The Second Drumming with Jason Mantzoukas

The Second Drumming with Jason Mantzoukas

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Hi, I'm Hallie LeBont and this is

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He's the youth pastor for our high

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1:53

welcome Gray Haas. Jesus is the

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way and that is so

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slay, Hallie. How are you? The

2:00

last bless bless bless. I am

2:02

so excited for today's episode

2:04

because, well, just like Jesus will

2:06

return with a choir of

2:08

angels, our guest today is returning

2:11

for another passion play this

2:13

Easter. It's your friend

2:15

and mine, a renowned actor, Mason

2:18

Janzukes. Wow,

2:20

it is. What a thrill to

2:22

be back. What an absolute thrill to

2:24

see both of you across the

2:26

table. I'm so excited. Oh, this is

2:28

so great, Mason. And I mean,

2:30

we don't want to give... much away

2:32

about what you're planning for Easter,

2:34

but would you be able to, and

2:36

what did the kids say no

2:38

spoilers? Okay, okay. But could you tell

2:40

us as much as you possibly

2:42

can about what you're about to do?

2:44

Well, I'll be honest with you

2:46

guys, I am bringing a full year's

2:49

worth of life experience to this

2:51

year's play. What year? It's going to

2:53

be, this has been... be honest,

2:55

a pretty harrowing year for me. I've

2:57

gone through some really hard times, some

3:00

pretty gnarly breakups,

3:02

some losses, a

3:05

true year of tragedies,

3:07

sadnesses, and frankly, intimate betrayals.

3:09

Oh, my. All of

3:11

which will be part of

3:14

the show that I've

3:16

written for this year's Easter

3:18

Play. So you've written

3:20

it. You know what? Here's

3:23

the thing. We

3:25

basically I've run out. I've now

3:27

I've interpreted this character so many

3:29

times. I've run out of story. You

3:31

know, it's like when they

3:33

made Game of Thrones and they

3:35

they didn't have enough of

3:38

the Tolkien books to make that.

3:40

to make that series, they

3:42

ran out of Tolkien. That's

3:44

right. So they had to just make it

3:46

up. And so that really inspired me. You

3:48

know, that inspired me to

3:50

be like, whoa, I can.

3:52

I can. What if like

3:54

a thought experiment? What if

3:56

I wrote the next chapter

3:58

of Jesus's life? Oh, wow.

4:01

So when does that, I guess. You know, for

4:03

Easter, I'm always wondering, you know, it kind

4:05

of ends with the crucifixion. So when

4:07

does, when does that of ends Well, here's the thing, Greg. Here's

4:10

the thing. What if that's not

4:12

where the story ended? Oh, wow. Oh,

4:14

wow. Okay. What if the story,

4:16

in fact, dot, dot,

4:18

dot kept going? Really?

4:20

Wow. Okay. I mean,

4:23

think about that for a second. Where does Jesus

4:25

go? Do people even believe it's

4:27

him? Yeah. Where does he end up?

4:29

What does he do? Does he Does he

4:31

get married? Does he ever have children?

4:33

Does he get a job? Does he learn

4:35

to play a musical instrument? Does he

4:37

do anything that, and the answer to, I

4:39

don't want to, again, I don't want

4:41

to spoil it for anything, but the answer

4:44

to all of these questions is yes.

4:46

Really? Of course he gets a job. Of

4:48

course he learns a musical instrument. All

4:50

of these things are what happens to Jesus

4:52

in my play. It's,

4:54

it's, it's a fact. I'm just,

4:56

right now, I'm just, I'm talking

4:58

about it as I'm calling it.

5:00

the next the next five years.

5:02

The next five years. Jesus

5:05

Christ, the next five years.

5:07

Thirty three to thirty eight. Thirty three

5:09

to thirty eight. Like, and by

5:11

the way, pretty big chunk of time.

5:13

That's a very meaningful, I don't

5:15

know where you guys were at at

5:17

that age, but very important time.

5:19

Right. I'm not really there yet, but

5:22

yeah. Oh, wow. Oh, wow. Well,

5:24

you're going to love your 30s. Oh,

5:26

the dirty 30s. Yeah. And that's

5:28

a little bit of what, you know,

5:30

like that's a big question. You

5:32

know, does Christ date? Right.

