Joanna Jamerson (The Neo-Futurists) records the most scatological episode of This Is Your Afterlife yet while leaving the door open to becoming a very devout Christian by the end of her life.

Content warning: depression, Steve Harvey, Fifth Harmony, the curse of empathy.

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Joanna recommends Mishkan Chicago, the synagogue where she teared up at the bar mitzvah while doing videography.

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Transcript: This Is Your Afterlife on Podscribe

Music = Future: "Use Me" / James Blackshaw: "The Cloud of Unknowing" / Johnnie Frierson: "Miracles"