Episode 130 - Fetus of the Month

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Abish opens the episode with the “Skibidi-lestial”, a shockingly good tangerine-vanilla-Malibu-UV-blue-floral cocktail that began life as a joke and somehow achieved exaltation. The intro spirals delightfully through drink lore, abandoned gardens, generational slang anxiety, Barnabas’s failed cocktail redemption arc, and pop-culture tangents ranging from Avatar nipples to Hallmark movie crimes, all while firmly establishing the night’s tone as cozy, chaotic, and spiritually unserious.

Scriptures: [00:32:43]

aaaAAAaaa tackles Moses 6 through aggressive “Pearl Math,” walking through the overlapping lifespans of Adam’s descendants and landing on the central absurdity: a tiny, fully interrelated monoculture where Adam and multiple patriarchs are still alive, God is still showing up, and yet missionary work is somehow necessary. The segment roasts the anachronistic theology (atonement before Jesus exists, baptism before doctrine), the psychedelic clay-on-the-eyes seer upgrade, and Adam being “quickened in the inner man,” ultimately arguing that the chapter only makes sense as Joseph Smith projecting 19th-century Mormonism backward into Bible fanfic.

Church Teachings: [01:00:43]

Special guest Laman shares his mission experiences and the process of disentangling Mormon doctrine from identity after leaving the church, offering a grounded look at how missionary culture, obedience, and certainty shape members long after belief cracks. The discussion explores why ex-Mormons keep talking about Mormonism, how doubt is culturally framed as failure, and how walking away often requires rebuilding not just theology, but an entire sense of self.

History: [02:06:29]

Abigail continues her multi-part series on the Satanic Panic, showing how Mormon cultural patterns — authority worship, fear of hidden evil, and obsession with moral purity — made the church uniquely susceptible to the hysteria. This installment connects early LDS ideas about secret combinations and Satanic influence to the broader American panic, setting the stage for how these narratives escalated and why they landed so effectively in Mormon communities.

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