As the Covid 19 Lockdown continues to ruin everybody’s plans for 2020, Bethan has started a complicated relationship with a Brownie delivery company and Greer has taken to blocking out the news by listening to Louis Theroux’s audiobook on repeat. To keep her away from Harry Potter “I promise it’s not sexual“ fan-fiction, Bethan suggested that the next few episodes of Anecdotally be a look back at Louis Theroux’s first ever documentary series from 1998, Weird Weekends in which he visits communities in America that hold strong beliefs and gets stuck in with their lifestyle. In Episode 1 of Anecdotally’s Weird Weekends Watch-Along, we take a look back at Louis’ experiences with Born Again Christians. He visits a religious TV channel with Christian broadcasters Marcus and Joni Lamb, goes ‘witnessing‘ with infamous group ‘The Family’ and later attends a ‘revival’ where there is a huge amount of pressure to become Born Again. They discuss whether religion is a performance, how much of it is peer pressure, and why a church youth group isn’t the best place to meet boys. Greer discusses how easy it is to not question religion when it’s something that you’ve grown up with and asks whether you can be a proud Atheist without sounding like a subreddit. Bethan questions whether Stilton is one step away from Jesus and reassures us that she has ‘never shit herself at a house party’. We’d love to know whether you’ve seen this episode of Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends and what you thought of it. Also, we’re on the look out for any religion-based anecdotes that you would like to share with us this week.