Prophecy Guys

This week we have a new guest host with some fresh takes on some old episodes! Hope you enjoy!

Jordan bit the bullet and edited the lost episode. Sam tackles themes around trust and manipulation, while Jordan unpacks the nature of revelation.

The Prophecy Guys come out of hiatus to address the abuse allegations against Buffy's creator, and to talk about the show's future.

Hey all you cool cats and kittens! Ya boys are back for a quick Covid-19 check in! We miss you and hope to get some new episodes out ASAP!

This week we eat the candy and discuss season 3 episode 6, Band Candy! Sam talks the dangers of franchise media consumption while Jordan invokes his inner child! The boys also list some year-end pop culture favorites! If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, rate and review!

This week we're (sort of) back from a long break to talk about season 3 episode 4, Homecoming! How apropos! Sam takes a Marxist reading of the episode (and the season) while Jordan talks competition vs. cooperation! If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, rate and review!

This week we're just in it for the chase with Buffy season 3 episode 4 Beauty and the Beasts! Sam tackles the nature of masculinity itself while Jordan explains the monster god debate and the abusive theology of deserved tragedy. PC Plugs: Sam: Schitt's Creek on Netflix Pen15 on Hulu Jordan: Queer Eye Season 3 Harvey (1950) Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review! Thanks for listening!

This week we’re five-by-five as we meet our new slayer in Faith, Hope and Trick! Jordan and special guest Marlie Miller discuss trauma, closure and therapy! PC Plugs Jordan: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix Mid90s Tyler Huckabee Marlie: The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix The OC Sweetener (album) by Ariana Grande If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe, and leave a review!

This week we throw a hootenanny with season 3 episode 2, Dead Man’s Party! Sam and Jordan discuss communication and unveiling, and somebody changes their mind! GASP! PC Plugs Sam: Spirituality Rap from Saturday Night Live Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette on Netflix Jordan: Hearts Beat Loud Won’t You Be My Neighbor Tyler Huckabee If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe, and leave a review!

This week we wake up, look in the mirror and think, "hey, what's with all the sin?" as we watch Buffy season 3 episode 1, Anne! Sam and Jordan discuss identity and names as Buffy navigates the mean streets of L.A. PC Plugs: Jordan - EMOTION (album) by Carly Rae Jepsen Legion (series) on FX Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Sam - Everything is Love (album) by the Carters If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we're again joined by friend-of-the-show, sister, and all-around badass Marlie Miller, who schools us on what we missed/got wrong from the second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We go through each episode, play the greatest party game of all time, and present the results of our S2 Twitter polls. PC Plugs: Sam: Sense8 Special on Netflix Free Yourself Up (album) by Lakestreet Dive Marlie: Riverdale Season 2 on Netflix Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Brothers Pacific Daydream (album) by Weezer Jordan: Shawn Mendes (album) by Shawn Mendes Still Dead and Still Pretty (podcasts) Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, subscribe and write a review!

In honor of the last day of Pride month, Jordan is sharing his story with this amazing Prophecy community. Note: This is not a Buffy review. Our discussion touches on themes from Becoming Part 2, but this is special content, more personal than show-related.

This week we take a closer look at 1996 film Harriet the Spy! Jordan talks about the stories we tell and how they shape the realities we experience, and Marlie explains collective forgiveness and communal healing. PC Plugs: Marlie: Whatever It Takes Podcast Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Law & Order SVU Jordan: Wild Wild Country on Netflix Illinois by Sufjan Stevens Tyler Huckabee If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we close our eyes as we discuss Buffy’s 2-part, season 2 finale, Becoming! We’re joined by Seattle School student (and friend of Sam!) Hannah Martin, and the three of us discuss becoming adults, becoming human, and trauma related to becoming. PC Plugs: Sam - The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast Mortified Nation on Netflix Hannah - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on Netflix Good Christian Fun Podcast Jordan - The Faith Angle Podcast Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, subscribe and leave a review!

This week go fish yourselves. You don't have to listen to this one. I mean, you can. We made it. But this episode sucks. PC Plugs: Sam - For the People on ABC (starring Jasmin Savoy Brown) Rise Jordan - Love, Simon The Firewatcher's Daughter by Brandi Carlisle Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week HOLY S&#T we’re joined by comedy writer/podcast host extraordinaire Kevin T. Porter (Gilmore Guys, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Goys, Good Christian Fun) who shares his Guestimony, and how podcasting is like church! We also talk a little bit about Buffy. Pop Culture Plugs: Kevin - Thoroughbreds (movie) Sam - Sunday School Dropouts Podcast The Bible Binge Podcast A Very Special Episode (Funny or Die series on Youtube) Game Night (movie) Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek and @kevintporter

