Latest Episodes

The Religion of a Sixteen-Year Old. Most-Commented Blog Post: #5
The celebration of the top ten most commented on blog posts continues, this time with Bart's recollections about how sometimes people are stuck with...

Are Paul and Jesus on the Same Page? Most-Commented Blog Post: #6
In celebration of the blog's ten year anniversary, here is the 6th most commented on blog post. It deals with one of the most...

Could Jews Bury Crucified Victims? Most-commented Blog Post: #7
Dr. Ehrman explores the reasons that Jesus was not likely to have been buried in the manner recounted in the gospels. Read by John...

Why Did Judas Betray Jesus? Most-commented Blog Post: #8
Dr. Ehrman draws from his book The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot to speculate on the reasons that Judas turned Jesus over to the...

Burials for the Crucified. Most-commented Blog Post: #9
Dr. Ehrman weighs the few pieces of evidence that Jesus would have been allowed a decent burial. Read by John Paul Middlesworth

Did Nazareth Even Exist in the Days of Jesus? The Weird Claims of Rene Salm
Bart analyzes a problematic but persistent fringe theory: that Jesus never could have existed because Nazareth didn't either. Read by Brandon M. Bender