Flightless Bird: Religion

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand religion in America. Joined by Dax and Monica, he tries to figure out why over 200 million Americans are Christians, and how uniquely Americanized this religion has become - with franchises, brands, and celebrity endorsements. David talks to Mike McHargue - a Baptist who became an atheist who then became a Christian again. We discover how someone can love both Christianity and science - and you may be very surprised to learn your brain may well believe in God… even if you’re a stone-cold atheist!

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0:00.0	I'm David Farrier, a New Zealander who ended up accidentally marooned in America, and I
0:05.9	want to grasp what makes this country tick.
0:08.7	Now I arrived in America last year to start work on a new documentary.
0:12.7	That job came and went, and it was time to head back home, but I discovered I had a slight
0:17.9	problem.
0:18.9	Good afternoon, everyone.
0:22.1	We are now a matter of hours away from an unprecedented lockdown of our country.
0:29.6	In order to combat an unprecedented virus that left unchecked would have an unacceptable
0:36.2	toll on New Zealanders.
0:39.0	New Zealand had closed its borders to keep COVID out.
0:42.4	To get back home, I'd have to secure a place in a managed isolation facility, and that
0:47.4	wasn't easy.
0:48.4	Every few weeks there'd be a lottery.
0:50.6	Were a few thousand slots were made available to get back home.
0:54.1	The only trouble is about 30,000 other Kiwis are trying to get those 2,000 spots.
1:00.1	In short, getting back to New Zealanders like the Hunger Games.
1:10.2	I kept losing the battle, so I've decided to stay here to make it my home.
1:15.5	But that's my problem, because this isn't my home.
1:18.6	I don't have a home.
1:20.0	I don't have a social security number.
1:22.3	I don't have a driver's license.
1:24.0	I don't understand how football works.
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