I Hate James Dobson

Episode 29: Straight Talk to Men

I Hate James Dobson

Show Notes

James Dobson has like 4 topics he writes about, so let's talk about masculinity again! Jake and Brooke go through Dobson's book "Straight Talk to Men" published in the year of our Lord Y2K. Surprisingly, Dobson gets a bunch of stuff wrong. Let's find out together!

Benny Bingo and the Evangelikids: https://www.theannoyance.com/show/the-evangelikids

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