<![CDATA[Ye Gods! with Scott Carter]]>https://www.yegodspod.orghttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E3Te!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fea323d85-36ca-4049-b655-23d4ddd515c3_600x600.pngYe Gods! with Scott Carterhttps://www.yegodspod.orgSubstackSat, 15 Aug 2026 04:57:54 GMT<![CDATA[Of God and Country: Charlie Sykes]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-charlie-sykes-7c8https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-charlie-sykes-7c8Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMTCharlie Sykes is a rarity: Decent, Wisconsin-nice, smiling, gracious, man of integrity in an often transactional profession. He was raised in a liberal, non-religious household, but became a Catholic and a Republican. He's still a Catholic, but no longer a Republican, though still a conservative. A journalist and radio host in Wisconsin for 40 years, and the bestselling author of nine books including 2017’s HOW THE RIGHT LOST ITS MIND. In 2019, Charlie co-founded The Bulwark news site, with the motto “Country Over Party.” He hosted its flagship podcast until, in 2025, he started his own substack newsletter, TO THE CONTRARY, with the motto “You are not the crazy ones.” On it, Charlie publishes solo commentaries and interviews politicos and journalists. 

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]]><![CDATA[Of God and Country: David Frum]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-david-frum-31ahttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-david-frum-31aWed, 22 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMTAs part of our miniseries OF GOD AND COUNTRY, we speak with author, podcaster and journalist for THE ATLANTIC, David Frum. David served as a presidential speechwriter for George W. Bush, has authored 10 books, and now hosts THE DAVID FRUM SHOW and writes for The Atlantic. We’re discussing how both America and classic conservative David have shifted since Donald Trump took over the Oval Office in 2017. 

We also discuss where the American experiment goes from here, whether Americans still value dignity from their elected leaders, and how David’s childhood in 1960’s Canada shaped his understanding of global politics.

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]]><![CDATA[Of God and Country: Bradley Whitford]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-bradley-whitford-8d8https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-bradley-whitford-8d8Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMTAs part of our miniseries OF GOD AND COUNTRY, we're talking with activist and TV and film star from A HANDMAID’S TALE, GET OUT, and THE WEST WING, Bradley Whitford about his relationship to religion, after being raised a Quaker by atheist leaning parents. 

Brad attended All Saints Episcopal in Pasadena during priest-in-charge Ed Bacon’s leadership. Bacon is now retired but the church, founded in 1882, continues its commitment to radical inclusion, joyful spirituality, and ethical stewardship. Standing in stark contrast to the splendor of All Saint’s 1924 gothic revival church is the austerity of the Quaker meetings which Brad attended as a child, and to which he has returned.

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]]><![CDATA[Of God and Country: Nayyera Haq/Robert Costa]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-nayyera-haqrobert-713https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-nayyera-haqrobert-713Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMTWe’ll look at two American stories: The Christian Right and Muslim-American Immigrants. We’ll hear from former Senior Director at the Obama White House and Senior Advisor at the State Department, Nayyera Haq. The daughter of Pakistani Muslim parents, she describes how her 1980’s childhood on Staten Island led to her working to elect Barack Obama.

But first: CBS News national correspondent for Sunday Morning and chief Washington analyst, Robert Costa. I’ve known him since he was a young Washington Post reporter and, later, as host of PBS's Washington Week. Since 2008, he’s covered the religious right, from the Moral Majority, to the Tea Party, to MAGA. Robert holds a BA from Notre Dame and a masters from Cambridge University in the UK. In 2021, he and Bob Woodward co-authored the #1 New York Times bestselling book PERIL, about the 2020 campaign, leading up to and after the January 6th assault on America’s capital. In 2025, Robert became a Fourth Estate Honoree, the highest award of the National Press Club.

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]]><![CDATA[Of God and Country: Jonathan Alter]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-jonathan-alter-8d8https://www.yegodspod.org/p/of-god-and-country-jonathan-alter-8d8Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:00 GMTJonathan Alter: author, columnist, pundit, podcaster, filmmaker and lecturer. Jon executive-produced Amazon Prime’s 2013 satirical series ALPHA HOUSE, created by Pulitzer-Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Gary Trudeau, and starred John Goodman. We discuss how religion influenced the founding fathers and why the “separation of church and state” is a controversial American idea, which doesn’t appear in the constitution.

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]]><![CDATA[Killer Mike (Encore)]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/killer-mike-encore-3a5https://www.yegodspod.org/p/killer-mike-encore-3a5Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:00:00 GMTScott talks with actor, activist, 4-time Grammy-winning rapper, and half of hip-hop supergroup, Run The Jewels, Killer Mike. In the episode, Mike talks about his admiration for - and friendship with - Civil Rights icon and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, growing up in the all-Black neighborhood of Atlanta’s Collier Heights, and his musical evolution.

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]]><![CDATA[Susie Essman]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/susie-essman-cf4https://www.yegodspod.org/p/susie-essman-cf4Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTActress and comedian Susie Essman, who played Susie Green on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, is poised to reteam with Larry David and an all star cast, including past YE GODS! guest Larry Wilmore, for HBO’s LIFE, LARRY AND THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS.

Susie's 2009 memoir is "WHAT WOULD SUSIE SAY?: BS WISDOM ABOUT LOVE, LIFE AND COMEDY".

She and bff Joy Behar appeared on stage together last year in Joy’s off-Broadway play MY FIRST EX HUSBAND. Check out their joint interview on theatermania.com for more on their four-decade friendship.

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]]><![CDATA[Danielle Crittenden]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/danielle-crittenden-a33https://www.yegodspod.org/p/danielle-crittenden-a33Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTDanielle Crittenden is a journalist and author. Her new book is DISPATCHES FROM GRIEF: A MOTHER’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNTHINKABLE. Danielle’s Atlantic article "ON LOSING A DAUGHTER" and husband David Frum’s article "MIRANDA’S LAST GIFT", also for Atlantic, explore their sudden loss of their daughter Miranda at 32, the time they had with her, and how they both processed that loss. 

Danielle also recently contributed to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL explaining the role technology has played in her grief experience. 

We discuss Danielle’s conversion to Judaism and how it helped her process Miranda’s sudden absence.

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]]><![CDATA[Stephen Mitchell]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/stephen-mitchell-56fhttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/stephen-mitchell-56fWed, 06 May 2026 05:00:00 GMTStephen Mitchell is an author, editor, and translator of classic and spiritual literature. His 1988 translation into English of the TAO TE CHING by Lao Tzu, and its accompanying audio book have been indispensable guides to millions of seekers. 

We discuss how spiritual texts come to be written, the history of the translating and compiling of the Christian gospels, and why Stephen was compelled to untangle Jesus’s teachings for himself.

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]]><![CDATA[Kevin Nealon]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/kevin-nealon-a8ehttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/kevin-nealon-a8eWed, 29 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMTKevin Nealon is an Emmy-nominated writer and cast member on SNL, and host of Hiking with Kevin in addition to his many other TV and film appearances and his comedy specials, most recently, Loose in the Crotch.

His new film Mermaid, starring opposite Robert Patrick and Johnny Pemberton, debuted in limited release on April 8th and will go wide on May 26th

He also plays the banjo and has published a full color coffee table book of his original celebrity caricatures with the naturally hilarious title, I Exaggerate My Brushes with Fame, Portraits and Stories by Kevin Nealon.

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]]><![CDATA[Larry Wilmore / Hillary Kun]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/larry-wilmore-hillary-kun-c29https://www.yegodspod.org/p/larry-wilmore-hillary-kun-c29Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMTLarry Wilmore has one of the most impressive resumes in TV from IN LIVING COLOR to the BERNIE MAC SHOW, THE DAILY SHOW to BLACKISH and INSECURE. His acclaimed podcast for The Ringer LARRY WILMORE: BLACK ON THE AIR, just wrapped up in December of 2025 after 289 episodes. 

Larry will appear in Larry David’s new HBO mini series LIFE, LARRY AND THE PURSUIT OF UNHAPPINESS: AN ALMOST HISTORY OF AMERICA which premieres June 27 

Former Daily Show producer Hillary Kun gives us the inside scoop on why she too was transformed by a summer of door to door sales.

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]]><![CDATA[Rabbi Steve Leder]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/rabbi-steve-leder-3efhttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/rabbi-steve-leder-3efWed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMTRabbi Steve Leder - named by Newsweek Magazine twice as one of the ten most influential rabbis in America and over his 37 year tenure at Los Angeles’ oldest synagogue, Wilshire Boulevard Temple - has ushered thousands of families through life’s most joyous and heartbreaking moments. He's been a contributor to THE TODAY SHOW, CBS SUNDAY MORNING, CNN, and NPR. Steve’s Most recent book, New York Times best seller FOR YOU WHEN I AM GONE; 12 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO TELL A LIFE STORY makes the case for writing an ethical will, which is a life narrative to leave to your loved ones after you go to. In 2024, he retired and became Senior Rabbi Emeritus of Wilshire Boulevard Temple. 

