Who the Hell are the Gideons?
Faith Adjacent
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4.8 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
What’s the deal with the Bibles in all the hotel rooms? In this episode, Erin and Evan are deep-diving the Gideons! You’ll learn about the traveling salesman roots of the organization, where the name comes from (kind of), and, of course, the controversies! Do they do more than just mysteriously place Bibles, and what’s been the impact of the organization? You’ll have to listen to find out!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a very special episode of Faith Adison. I'm your host and resident Bible scholar, Aaron Moon. And joining me today is, of course, Evan Dodson. For this week's episode, we'll be diving into the biography of famous Christians to learn more about who they are, |
| 0:24.0 | why they're big time. |
| 0:24.9 | And if they are worthy of their acclaim, this is our series, Who the Hell is? |
| 0:29.0 | And today we're finding out who the hell are the Gideon's. |
| 0:33.3 | But before we get started, this is one of our nerdier episodes, which we love here. |
| 0:37.6 | So after you finish this one, I want to point you over to the Faith of Jason Seminary, |
| 0:42.2 | our online Patreon community, where you can find even more nerdy deep dives like Aaron's recent, |
| 0:47.8 | Who the Hell is St. Thomas, or Where in the Bible is Carmen San Diego's series? |
| 0:51.8 | But then there's also less serious things like spicy |
| 0:54.8 | editions of episodes that must honestly live behind a paywall for reasons that will become |
| 0:59.8 | obvious after you listen. Click the link in the show notes or head over to faithadjason.com |
| 1:05.1 | slash patreon to join now. Aloha. I'm Gina Ryan, host of the Anxiety Coaches podcast. Each week I share calming conversations |
| 1:14.8 | and simple tools to help you ease anxiety, find peace, and reconnect with your natural calm. If you're |
| 1:22.5 | ready to step out of worry mode and feel more centered and free, this show is for you. You can find the |
| 1:28.5 | Anxiety Coaches podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen. Join us and let's bring |
| 1:35.2 | a little more peace into your day. Evan, you are currently not in your normal place. No, I'm not. |
| 1:42.9 | I am living my most cosmopolitan life. I am in New York |
| 1:46.9 | City, the big apple. You've seen a lot of shows. You're living your best life. So you're in a great |
| 1:54.0 | place today. Yeah, I'm in a great place today. I came off of, except I'm in, I am in a probably a weird |
| 1:59.9 | mood for this right now. The last show that I saw, at time of recording, I'm in, I am in a probably a weird mood for this right now. |
| 2:01.0 | The last show that I saw, I've at time of recording, I've seen 10 shows now. |
| 2:05.9 | Um, I just got out of rack time. |
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