5:34

Oh, wow. Yeah. I mean, I'm

5:36

sure if he did, he

5:39

would be the most upstanding fella

5:41

a gal could hope to

5:43

be on the other side of

5:45

the table from her. But,

5:47

but... Are these bitches gonna do

5:49

Christ wrong? You

5:52

know? Oh, that would

5:54

be such sacrilege. Like, you

5:56

know, because that's the

5:58

thing is, like, is that

6:00

even Jesus Christ... Jesus

6:02

Christ is not immune to

6:04

the vicissitudes of of

6:06

women who who who don't

6:08

listen. Yeah,

6:12

you know, who? Yeah, just

6:14

like a great just

6:16

like Eve just like Eve.

6:18

She was deceptive. Yes,

6:20

deceptive. Yes. Not truthful. Oh,

6:23

and I guess I do want to

6:25

find out what that was based on

6:27

and just going. Bagged it. What instrument

6:29

did Jesus in your mind pick up?

6:31

Oh drums drums drums drums drums drums

6:33

drums drums drums drums drums drums drums

6:35

drums drums drums drums drums Big

6:40

set. a very big,

6:42

very big. It's inspired by Neil

6:44

Peart from Rush. Oh, an incredible

6:46

drummer who plays, you know, I

6:48

feel like the kind is far.

6:50

I don't know where you guys

6:52

are at. And I know that

6:55

the church has music. But to

6:57

me, when I really thought about

6:59

it as Christ, because now I

7:01

I have like people get into

7:03

meditation and stuff. So I have

7:05

like I don't I don't stop

7:07

down and meditate. I stopped I

7:09

try and I try and think

7:12

like Christ. You know,

7:14

I try and achieve a

7:16

set a state rather of

7:18

transcending union with the Christ

7:20

mind. Wow. You

7:22

know, so I'm trying to think

7:24

I'm trying to live my life more

7:26

as actually what would Jesus they

7:29

used to have those bracelets. What would

7:31

Jesus do? Yeah, or Jesus Christ.

7:33

I'm saying that's what I'm doing in

7:35

real life. Holy smokes.

7:37

And I thought to myself,

7:39

what would Jesus play? Right.

7:41

And the answer very clearly

7:43

came screaming to me progressive

7:45

rock. Holy smoke. Interesting.

7:47

That's so cool. I think

7:50

he'd be drawn to the

7:52

to the virtuosic musicianship. I

7:54

think he'd be drawn to

7:56

the odd time signatures, to

7:58

the long track lengths in

8:00

order to truly explore the

8:02

territory. You know,

8:04

really changing tempos, fast

8:07

changing tempos. And and

8:09

like I said, time

8:11

signatures being able to

8:13

because Christ, one of

8:15

the only people I believe who

8:17

could play seven opposite 11

8:19

times between between hands and feet.

8:22

That's that is that takes you have

8:24

to be really you have to be

8:26

holy. You know, you know, wow.

8:29

I mean, I think Jesus

8:31

would be because we know

8:34

Jesus is so cool and

8:36

relevant. I thought you were going

8:38

to say something like one of those

8:40

Ramsharms because that's what the rabbis blow in

8:42

and stuff. Right. Well, absolutely. I will

8:44

say my band has a shofar player. Is

8:46

that right? Yeah. But Jesus is the

8:48

drummer, obviously, because I'm playing the drums. Oh,

8:50

so there is a band in the

8:52

show. There will be a band. It's a

8:54

one man show. Let me be clear.

8:56

It's a one man show. But with full

8:59

band accompaniment. I always wonder about that

9:01

with one when people say I have a

9:03

one man show and then there's like

9:05

11 people in it. You know, is that

9:07

still considered a one man show? It

9:09

just has it has to do with who

9:11

says the most. I think I think

9:13

it's really about, you know, all of the

9:15

all the rest of the band members

9:17

in my show understand that they are there

9:19

to elevate me. Awesome. You know,

9:21

that they are there because they are

9:24

there to facilitate. Now, if you saw

9:26

our band. out at a venue. If

9:28

you saw us playing at the porthole

9:30

like we do every Friday night, we play,

9:32

you know, three hours of originals and

9:34

then 90 minutes of band based karaoke. And

9:37

if you've got a song you want

9:39

to sing, come on out to the porthole.