This week WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES?!? as we discuss Buffy season 2 episode 19, I Only Have Eyes for You! We switch it up a little this week as Sam brings you some fresh-out-of-the-oven atonement theory and Jordan talks about forgiveness. PC Plugs: Sam - Queer Eye on Netflix Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 3 on Netflix Jordan - Annihilation (film) Miss Stevens on Netflix Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we save our cousin from falling boulders as we discuss season 2 episode 18 Killed by Death! Sam and Jordan both use this episode, about the death of children and the adults who won’t listen, as a jumping-off point to talk about the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, and about gun control. For more information on the March for Our Lives, visit www.marchforourlives.com. If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review! Or find us on Twitter @samkoekkoek, @jordanmagill and @ProphecyGuys

This week we say goodbye to one of our beloved Scoobies as we discuss season 2 episode 17 Passion! Sam and Jordan both talk about PASSION! PC Plugs: Sam - Eurus, the Oh Hellos The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Goys Podcast Jordan - Paddington 2 Punch Up the Jam Podcast Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

Happy Noxonian Valentine's Day! Enjoy the swift punch, right in the feels, of Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered! Sam stresses the importance of consent, while Jordan tackles perverse desire in St. Augustine's Confessions! SEXY! PC Plugs: Sam - 90s movie marathon: Good Burger Newsies Jordan - Listen Up A-Holes Podcast (with Lani Diane Rich) One Day at a Time on Netflix Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek

This week we generalize about men as we discuss season 2 episode 15, Phases! Sam - gay panic and fragile masculinity Jordan - faith transitions PC Plugs: Jordan - "Dear Stephanie Meyers" video by Lindsay Ellis Call Me by Your Name botnik.org Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Sam - Song Exploder on Apple Podcasts (esp. Julien Baker's episode) Lord Birthday on Instagram If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek

This week we return from our holiday break with a bonus episode reviewing our first year of podcasting! We talk interviews, guests, games, and goals for the next year! PC Plugs: Sam - Bob's Burgers The Old Ones, podcast by Mike Birbiglia Jordan - Mindhunter on Netflix Career Suicide by Chris Gethard on HBO Tyler Huckabee featured in Relevant Magazine and on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, and @samkoekkoek

This week we say goodnight, my love, as we wrap up our conversation about Surprise/Innocence. All stray observations, all the time! Sam: The Oh Hellos Family Christmas Album Notos - The Oh Hellos Jordan: The Last Jedi Runaways Tyler Huckabee

This week we feel the searing sting of betrayal as we discuss Buffy season 2 episodes 13 and 14, Surprise and Innocence! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! We lumped the two-parter together to discuss themes, but had to break our discussion into 2 episodes, so this week we tackles themes, and next week all our stray observations! Sam discusses sex, purity culture and shame, and Jordan talks betrayal and the kiss of Judas. PC Plugs: Sam - Simply Christmas by Leslie Odom Jr. Dancing Jordan - Lady Bird American Vandal on Netflix Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek and @tylerhuckabee

This week we break some eggs to make a terrifying omelet with season 2 episode 12 Bad Eggs! Sam tackles the theme of responsibility, then following last episode's chat with Tyler Huckabee, Jordan talks about what to do when the people you love become unrecognizable to you. PC Plugs: Sam - American Vandal on Netflix Speaking with Joy podcast Jordan - Mercury & Lightning by John Mark McMillan The Beauty Between by Kings Kaleidoscope Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek and @tylerhuckabee

This week our wildest dreams come true, as we have the ABSOLUTE HONOR of interviewing pop culture writer Tyler Huckabee (Relevant Magazine, IGN, The Week, Washington Post). Tyler is a longtime Buffy fan, superhero expert, and all-around nerd culture enthusiast. We talk about faith, politics, and what makes Buffy such a great hero. PC Plugs: Tyler - Julien Baker's album Turn Out the Lights The Florida Project Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 3 Sam - Stranger Things 2 on Netflix The Oh Hellos The Earth is Enough by Harry Middleton Jordan - Movies with Mikey reviews, FilmJoy channel on Youtube Beatriz at Dinner Happy Death Day If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe, and leave a review! Find us @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill, @samkoekkoek and @tylerhuckabee

This week we follow a candy trail through the Unknown with Cartoon Network's 2014 miniseries, Over the Garden Wall! We deep dive into atonement theology, childlike faith, and fear vs courage in the face of hardship as we follow brothers Wirt and Greg through the woods, past the old tavern, and over the garden wall. PC Plugs: Sam - Sleeping at Last Making lists of beloved pop culture Jordan - Season 2 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on the CW Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review! Also find us on Twitter @prophecyguys, @samkoekkoek and @jordanmagill

