Episode 1: Hello! It's us. The Wears.

As you can see, we decided to try out a podcast together.

We hope you’ll like it, and most of all, we hope it’ll be fun. The podcast will be a companion to the newsletter, and it will feature marital chatter about the latest in politics, faith and family life. Sometimes we may talk about things or issues outside of what’s written on Substack, but mostly we want this to be a place where we talk about 1-2 big, interesting, infuriating, and/or confounding news items. Those of you who love podcasts or listening to news will hopefully benefit from this form of the newsletter.

But! We need a name for the podcast. We suggest a few in the recording, so please let us know in the comments.

—Michael & Melissa

Episode 1 notes:

• Articles mentioned:

  • U.S. population growth has nearly flatlined, new census data shows (Brookings)

  • About Three-in-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated (Pew)

  • In Good Spirits (NYT)

  • Is a new kind of religion forming on the internet? (Vox)

• The Great Opportunity, Pinetops Foundation

• Jude 3 Project

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