{"podcast":{"title":"Morally Offensive","slug":"morally-offensive-7096551","podcast_index_feed_id":7096551,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/morallyoffensive/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/19598152/1000003763_g4d3ud.jpg","author":"Morally Offensive","episode_count":46,"summary":"Morally Offensive is a weekly film podcast about the movies the Catholic Church tried to warn you about. We revisit films labeled “condemned” by the Legion of Decency and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, unpacking the outrage, the censorship, and the cultural shifts behind them. Whether you grew up with Catholic guilt or just love controversial cinema, this is where dirty movies meet film history.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551"},"episode":{"title":"The Pope's Exorcist: From The Crazy, Mixed-Up Files of Father Gabriele Amorth","slug":"the-pope-s-exorcist-from-the-crazy-mixed-up-files-of-father-gabriele-amorth","published_at":"2025-08-22T05:20:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/the-pope-s-exorcist-from-the-crazy-mixed-up-files-of-father-gabriele-amorth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551","url":"https://www.morallyoffensive.com/e/the_popes_exorcist_fr_gabriele_amorth/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eq95rs5cuvbcy3x5/EP22-ThePopesExorcist_mixdown.mp3","summary":"Bill and Cisco take a deep dive into The Pope’s Exorcist, the horror film where Russell Crowe channels his inner Super Mario Bro, and chews scenery as Father Gabriele Amorth, the wacky, self-proclaimed ”Chief Exorcist” of the Vatican (he wasn’t). We unpack the real Amorth’s history and his outrageous claims about what opens the door to demonic possession — from Harry Potter books to yoga classes, from Freemasonry to the soothing music of Yanni. Along the way we compare the movie’s Hollywood exorcisms with the actual Catholic ritual, talk about the Church’s checks and balances within the practice of exorcism, and laugh at the over-the-top sequel setup that plays like the Pope (played by B-movie favorite Franco Nero) is putting together a ragtag team of supernatural warriors. It’s a mix of film criticism, Catholic weirdness, and irreverent comedy that only Morally Offensive could deliver.","meta_description":"Bill and Cisco take a deep dive into The Pope’s Exorcist, the horror film where Russell Crowe channels his inner Super Mario Bro, and chews scenery as Fat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7654,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/morally-offensive-7096551/episodes/the-pope-s-exorcist-from-the-crazy-mixed-up-files-of-father-gabriele-amorth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/morally-offensive-7096551/the-pope-s-exorcist-from-the-crazy-mixed-up-files-of-father-gabriele-amorth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}