This week we discover whether androids dream of electric sheep or mini-pizzas with Buffy season 2 episode 11 Ted! Sam discusses misogyny, rape culture and the assault of women in the entertainment industry while Jordan tackles patriarchy in the Scriptures and church history. PC Plugs: Sam - Demi Lovato album "Tell Me You Love Me" Brothers Green Eats on Youtube Jordan - Supergirl on the CW The Adventure Zone podcast Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple Podcasts, subscribe and leave a review! Also find us on Twitter @prophecyguys, @samkoekkoek and @jordanmagill

This week we check "yes" in the shrub box as we discuss the first true two-parter of BtVS, What's My Line (S2E9-10)! Sam looks at how our emotions give us strength while Jordan talks theology of vocation! PC Plugs: Sam - Big Mouth on Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender (show) on Amazon Prime Jordan - Magical Realism Bot on Twitter Kevin (Probably) Saves the World on ABC Tyler Huckabee on Twitter If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, subscribe and leave a review! Also follow our twitter accounts @prophecyguys, @jordanmagill and @samkoekkoek!

This week we squirm through season 2 episode 8 The Dark Age! We improvise our way through a conversation about guilt, past selves, the myth of the self-made man/woman and more! PC Plugs: Sam - The Good Place on NBC Dissect, podcast on Apple Podcasts Jordan - Band Aid (film) available for rent on Amazon, iTunes Transparent season 4 on Amazon Prime Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Also follow our show account @prophecyguys, follow Sam @samkoekkoek and Jordan @jordanmagill If you enjoy our show, find us on Apple podcasts, subscribe, and leave a review! PRETTY PLEASE!

This week we dip our Oreos in apple juice (GROSS) as we discuss season 2 episode 7, Lie to Me! Sam gives us the Cliffsnotes version of existentialism and absurdism while Jordan asks whether lies have the power to spiritually nourish us. PC Plugs: Jordan - Buffering the Vampire Slayer podcast (@bufferingcast on Twitter) Good Christian Fun podcast (@christianfunpod on Twitter) Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Sam - Major to Minor covers by Chase Holfelder on Youtube Everybody (album) by Logic For resources related to suicide and suicide prevention, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org @800273TALK on Twitter If you enjoy our show, please find us on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we don our rocker chick gear (but is it a costume?) for Buffy season 2 episode 6 Halloween! For our last episode sans-Sam, we're joined by Jesus Take the Reel's Tony Scarcello and Not the Nerds You're Looking For's Hailey Eckerdt! We all discuss the relationship between faith and identity, and how we can lose sight of ourselves as we pretend to be other people. Also Buffy's hair. PC Plugs: Jordan - Thinking 'Bout You by Yusuf (Cat Stevens) Hallowed Ground Storycast by @ChipperAlan and @StrangelyLiterl Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Hailey - Friends from College on Netflix GLOW (Documentary) on Netflix Tony - Blurryface by Twenty One Pilots Little Miss Sunshine Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God (Sermon) on Word of Life (podcast) by Brian Zahnd Once Soundtrack If you enjoy our show please find us on iTunes, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Buffy movie by giving it the Prophecy Guys treatment, which in this case means goofing on it the whole time a la Rifftrax or Mystery Science Theater. The audio may not be up to our typical standard but it's still a fun listen! Check it out! If you enjoy our show find us on iTunes, subscribe and leave a review!

This week we lie to Giles (GASP) and sneak off to a party with alcohol (DOUBLE GASP) as we discuss season 2 episodes 4 and 5, Inca Mummy GIRL and Reptile BOY. Jordan - Permissible evil in Inca Mummy Girl Marlie - Rape culture and toxic masculinity in Reptile Boy PC Plugs: Marlie - Annabelle Creation The Exorcist on Fox Jordan - Game of Thrones on HBO Network (1976) Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week we geek out with the Notorious LDR herself, Lani Diane Rich (Chipperish Media)! She schools us on the importance of stories, the Mystery behind the universe, and which Buffy character is secretly overrated (HOT TAKE ALERT). We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we enjoyed having it! And let us know what you think! Lani's work can be found at www.chipperish.com and www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAbD9_ngVEXotkOV_KTn9Q. Her podcasts are also available on iTunes or a podcast app near you! If you enjoy our show, please find us on iTunes and leave a review! Thanks!

This week we try not to disappoint you (again) with our review of season 2 episode 3, School Hard! Sam and Jordan both talk about balancing our priorities and our passions with our vocations and the demands of daily life. See if they have it figured out yet (spoiler alert: they don't). PC Plugs: Sam - Agents of Shield (again!) Steven Universe Jordan - A Ghost Story by David Lowery Conversations with People Who Hate Me by Dylan Marron Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week we dissect the second episode of Buffy's second season, Some Assembly Required! Sam discusses the relationship between an artist and her work while Jordan talks about scientific boundaries in relation to Christian faith. PC Plugs: Sam - Agents of Shield on ABC Praying by Kesha Jordan - GLOW on Netflix The Big Sick starring Kumail Nanjiani Want You Back by Haim Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Find and review our show on iTunes!

