Podcast Episodes

BONUS: : Chris Lane and Matt Martens on the WM3 & Criminal Justice System

Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian sit down with Chris Lane, District Attorney of Floyd County, Indiana, and Matt Martens, a Washington, D.C. defense attorney and author of Reforming Criminal Justice:…

Published on 9 hours ago

BONUS: Adam Kinzinger on January 6 & Conspiracy Thinking

In this bonus episode of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Mike Cosper sits down with former Congressman Adam Kinzinger for an intimate and wide-ranging conversation about January 6th, conspiracy thin…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

BONUS: What Does It Mean to Believe Survivors? In Conversation with Mary DeMuth and Colleen Ramser

In this bonus episode of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we explore one of the most difficult and essential topics raised in season 1: abuse.

Joined by guests Colleen Ramser and Mary DeMuth, we discuss …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

BONUS: Livestream Q&A with Mike Cosper, Matthew D. Taylor, and Robert Downen

Season 1

Season One may be wrapped—but the story isn’t over.

In this bonus episode of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we bring you a dynamic conversation between two returning guests—Matthew D. Taylor and Ro…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Forgetting What Happened

Stay tuned to the end for news from Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian on upcoming Bonus episodes!

In the finale of Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, we try to do the impossible: tie the threads together. …

Published on 3 months ago

The Spell Breaks

As we approach the end of the series, we learn that the Satanic Panic didn’t end with a bang. It was more of a slow fade-out. The Religious Right had secured major political and cultural victories. E…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Joke's On Us

Remember Mike Warnke, the world’s #1 Christian comedian from Episode 3? We’ll revisit his story with a little fact-checking, but first, we introduce you to another infamous figure of the Satanic Pani…

Published on 4 months ago

BONUS: Deep Dive with Mike Cosper: Q&A + Best of DDBS Live Streams

Season 1

The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea team is on spring break, so we’re taking this opportunity to bring you something a little different. In this interview with show creator and host Mike Cosper, we explo…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Hell's Bells

Do you hear what I hear? Backmasking. 

From the Beatles to Led Zeppelin, rumors of hidden, subversive messages in popular music sent Christians into a frenzy. Backmasking wasn’t just a recording trick…

Published on 5 months ago

Remembering What Never Happened

Season 1 Episode 4

In today’s episode, we’re exploring how fear and false memories motivated us to believe stories that were horrific yet too compelling to check. It started with Jay’s Journal, where Beatrice Sparks tr…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago