Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. And What's Making Us Happy

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🗓️ 2 September 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the movie Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul., a Southern Baptist megachurch has been rocked by a lurid scandal. The always delightful Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown star as the first lady and pastor of the church, who must reopen their doors and woo back their former congregants. The satire is framed as a mockumentary that dives into Black Christian culture, a marriage on the rocks and the politics of faith.

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0:00.0	In the movie, Honk for Jesus' Savior Soul, a Southern Baptist mega-church has been
0:08.6	rocked by a lured scandal.
0:10.5	The always delightful Regina Hall in Sterling K. Brown star as the first lady and pastor
0:15.1	of the church who must reopen their doors and woo back their former congregants.
0:19.7	The set-tower is framed as a mockumentary and comments upon the intricacies of black
0:23.3	Christian culture in the south.
0:24.6	It's about a marriage on the rocks, the politics of faith and painful truths that are
0:28.9	obvious yet neuterfully avoided.
0:31.6	I'm Aisha Harris and today we're talking about Honk for Jesus' Savior Soul on Papk
0:35.7	Quoture Happy Hour from NPR.
0:38.0	Joining me today is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday Aisha Roscoe.
0:42.3	Hi Aisha, welcome back.
0:43.8	Hi, glad to be here.
0:45.6	Yeah.
0:46.6	Also joining us is JC Howard, a producer on How I Built This.
0:50.4	Welcome back to you to JCe.
0:51.8	Hello, hello.
0:53.0	And finally, rounding out the panel is the host of Vibe Check and the Vulture Podcasts
0:57.1	into it, Sam Sanders.
0:59.1	Welcome back, Sam.
1:00.3	Thank you.
1:01.3	It is so good to be here.
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