The Good Place

When Did Being Good Get So Dang Hard? + Sandra Maria Van Opstal

By Roxanne Stone — May 25, 2022
Katelyn and Roxy talk with Sandra Maria Van Opstal about how to pursue a lifestyle of justice without losing your sanity. 

Hollywood loves the Mormon afterlife

By Jana Riess — December 31, 2020
Stories like 'Soul,' 'Coco' and 'The Good Place' depict core Mormon ideas that are alive in the popular imagination about the afterlife—and the “before life.”

Millennial morality lends ‘The Good Place’ its theology — and popularity

By Tara Isabella Burton — October 2, 2019
(RNS) — Eleanor and her fellow millennials on CBS' afterlife sitcom would rather change the rules for getting into heaven than submit to traditions that don't fit their best selves.

6 reasons Mormons should check out ‘The Good Place’

By Jana Riess — March 19, 2018
From excellent faux swear words to a theology of eternal progression, there's a lot for Mormons to like in NBC's hit comedy.

3 new September shows with religion subplots

By Brandon Ambrosino — September 13, 2016
(RNS) 'The Exorcist, 'The Good Place' and 'This Is Us' have something in common.
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