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Hey everyone, welcome back. 
A little while ago we talked 

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about a documentary that asked a
pretty huge question. 

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What if the word homosexual was 
never actually supposed to be in

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the Bible? 
Well, that film, 1946, the 

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mistranslation that shifted 
culture definitely started a 

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conversation. 
And today we're circling back to

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that story because it turns out 
it didn't just end when the 

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credits rolled, it actually hit 
the road. 

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So if you happen to catch Elton 
Sherwin's earlier explainer on 

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this, you'll know that the 1946 
documentary laid out a really 

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compelling case. 
We're treating this as an update

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to that story kind of picking up
where he left off because what 

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started as this one discovery 
has really blossomed into a 

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whole movement. 
So let's dive in. 

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All right, so for anyone who's 
just joining this whole 

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conversation, let's do a quick 
recap of the bombshell discovery

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that's at the very heart of this
award-winning documentary 1946. 

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The entire film, and I mean 
everything, hinges on this one 

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really powerful question. 
It just asks you to think, what 

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if a word that has shaped so 
much pain and created so much 

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division was simply a mistake? 
That one question is what kicked

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off this incredible historical 
detective story. 

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So the film makers went digging 
deep into the archives at Yale 

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University and what they found 
there was pretty astonishing 

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documents that pinpoint the 
exact moment the word homosexual

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was first put into English Bible
translation back in 1946. 

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They argue this single act was 
kind of like the spark that lit 

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the fuse for a lot of the modern
anti-gay rhetoric within 

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Christian communities. 
But, and this is super 

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important, the film isn't just 
A1 sided thing. 

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They intentionally included 
pastors who completely disagree 

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with their findings, which for a
really honest and thorough look 

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at all the evidence and the 
impact of this film, it's been 

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huge. 
I mean, BuzzFeed went so far as 

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to call it one of the most 
influential films of the 

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century. 
And, you know, that's not just 

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hype. 
It really shows how deeply this 

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whole discovery is resonating 
with people. 

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But it's not just the critics, 
either. 

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At major film festivals from Doc
NYC all the way to Palm Springs,

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it has consistently been winning
audience awards. 

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That's a really powerful sign, 
right? 

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It tells you this isn't some dry
academic debate, it's a story 

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that is genuinely moving people 
from all kinds of backgrounds. 

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But the film was really just the
beginning. 

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The conversation it kicked off 
has now kind of spilled off the 

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screen and taken on a new life 
on the road in the form of a 

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brand new podcast series. 
So the creators of the film 

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launched this companion podcast 
and they've called it the 

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Culture Shift Tour. 
They literally went on a 15 city

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road trip. 
And they weren't just going to 

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screen the film. 
The whole point was to have a 

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real direct face to face 
conversations in communities all

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across the country. 
And the podcast basically takes 

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you along for the entire ride. 
You know, it's all about 

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challenging those harmful 
interpretations head on, but 

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it's also about creating space 
for dialogue about resilience 

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and identity. 
The hosts are confronting these 

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cultural divides in real time, 
and they share these incredibly 

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powerful personal stories and 
local insights they pick up in 

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each city. 
It's just a raw, honest, and 

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pretty inspiring look of what it
actually takes to create change 

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from the ground up. 
So if you're sitting there 

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thinking you want to check this 
out for yourself, here's exactly

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where you can find both the film
and the podcast. 

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You can stream the entire 
documentary right now. 

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Just go to 1946 themovie.com. 
And as always, don't worry about

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scribbling that down. 
We'll have the link waiting for 

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you in the notes. 
And for the podcast, the Culture

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Shift tour, you can find that 
pretty much wherever you get 

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your podcasts, Spotify, Apple, 
YouTube, all the usual places. 

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It is the perfect way to follow 
their journey on the ground. 

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And you guessed it, that link is
also in the notes. 

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So all of this, the film, the 
research, the tour, it kind of 

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leaves us with one final thing 
to think about. 

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So just think about this for a 
second. 

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Is there anyone you know, a 
friend, a family member, someone

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in your community that might 
like to see this movie or listen

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to this podcast? 
Because sharing this story could

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be the start of a conversation 
that truly, truly matters. 

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Thanks for joining us.