- Is the human-sewage steak a sign of the apocalypse?
The host reads the story of researcher Mitsuyuki Akira of the Okayama Laboratory developing 'steaks' from proteins extracted from human sewage at Tokyo Sewage's request. The hosts riff on the process (reaction enhancer, 'exploder'), the nutritional breakdown, vegetarianism, and whether the result can spoil, and vote this one the end of the world.
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Simeon's question: 'what made God?' and the case against scientism
- What made God? How can a being have no beginning?
Guest Simeon Clawson names his recurring faith question: what made God, and how can a mind process a being with no beginning?
From No. 556 · A Christian Mid-Life Crisis
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Abortion parallels and the uniqueness of humanity
- Is there a uniqueness in humanity that separates people from animals?
The hosts pivot from the study to its moral logic: humans are outside the food chain, so the thinning-the-herd rationale does not apply to people.
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Pope style, full: the man mistaken for the Pope on childlike curiosity
- Did dinosaurs exist, and can science and faith be held together?
Framing gag: a man in Minneapolis (sketching the 'pope' in downtown Des Moines) mistook Boova for the pontiff and demanded 'paper wisdom' — Boova refused to sign his Bible but agreed to the wisdom.
From No. 364 · Golden Calf Purity Rings
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Pushback: the penicillin example is weak; unexplained healings
The hosts argue the penicillin example proves nothing (nobody was praying for a petri dish; it was an accident), point to cases doctors called medically impossible (a co-host's heart condition), and ask why the author ignores healings science cannot explain.