9:41

Jesus Christ and the disciples, we play

9:43

every Friday night. We go

9:45

until they close this place down, which

9:47

they usually do, you know. But

9:50

we are playing.

9:52

Very challenging progressive music. We are

9:55

we are playing we are

9:57

we feature a flute soloist We

9:59

have a we have a

10:01

string section Or orchestral components come

10:03

into play, you know, this

10:05

is a very detailed very thoughtful

10:07

very aggressive band Yeah, I

10:09

think that in this and of

10:11

course no spoilers But I

10:13

do think that it's interesting that

10:15

what how do you where

10:18

do you pick up is it?

10:20

You know, you're at 33

10:22

and then Jesus, what's the decision

10:24

that he makes, or that

10:26

God makes, I guess, that he's

10:28

like, you know what, I'll

10:30

give you another five years. What's

10:33

that inflection point? Okay, so

10:35

for me, what I imagine, you

10:37

know, it's the

10:39

story of... I can't

10:41

remember. It's in the Bible. It's

10:43

Benjamin or somebody finds the tablets

10:45

and they have they have the

10:47

rules on them. You know, I

10:49

mean, they've got the rules and

10:52

the tablets. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So

10:54

that to me, I felt like,

10:56

oh, that's interesting, you know, because

10:58

that means, you know, God's leaving

11:00

little notes around, you know, and

11:02

maybe they're on stone or something

11:04

like that. And so for me,

11:06

the way I imagine it. Is

11:09

Christ. you know he's

11:11

he was dead he died on the

11:13

cross he knows what that's like he

11:15

went through that but then boom he

11:17

wakes up what is it seven days

11:19

later he wakes up and he's like

11:21

out of there he's like I rolled

11:23

the rock aside and now I'm free

11:26

baby right yeah okay yeah and he's

11:28

walking along and he's thinking to himself

11:30

how many people betrayed him. How many

11:32

people wronged him? He's thinking of all

11:34

the names of the people who deny

11:36

him, right? Isn't there one of his

11:38

best friends denies him, right, Paul or

11:41

Mary? I'm not sure. OK, right.

11:44

So what happens is what

11:47

if what if Christ

11:49

just walking through the, you

11:51

know, the mountains of

11:53

Jerusalem finds like right there

11:55

on the street. A

11:57

copy of the Yes album tails from

11:59

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14:49

mean, Jesus has never even seen a record

14:51

before. You never, a record player or a

14:53

Victrola even. I bet he's never even heard

14:55

music on a wax cylinder. That's

14:57

my guess. Yes. Yeah, because were

15:00

there wheels yet? When was the wheel

15:02

invented? Such good question. wheels?

15:04

Because Jesus have wheels. Because a vinyl record is

15:06

pretty much like a, it's a wheel, you know,

15:08

if you can figure out a circle, you can

15:10

get into town quick. That's a funny idea, because

15:12

I always kind of imagined Jesus would have been

15:14

able to skateboard, but if there were no wheels,

15:16

then I just don't really understand what he would

15:18

done. But that's the thing, like, and

15:20

Gray, that's exactly the kind

15:22

of thing that inspired me, not

15:24

just Not just could Jesus

15:26

skateboard or would Jesus play? Would

15:28

Jesus play drums? Or does

15:30

Jesus use apps to date? You

15:32

know, like what does G

15:35

what does G like what fits

15:37

and quite a lot of

15:39

our life, our modern life is

15:41

I think is exactly how

15:43

Jesus would live, you know. Awesome.

15:45

Amazing. So and I do

15:47

want to go back and of

15:49

course, no spoilers. Of course.

15:51

But I did want to ask. Is

15:53

that? Did you find a copy of

15:55

a Yes album? And is that one

15:57

of the things that you drew from

15:59

your real life? Yes, I found a

16:01

trash bag in the woods when I

16:03

was young. It

16:06

had... It had a

16:08

comprehensive collection of progressive

16:10

rock records. I'm talking most

16:12

of the early yes

16:14

albums, fragile tales of topographic

16:16

oceans, all the way through the

16:18

Adrian Baloo years, discipline,

16:21

red beat.

