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🎙️ Prodigal: The Podcast — Notice the Pattern
Prodigal: The Podcast explores the patterns hiding underneath religion, politics, power, and culture — and asks what it actually costs us to keep looking away from them.
Hosted by Don Jackson and Daysha Voss, the show pairs honest, sometimes uncomfortable conversation with real reporting — tracing the same institutional playbooks across faith, government, money, and technology, from ancient history to this week's headlines.
Inspired in part by Don…
Episodes
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 41 Who Told You One Wife Was God’s Rule?
Send us Fan Mail An Ohio pastor just introduced his second wife to his congregation, and the internet grabbed one verse and picked a side. Don Jackson and…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 40: They’re Bracing For It. You Should Show Up For It.
Send us Fan Mail When the people running the system start preparing for the system to break, that’s not paranoia. That’s information. Daysha Voss takes the…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 39: Power Is Taken — What They Said, What They've Done, and What Comes Next
Send us Fan Mail Less than three weeks to the midterms. Early voting is open. And the people closest to the president have said out loud what they're willing…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 38: What Are You? Before Religion Told You Who You Were
Send us Fan Mail Somebody told Don this week that her husband could debate him because he's a pastor. Somebody else said some theology is not debatable…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 37: Everything Runs on the Clock
Send us Fan Mail Less than four weeks to November 3, and the same thing keeps showing up in the news: power watching the calendar. A Supreme Court pause that…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 36: "Who Named You?"
Send us Fan Mail Where did your last name come from? For a lot of us, the answer we were handed is one sentence long: they took the master's name, or Smith…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 35: Too Big for Any State, Too Inconvenient for Washington
Send us Fan Mail Monday morning the Supreme Court opens its new term with Suncor Energy v. Commissioners of Boulder County, and the oil industry is asking the…
Prodigal The PodcastProdigal : The Podcast Episode 34 "Lower Cognitive Ability Linked to Stronger Christian Nationalism"
Send us Fan Mail Episode 34: Lower Cognitive Ability Linked to Stronger Christian Nationalism A new peer-reviewed study is about to go viral with a headline…
Prodigal The PodcastProdigal The Podcast Episode 33: The Last Card = Martial Law Threat
Send us Fan Mail Content note: this episode discusses a sitting president's public threats to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy the military against…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 32: The Same Playbook: The Diocese and the Dining Room
Send us Fan Mail Content note: this episode discusses documented child sexual abuse and institutional cover-up. It's handled factually, not graphically, but…
Prodigal The PodcastProdigal the Podcast Episode 31: The Weight of Two Centuries
Send us Fan Mail Today Tennessee executes a woman for the first time in roughly two hundred years. Her name is Christa Pike — eighteen when it happened…
Prodigal The PodcastMindful Source: Return to Stillness (Bonus Guided Meditation)
Send us Fan Mail Mindful Source: Return to Stillness (Bonus Guided Meditation) This one's different. No Newsbeat, no breakdown of somebody else's headlines —…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 30: The Pulpit Protected Him
Send us Fan Mail Episode 30: The Pulpit Protected Him A registered sex offender was one signature away from becoming a state overseer of a national Black…
Prodigal The PodcastFertile Ground — A Guided Meditation
Send us Fan Mail Fertile Ground — A Guided Meditation We are overcomers. We create reality — it doesn't just happen to us. In this guided meditation, Don…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 29: "The Leash Reaches the Ballot Box"
Send us Fan Mail The Leash Reaches the Ballot Box Two episodes ago, Don and Daysha told you the national debt was the leash — an infrastructure of control…
Prodigal The PodcastOpen Hands — A Meditation on Letting Go of Control
Send us Fan Mail Open Hands — A Meditation on Letting Go of Control Most of us walk around gripping something all day — a schedule, an outcome, a person who…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 28 / "The Debt Is the Leash"
Send us Fan Mail The Debt Is the Leash $38.9 trillion. That's the U.S. national debt right now, growing by roughly $7 billion a day — and Don and Daysha want…
Prodigal The PodcastProdigal the Podcast :Episode 27 / "911: Project 2025 Isn't Coming. It's Already Here."
