What does it feel like to believe in God?
No question too big
Happy Friday, Searchers!
This is our second-to-last story of the season.
This week, we try to understand an experience that 74% of Americans routinely report having. The first of many conversations (perhaps?). This one, an interview with Zvika Krieger.
If you listen to this week’s show, and have a good answer to the question, please drop it in the comments. What else is a Friday comment thread for but speculating on the divine?
News about Search Engine S2…
This will be old news for our Incognito Mode listeners, since we talked about in the board meeting in May, but Season 2 of Search Engine… is happening. We’ll have a schedule up for you soon.
Here’s what to expect in the near term though. We’ve got one more story for you this season, spread across two episodes. It’s one we’ve been working on for a while. And then, in July, our plan is to re-broadcast some classic episodes of the mini-series that preceded Search Engine, which we called Crypto Island. These stories are some of my favorite work I’ve done in years, and I think some people may’ve missed them the first time around, hence the re-broadcast.
NOTE: These rebroadcasts will only be on the ad-supported feed. The Incognito Mode feed has no ads but also no re-broadcasts, per the results of an informal listener poll at the last board meeting.
You can, as always, sign up for our ad-free feed and support the show here. You will also get bonus episodes.
Anyway, Crypto Island in July, and then, we’ll be back with a fresh season for you. We’re already hard at work on those episodes. Stories about billionaires, punks, concert tickets, and a true crime investigation about a cow.
We’ll see you next week with the beginning of our finale.
Thanks,
PJ
Thanks for not being afraid to tackle a topic like this!! It’s soo helpful and relieving to hear someone like Zvika affirm what is pretty much the same place I find myself, albeit, coming from a Christian upbringing (only my community was, and is, much more hostile to it). Over time, I’ve left almost all my old relationships behind because I couldn’t socialize OR worship with those people anymore. I have a small group of friends and relatives who all feel this hole where the community we lost once was. Platforming voices like Zvika’s reminds me that my old community can’t stop me from creating new ones. Thanks a ton. 🙏 Peace and Grace.
The timing of this episode was particularly important for me. My husband of 46 years (yes, I am OLD!) was diagnosed last week with possibly having ALS (still testing as it’s not 100% confirmed) and, as you can imagine, we’ve been having a lot of conversations about whether god, gods or “whatevers” exist. The same with karma. We’ve tried to live our lives as good people; being kind to others, always trying to help those we can, and not leaving harm in our wake. Yet, at the end of the day, none of this seems to matter. If this is God’s “plan,” it’s a particularly rotten one. I’m glad some people find comfort in belief. I don’t think I can.