Profanely Sacred
Profanely Sacred
Podcast Description
There are a lot of podcasts about spirituality and religious belief, and some of them are wonderful. But, just about all of them take themselves really seriously. Well, when we get together with our clergy friends, we might talk about God and souls and shit, but we’re also going to crack jokes and drop some f-bombs along the way. Because, that’s how people talk, and that’s what this podcast is—people talking about serious religious thoughts, but in the least serious, most casual, honest way that we can.
So, pour yourself a drink, forget about breathy sighs of agreement, and get ready for a different way to talk about the spiritual, on Profanely Sacred!
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The podcast delves into themes of spirituality, religion, and humanity, covering diverse topics such as the spirituality of nature, personal doubt in faith, and even humorous anecdotes about the clergy's life. For instance, one episode features a discussion about the relationship between spirituality and being outdoors, alongside amusing and candid exchanges.
There are a lot of podcasts about spirituality and religious belief, and some of them are wonderful. But, just about all of them take themselves really seriously. Well, when we get together with our clergy friends, we might talk about God and souls and shit, but we’re also going to crack jokes and drop some f-bombs along the way. Because, that’s how people talk, and that’s what this podcast is—people talking about serious religious thoughts, but in the least serious, most casual, honest way that we can.
So, pour yourself a drink, forget about breathy sighs of agreement, and get ready for a different way to talk about the spiritual, on Profanely Sacred!
I cannot begin to explain to you all how excited I am about our guest today. When I was in college, working on our school’s radio station, I was introduced to the band Too Much Joy, and I quickly became obsessed with them. Now we’d call them pop-punk, but they didn’t really have a genre back then. High energy music, insanely catchy melodies, and amazing lyrics. Some of those lyrics were snarky and kinda gleefully stupid, but some of them were as thoughtful and provocative as anything I had heard. And, even the dumb lyrics were usually pointing at something more than just silliness.
Well, the lead singer and lyricist of that bad, which is back in action after a couple of decades of hiatus (one of the few enduring blessings of the Covid epidemic), is a man named Tim Quirk, and he’s agreed to be on our podcast. For me, this is a “get” on par with Bruce Springsteen for most normal people.
We talk a lot about atheism, and about why he thinks that it’s important to be a loud and proud about his atheism. But, we also talk about what it’s like for him to attend church, and I was surprised by his answer, and how he relates going to church to going to some concerts. We talk about other ways, outside of religion, to find transcendence and uplift, and I mostly avoid sniveling fan-boying, and only bring up one Too much Joy song, but it’s completely on topic, so that’s cool. And, of course, we always end with the Profanely Sacred speed round!
Here are some links you should check out:
Tim’s Personal webpage: http://tbquirk.com
The Too Much Joy FB page: https://www.facebook.com/TooMuchJoyHQ
The Wonderlick (another of Tim’s bands) page: https://www.facebook.com/Wonderlick
A playlist I made up of some of my favorite TMJ songs: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/jasons-too-much-joy-sampler/pl.u-BNb7jI1mkxLb
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