#1.22 - Joseph Laycock: The author of "Speak of the Devil" and Texas State University Religious Studies professor talks Satanism, D&D, the Satanic Panic, and Lucien Greaves

Joseph Laycock teaches religious studies at Texas State University. He has written extensively about the occult and new religious movements, including Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. Since it's Halloween season, John invited him to talk about the two sides of American Satanism - the one that existed only in the minds of panicked parents and religious zealots in the 1980s and 1990s, and the one that exists in reality today, a nontheistic counter-cultural religious movement promoting social justice and freedom of thought, and spearheaded by the enigmatic and fascinating Lucien Greaves.

Links:

Joseph Laycock on Twitter

Joseph P. Laycock official website

Lucien Greaves on Twitter

The Satanic Temple's official website