{"podcast":{"title":"Tribulation Farce: A Left Behind Podcast","slug":"tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731","podcast_index_feed_id":6385731,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62793c183640ab0015f5d81d/1652118492033-7176158247b8d74f76bf52bc0d47ba87.jpeg","author":"Tim Lanning","episode_count":67,"summary":"Tribulation Farce is a comedy podcast about the Christian Fiction series: Left Behind. Join Harvard Divinity School Grad Jennifer Cheek and her Comedian/Gamer husband Tim Lanning for a chapter-by-chapter analysis of each and every Left Behind book. We'll discuss the Christian Right's obsession with conspiracy theories, the Apocalypse, and hopefully, the humor therein. New episodes every other Sunday until the Rapture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:21:19.630772+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731"},"episode":{"title":"Book 4: Episode 5 - Smudge Brothers","slug":"book-4-episode-5-smudge-brothers","published_at":"2024-10-23T18:32:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731/book-4-episode-5-smudge-brothers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731","url":"https://shows.acast.com/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast/episodes/book-4-episode-5-smudge-brothers","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62793c183640ab0015f5d81d/e/67194149e16fb75ed5bfbeb3/media.mp3","summary":"Finally some good food! These chapters were a lot of fun but unfortunately our audio kinda messed up. David, editor extraordinaire, was able to make it about 1000% better but there is still a bit of left over. Sorry! New book-club-style episodes will be released every other week, with periodic deep-dives into fun topics like Dispensationalism, the rise of the Religious Right, and unhinged Evangelical TikToks. Join our Patreon or follow the show on Twitter and Instagram ! Or, follow your brave and honest hosts Tim Lanning and Jennifer Cheek ! Our intro and outro music and lyrics by Layne Smith and William White Bass: Jonas Newhouse Extra Vocals: Frannie K Morrison Follow Glass Beach Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Finally some good food! These chapters were a lot of fun but unfortunately our audio kinda messed up. David, editor extraordinaire, was able to make it ab…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4280,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731/episodes/book-4-episode-5-smudge-brothers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731/book-4-episode-5-smudge-brothers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}