16:25

These are incredible albums

16:27

that can crimson

16:29

catalog. You know, I think, you

16:31

know, from gentle giant all the way through

16:33

to Rush, nevermind Klaatu.

16:36

I think that that that

16:38

these were bands and

16:40

albums that were really instrumental

16:42

to me. And as

16:44

well in that same trash

16:46

bag was a staggering

16:48

amount of pornography of print

16:50

pornography magazine. Why do

16:52

people put that in the world? I know. And

16:55

why in a bag with a bunch of I

16:57

mean, I guess now that you say those bands,

16:59

I can imagine why I was with those. You

17:01

know, it is it's a it's the best thing

17:03

I've ever found in my life. It

17:05

really, I feel like it really made

17:08

me the person I am today. Yeah.

17:10

Yeah. You know, because

17:12

it's like, here's what it is.

17:14

It is a full musical

17:16

education on the best music ever

17:18

made and a true appreciation

17:20

for mature over 50 women. Awesome.

17:24

Which is what all of the

17:26

magazines were. Okay. Okay. Wow. Oh,

17:28

wow. That's interesting. It

17:30

was over 50 mature mamas,

17:32

very legal, and a

17:34

bunch of others. Wow.

17:37

Wow. Well... It's covered

17:39

in the blood. It is covered in

17:41

the blood. You know, Mason, forgive

17:43

me if this is too personal a

17:45

question, but as a, you know,

17:47

you're adept at percussion and I always

17:49

notice they put that plexi sneeze

17:51

guard around your drum kit and that

17:53

makes me think, are you going

17:55

to be smashing watermelon or at the

17:57

audience? Why do you put that

17:59

up? Oh, wow. Okay. So that is

18:01

really just for sound. It's

18:03

really just for sound. You know,

18:05

we want to get, you know,

18:07

because a lot of times we

18:09

have depending on who we are

18:11

able to get for the gig.

18:13

We've got between 12 and 32

18:15

musicians on stage, know, and

18:17

the drums are so powerful and overwhelming.

18:20

You have to contain them in that

18:22

a little bit of soundproofing, you know,

18:24

so that so that what I'm hearing

18:26

is me and that I can also

18:28

hear everybody else in the mix, you

18:30

know, because we've got we've got a

18:32

woodwind section. We've got tubas. You know,

18:34

we've got for a section of it,

18:36

I've got a marching band that's going

18:38

to be appearing on stage. Yes, which

18:40

is very exciting. Yeah, very celebratory for

18:42

Easter. I mean, they are playing a

18:44

funeral dirge. Oh, cool. It is a

18:47

kind of celebration. We're celebrating the dead.

18:49

Yeah. Yeah. Well, is it like what they

18:51

do in New Orleans? They have a

18:53

parade for the a full second line band.

18:55

OK. Interesting. OK,

18:58

that's cool. Oh, no.

19:00

And I did notice in, you know,

19:02

of course, no spoilers for what

19:04

happens in the show. But I

19:06

noticed you're wearing a wedding ring

19:08

and are there congrats in order?

19:11

You know, it's so funny you

19:13

mentioned that because I forget

19:15

I'm wearing it. You know, I'm

19:17

wearing it because Christ is

19:19

married. Oh, at this point in

19:22

your story, I'm living his,

19:24

you know, I'm living through his

19:26

marriage. I personally have been

19:28

undergoing a Pretty devastating breakup. Pretty

19:31

shattering breakup. You mentioned intimate betrayal. And

19:33

I know Christ, you know, that happened

19:35

to Jesus when Judas betrayed him with

19:37

the kiss. And you know what? It

19:40

happens every day to the nicest guys

19:42

like you, because women just can't seem

19:44

to get it together and shouldn't be

19:46

trusted. It shouldn't be so hard. I

19:48

fell in love with a woman at

19:50

the gym. Boy,

19:52

she was absolutely beautiful.

