{"podcast":{"title":"Faith Adjacent","slug":"faith-adjacent-410182","podcast_index_feed_id":410182,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/faith-adjacent","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/faith-adjacent","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/12/74/4e/6b/12744e6b-c936-4847-9629-7790c5bf1a84/4a4c61a5345505cbfa47b126b9ac5211e861263aef64ad3b19be271ef63ce6f76d3947865eb4bc7ab640b0fdfd315ab617a9b3fe3df7c9e1222c8b3dd7192d36.jpeg","author":"The Popcast Media Group","episode_count":288,"summary":"Conversations involving faith are often fraught with scholarly nerd alerts about ancient linguistics and inaccessible theological discussions centered around hermeneutics. But what if there was a way to use your pop culture literacy to enhance your biblical literacy? Welcome to Faith Adjacent, the podcast where we try to understand the modern dynamics of faith through a combined commitment to uncomfortable honesty, authentic weirdness, and critical thinking. Faith Adjacent is hosted by Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden of The Popcast along with Resident Bible Scholar Erin Moon.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-adjacent-410182"},"episode":{"title":"Who the Hell are the Gideons?","slug":"who-the-hell-are-the-gideons","published_at":"2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-adjacent-410182/who-the-hell-are-the-gideons","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-adjacent-410182","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/c8cd8ee8-eaec-4377-a94c-76c5f0678ab6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/c8cd8ee8-eaec-4377-a94c-76c5f0678ab6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","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! MENTIONS Want more Broadway in your life? Check out the Broadway Bundle at The Faith Adjacent Shop  The Gideons Deep Dive: Website | Wikipedia | 2025 Annual Report Want to know more about Gideon? Listen to Season 14, Episode 3: Gideon The Faith Adjacent Seminary: Support us on Patreon.    I’ve Got Questions by Erin Moon: Order Here | Guided Journal   Subscribe to our Newsletter: The Dish from Faith Adjacent Faith Adjacent Merch: Shop Here Shop our Amazon Link: amazon.com/shop/faithadjacent Follow Faith Adjacent on Socials: Instagram See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"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 sales…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2423,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-adjacent-410182/episodes/who-the-hell-are-the-gideons/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-adjacent-410182/who-the-hell-are-the-gideons.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}