Rabbi Dave has been carrying a grudge against LiMu Emu for years. When people actually turned out to protest Liberty Mutual’s “Bibberty” mascot, he finally had an excuse to explain how it all started. It comes down to one commercial, and after hearing Dave describe it, you may find yourself reaching for the remote a little faster.
The conversation takes a more serious turn when Rabbi Dave and Friar Rod consider former Irish president Mary McAleese’s objection to infant baptism. What obligations can a church claim over someone who was too young to consent to the rite? Rod explains what Orthodox Christians believe happens at baptism, while Dave draws on the Jewish understanding of covenant and the responsibility parents take on when they raise a child in their faith. The question gets more interesting when that child grows up and decides what to believe.
There’s also a lively argument over Gavin Newsom’s push to commute California’s death sentences and what he stands to gain from it. Later, an AI kung fu cat raises the surprisingly practical question of how many times the same joke can work, and a “dinosaur blood” headline sends Dave to a paleontologist before anybody starts selling tickets to Jurassic Park.
Listen to “Baptism, Bibberty, and Kung Fu Cats” on What The Frock? Come for Dave’s case against the emu. Stay to hear what happens when a rabbi and a friar compare notes on the faith we inherit and the choices we make about it.
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