What The Frock?

About What The Frock?

What The Frock? is a weekly podcast featuring Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod discussing current events, politics, culture, religion, history, media, and the absurdities of modern life. With humor, insight, and a willingness to question conventional wisdom, they tackle the stories shaping our world from Jewish and Christian perspectives. Part talk radio, part commentary, part theological food fight. Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod discuss current events, politics, culture, religion, history, media, and the absurdities of modern life. A mix of commentary, humor, faith, and skepticism.

Publisher

Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

11 Mar 2020

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

306 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Oct 2026

   Six Years of WTF: Crabs, Gators, and Divine Retribution

   Six years of What The Frock?, and Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod are celebrating by arguing about whether alligators or coconut crabs would make a worse final encounter. Amelia Earhart probably deserves a more dignified discussion, but she’s landed in this one. The anniversary episode wanders from the Earhart mystery and a disturbing church accident into AI girlfriends, copyright battles, and the outrage surrounding Shane Gillis’s Saturday Night Live comedy. Beneath the sarcasm is a serious question: what happens to free expression when offending someone becomes grounds for demanding silence? Dave and Rod also take on Senator Elissa Slotkin’s remarks about Trump administration accountability and the boundary between prosecuting wrongdoing and intimidating political opponents. Along the way, faith, football, and Papa Zimm’s Honey provide opportunities for questionable transitions and increasingly sticky situations. Join Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod for an anniversary helping of irreverent humor, political skepticism, and an argument about crabs that neither man intends to lose. #WhatTheFrock #RabbiDave #FriarRod #ComedyPodcast #FreeSpeech #AmeliaEarhart #ShaneGillis

2. 

   18 Oct 2026

   The End Is Near, the Money Is Flowing, and Nobody Knows Anything

   The world ends November 13, 2026. At least, that's what a mathematical prediction from 1960 has everyone talking about. Which raises an important question: Why do we keep listening to people who are spectacularly wrong? This week on What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod take on the curious relationship between confidence, competence, faith, and the remarkable human ability to believe almost anything, provided the person telling us sounds sufficiently authoritative. From self-proclaimed AI experts who recognize people who don't exist to a Washington pastor accused of a $13 million fraud scheme, the conversation turns toward an uncomfortable question: When does faith become an excuse to stop thinking? Then there's the money. Millions in taxpayer dollars flowing through religious charities, refugee resettlement programs, and social services. Where does compassion end and institutional self-interest begin? Drawing on his own experiences operating a homeless shelter, Rabbi Dave challenges some deeply held assumptions about charity, government funding, and accountability. Along the way, there's Wisconsin honey, questionable predictions, theological disagreements, and a timely reminder about why you should never, ever taunt a tiger. It's religion, politics, skepticism, and the occasional complete abandonment of good judgment. Two men of faith. Plenty of opinions. Absolutely no guarantee of agreement. Join Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod for another irreverent edition of What The Frock? Visit WhatTheFrock.org and join the conversation. #WhatTheFrock #RabbiDave #FriarRod #ReligionAndPolitics #FaithAndReason #ReligiousHumor #PoliticalCommentary #Podcast

3. 

   11 Oct 2026

   When Everybody Else Is a Witch

   Why are Americans so quick to believe the worst about people they dislike? When did disagreement become an ideological purity test? And when does justice cross the line into public spectacle? On this episode of What The Frock?, Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod explore the increasingly dangerous intersection of political tribalism, misinformation, religious morality, and the human need to find someone to blame. The conversation begins with a viral but false allegation involving Bernie Sanders and a supposed $15 million Chinese bank account. From there, the discussion moves to the controversial Cornell Seven allegations, the rush to judgment on social media, and a remarkable example of political polarization invading an online birdwatching community. Then the conversation turns considerably darker. Should the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan be livestreamed? Can someone support capital punishment while opposing public executions? Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod examine the difference between justice and spectacle, drawing on Jewish law, Christian theology, the history of executions, and the enduring question of human dignity. Finally, a fascinating historical discovery involving sheeppox, medieval religious manuscripts, and accusations of witchcraft reveals how easily fear and ignorance can turn into persecution. The parallels to modern political outrage are difficult to ignore. Along the way, there's a neighborhood fence fire, a discussion of the attempted execution of Christa Pike, and a celebration of six years of What The Frock? In this episode: Bernie Sanders, Nick Shirley, and the spread of political misinformation The Cornell Seven controversy and social media's rush to judgment Confirmation bias, political tribalism, and ideological purity tests Nidal Hasan, the death penalty, and the ethics of livestreaming executions Jewish and Christian perspectives on capital punishment and human dignity Medieval witch hunts, sheeppox, and the surprising history preserved in ancient manuscripts Six years of Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod asking uncomfortable questions At the heart of this episode is a deceptively simple proposition: Sometimes the most intellectually honest thing we can say is, "I don't know." Join Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod for an irreverent, occasionally uncomfortable conversation about politics, religion, history, and the growing difficulty of disagreeing without condemning one another. What The Frock? Where faith meets skepticism, history meets current events, and no sacred cow is entirely safe. #WhatTheFrock #RabbiDave #FriarRod #FakeNews #PoliticalPolarization #ConfirmationBias #DeathPenalty #NidalHasan #WitchHunts #ReligiousDiscussion #CurrentEvents #History

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

50