The Pocketbook: Recent Episodes
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The downmarket cheap paperback version of the books you know you should read but just...don’t...want to. We read the hard stuff so you don’t have to! Tune in to Season 1 to get the pocketbook edition of the Old Testament. Naked grandpas, pogo snakes-it’s all in there, so strap in and enjoy!
Updates Wednesdays. Not recommended for listeners who don’t like a little blasphemy with their Bible talk.
Trying to focus on black voices and experiences this week. Wanted to just pop in and remind you all the the words we’re reading through right now have been used as weapons against POC for centuries. Also, if you made it through all of the New Testament and didn’t think Jesus would have been right alongside protesters....then wow. We read a very different book and I think you have some reflecting to do.
Military strategy, clever ladies, spies on spies on spies, a really weird battle, and a whole can of whoop-ass
Leprous skin, poisonous snakes, Those Dudes Who Ruin It For Everyone, and one mistake that gets you evicted.
A Levitican highlight reel, SO MANY rules, God:2 Aaron:0, cursers get beat, and a some awkward social rules.
Sins, a sweet rave, a good old fashioned massacre, Build-An-Arc, and your very own tabernacle. Made it to the end of Exodus!!
Just don’t curse people, okay? Don’t do it. Also, be nice to the aliens, you never know.
If you’re bummed out about the Coronavirus, check out these plagues! Gnats! Locusts! Boooooils!! It could be so much worse. Welcome to the book of Exodus, folks-don’t forget to wash your hands.
Presents, silver cups, plots within plots within plots, brotherly love, Pharaoh’s a bro, embalming, and getting left in Egypt without your tour guide!
Childhoods=crushed. The coat had sleeves though, so that’s better, right? Part one of Joseph’s Deluxe Egyptian Glow Up
There are a lot of kisses and blessings, it takes a whole half hour to tie up Jacob’s story, plus a weird wrestling match, questionable consent, the patriarchy, and parenthetical death. As always, it’s a good time. WARNING: some discussion of rape, please skip through to the welcome back if this will be a trigger for you.
Tricks! Lies! Deception! The worst disguise, clever girls, sad siblings and tons of sons.
No roses here, but there are nose rings, camels, the Seduction Deluxe Pack, the Ancient Welcome Spa, and some pre-drama drama.
Covenants! Sacrifices! More covenants! Sister Act 2.0 and a Really Confused King! Get out your notebooks, class, God’s about to Make A Prophecy, and we’re going to want to check his homework later.
Phew, this is a heavy one. A Sister Act, an Unspecified Plague, the original Sodomy, some light sexism, and flexing on the Pharaoh. It’s a treat. I guess.
An action packed episode! The first murder, a giant flood, rainbows, naked grandpas, curses, and the reason you don’t speak all the languages.
Welcome to the first episode of Pocketbook! For the first season, we’re tackling the Old Testament. If you’ve ever wondered who was actually there for the fall from Eden (allegedly) or how many creations stories there really are in the book (spoilers: it’s more than one), then this episode has everything you need and more!