TPO Explains: What Is Lent and Should You Observe It?

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🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Readers of The Pour Over pick a topic to have explained, and Jason and Kathleen have to get Joe to understand it in less than 30 minutes… This week, they’re explaining Lent. Sign up for TPO's News Cleanse here Looking to support us? You can choose to pay⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our sponsors! We actually use and enjoy every single one. ⁠⁠Cru⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Wild Alaskan⁠⁠ ⁠⁠HelloFresh⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Safe House Project⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Gloo⁠⁠ ⁠⁠QAVA⁠⁠ ⁠⁠CCCU⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Filament Bible⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Upside⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Mosh⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LMNT⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Not Just Sunday Podcast⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bible Gateway Plus⁠⁠ ⁠⁠TPO Corrections Page⁠

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by our lead sponsor, Crew.
0:04.1	We've got a great episode for you today on Lent, starting with what even is Lent?
0:09.7	Why is it 40 days long?
0:11.4	Do all Christians celebrate and observe Lent?
0:14.1	What do the ashes on Ash Wednesday symbolize?
0:17.2	What did Martin Luther and John Calvin have to say?
0:19.9	What's this fasting thing all about?
0:22.4	Why can you only eat fish on Fridays?
0:25.2	Should you even fast before Easter?
0:27.5	Is Lent a time for self-help improvement?
0:30.4	And what does Mardi Gras have to do with Lent?
0:32.6	All right, folks, get ready to learn all these things and more.
0:35.9	Let's dive in.
0:42.3	Thank you. Get ready to learn all these things and more. Let's dive in. Okay, what are you guys doing for the wives for Valentine's Day?
0:45.9	Let's see.
0:46.6	This is your warning.
0:48.4	This is your advance notice.
0:50.6	This is coming out on Valentine's Day.
0:52.7	Yes.
0:53.1	So what are you going to be doing? Yeah, I'll go first to give you time to think about what you're doing on on Valentine's Day. Yes. So what are you going to be doing?
0:54.3	Yeah, I'll go first to give you time to think about what you're doing on the
0:57.1	Valentine's Day.
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