In this episode, we begin the story of Abram and Sarai, who will soon get new names - Abraham and Sarah. This is the origin story of the Israelites, of Judeo-Christianity, and by extension much of Western civilization. But like all great stories, there will be plenty of strife and adventure first.

• Terah loses a son
• Cursed by the moon go
• Chaldean map https://cdn.britannica.com/70/277570-004-2D030B91.jpg
• Cursed by the moon god
• Christianity shaped mustard. And also Western Civilization
• Learning God's language
• 75-year-old Abram risks it all on faith
• Altars are for more than sacrifices
• Sacrifice is for you more than God
• A septuagenarian smoke show
• Renting out your wife for fabulous cash and prizes!
• Before the Law, there was Grace
• No (or not enough) country for (both) old men
• The Sodomites rebel, then they fall into tar pits
• Lot's kidnap and valiant rescue
• Abram rescues Lot
• An eternal promise and a dark prophesy

In this episode, we talk about Genesis chapters 5-11. God's just about had it with people and ready to wipe them out. But there's this one family that presents a possibility for a righteous thread of humanity. "Everybody, meet Noah. Noah, this is 'everybody.' We think they'd like to hear your story." Also, how did we get from one family in one land with one language to the modern craziness?

• Life is like a box of soap operas. And so is the Old Testament
• The fabled Enoch
• The Nephalim, wicked giants in the earth!
• Mankind is evil and God's truly had it with them. Really. Like, totally done.
• Except... there's this one guy. With great taste in music.
• A year on a boat with your whole family. And all their pets
• Release the birds!
• Giving thanks, and back to being fruitful and multiplying
• Noah plants a vineyard and hits the sauce
• A lot o' begattin' goin' on
• Hey! Let's build a fnord to the sknrblytz!

In our first full episode, we discuss Genesis chapters 1-4, the origin of the earth and humanity, and a lot of the big "why" questions people struggle with when they confront the idea of God.

• The creation story - not all that different from the fossil record
• Why is humanity in charge of the earth?
• What was the serpent?
• Why didn't God take away the Tree of Life, just to offer us eternal life later on?
• Nobody likes vegetables. Not even God
• The first murder
• Too many Enochs
• Lamech goes gangsta