Podcast Episodes

BONUS: Amanda Knox on the Satanic Panic and Wrongful Convictions

In our final bonus episode, Mike Cosper and Rebekah Sebastian talk with exoneree, producer, author, podcaster, and advocate Amanda Knox.

Amanda was a 20-year-old American student in Perugia in 2007 w…

Published on 7 hours ago

Survivors & Abuse Continued: Rachel Denhollander on Faith and Accountability

In this bonus episode, Mike Cosper sits down with attorney and advocate Rachel Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Together, they discuss what it really cos…

Published on 4 weeks ago

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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 months, 1 week 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 4 months, 3 weeks 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 6 months 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 6 months, 2 weeks 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 7 months 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 7 months, 2 weeks 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 7 months, 3 weeks ago