The Mockingcast

About the show

The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com.

Audio production provided by TJ Hester.

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Episodes

  • Episode 178: What Would Gaga Do?

    March 9th, 2020  |  1 hr 12 mins

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk dating Lady Gaga, reading MeMaw's bible, reckoning with coronapanic during Lent, and forgiving other people's enemies. Also, Sarah leaves a trail of bodies behind her while Dave listens to Big Pink.

  • Episode 177: The Type Who Never Listens

    February 24th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

    In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk closeness-communication bias, Type of Guy Theory, nuclear family breakdown, and skipping church. Also, Florida man RJ Heijmen reveals why he speaks so quickly, and Sarah discloses her least favorite sermon.

  • Special Episode: The Future Issue

    February 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

    In this special episode of The Mockingcast, Ethan Richardson takes us on a tour of The Future Issue of The Mockingbird magazine, featuring interviews with historian Tom Holland and NY Times technology columnist Nellie Bowles. Also, once-and-future Mbird authority Will McDavid provides what may be the world's foremost take on the intersection of Marcel Proust and the Left Behind series.

  • Episode 175: Spirals of Forgiveness

    February 7th, 2020  |  59 mins 38 secs

    In which Dave, Sarah, and RJ talk 50 year old aspirations, middle school peers, and knitting purity spirals. Also, Rev. Condon takes us on a tour of that frightening place known as "Secular Sarah Hell."

  • Episode 174: The Unchurchables

    January 25th, 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk advanced status games, gracious cheerleaders, deathrow mercies, and anti-institutional performancism. Also, Ken F promises to let them all cut in line.

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    Episode 173: Time's Quaint Stream(ing Service)

    January 11th, 2020  |  54 mins 38 secs

    In the first new episode of 2020, RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Parkinson's Law, algorithmic decades, and neonatal epiphanies. Also, Dave sees Little Women, Sarah preps for Twin Day, and things stop going according to RJ's plan.

  • Episode 172: Mary, Did You Have Amazon Prime?

    December 10th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

    In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk sassy mom merch, overrated advents, and the theology of foster care. They also share their favorites from 2019.

  • Episode 171: Everybody Loves Dolly

    November 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 1 min

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk generational warfare ("OK boomer"), Sunday morning racial reconciliation, refugee puppetry, and America's favorite Dolly. Also, Sarah gets beeped for the first time--but probably not the last. Throughout it all, hope abounds.

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    Episode 170: Eat Your Heart Out, Marisa Tomei

    November 11th, 2019  |  53 mins 59 secs

    In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk cancel culture, aging taboos, and the church-pocalypse. Also, Sarah goes shopping for jeans.

  • Episode 169: Optimizing the Broken

    October 27th, 2019  |  50 mins 23 secs

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk procrastination, child-ing, and going home with Beth Moore. Also, RJ's three-year old wakes up with a song in his heart.

  • Episode 168: Surprise Party

    October 14th, 2019  |  53 mins 21 secs

    In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk about noonday demons, divine surprises, and the doctrine that rhymes with schmotal decavity. Also, RJ comes clean about why he watches SEC football.

  • Episode 167: Tuesday Freedom

    September 30th, 2019  |  57 mins 52 secs

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk about raising boys, surviving Instagram, and grasping the moral legacy of the Christian revolution. Also, Marshall Heijmen scales the roof while Neil Condon takes us to Danger World.

  • Episode 166: A Very Brady Mockingcast

    September 16th, 2019  |  51 mins 58 secs

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk about the temptations/lessons of nostalgia, Taylor Swift's doctrine of forgiveness, and the "Age of American Despair." Also, RJ recites the full lineup of the 86 Mets.

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    Episode 165: Be Nice, Lee Ann!

    August 31st, 2019  |  48 mins 10 secs

    In which Sarah, RJ, and Dave talk hard seltzer, early NFL retirements, and the (non)virtue of niceness. Also, Sarah shares her recipe for meat water.

  • Episode 164: Get in the Pool!

    August 21st, 2019  |  56 mins 13 secs

    In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave return from their summer break to talk school stress, ideal women, millennial nuns, and the gift God gave Stephen Colbert. Also, Sarah reveals her favorite film franchise.

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    (Mini-)Episode 163: Hope

    August 2nd, 2019  |  18 mins 56 secs

    In this, the third of three special summer mini-sodes, RJ, Sarah, and Dave converse on the subject of hope (and why it is not the same thing as optimism). Dedicated to the memory of James Harte.