{"id":233,"date":"2026-05-14T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/media\/?p=233"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:38:55","slug":"podcast-26-29-money-in-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/media\/podcast-26-29-money-in-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"ST Podcast on Where is the Money in Religion ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Listen Podcast on Where is the Money in Religion ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/supporttips.com\/media\/file\/aud-st-podcast-26-29-money-in-religion.mp4\" autoplay><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>(0:00 &#8211; 0:17)<br>If you walk into the headquarters of a major global bank, and then you walk into a grand centuries-old cathedral, the physical experience is actually surprisingly similar. Yeah, that&#8217;s true. You have these soaring vaulted ceilings designed to make you feel small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(0:17 &#8211; 0:27)<br>You have an atmosphere of hushed, quiet reverence. And at the center of both, you have systems moving just unimaginably large sums of money. Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(0:28 &#8211; 0:40)<br>But we usually only think of one of those places as a business. So today, we are taking the stack of sources you provided and looking at religion entirely through an economic and cultural lens. Which is such a fascinating angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(0:40 &#8211; 0:49)<br>It really is. I mean, we are stepping away from theology entirely for this deep dive. No spiritual debates, no doctrinal, you know, arguments, just the pure mechanics of the business of faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(0:50 &#8211; 1:04)<br>And we really have to establish the scale immediately because the numbers in your sources, they completely shatter the traditional idea of like local community fundraising. Yeah, totally. We are looking at a multi-trillion dollar global economic engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1:04 &#8211; 1:13)<br>I mean, let&#8217;s start with just the United States. Religion contributes approximately 1.2 trillion dollars to the US economy annually. A trillion dollar sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1:13 &#8211; 1:29)<br>I mean, that puts it on par with the GDP of entire industrialized nations. It really does. And when you zoom out to the global stage, the religious organization market itself, just the institutions, was valued at about 375 billion dollars in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1:30 &#8211; 1:39)<br>Yeah, and it&#8217;s projected to hit nearly 466 billion by 2029. But even that is just a fraction of the story. Right, because the ecosystem is so much bigger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1:39 &#8211; 1:55)<br>Exactly. If you look at broader faith-based economic ecosystems like the global halal market, you are looking at a 2.23 trillion dollar space. That means it&#8217;s an indication on a menu, right? Right, yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1:55 &#8211; 2:12)<br>So how does that translate to a 2.23 trillion dollar macroeconomic space? It&#8217;s a great question, because the mechanism behind that number is just vast. I mean, halal certainly includes the food and beverage sector, ensuring supply chains adhere to Islamic dietary laws. Sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2:12 &#8211; 2:32)<br>But it also encompasses Islamic finance, which is a massive banking sector structured entirely around the religious prohibition of charging interests. Oh wow, I didn&#8217;t even think about the banking side. Yeah, and it includes halal pharmaceuticals, cosmetics that avoid certain animal byproducts, and even faith-compliant travel and tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2:32 &#8211; 2:40)<br>It is literally an entire parallel global economy dictated strictly by religious compliance. Okay, let&#8217;s unpack this. Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2:40 &#8211; 2:45)<br>Because staring at a 2 trillion dollar figure is almost paralyzing. It&#8217;s a lot to wrap your head around. It is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2:45 &#8211; 2:56)<br>So to understand how capital flows at that level, we have to isolate the fundamental mechanism. We have to start at the foundational unit of this entire system, which is the weekly gathering and the collection plate. Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2:56 &#8211; 3:07)<br>From a strictly operational standpoint, tithing, you know, giving a percentage of your income to a church, mosque, or temple, it functions like a subscription model. It&#8217;s the original subscription model. Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3:07 &#8211; 3:18)<br>I mean, long before streaming services existed, religious institutions mastered recurring revenue. But here&#8217;s where I struggle with that comparison. If I don&#8217;t pay my monthly streaming bill, I get locked out of the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3:19 &#8211; 3:26)<br>Right, the service stops. Exactly. But religious tithing is built entirely on voluntary goodwill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3:27 &#8211; 3:46)<br>There are no legally binding contracts. You don&#8217;t get bounced at the door of the sanctuary if your credit card declines, right? No, you definitely don&#8217;t. So how does this honor system generate such monumental, reliable cash flow year after year? Well, it comes down to what we could call an existential return on investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3:47 &#8211; 3:56)<br>Okay, I like that phrase. Yeah. In the U.S. alone, religious organizations receive $157.2 billion annually in direct contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3:56 &#8211; 4:02)<br>And to see the mechanics of how that is collected, you really have to look at the megachurch model. The megachurches, yeah. Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:02 &#8211; 4:08)<br>These are congregations with 2,000 or more weekly attendees. Yeah. At that scale, you aren&#8217;t just running a church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:08 &#8211; 4:12)<br>You are operating a complex corporate entity. Right. It&#8217;s a massive operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:12 &#8211; 4:21)<br>It is. The average annual budget for a megachurch is around $7 million. But your sources highlight that many operate with budgets well over $100 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:22 &#8211; 4:38)<br>$100 million in annual operating expenses for a single congregation? I mean, where&#8217;s the money even going? It goes toward massive infrastructure. We are talking state-of-the-art audiovisual broadcasting centers, hundreds of full-time staff members. Wow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:38 &#8211; 4:46)<br>Yeah. Global community outreach programs and facility maintenance for arenas that honestly rival professional sports venues. It&#8217;s wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:47 &#8211; 4:54)<br>It is. And what&#8217;s fascinating here is how they fund that overhead. You would assume an enterprise at that scale has heavily diversified its revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(4:55 &#8211; 4:59)<br>Like maybe relying on commercial real estate or massive merchandise sales. Right. Or licensing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:00 &#8211; 5:11)<br>But the data shows that a staggering 96% of megachurch income comes strictly from participant tithes and dues. That is insane. Only 4% comes from facility rentals or bookstores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:11 &#8211; 5:18)<br>I really want to dig into the psychology of that 96% figure. Yeah. Because it just defies conventional corporate logic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:18 &#8211; 5:46)<br>I mean, if a standard Fortune 500 company tried to operate a $100 million budget on a purely voluntary payment model, they would be bankrupt in a week. Oh, absolutely. So how do megachurches secure that kind of reliable compliance without the threat of cutting off the service? Because the service being provided is inextricably linked to the consumer&#8217;s core identity, community belonging, and ultimately their perceived eternal security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:47 &#8211; 5:48)<br>Right. It&#8217;s a much deeper bond. Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:49 &#8211; 5:56)<br>The social contract within that building is incredibly strong. Furthermore, they&#8217;ve modernized the collection mechanism. Oh, they definitely have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(5:56 &#8211; 6:06)<br>It&#8217;s no longer just a velvet bag passed down the aisle. It&#8217;s recurring ACH bank transfers, text-to-tithe software, automated payroll deductions. It&#8217;s so easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:06 &#8211; 6:17)<br>Yeah. They have removed the friction from giving, capitalizing on a level of brand loyalty that secular corporations can literally only dream of. Which brings us to a really compelling transition point in your sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:17 &#8211; 6:24)<br>That $157 billion in localized U.S. donation revenue, that is largely liquid. Right. It&#8217;s cash flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:24 &#8211; 6:37)<br>Exactly. It&#8217;s coming in and going out to pay the staff and keep the massive broadcast screens running. But when a centralized institution collects surplus donations, not just for a few decades, but for centuries, the nature of that wealth changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:37 &#8211; 6:43)<br>It crystallizes. Yes. It moves from liquid cash flow into physical accumulated wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:44 &#8211; 6:54)<br>And I mean, you cannot examine accumulated religious wealth without looking at the Vatican. Absolutely not. The Vatican is a textbook example of ancient wealth accumulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:54 &#8211; 6:59)<br>We aren&#8217;t just talking about a religious headquarters. We are talking about a global real estate empire. Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(6:59 &#8211; 7:09)<br>The sources show the Vatican controls over 5,400 properties globally. 