19:56

You know, I don't like to share

19:58

a lot of personal details about

20:00

myself just because I feel like it

20:02

takes away from people understanding the

20:04

character. OK, you know, to know too

20:06

much about the performer, the actor

20:08

underneath it is to take away from

20:10

the ability of the audience to

20:12

lose themself in the character, right? Oh,

20:14

cool. But I fell in love

20:16

with a woman who had three kids

20:18

and I adopted each and every

20:20

one of them immediately, which

20:22

I thought was powerful and she

20:24

thought was too quick, too

20:27

fast. You all weren't married,

20:29

but you adopted her kids. I did.

20:31

I did. does that turn some kids because

20:33

they get get a bit complicated? now.

20:35

Very much so. It's

20:37

so funny you say that. And

20:39

I didn't know that the legality would

20:41

even come into this. But I

20:43

very quickly found out that... She perceived

20:46

what I was doing as trying

20:48

to steal her children. Oh, no. Which

20:50

was not at all the case. I loved

20:52

her kids. I wanted to demonstrate to her

20:54

that I was not afraid of the fact

20:56

that she had children. That I desperately wanted

20:59

to be a part of their lives, you

21:01

know. Yes, she should be so lucky. Here

21:03

she is, a single mom of three. Oh,

21:05

sorry, sorry, sorry. She's not a single mom.

21:07

Oh, no. OK. She's not a single mom.

21:09

And that was part of it, too, is

21:11

I hadn't realized she was still in a

21:13

relationship. But she was

21:15

giving me so much energy. Really? So much

21:17

energy and so much flirty eyes and

21:19

stuff. She would always work in on the

21:21

same machines that I was working in

21:23

on or that I was working on. It

21:25

was it was it was really confusing. And

21:28

then so, you know, and

21:30

lo and behold, I find

21:32

out that she is. fully

21:34

betraying me by staying with

21:36

her husband. Oh, isn't that

21:38

devastating? That's on

21:40

her. She was really giving you

21:42

mixed signals. Giving me crazy

21:44

mixed signals. And I, you know,

21:46

I've invited her to the

21:48

show this weekend because I feel

21:51

like a lot of the

21:53

show is about us and our

21:55

relationship as seen through the

21:57

the characters of Jesus and Mary

21:59

in this kind of opera,

22:01

rock opera, progressive rock opera that

22:03

I'm calling it that. I

22:05

think I don't know that that's

22:07

ever been done. But yeah,

22:09

that is fascinating. mean, talking

22:11

about intimate betrayal, I

22:13

just sometimes don't you just

22:15

feel like intimacy is just overrated?

22:17

I don't get it. I

22:19

don't really understand. Think

22:21

about it because it's from

22:24

exactly the Bible. Talk about intimate

22:26

betrayal. Right. It is. It's

22:28

right. It's what Jesus says. He

22:30

said what doesn't he say at

22:32

to Brutee? Yeah, know, which is

22:34

like it's the it's exactly what

22:36

we're talking about that he got

22:38

betrayed by his buddy. His buddy

22:40

stabbed him right in the back

22:43

for like for what? Like 30

22:45

pieces of of. of silver or

22:47

something like that, and it's sealed

22:49

with a kiss, just like betrayal

22:51

always is, is a sweet kiss.

22:54

And next thing you know, bing, bing, boom, I'm

22:57

on the cross. Oh,

22:59

that happens every day. And I'll tell

23:01

you what, now that we're talking

23:03

about it, forgive me if this is

23:05

too personal a question, but what

23:07

is intimacy? Does it

23:09

just mean close? I always thought it

23:12

just meant. close? If you're close to

23:14

someone? Yeah, I don't really. I never

23:16

really understood it. Yeah, I don't either,

23:18

if I'm honest. I've watched a bunch

23:20

of YouTube videos. Oh, OK. Which one?

23:22

Yeah, what? Yeah. Well, you

23:25

know, I feel I'm I'm I

23:27

don't know if you know. I don't

23:29

know if you guys listen to

23:31

podcasts or anything like that. Yeah,

23:33

there's a ton of great

23:35

podcasts about that'll really help you

23:37

understand relationships and and all

23:39

of this kind of stuff. You

23:42

know, it's it's

23:44

Joe Rogan. It's

23:47

It's it's Jordan Peterson. It's

23:49

the Tate Brothers. It's,

23:51

you know, if there's a ton

23:53

of guys, there's a ton of here's

23:55

the thing. Here's the funny thing.

