What comedians and Catholics have in common: They need to tell the truth. Ep 162

We all need a laugh. 2020 has been an absolutely awful year (no
citation needed). But is it O.K. for us to take a step back and
laugh at it all? We bring on professional funny man and former
professional Catholic, Greg Iwinksi, to discuss. Greg is an
Emmy-nominated comedy writer and performer, and he currently writes
for “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” He’s previously written
for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and worked with The Second
City and iO theaters. We talk to Greg about the pandemic, the
difference between “church” funny and “actual” funny and Trump
Jokes. Greg also reminds us that comedy is serious business, and
above all about telling the truth.  In Signs of the Times, we
discuss the Vatican’s controversial Nativity and deliver a
Jesuitical SOT-P.S.A. about the newly F.D.A.-approved Covid-19
vaccines. This is our last regular episode of 2020, but there is
still time for you to help with our special Christmas edition of
Jesuitical. Email a 60-second-or-less voice memo to
jesuitical@americamedia.org describing a consolation from 2020. Get
your consolation in by Monday, Dec. 21!  What’s on tap? 
Hot Toddy Links from the show:  Greg’s Twitter Feed Greg’s new
Star Wars podcast Why is Darth Vader in the Vatican’s Nativity
scene? U.S. Catholic bishops: Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is an ‘act
of charity’ Waiting for a Covid test is more than just standing in
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