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The Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & What We Can Learn from the Half Time Show DebaclePlus: What we can learn from Taylor Swifts leaked text messages, revisiting Michael Jackson's music, and Archbishop Fulton Sheen finally gets his due.Every year there is a Super Bowl. Every year there is a half time show. For the past ten years, they have basically all sucked except for Justin Timberlake, and The Weekend.But, as time goes on, everyone becomes more and more divided, and culture continues to spiral, everything begins to feel like a giant magnet for outrage, fighting, and yelling. Enter the Half...
2026-02-1134 min
The Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Transcendental Types with Kristy MalikPersonality Types based on Scripture, plus a glance back at 2016 and a connection between Mark's Gospel and Psalm 23.Since we’ve all decided that 2026 is the new 2016, what personality test was most popular back then? Was it the Myers-Briggs? The Enneagram? My personal favorite, the DISC? Regardless of what it was, most of us know our Myers-Briggs letters and our Enneagram numbers. For better or worse, we want to know who we are and why we act the way we do. But, what are those personality tests based on? Because the...
2026-01-2047 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & How I Learned to Read the BibleAlso, my SEEK 2026 recap, a new food pyramid, Knives Out perfect portrayal of God's forgiveness, and Only Fans provocateur Lily Phillips gets baptized.Happy 2026 everyone! If you already feel like the year is crazy, that’s because it is! World events are unfolding at the speed of light, and the stores are putting out…wait for it… EASTER stuff. We’ve barely had a snow in Denver meanwhile, Target wants me to plant my spring garden, and rush through Valentine’s Day and get to Easter. I say NO! Absolutely not. We were...
2026-01-1245 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & What to do with Candace OwensIf you spend any amount of time on the internet at all, you are most likely aware of the hurricane of drama surrounding Candace Owen’s, Turning Point USA, and Erika Kirk. For months, Candace Owens has been diving into the details of Charlie Kirk’s assignation. Everyday millions of people tune into to listen to her ask questions, and make connections that no one else seems to be asking. She is good at it, and entertaining as hell. But for those who hoped the tension between Candace and the rest of the conservative movement by way...
2025-12-1233 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Why We Are All So ExhaustedIt’s not uncommon for me to get my kids to bed and then feel like I can’t even move. And I KNOW I’m not alone because I talk to women all the time who tell me the same thing. They are just so tired by the end of the day that all they can bring themselves to do is scroll on their phone, which doesn’t help them feel rested, only more frazzled. Well, I’ve been struggling with this for a while. With young children, a part time job, and thinking I can “do it...
2025-11-0529 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Truth and Lies in KPop Demon HuntersAlso: What is Christian Forgiveness? And the character missing from The Gilded Age.If you are a parent, you have definitely heard of it by now. If you are not a parent, you have definitely heard of it by now. KPOP Demon Hunters is the most popular Netflix film of all time with 236 million views. Unreal. My kids watched it at a friend’s house over the summer, and of course, I didn’t like the idea of them watching something about demons. But, the more I heard about it, and the more the so...
2025-09-2634 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Responding to RevivalIt has been a tough week to be an American. Most of us were traumatized when multiple murders just showed up on our feeds before we could avoid seeing them, especially the assassination of Charlie Kirk. And if that wasn’t bad enough, we can’t seem to stop hating each other. National tragedies used to bring us together in unity. Today, it seems like unity is a thing of that past, at least for now. BUT! Amid such tragedy, chaos, and so many screaming voices, something remarkable happened this weekend. Thousands, if not millions, of peo...
2025-09-1934 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & A Heartbreaking String of TragediesI woke up yesterday excited to restart the podcast for the school year. I thought I would start with a light and fun topic, but by the end of the day, I knew that would be inappropriate. We have spiritual work to do. Like all of you I watched the Minnesota shooting unfold in horror. I also saw the video of Iryna the Ukrainian refugee get stabbed and the image still hasn’t left me. Not only did I see my daughters in that scenario, I saw myself. I would have done EXACTLY what she did in tha...
2025-09-1125 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & The Billy Joel DocumentaryWhether or not you are a Billy Joel fan is probably a coin flip. Regardless, the new HBO Plus documentary about his life and career, “And So It Goes,” is worth the watch. Seriously, if I could, I would give everyone my Amazon Prime log in so you could all go watch it. Even still, a month’s subscription to HBO Plus would be worth it because there is so much depth, history, nostalgia, and entertainment that comes through during the five hours in which Billy and the people who have loved him talk about his life. Bil...
2025-08-0635 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Marriage and Family with Jospeh GruberIs marriage and family worth having today? Many Zoomers, and Millenials are choosing to opt out. Marriage is often seen as a something likely to end badly, and kids are often seen as a barrier to freedom. Joseph and Crystal Gruber, however, are on a mission to tell a different story. After spending many years serving the Church as FOCUS missionaries, Joseph and Crystal are now running their own marriage ministry in the midst of raising seven children. When they got married, they were excited for life to be an...