23:58

There's a ton of men who have

24:00

cracked relationships. And the thing is

24:02

the thing is women don't get it

24:04

yet. You know, right? Yeah. Well,

24:06

I mean, are you guys Huberman?

24:09

Oh, I love Huberman. I listen to

24:11

everything that Huberman does. I

24:13

think he's amazing and he's

24:15

so strong. I mean, he's like

24:17

absolutely shredded jacked. And he's

24:19

using science, Hallie. And I'm not

24:21

sure you understand this part,

24:23

but he's kind of what he's

24:25

doing is he's hacking the

24:27

human system. And he'll talk for

24:29

three to seven hours about,

24:31

you know, peptides. It's just it's

24:33

awesome. Here's the thing. We're

24:35

going to live forever. You know,

24:37

these guys have figured it

24:39

out. We're going to live forever.

24:41

Right. Especially Christ. And so

24:43

that's what that's in my mind

24:45

with Jesus. If Jesus was

24:47

here now, right? These are

24:49

the guys. These would be Jesus's

24:51

guys. You know, when Mark Marin says,

24:54

who are your guys? Yeah, Jesus

24:56

Christ when I when inevitably when my

24:58

record gets takes off and I

25:00

am living as Christ and I go

25:02

on that Mark Maron show and

25:04

he says, who are your guys? Yeah,

25:07

as Jesus Christ, I'm going to

25:09

say Jordan Peterson. It's the these

25:11

are the men that Christ would

25:13

follow. Right. And that's a big

25:15

thing, you know, because everybody follows

25:17

Christ. Right. Yes. But who does

25:19

Christ follow? You know. That,

25:26

my friends, is the first half of the

25:28

episode with Jason Manzuchus. If you want to

25:30

listen to the rest of it, head on

25:32

over to mega .supercast .com, where you can listen

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ad -free. It really is the best way

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to support the podcast, and for special episodes

25:38

like this, you get the whole thing. Ooh,

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it would help us so much if you

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become a member, and I would like to

25:44

extend a very special thank you to Jason

25:46

Manzuchus. We love when he comes on here,

25:49

not just because he's so much fun to

25:51

play with, but also... The way

25:53

he has contributed to this, he can play

25:55

as many Jesuses as he wants, if you

25:57

ask me, because it is a delight. You

25:59

know him from many great things like the

26:01

league and Big Mouth and also listen to

26:03

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26:06

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leave us a rate and review, ooh,

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we would love you. But you can

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26:19

and that link is in the show

26:21

notes. Speaking of members, a very special

26:23

thanks to our founding members, Teapop Nana.

26:25

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Mega

An improvised satire from the staff of a fictional mega church.Mega is a critically acclaimed podcast that satirizes contemporary megachurches and their associated evangelical subculture. Hosted by Holly Laurent and Greg Hess, this show offers a unique take on American religious culture through a range of comedic characters and segments. It was named "Best Satire" by Vulture.One of the most exciting aspects of Mega is its guest interviews, which feature a variety of comedians, actors, and thinkers such as Louie Anderson, Lauren Lapkus, Duncan Trussell, Jason Mantzoukas, Paul Scheer, Lisa Gilroy, Scott Aukerman, Tom Papa, Jen Hatmaker, Adal Rifai, and more. These guests bring their own comedic styles and perspectives to the show, creating memorable moments that keep fans coming back for more.In addition to its guest interviews, Mega is also known for its signature episodes featuring Holly Laurent playing Day Labont, a skeptical teenager who brings on guests like his atheist thinker friend Hemant Mehta. The show's humor and tone have been compared to the mockumentary style of Christopher Guest's films and the dry humor of The Office or Parks and Rec, making it a must-listen for fans of these genres.Whether you're a believer or a skeptic, Mega is a podcast that offers something for everyone. Its witty improvisation, spot-on parodies, and sharp commentary satirizing contemporary religion and politics make it one of the most entertaining and thought-provoking shows available today. Join the Mega congregation and tune in for hilarious insights on the world of megachurches and evangelical Christianity.

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