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]]><![CDATA[Sharon Lawrence]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/sharon-lawrence-627https://www.yegodspod.org/p/sharon-lawrence-627Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMTSharon Lawrence is a 6-time Emmy nominated actress – including three for her portrayal of Assistant D.A. Sylvia Costas on Steven Bochco and David Milch’s ground-breaking NYPD BLUE, for which she won the SAG AWARD for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She was also nominated for her work on GREY’S ANATOMY. Sharon has appeared in hundreds of TV episodes and films, and starred on Broadway in the hit revivals of musicals CABARET, CHICAGO and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. She’s active in the Women In Film Foundation, Heal The Bay, WeForShe and the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

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]]><![CDATA[Michael Patrick King]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/michael-patrick-king-57fhttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/michael-patrick-king-57fWed, 01 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMTMichael Patrick King is an Emmy-winning producer, writer, director, and prime mover behind the global cultural phenomena that is SEX IN THE CITY. He's also creator of the long-running sit-com TWO BROKE GIRLS on CBS and THE COMEBACK, starring Lisa Kudrow, now on HBO Michael talks about which vestiges of growing up Catholic have stayed with him.

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]]><![CDATA[John Hodgman]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/john-hodgman-124https://www.yegodspod.org/p/john-hodgman-124Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMTComedian, actor, and author John Hodgman is the host of the popular JUDGE JOHN HODGMAN podcast, and New York Times Magazine column. His 2017 memoir VACATION LAND: TRUE STORIES FROM PAINFUL BEACHES, chronicles the mishaps and triumphs of John’s quest to make sense of life.

John’s childhood as a self-identifying outsider helped him create the knee-slappingly funny FX animated series DICKTOWN, The semi-autobiographical mystery send-up follows former kid detective “John Hunchman”. Each 10-minute episode elicits nostalgia for our puerile teen pastimes while reminding us that the hard-won rewards of adulthood are worth the growing pains.

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]]><![CDATA[Annabelle Gurwitch]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/annabelle-gurwitch-a15https://www.yegodspod.org/p/annabelle-gurwitch-a15Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMTAuthor and actress Annabelle Gurwitch tells tales of the “Itinerant, scam artists, and hucksters”, who hang from the branches of her family tree in her 2017 memoir WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE THEY ARE: STORIES ABOUT MY FAMILY YOU MIGHT RELATE TO. Most kids see their lives as normal and, only later, realize how absurd their homelife was. Her new memoir is THE END OF MY LIFE IS KILLING ME: THE UNEXPECTED JOYS OF A CANCER SLACKER.

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]]><![CDATA[Father Jim Martin]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/father-jim-martin-0fbhttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/father-jim-martin-0fbWed, 11 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMTFather Jim Martin is host of the America Media podcast, THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, honorary Chaplain of the Colbert Nation, and author of WORK IN PROGRESS: CONFESSIONS OF A BUSBOY, DISHWASHER, CADDY, USHER, FACTORY WORKER, BANK TELLER, CORPORATE TOOL, AND PRIEST. He talks about departing a career at General Electric and becoming a Jesuit priest, and why compassion is central to his reason d'etre.

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]]><![CDATA[Phil Rosenthal]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/phil-rosenthal-e8ahttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/phil-rosenthal-e8aWed, 04 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMTPhil Rosenthal is creator of Emmy-winning sit-com, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND and star of the Netflix series SOMEBODY FEED PHIL. His new, old-timey diner, Max and Helen’s, opened November 18, 2025 to rave reviews and an 8 hour opening weekend line, the longest in LA history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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]]><![CDATA[Dr. Miriam Udel]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/dr-miriam-udel-b0fhttps://www.yegodspod.org/p/dr-miriam-udel-b0fWed, 25 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMTDr. Miriam Udel is Director of Jewish studies and a professor at Emory University. The focus of her work can be summed up in the title of her new book, MODERN JEWISH WORLD-MAKING THROUGH YIDDISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE, which tells how stories can help kids understand tough moral topics, like injustice, inequality and racism.

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]]><![CDATA[Father Greg Boyle]]>https://www.yegodspod.org/p/father-greg-boyle-af6https://www.yegodspod.org/p/father-greg-boyle-af6Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMTFather Greg Boyle, author of such bestselling books as TATTOOS ON THE HEART and CHERISHED BELONGING, explains how Homeboy Industries, which he founded in downtown Los Angeles in 1998, has become the world’s largest gang intervention, re-entry and recovery program. Greg has been finding, as he says, “the thorn underneath” gang violence since 1988. His work has helped thousands of formerly incarcerated people around the world. But in LA Greg is an icon and a symbol of Angelino pride.

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