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SEX. DRUGS. SATANISM. This Fire is looking back at every episode of Fire By Nite, a Christian teen variety program released during the height of the Satanic Panic™ of the late 1980s/early 90s. Join hosts Steve and Alec as they discuss dated sketch comedy, demonic influence on our nation's youth, and of course the ever looming threat of communism.

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  • August 4 · 1 hr 13 min

    LIVE! The 700 Club's Satanism Special (7/1989)

    Join us at the WNY Center for Inquiry, in our very first LIVE show, as we take a look at a July 1989 episode of The 700 Club looking at the demonic forces coming for your kids!   That’s right! It’s Pat Robertson’s very own personal thoughts on the...

  • S1 · E34
    July 2 · 2 hr 7 min

    Ep34: Learn How to Influence YOUR Friends - Crowd Control (8/1989)

    Learn how to influence your friends for fun and (spiritual) profit, as we take a look back at the August 1989 episode of Fire By Nite, Crowd Control.   And if you’re not interested in learning how to manipulate your loved ones for the Lord, then we...

  • May 8 · 53 min

    Invasion of the Jesus Phones: Profiles in Christian Nationalism

    What do Jesus, internet censorship, an Israeli cyber security firm, AI slop for kids, and a reality show exploiting unhoused people have in common?   Today on This Fire we take a look at the wild world of faith based telecoms, and discuss whether...

  • March 22 · 1 hr 3 min

    MELANIA (2026): Profiles in Christian Nationalism

    Today on This Fire we’re a direct democracy, as we let YOU choose what we tackle for the next installment of our Profiles in Christian Nationalism series…and you chose…the 2026 propaganda documentary MELANIA (all caps)… Join us as we spend an...

  • S1 · E31
    March 14 · 1 hr 52 min

    Ep31: Why GOOD People Go To HELL (5/1989)

    This month on This Fire, we’re looking at the May 1989 episode of Fire By Nite: “Why Good People Go To Hell”. A primer on the fear, uncertainty, and doubt instilled in a generation of young Christians who accepted Jesus as their personal lord and...

  • Dec 30, 2025 · 39 min

    This Fire MIXTAPE vol. 1 (1986-1988)

    Join us for a look back at the last 3 years of Fire By Nite musical guests as Steve and Alec finalize the very first THIS FIRE MIXTAPE.   We’re sequencing, we’re toasting, we’re roasting, and above all we’re giving up props to the tunes that made...

  • Dec 23, 2025 · 37 min

    Kidz Klub: Colby's Place - Skateboard for Sale! (1989)

    This week on a very special bonus episode of This Fire, we take a break from our analysis of Fire By Nite, and instead sidestep into the world of faith based programming aimed at the elementary school set, as we embark upon the first episode of our...

  • Dec 15, 2025 · 2 hr 8 min

    Book Burning: Turmoil in the Toybox II (Batman, Nintendo, and MORE!)

    Tis the season, and you know what that means. Warm glass of eggnog, the yule log burning in the fireplace, and of course ‘This Fire’ playing in your headphones as you try and avoid problematic family members at your holiday get together. And this...

  • Nov 1, 2025 · 2 hr 45 min

    Book Burning: Michelle Remembers - The Finale (Satan Arrives!)

    When we tell you this episode has everything, trust we mean EVERYTHING. Jesus, Satan, a French speaking Mother Mary, a man and a woman using allegations of ritual abuse to mask the fact that they’re clearly having an affair.   That’s right! This week...

  • Oct 16, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

    Oprah's 1989 Satanic Dismemberment Special

    Picture this. It’s 4pm, on a sleepy May 1989 afternoon. You just got home from school, you want to settle in for some Duck Tales, but your mom flips the channel for her daily dose of The Oprah Winfrey Show.   Only on this episode, Oprah’s not talking...

  • S1 · E28
    Oct 6, 2025 · 1 hr 56 min

    Ep28: Why Feel Guilty? (2/1989)

    SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!! Its time to learn the RIGHT and WRONG way to beat yourself up, as this month we take a look at the February 1989 episode of Fire By Nite: “Why Feel Guilt?”   Youth groups often get accused of breaking kids down, demolishing...

  • Sep 16, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min

    Interview w/ Chris Theis

    This week, we’ve officially stared into Fire By Nite long so long, that Fire By Nite has started to stare BACK, as we welcome to the show Clarence Stanley himself…the one, the only, Chris Theis!!   Our conversation runs the gamut, from the origin of...

  • Aug 21, 2025 · 55 min

    Teen Mania...Let's Talk About It (w/ Special Guest Molly)

    Teen Mania Ministries. From the very start it’s been a through-line of our survey of Fire By Nite, and one that will be there til the bitter end of FBN’s run in 1994.   In light of a certain recent docuseries, we felt there was no better time to have...

  • S1 · E27
    Jul 28, 2025 · 1 hr 47 min

    Ep27: In The World, Not Of The World (1/1989)

    This week, it’s a whole NEW YEAR as Steve and Alec take a look at the January 1989 episode of Fire By Nite, titled “In the World, Not of the World”.   About 10 years before NOTW would become a clothing brand that defined fashion for a generation of...

  • Jul 18, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

    Quibi: How CCM Conquered the Mainstream in Summer 2025

    We’re back with another break from our regularly scheduled programming as we take a look at the state of pop music in 2025, and how the CCM industry has struck back, influencing the very mainstream it used to so desperately ape. With the dulcet tones...

  • S1 · E26
    Jun 22, 2025 · 2 hr 2 min

    Ep26: Strife?! Who Needs It!! (12/1988)

    It’s a real Family Feud on today’s episode of This Fire, as the Fox Bros. take a look at 2 chilling tales of interpersonal conflict, watching the December 1988 episode of Fire By Nite: “Strife! Who Needs It?!” It’s Family vs Family. Friend vs....

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