Send us Fan Mail At the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference, civil rights attorney Lee Merritt and Reverend Dr. Jamal Bryant had to…
Prodigal The PodcastProdigal The Podcast _Episode 26 No True Bill: The Nolan Wells Case and Mississippi's Oldest Verdict
Send us Fan Mail No True Bill: The Nolan Wells Case and Mississippi's Oldest Verdict Eighteen years old. Went out on the water with his friends for the Fourth…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST / Episode 14: Own Your Power: Texas's Grid Is Buckling Under Data Centers — Here's What Actually Works Right Now
Send us Fan Mail Own Your Power: Texas's Grid Is Buckling Under Data Centers — Here's What Actually Works Right Now In January, the line of companies waiting…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST / Episode 13:The Nerd Reich: The Book, the Blueprint, and the Billionaires Building an Exit From Democracy
Send us Fan Mail The Nerd Reich: The Book, the Blueprint, and the Billionaires Building an Exit From Democracy Before he left office, a sitting president…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST / Episode 12:The Machine That Outlives Him: Fifty Years of Oligarchy, a Congress on the Take, and the War That Proves the Point
Send us Fan Mail The Machine That Outlives Him: Fifty Years of Oligarchy, a Congress on the Take, and the War That Proves the Point DESCRIPTION: Trump is not…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST / Episode 11: "Not So Secret The Ballot Flaw AI Just Made Easy, the Fake Threat Getting More Airtime, and the Map Rewritten Before You Voted
Send us Fan Mail Not So Secret: The Ballot Flaw AI Just Made Easy, the Fake Threat Getting More Airtime, and the Map Rewritten Before You Voted Somebody can…
Prodigal The PodcastTHE PODCAST / Episode 10: Whoever Wins, Wins: What Trump, Obama, and Three Billionaires Actually Told You About Who Owns AI
Send us Fan Mail This week, Trump posted that the only AI guardrail this country needs is him — "a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT" — then called AI…
Prodigal The PodcastSainted: Trump's 9/11 Story, Charlie Kirk Day, and the Machine That Makes Saints
Send us Fan Mail Sainted: Trump's 9/11 Story, Charlie Kirk Day, and the Machine That Makes Saints Four days before this episode, standing in front of actual…
Prodigal The PodcastThe Encore: Tim Scott, the Oldest Performance in American Politics
Send us Fan Mail Wednesday night in Dallas, at the GOP's "Trump-a-Palooza" midterm convention, Senator Tim Scott screamed his way through a speech that split…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST / Episode 7: "The Last Chain"
Send us Fan Mail They edited the Bible. In 1807, a version of the Bible was printed specifically to hand to enslaved people — with the Exodus story cut out and…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 6: "The Desert Fathers Got There First"
Send us Fan Mail There's a claim moving through every timeline right now: everything you were taught about Jesus is only the surface, and underneath the…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 5: "We've Always Been Source"
Send us Fan Mail You woke up already defeated today — same tightness in your chest, same bill you haven't opened. That's not reality. That's old weather. And…
Prodigal The PodcastPRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 4: "Sunday's Coming, Monday's Missing"
Send us Fan Mail The Black church built the biggest, most consistent gathering of people in this country's history — tens of thousands of congregations, tens…
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PRODIGAL — THE PODCAST Episode 3: "The Protection Racket"
