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All the religion news that’s unfit to print

Modern Shamanism in Turkey

April 8, 2019

How the Ouija board got its sinister reputation

October 26, 2016
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The Altar of Taylor Swift

March 9, 2015

If You See Shirdi Sai Baba’s Face on This Wall, Don’t Worry . . . It’s Normal

May 19, 2014

Hell Is Coming Here: Cthulhu Cosmology in Hellboy

May 14, 2014
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Mind-Altering Drugs Are Here to Stay

August 11, 2022

Get Out: The Ending We Needed

March 7, 2017

Teaching True Believers

May 25, 2016
Screen capture from "No Country for Old Men"

Sacred Matters of Coen

March 11, 2016

7 Questions for Lerone A. Martin

March 4, 2016
Anti-Mosque Protest in New York City, September 11, 2010. Photo by Chris Rojas. Available via Flickr.

“Islam” is Not a Person

August 6, 2015
"Reb Zalman in celebratory prayer at Baker’s Beach, California.”

LSD and the Rabbis

August 14, 2014

Sacrilegious, with Gary Laderman

A podcast that explores religious and spiritual life in other terms, and seeks to turn your understanding of religion upside down. 

Sacrilegious Episode 13: Rick Strassman MD

December 23, 2022

Sacrilegious Episode 12: Dr. Sunil Aggarwal

November 18, 2022

Sacrilegious Episode 11: John Schewel

October 21, 2022

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