Joseph Laycock

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

Armchair Umbrella

Tv & Film, Music, Comedy

4.6 • 68.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2020

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Spooky episode alert! Joseph Laycock is an associate professor of religious studies at Texas State University. Joseph joins the Armchair Expert to discuss all things exorcism; the overall belief of demonic possession in America, the unholy trinity of films that influenced belief, and how it's typically a political phenomenon. Joseph talks about the Salem Witch Trials, the West Memphis Three trial, the McMartin Preschool trial and explains why people tend to tell awful stories during times of upheavals. Dax reminisces on the satanic panic of the 80s and Joseph exclaims that if you're doing it right, critical thinking should hurt. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Oh, oh, oh, oh, welcome, welcome, welcome, don't share expert.
0:11.0	Are you going to Santa for Halloween? Do you think that was a bit of a Santa?
0:14.0	Absolutely. I think I was playing out my other
0:17.6	spooky voice and I tried to shift gears. Okay. It was a
0:22.1	Santa. Okay. Save it for December.
0:25.0	Listen, we got to give a warning. We got to give a
0:27.6	spooky alert warning. A spooky episode alert.
0:31.6	That's what Rob wrote on the introduction.
0:34.8	Warning, Spooky Episode Alert.
0:36.6	That's so funny.
0:37.8	Today we have a very spooky professor of religious studies.
0:41.4	His name is Joseph Laicock and he is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Texas State University.
0:47.0	He teaches courses on world religions, religion in America, new religious movements, and the intersection of religion and popular culture.
0:54.2	He's got a bunch of fascinating books.
0:56.2	His current one is called the Penguin Book of Exorcisms.
0:59.4	So today we are going to talk about exorcisms.
1:02.5	But he also has a bunch of other really interesting books.
1:05.0	One I want to point out is Dangerous Games
1:06.9	because that comes up about.
1:09.0	Dungeons and Dragons.
1:10.0	D&D. Dungeons and D.
1:12.4	Also spirit possession around the world. Vampires today, the truth about
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