Episode
Episode 283: The Ol’ Telling the Truth Trick
- Podcast
- The Mockingcast
- Published
- Sep 29, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 3895
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mockingcast-1118135/episodes/episode-283-the-ol-telling-the-truth-trick/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-283-the-ol-telling-the-truth-trick.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
<p>In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk silent retreats, repentant writing, alien mercy, and Hallmark movies. Also, RJ goes Confucian while Dave spitballs a new kind of Dry January. </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2025/09/20/silent-retreat-meditation-religion/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to read Ben Brasch's article "Silent Retreats Are Surging in Popularity" in the Washington Post.</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/briefing/the-psychological-value-of-repentance.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to read Lauren Jackson's newsletter on "The Pscyhological Value of Repentance" in the NY Times. </li> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/grace-in-practice/grace-in-an-age-of-vengance/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to read Sarah's "Grace in an Age of Vengeance" on Mbird. </li> <li><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/09/alien-mercy/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to read Ashley Hales's interview with Elizabeth Bruenig in Christianity Today, "Alien Mercy."</li> <li><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/07/death-row-executions-witness/682891/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to read Elizabeth Bruenig's lengthy essay "Witness" in The Atlantic.</li> <li><a href="https://mbird.com/religion/church/the-gospel-is-not-your-happy-ending/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Click here</a> to re…