Vacation Bible School Podcast

About Vacation Bible School Podcast

Jason Kirk, Emily Kirk, and friends are finding the Bible is so much better and weirder than we were taught as church kids. Story by story, we're having fun learning history, religion, literature, mythology, and the amazingly weird stuff. All are welcome! Perfect five-star rating on Apple Podcasts! Contact us at vacationbibleschoolpodcast@gmail.com, if you like! (Sure, it's long! Copy and paste like Matthew did the Gospel of Mark!)

Publisher

Jason Kirk, Emily Kirk

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 May 2020

Latest episode

11 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   JONAH: The Veggie Whalefall Odyssey

   Host [Host Name] explores the relatable struggles and profound lessons of the Book of Jonah, revealing its surprising connections to social justice and redemption.

2. 

   28 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   BEARS: Pyromaniac vs. Hela (with Spencer Hall)

   It's finally time for the story of two hungry bears versus 42 unruly youths! Hairy fire guy versus the Bible's alleged worst woman (who did nothing wrong) and her useless little emo husband, the Bible's most overrated guy Elijah was the fastest runner of all time and there's nothing atheists can do about it Meet yet another "Satan": Where the name Beelzebub comes from We are joined by the smart and funny Spencer Hall (https://bsky.app/profile/edsbs.bsky.social), a sports journalist (https://channel-6.ghost.io/) whose love of this specific biblical passage helped make him one of our most requested guests Intro music: "Who Do You Know" by Claire Lynch Forgot to say this in the show itself, but won't you please look at our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/c/VBSpodcast) (currently dormant and not charging money, but there's a bunch of old episodes on there) and follow us on Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:q7txex6jd7enniio475itdoc) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vbspodcast)?

3. 

   28 Apr 2025

   KINGS: National divorce (feat Trey Ferguson)

   Pastor Trey Ferguson joins the hosts to discuss First Kings chapters 11-16, exploring themes of national division and leadership succession in an interview.

Inside a recent episode

JONAH: The Veggie Whalefall Odyssey

Published 11 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Why cling to it? Why want it? Why want someone to have to go through that? You know? Like, and like, okay, I want Hitler to suffer for 10, 100 billion years. That's, okay, fine. We're not talking about, like, why want the average human who is more or less as moral as you to have to suffer? And like, I think so much of it is, like, if those people had to face that, that means that everything that they believed and have been spouting for so long is wrong. And most people don't like to be wrong. There are so many people that don't like to confront the things that they have been taught. I think there's also this. […]

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Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

638 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

192 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

24

Social presence

0

YouTube

64

Engagement

95

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