We're back! After an unexpected hiatus between seasons, we return to discuss season 2 episode 1, When She Was Bad! Sam talks Greek tragedy while Jordan explains spiritual trauma and recovery. PC Plugs: Sam - Pod Save the People by Deray McKesson Planetarium by Sufjan Stevens Jordan - Orange is the New Black (season 5) on Netflix It Comes at Night Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

In our first bonus episode (of many to come!), we give the Prophecy Guys treatment to one of our favorite shows, the gone-too-soon Sense8. For our show we specifically review events from the first two episodes of the show but touch on themes from the first 4 episodes, so if you want to check out the episodes before listening please do! Pop Culture Plugs: Jordan - Wonder Woman Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Sam - Sense8

We did it! We finished a whole season of Prophecy Guys, reviewing and discussing a full season of Buffy! After every season we'll do a wrap-up show to discuss everything we left out of the season proper (that's why this ep is so long). And we have a special guest to school us on everything we missed! We also answer listener questions and give shout outs to our iTunes reviewers! PC Plugs: Sam: Hasan Minhaj's Netflix Special @SunnydaleHam on Twitter Jordan: Jesus Take the Reel Podcast Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Marlie: Lego Batman

This week we discover our destinies with Buffy's season 1 finale, Prophecy Girl! Sam explains the Big Bad trope in serialized storytelling and Jordan talks about, what else, prophecy! Pop Culture Plugs: Sam: Lemonade by Beyoncé Jordan: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix After Laughter by Paramore Tyler Huckabee on Twitter And remember to tweet us @ProphecyGuys or email us at prophecyguysshow@gmail.com to get your questions answered for our season 1 wrap up show. Make sure to send your questions before Monday May 29!

This week our friend Chelsea Taylor joins us as we set our sights on Buffy season 1 episode 10: Out of Mind, Out of Sight! Sam talks about representation in media and Jordan unpacks the doctrine of the Imago Dei (Image of God). Pop Culture Plugs: Sam: Chris Gethard's Career Suicide on HBO Aziz Ansari's Master of None on Netflix Jordan: "The Cure" by Lady Gaga Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Tyler Huckabee on Twitter Chelsea: J. K. Rowling on Twitter

This week we face our fears with Buffy season 1 episode 10 Nightmares! Sam tries to investigate what makes for a good child-actor performance and Jordan talks fear of God: yea or nay? Pop culture plugs: Sam: Maria Bamford's Old Baby on Netflix Sense8 Season 2 on Netflix Bursting at the Seams by Cece King Jordan: Pop Culture Detective Agency on Youtube Dear White People on Netflix Colossal starring Anne Hathaway and Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week we get jacked in with a double-feature, I Robot, You Jane (1.08) and The Puppet Show (1.09)! Jordan talks idol worship and how it can affect our relationships, while Sam stresses the need for artists to evolve! Pop Culture Plugs: Sam: Damn by Kendrick Lamar Doctor Who series 10 premiere on BBC Jordan: Bagels after Midnight on Youtube The Leftovers on HBO And as always, Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week we sink our fangs into season 1 episode 7 Angel! Sam talks about how what Buffy studies in class reflects onto the narrative of the episode (The Civil War, Reconstruction). Jordan tackles how our pasts can be obstacles to spiritual growth. Pop culture recommendations: Sam: The Get Down, season 1 part 2 on Netflix Pete Holmes on the Robcast with Rob Bell You Suck at Cooking on Youtube Jordan: Green Light by Lorde 13 Reasons Why on Netflix Tyler Huckabee on Twitter

This week we chew on (HA) Buffy's sixth episode, The Pack! Sam talks about the artist's temptation toward conformity, and Jordan tackles Rene Girard and mimetic desire! Pop culture recommendations: Sam - The Get Down Jordan - The Collection, Listen to the River The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Video and Tyler Huckabee's twitter

This week we make the most out of two fluff episodes, tackling Teacher's Pet (Sam talks about carnality getting in the way of creativity) and Never Kill a Boy on the First Date (Jordan addresses "Anointed One" imagery in the Hebrew Bible). As promised, here are some resources around the issue of sexual assault: www.joyfulheartfoundation.org www.titleixforsurvivors.com www.netgrace.org

We giggle our way through conversations about generational curses, one-hit wonders, and Buffy's third episode Witch!

This week we look at Buffy's two-part pilot, Welcome to the Hellmouth and the Harvest! Sam tells us about the subverting jumpcut and Jordan introduces the vampire-as-other metaphor in Western spirituality!

Prophecy Guys: The Gospel According to Buffy episode 1 - introductions. Sam Koekkoek and Jordan Magill talk Buffy the vampire slayer through the lenses of theology, philosophy and artistry!