Heretic Happy Hour
Heretic Happy Hour is an unapologetically irreverent, crass, and sometimes profound conversation about the intersection of culture and the Christian faith. Hosts Keith Giles and Matthew J. Distefano, alongside a rotating panel of guest hosts that include theologians and therapists, professors and prophets, mystics and misfits, pull no punches and leave no stones unturned. For some serious sacred cow-tipping, there’s nothing better than spending an hour of your time with us. New shows every Tuesday, with bonus episodes on Fridays and Sundays.
Episodes
Today's show features a text, a voicemail, and a conversation about what it would be like if Christians followed the Sermon on the Mount.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
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What if the Queer movement and the Deconstruction movement were both answers to our prayers for revival and the next step in the spiritual evolution of the Christian faith pointing us to greater inclusiveness and more Christlike love?
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
To pick up Keith's best-selling book on Thomas, click here.
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In this edition of Sunday Matt, your favorite producer rants about how support for Trump and women is an oxymoron.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on Friday's Bonus Show.
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Keith and Matt answer a text that came into the hotline, and then discuss the attempted assassination of former president Donald J. Trump.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
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For some people, calling their faith mythology is insulting and threatening. But what if mythologizing our faith brings us more meaning and depth than literalizing it? In this episode, former assistant to the regional manager, actor and author, Rainn Wilson returns to help us rethink mythology and faith, alongside author Heather Hamilton [Returning to Eden] and pastor Adam Ericksen.
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In this edition of Sunday Matt, we talk about the shot heard round the world.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We'll get to your calls on Friday's Bonus Show.
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Keith and Matt do their best to talk about Tuesdays' episode on marriage and deconstruction, but with so much wild stuff in the news, they cover that instead... from the recently released Epstein files to Project 2025. They even read a text from a listener that will be sure to get us to think.
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In this episode, our panel features the Naked Pastor, David Hayward and Michelle Collins talking about the dangers of deconstruction when your partner doesn't and how to salvage your relationship if it's not too late.
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In this edition of Sunday Matt, your favorite producer chats about the how we are living in the precursor to The Handmaid's Tale.
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Keith and Matt continue the conversation about worship manipulation, and take a handful of hotline callers' questions.
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Our panelists for this episode are all former worship leaders and their experiences suggest that worship music is emotionally and spiritually manipulative in ways most people cannot possibly imagine.
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In this edition of Sunday Matt, your favorite producer chats about the recent debate, if that's what you wanna call it.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. In the very near future, we will get to your calls!
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Keith and Matt continue the conversation about Christian art and what makes it so cringeworthy.
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In this episode, we talk with our panelists about the power of art to express truth and emotion, and what makes art good or bad.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
To pick up Keith's best-selling book on Thomas, click here.
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In this edition of Sunday Matt, your favorite producer chats about the 10 Commandments and Project 2025.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. In the very near future, we will get to your calls!
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The Bonus Show rolls on and picks up where we left off during Tuesday's main show. Matthew and Keith reflect on what the Gospel of Thomas means to Christianity, and how an expanded canon would benefit Christianity.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
To pick up Keith's best-selling book on Thomas, click here.
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In this fascinating panel discussion, co-hosts Matthew Distefano and Keith Giles talk with new testament and early church scholars, Elaine Pagels, Christopher Skinner and William G. Duffy to answer your questions about the Gospel of Thomas to determine if it's a legitimate collection of the sayings of Jesus.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
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On this edition of Sunday Matt, Nazism is compared with MAGA, and the similarities will unnerve you.
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. In the very near future, we will get to your calls!
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For today's Bonus Show, Keith and Matthew continue the conversation about the very dangerous false white gospel, and even challenge Sean McDowell to address it on his YouTube channel instead of worrying about the so-called "threat" of deconstruction.
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White Christian Nationalism threatens American Democracy and American Christianity, but how did we get here, what happens next, and why won't this election solve the problem?
If you want to call in to the Bonus Show, leave a voicemail at (530) 332-8020. We would love to get to your calls!
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