The "Beth: A Week in the Life" series is a format where Kate records for 15-20 mins per day in a given week to discuss what she cares about in that moment, attempting to capture small pockets of her interests that get lost in the fast news cycle. This episode covers a variety of topics, such as:-Irrational childhood fears as developed by The Face on The Milk Carton-Another unforeseen snorkel into the Cosmos, astrology, the book of Genesis, and the origin of time, feat. the ancient world's hottest literary device: antimetaboles!-Early observations about Utah while Kate was on the road for Track 5-A Halloween rant, KJP's autumn, introvert vs. extrovert holidays-Kate's annoyance with religious people using the "start a riot" sound on Tiktok trend-The Christian persecution complex Kate learned about via DC Talk's bible study about martyrdom-A "Sharenting" snorkel about Mormon family bloggers exploiting their kids' embarrassing moments in puberty for clicks-A brief chat about Fundie vloggers-Some closing thoughts about conversations Kate had in Utah about faith journeys SUPPORT OUR SPONSORSFor 15% off and free shipping on your first pair of Marc Fisher LTD shoes, head to marcfisherfootwear.com and enter code BETHEREINFIVE at checkoutThis holiday, ButcherBox is proud to give new members a free turkey. Just go to ButcherBox.com/BETHEREINFIVE Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at HelixSleep.com/bethereinfiveRight now Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off your first three months. Visit ritual.com/BETHEREINFIVE Get 20% off your first mani system when you use promo code BETHEREINFIVE at oliveandjune.com/BETHEREINFIVE WORKS CITEDhttps://www.newsweek.com/youtube-lets-lawless-lucrative-sharenting-industry-put-kids-mercy-internet-1635112https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/instagram-facebook-and-the-perils-of-sharenting