{"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 5: Episode 8 - The Many Woes of Greasy Ernie","slug":"book-5-episode-8-the-many-woes-of-greasy-ernie","published_at":"2025-08-25T21:21:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tribulation-farce-a-left-behind-podcast-6385731/book-5-episode-8-the-many-woes-of-greasy-ernie","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-5-episode-8-the-many-woes-of-greasy-ernie","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62793c183640ab0015f5d81d/e/68acd3d6f842e159c56cea3e/media.mp3","summary":"Things get so intense in these chapters in a way we have yet to see! This is the good stuff. The stuff that made us want to re-read these books. We are talking about real messed up horse bugs and it feels so good. 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":"Things get so intense in these chapters in a way we have yet to see! This is the good stuff. The stuff that made us want to re-read these books. We are ta…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6368,"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-5-episode-8-the-many-woes-of-greasy-ernie/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-5-episode-8-the-many-woes-of-greasy-ernie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}