A Christian and a Buddhist walk in to a bar

A divine band, singing about divine subject matter. What else could was ask for? Today we jump in to the 'house band of Melbourne' - the Cat Empire, and dig in to all the God and Godlessness of this funky outfit. 

Catholic maxxing. Its a thing. It really is. So what other religions can be maxxed? and what do our religious say about maxxing anyway? 
We talk about all sorts of maxxing and minning, and if Dharma Maxxing can ever get off the ground. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/catholicmaxxing-catholicism--church-religion-tiktok-gen-z-influencers 

Secular Christianity... oxymoron rights? Wrong!Today we talk about how Christianity and religion in general can be secular, and how being secular can help us perhaps see a different side of faith. 
https://www.abc.net.au/religion/christian-faith-is-more-secular-than-australians-think/107024006?fbclid=IwY2xjawT0r11wZG9mA2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkATAAAR5vSqwfMASHU3SvXK0BssJvg92XtECx8EFnfuNtnfAuQ2vtSXkE5kHzjdysBw_aem_YgfiP7uhdrQCcJy_dt1v4A

Today we ramble a bit about one of our favorite instances of Government counting things. The Census! Who counts? what does it matter? why would one want to declare to the Government they belong to a particular religion?  

Today Tai-Sen if off trekking in the wilderness, so cant get an episode out. So we thought its a good chance to go back to an episode about about the Spiritual but not religious type, who find God in the sunset on long walks all the time!
What would you do, if someone told you they found God in a Sunset? Today we tackle the curious case of the spiritual-but-not-religious. We look at one take on this phenomenon, and find ourselves asking: what do we do about these people? What does it mean for my faith? How should we think about SBNR's? and do they deserve to be alive? (the answer is yes by the way....) 
 
https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2011-08/you-can-t-make  

Last week we heard about what Da Pope thinks about AI and humanity. Today, what do Buddhists think? Tai-Sen and Jacob talk about the Buddhist take on AI, humanity, and all things in between. 

Our good friend 'Da Pope' Leo XIV has released an encyclical. Its on humans and humanity, but also AI, and also capitalism? We dig deep in to the paper, and ask about all things to do with Magnifica Humanitas, Including... does the Pope think that AI evil and going to destroy us? (hint* no). 
 
https://katieprejeanmcgrady.substack.com/p/10-key-points-from-pope-leos-first 

Its Men's World Cup finals time! And have you noticed the players praying? We look in to the various ways the sports people pray, and if (and how) this might improve their game. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13575702 / https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6862688/2025/12/05/noni-madueke-arsenal-christian-players/ 

What makes you flourish? Not just healthy, wealthy and wise; but truly flourish? Today we look in to some surprising results from a recent study, and open up some questions about how religious practice may help with our flourishing as individuals and society. 
 
https://www.abc.net.au/religion/harvard-global-flourishing-index-indonesia-more-than-happiness/106649806 
 https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ9m94xDHm3/ 

Why do we need religion? What does it do for our lives? what is it for?
 
We launch off from some of our previous questions to ramble about what we think a religion is for, and go off on all the usual tangents.