No one asked for it, but we talked about KAREN, the twisted Adventures in Odyssey episode about child cancer and death. And we’re pretty damn funny about it. Well, except the part where Percy realizes his mortality and cries. But that’s just a bonus. Also, we play Pigeon and Parsnip Trivia! Get your own bottle of Barefoot Wine and join us as we wade through our experiences of grief and loss as well as our plans for future cocaine use.

Discussion topics include:

-Who is Chris?

-Psalm 23 is GAY

-Parsnip is gay for Donna Barclay

-The Sadness Stick

-Odyssey incest

-Percy’s dream about the episode

-Who our dogs are voting for

-Percy’s Senior Citizen Party Buss

-When church works

-Percy makes his will

Resources discussed:

-“It’s OK That You’re Not OK” by Megan Devine

-“God’s Problem” by Bart Ehrman

-“Airfield” by Enter Shikari

EEK! LOOK OUT! It’s time to wrap up our Halloween spooker with THE CASE OF THE SECRET ROOM, PART 2. In today’s episode, a bunch of characters stand around explaining things to each other, and we sit around explaining it to you. But we’re funny. And we get mad at the Adventures in Odyssey staff and Focus on the Family. Don’t you want to join us?!

Discussion topics include:

-Barefoot wine

-The Iran-Iraq War

-Timothy Center sexy calendar

-Locktober 365

-Whit is biracial

-The definition of FDIC

-Orphans

-The FAILING Odyssey Times

-Gay cruising in McAlister Park

-Whit has fought in every war

-Bring back fat Whit

-$25,000 in pennies will cover up the smell of the dead body in your basement

Pull out your weighted blankets and comfort items because it’s time to get SPOOKY! This week, we’re leaping headfirst into THE CASE OF THE SECRET ROOM, PART 1, Adventures in Odyssey’s first scary episode. There’s a literal corpse in Whit’s End, and Whit is going to investigate no matter how much the police ask him not to. And, of course, we have to talk about … “Whhhhittakeeerrrrrr.”

Discussion topics include:

-Tom’s grandniece is racist

-Pro mystery music, anti clue noises

-Pigeon and Whit goon over libraries together

-Marc Brown’s “Arthur”

-Old-timey newspapers

-Bank-robbing 101, according to Pigeon

-Portugal is the mastermind behind everything

-What makes Adventures in Odyssey so scary

Recommendations:

-“Howards End” by EM Forster

-“White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa” by Susan Williams

-“The Battle for Algiers (1966)”