Ross and Carrie spend five months undercover in a mysterious and delightful religious sect, where Jesus is an alien and global warming can be fixed by praying into a battery. It’s all here in this episode about the UFO religion, the Atherius Society.

Curious about the latest oral hygiene fad based on ancient Ayurvedic practice? The one predating tooth brushes and floss? By popular demand, Ross and Carrie spend a month swishing oil and looking for somewhere to spit. Find out if they still have teeth!

Ross and Carrie enter the world of Christian prophecy, where lay ministers say they receive messages directly from God, and He has a message for YOU. Join us as we find out which of us makes God think of pizza, and who makes Him single “Jingle Bells.”

While the charming Lindsay Pavlas rattles off her ailments, Ross and Carrie each give her a reiki treatment, then make her guess which of them secretly got certified as a reiki healer. Can she tell the difference? Is the healing energy real? Who shot JR?

In part 2 of this undercover investigation of Tony Alamo Ministries, Carrie and Ross roam the secret grounds of the church’s California compound, learn more about the case that sent the pastor to prison, and ask to be baptized. Plus, fund drive fun!

Ross and Carrie visit Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, a cult led by an imprisoned child sex offender and one-time denim jacket maker. They board a creepy van, learn why environmentalism is Satanic, and are told you can never get saved too many times!

Ross and Carrie take a speed reading class, where they learn to stop subvocalizing, and groupwordstogethersoyoureadthematthesametime. But will they actually comprehend what they read?

We talk to our favorite pagan, Fire Lyte, about pendulums, prognostication and paganism. Plus, he sets us straight on some things we got wrong and shows us his downright insane mask collection. No one gets kidnapped.

We join Los Angeles’ biggest dowsing group, a coterie of colorful characters who believe that rods and pendulums can help tap into our inner wisdom to locate any item or substance, fix our solar plexuses, and most importantly help find… running water?

Ho ho ho! Our Christmas present to you is an update episode, with exciting news from the Raelians, the Kabbalah Center, Carrie’s documentary, and a very very exciting announcement about our new podasting family! It’s all here, in the last episode of 2013!