Sarah and Taylor begin another three-part episode, this time focused on wrath! They begin their exploration with a discussion of paranoia, resentment, and narcissistic rage. This episode includes another Taylor Swift reference (can’t those two just leave her alone!), biting infants, and a reference to that coworker who really just grinds your gears.

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Taylor and Sarah finish their descent into sadness with a discussion of violence turned inward before offering its antidote: grief, lament, and joy. This episode includes french potatoes, man flu, and a 500 year celebration of a famous German.

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Sarah and Taylor begin their discussion of sadness—explaining why sadness is included in Evagrius’s list of vices, how it intensifies all the other vices, and how it connects to despair, sullenness, and melancholy. This episode includes a dictionary of obscure sorrows, an emo existentialist, and how sharing a location and walking into a bar can cause even the strongest among us to spiral.

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Taylor and Sarah finish their discussion of avarice with an exploration of the virtues of generosity and gratitude. This episode includes a prohibition on letter writing, famous John Wesley sayings, and the antidote of frivolity.

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Sarah and Taylor begin their discussion on the vice of avarice, exploring the ways in which greed takes hold and its long-lasting systemic effects. This episode includes musings on musical manipulation, an aggressive Grinch, and a bratty child who loves Aesop’s fables but doesn’t learn from them.

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Taylor and Sarah finish their discussion of lust with a description of the virtue of chastity. This episode includes another Scrubs reference, a sexless advent, and an identification of the most erotic day of the church calendar.

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Sarah and Taylor continue their discussion of lust exploring patterns and styles in how folks make sense of their sexualities. This episode includes an Irish meetcute, a gas station rose, and an eavesdropping monk.

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Taylor and Sarah begin to describe the vice of lust and explore its connection to dreams and fantasies. This episode includes censorship! at the monastery, dreams of dinner parties, and a reference to a beloved British sitcom.

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