{"podcast":{"title":"The Mockingcast","slug":"the-mockingcast-1118135","podcast_index_feed_id":1118135,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/themockingcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22399920/cover.jpg","author":"Mockingbird","episode_count":296,"summary":"The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com. Audio production provided by TJ Hester. Video production by Chad Blevins.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:20:01.095531+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 274: Donuts for Lent","slug":"episode-274-donuts-for-lent","published_at":"2025-03-10T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-274-donuts-for-lent","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135","url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com/e/episode-274-donuts-for-lent-1780590332/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dstj00ysj8yr3aly/aWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9mMTUxZTg3My0xMTA2LTQ1ZjgtOTY1My0zMmI3N2YwYjMyZjUvZXBpc29kZXMvNjI0ZjA5MWEtN2YyNi00MjMyLTkzN2YtMjJjOTBlMjNjNmE5LzBmMWY3NDBkLWNlYTMtNDhjOS04M2RiLTQ1NDY0YjAxODVhOC5tcDMifQ_.mp3","summary":"&lt;p&gt;In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk gracious dermatology, religious resurgence, endemic narcissism, and alto harmonies. Also, Sarah sings some spirituals while RJ watches some cows. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/well/dr-pimple-popper-profile-sandra-lee.html&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;Dr Pimple Popper Knows You Can't Look Away&quot; by Eve Peyser&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/christianity-us-religious-study-pew.html&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Ruth Graham's report on how Christianity’s Decline in U.S. Appears to Have Halted in the NY Times&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/everyday/getting-over-ourselves/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Tony Robinson's post &quot;Getting Over Ourselves&quot; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://thecorners.substack.com/p/how-dare-you&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read NBW's substack &quot;Nobody Is Doing This Right (Except Me)&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Click here to read &quot;Singing Myself Back to Life&quot; by Susan Swetnam in Commonweal&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;The closing song is &quot;I See the Birds&quot; by Jon Guerra. Used with permission. Click &lt;a href=&quot;https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-see-the-birds-single/1798058794&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to purchase on Apple or &lt;a href=&quot;https://jonguerra.bandcamp.com/track/i-see-the-birds&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;here to purchase on Band…","meta_description":"<p>In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk gracious dermatology, religious resurgence, endemic narcissism, and alto harmonies. Also, Sarah sings some spir…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4013,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mockingcast-1118135/episodes/episode-274-donuts-for-lent/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-274-donuts-for-lent.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}