Send us Fan Mail They tell you there's a crisis. They tell you they're the only ones who can fix it. Then they tell you what it costs to be one of the ones…
Prodigal The PodcastThe Doctrine They Never Repealed
Send us Fan Mail 📩 GET THE FULL BREAKDOWN → https://prodigalthepodcast.substack.com A papal decree gives European Christian nations the "right" to claim any…
Prodigal The PodcastEpisode 20: Same Playbook, New Tools
Send us Fan Mail The national debt just crossed $40 trillion. Millions have already lost SNAP benefits. Tariffs are hitting grocery bills. And while all of…
Prodigal The PodcastExploring African Spirituality & Christian Theology with Reginald Martin | Prodigal: The Podcast
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Exploring African Spirituality & Christian Theology with Reginald Martin | Prodigal: The Podcast In this eye-opening episode of Prodigal…
Prodigal The PodcastJourney of Healing & Transformation with Trauma Specialist Alisa Gracheva | Prodigal Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Journey of Healing & Transformation with Trauma Specialist Alisa Gracheva | Prodigal Podcast Description: In this powerful episode of Prodigal…
Prodigal The Podcast"Breaking the Silence on Adoption Trauma | Dr. Liz DeBetta on Healing Through Storytelling | Prodigal Podcast" EP8
Send us Fan Mail "Breaking the Silence on Adoption Trauma | Dr. Liz DeBetta on Healing Through Storytelling | Prodigal Podcast" In this powerful episode of…
Prodigal The PodcastDeconstructing Religion, Black Culture & History | Coach Renz on Prodigal Podcast. EP. 10
Send us Fan Mail Deconstructing Religion, Black Culture & History | Coach Renz on Prodigal Podcast. #ProdigalPodcast #DeconstructingChristianity #BlackHistory…
Prodigal The PodcastOvercoming Trauma and Breaking Free from Toxic Systems | Prodigal Podcast ft. Michelle Moffitt EP 9
Send us Fan Mail 🎙 Overcoming Trauma and Breaking Free from Toxic Systems | Prodigal Podcast ft. Michelle Moffitt In this powerful episode of Prodigal the…
Prodigal The PodcastDivine Synchronicities & Consciousness with Sophia Demas | Prodigal: The Podcast Ep 7
Send us Fan Mail Divine Synchronicities & Consciousness with Sophia Demas | Prodigal: The Podcast Unlock the Mystery of Consciousness and Spiritual Awakening…
Prodigal The PodcastEmbracing Transformation: Whitney Joy’s Journey on Prodigal the Podcast
Send us Fan Mail Embracing Transformation: Whitney Joy’s Journey on Prodigal the Podcast In this powerful episode of Prodigal the Podcast, hosts Don Jackson…
Prodigal The Podcast@ProdigalThePodcast | Why Trump ? Part 2 Malachi Gross interview Don Jackson | Big Sean
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Prodigal, host Don Jackson and co-host Big Sean engage in a profound conversation with Malachi Gross, touching on topics of…
Prodigal The PodcastExploring Faith and True Discipleship with Angel Lopez | Prodigal: The Podcast @ProdigalThePodcast | Episode 03
Send us Fan Mail Exploring Faith and Spirituality with Angel Lopez Join host Don Jackson in this thought-provoking episode of Prodigal: The Podcast as he…
Prodigal The PodcastDeconstructing Religion | Prodigal The Podcast |Dr. Dorothy Parker Interview |Don Jackson -Host EP2
Send us Fan Mail Deconstructing Religion | Prodigal The Podcast | Dr. Dorothy Parker Interview | Don Jackson -Host | Big Sean-Co Host EP2 @prodigalthepodcast…
Prodigal The PodcastWhy Trump ? with Life Coach Malachi Gross | Part 1
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Prodigal the Podcast, hosts Don Jackson and Big Sean delve deep into the life of Malachi Gross, a transformational life…
Prodigal The PodcastBreaking Chains: Dr. Rob Kelly's Fight Against Addiction
Send us Fan Mail Breaking Chains: Dr. Rob Kelly's Fight Against Addiction In this episode of Prodigal High, hosts Don Jackson and Big Sean are joined by Dr…