Hidden failure, not failure, is what destroys trust

The hosts argue it is not wrongdoing alone but hiding it that is untrustworthy — admitting a mistake is trustworthy, while brand-protecting cover-ups feed the narrative. A few big-name failures define a whole profession, the 'going postal' analogy. Some pastors compound the shame by thinking they are protecting God's people, which the hosts call blindness to the very thing they are called to do.