About

Posted on June 8, 2007 (admin)

The Reprobates’ Hour is a cultural commentary show that examines politics, philosophy, art, theology, science, history, social issues, and relationship structures. We’re poly-friendly, kink-friendly, nut-friendly, and generally friendly all the way around. We tend to talk over everyone’s heads, and see it as your responsibility to get a ladder if you’re finding the conversation floating three feet above you. We’re skeptical as all hell, but don’t always toe the line of pop skeptical orthodoxy, or indeed agree on much between ourselves. We like to get to the issues behind the issues, piss a lot of people off, learn something, and crack a lot of really surreal jokes in the process.Granted, the name kinda gives that all away:

Poly - from the latin for “many” denotes our friendliness towards polyamory, and also the many ways in which we are heretical (at least when combined with the last half of the word…

Schizmatic - one who causes schisms in a community. A heretic. All of us here at the Reprobates’ Hour are heretics and apostates from various faiths, religions, political movements, and t.v. show fandoms.

Reprobates - John Calvin (murderer, dictator, fascist, and influential theologian) held that the Reprobate mind was one abandoned by God, not predestined for salvation, and damned for hell. Popular parlance holds a “Reprobate” as a generally disreputable character - the kind of person you wouldn’t want your daughter dating. We all qualify on both counts - even the occasional recurring religious folks!

Hour - A period of time, generally spanning 60 standard minutes, or 1/24 of a day. Occasionally, an hour will seem like a day, and thus we hope to fool certain imaginary dieties into thinking our show is actually a thousand years long and goad them into showing themselves in the mistaken belief that the millenial kingdom has come and gone while they were fucking around with their podcatcher. As theological experiments go, it makes as much sense as any other.