2025-06-2751 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & The Rotten Fruits of Screen Time For Kids with Caroline PerkinsWith Guest: Caroline Perkins! Plus, "How Catholicism Got Cool", and my thoughts on the latest plastic surgery trendMost of us have heard the experts tell us how bad screen time is for us. But what are parents experiencing everyday in their homes? Join me as we welcome our very first guest, Caroline Perkins to the show!!!! Caroline is a mother of four. She is quick witted and has great hot takes. Caroline is passionate about the effect that screens are having on children, and has seen some of the rotten fruit in her own l...
2025-06-1142 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Exploring Home HobbiesAlong with reflections on my daughter's First Communion and the difference between Prince Harry and David Beckham.There has been a major cultural vibe shift that you have most likely noticed. Women, many of them are young mothers, are taking up new hobbies that are really, old hobbies. They are trying to turn off the screens and getting their kids outside. They are starting to garden, cook from scratch, sew, bake their own bread, and anything else that can fit into the “home industry” or “heritage craft” category. When I was growing up I knew...
2025-05-2336 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Justin BieberALSO! WE HAVE A POPE! Starbucks has a new (actually old) uniform, and a girl lost her 200k job because of an internet aesthetic.You know you are aging out when you go to a movie and see a preview for a celebrity named Justin, and you think to yourself, “They finally made a movie about Justin Timberlake.”That was me a few years ago. Justin Bieber is, in all honesty, after my time. But I became interested in him when he was baptized in 2014. I follow him on Instagram and h...
2025-05-1330 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & One Last Lesson from Pope FrancisHow the public related to Pope Francis, what it says about the human heart, and the truth Charles Dickens could only express through his fiction.On Monday, I took my kids to the park and ran into a friend. As she and I began discussing the news of Pope Francis’s death, she said she felt like she never truly knew Pope Francis. She commented that she sent too much time comparing him to Pope Saint John Paul II, and wished she hadn’t done so. I nodded my headed in agreement. I too...
2025-04-2632 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & A God Who Gets Your AnxietyIf you have ever fallen into a mental spiral, whether it’s common for you or not, you know the struggle and the shame that can come with mental health issues. It’s no secret that we are living through a mental health crisis, and yes, even here, we find the Gospel unfolding. Sin broke everything, including our internal human faculties. This means that our intellects, wills, and desires not longer work in harmony. Instead, they often work against each other and we stumble through our lives dealing with an internal struggle that no one can se...
2025-04-1719 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & The Skin Care ScamIf you came into my house after 7:30, you would find that I had transformed from regular Mallory into avenger Mallory. Every night, after I shower, I take 90 seconds to put on my Frownies, small cardboard like tape that helps keep my wrinkles at bay. Why? Because I am as vain as the next person and while I don’t get Botox, I still would like to have a smooth forehead. So, know from the get go that I enjoy taking care of myself. I wear make up, buy serums, and generally try to look put together and fash...
2025-04-1031 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & Why Chappell Roan Thinks Mothers are in HellLast weekend, Chappell Roan went on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast and said that the women she knows who are mothers seem like they are in hell. And of course, as the internet goes, everyone has an opinion. On today’s episode, I am not so much giving a hot take on her comment as diving into why the cultural conversation about motherhood is the way it is. I take an honest look at motherhood and why someone (often including mothers) think that women with small children are miserable. But we will not sit and in the c...
2025-04-0232 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & The Heart of this Insane CultureShould Prince Harry be deported? Why is the Culture so insane? How should we respond and what can we do about it?Join me in the conversation as I give my much desired opinion on Prince "H', and dive into some scripture that helps answer our questions and frustrations with the culture at large. In this episode, I hope you will join me as I explore the intersection of the gospel and contemporary culture, addressing the chaos and confusion prevalent in society today. I also discuss the importance...
2025-03-1929 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel &...With Love, MeghanIn this episode, Mallory Smyth explores the intersection of the gospel with contemporary culture, particularly through the lens of Meghan Markle's new show. She discusses the public's polarized opinions on Meghan, the deeper lessons to be learned from her experiences, and how these relate to the Gospel's teachings on beauty, order, and personal responsibility. The conversation emphasizes the importance of reconciling broken relationships and the higher call of living a life aligned with Christian values.
2025-03-1128 minThe Gospel & Everything Else... with Mallory SmythThe Gospel & The Kick OffIn this inaugural episode of the Gospel And podcast, host Mallory Smyth shares her personal journey of faith, the significance of the gospel, and how it shapes her understanding of theology, culture, and history. She emphasizes the importance of sharing opinions and seeking truth through the lens of the gospel, while also recounting her transformative experiences that led her back to her faith. The episode culminates in a clear explanation of the gospel message and its relevance to everyday life, encouraging listeners to engage with their faith and the world around them.Links...
2025-03-0428 min