:00 - Show Starts
2:50 - Theme Song
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5:40 - Bad Bunny's Halftime Show
10:01 - Turning Point's Response
14:40 - Christianity and Athletes
27:49 - Are We Obsessed with Gender?
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52:51 - Interview
57:57 - 2026's "He Gets Us" ad
1:06:08 - Why Spend So Much Money?
1:17:47 - Less Controversial This Year?
1:24:55 - End Credits
Links Mentioned in News Segment:
Bonnie Kristian's Article on Gender
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/02/the-gender-obsession-kristian/
Washington Post Article on Christianity and Athletes:
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Holy Post. The big game was on Sunday, and for most of the country, it was a big letdown, unless you're heavily invested in the culture war. |
| 0:08.4 | Today, Phil, Caitlin, and I start by breaking down Bad Bunny's halftime show, an Español, and the Turning Point USA alternative show with Kid Rock. |
| 0:17.1 | Then we discuss how Jesus became such a big part of football culture. |
| 0:25.5 | Is it good that so many players start their media interviews with a shout out to their Lord and Savior? |
| 0:27.9 | Or has it become a distracting cliche? |
| 0:33.0 | Then I talk with Tyler Johnson, the chief impact officer for the He Gets Us campaign about how their Super Bowl ad this year still hopes to point people to Jesus, but with a little |
| 0:37.9 | less controversy. Also this week, Bonnie Christian has a new article where she says everyone is way |
| 0:43.3 | too obsessed about gender. This week, we also have some brand new content exclusively for |
| 0:48.1 | Holy Post plus subscribers. Issa Macaulay shares his take on the halftime shows, as well as the |
| 0:53.5 | Winter Olympics. |
| 0:54.7 | Is it okay to root for America, even if you disagree with many of our government's policies |
| 0:58.9 | right now? And Caitlin and I have a few new episodes of getting schooled. One is about different |
| 1:04.1 | kinds of Christian pacifism, and the other about just war theory. And the conversation about |
| 1:08.9 | both of those episodes are already getting a little |
| 1:10.9 | spicy among Holy Post Plus followers. So to access all of that and everything else that we're |
| 1:15.8 | creating, head over to holypost.com to learn how you can join Holy Post Plus. Here is episode |
| 1:21.7 | 707. Hey there. Welcome back to the Holy Post podcast. I'm Phil Visher. I'm here today with Caitlin |
| 1:28.2 | Chetan, hi, Caitlin. Hi, Caitlin. And Sky Jitani down there at the end. |
| 1:32.6 | Hola. |
| 1:33.9 | Oh, my gosh. How's da? Fine. |
| 1:40.0 | Wow, that's as far as you can go. |
| 1:41.8 | Donde is da Badeboni. Oh. Why is it bad bunny? What's Spanish for bad bunny? Something mall. I don't know. I don't, yeah. What's rabbit in Spanish? Mal ribito. There's probably a different word. I cannot type for something. Malarbito. Mike, do you want to help us out, Mike? Conneito. Oh yeah. Conahito? Conahito? Yeah. Conoito. Malo. Is that what he goes by in Spanish or is it just bad bunny regardless of language? I have no idea. That's the only time he speaks English. So if you don't know what we're talking about, where have you been? |
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