5,400 properties. And these aren&#8217;t exactly strip malls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7:09 &#8211; 7:15)<br>No, they&#8217;re prime historical real estate. I mean, over 4,200 of those properties are in Italy alone. That&#8217;s incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7:16 &#8211; 7:28)<br>The estimated value of this portfolio sits at 2.6 billion euros. And it does generate capital. In 2024, the Vatican reported a 62.2 million euro profit, strictly from its financial and real estate holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7:28 &#8211; 7:44)<br>But this is the part of the research I found most surprising, actually, because there is a massive gap between their balance sheet and their operational reality. Yeah, it&#8217;s a huge paradox. You hear 2.6 billion euro real estate empire, and you just imagine infinite resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7:45 &#8211; 7:54)<br>But the Vatican is actually facing a severe liquidity crisis. They are. They have this immense property wealth, and they also have an operational lifeline called Peter&#8217;s Pence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(7:54 &#8211; 8:05)<br>Right. Peter&#8217;s Pence is the annual worldwide collection where Catholics donate directly to the Holy See. It brings in roughly $57 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8:06 &#8211; 8:22)<br>And yet, despite that $57 million cash injection and the 2.6 billion in property, the Vatican is running substantial budget deficits. Yeah. They have massive looming pension liabilities for their thousands of employees, and it&#8217;s gotten so tight that they&#8217;ve recently had to force salary cuts for cardinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8:22 &#8211; 8:28)<br>Wow. It&#8217;s a classic case of being a cash poor billionaire. That is the perfect way to describe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8:28 &#8211; 8:38)<br>You own thousands of the most valuable, historically significant buildings on Earth, but you can&#8217;t exactly sell the Sistine Chapel to pay the heating bill. Right. Or to fund a retired bishop&#8217;s pension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8:38 &#8211; 8:46)<br>Exactly. The wealth is literally trapped in stone. It requires massive maintenance costs, but it isn&#8217;t easily liquidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(8:47 &#8211; 8:59)<br>It sounds incredibly stressful. It is a structural nightmare from a financial planning perspective. They are land-rich, historically rich, but desperately strained for the liquid cash needed to run a modern global administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9:00 &#8211; 9:16)<br>But your sources provide a brilliant counterexample to this. If the Vatican is the ultimate model of ancient illiquid wealth, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the LDS Church, represents the absolute pinnacle of modern aggressive financial strategy. Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9:17 &#8211; 9:29)<br>The contrast here is just wild. It really is. According to the sources specifically referencing the Widow&#8217;s Might Report, the LDS Church has focused intensely on accumulating highly liquid invested assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9:29 &#8211; 9:35)<br>We&#8217;re talking stocks, bonds, commercial agriculture. And they&#8217;ve been incredibly successful with it. Unbelievably successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(9:36 &#8211; 10:01)<br>They have been so disciplined with their surplus capital that their investment funds have achieved a rare status known as a perpetual endowment. Break down the mechanics of a perpetual endowment for us, because that is a very specific financial term. Essentially, a perpetual endowment means the principal balance of your invested assets is so large that the compound interest and investment yields alone are enough to cover all of your operating expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:02 &#8211; 10:14)<br>So you never have to touch the principal. You never have to touch the principal. For the LDS Church, this implies their autonomous profit generation is so high that they could theoretically fund their entire global operation forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:14 &#8211; 10:22)<br>Every building, every mission, every university. Even if the donations stopped. Even if every single member stopped paying tithing tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:22 &#8211; 10:34)<br>That is the holy grail of institutional finance. It really is. They have mathematically outgrown the need for the collection plate, which creates an incredible shift in how a religion operates in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:34 &#8211; 10:58)<br>When a belief system achieves that kind of financial critical mass, the economic engine diversifies. It moves away from just funding internal church operations and starts reshaping massive external markets. We see this transition clearly when we look at how centralized institutional wealth compares to decentralized regional economic booms, specifically religious tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(10:58 &#8211; 11:07)<br>Right. Because for many regions across the globe, pilgrimage is not just a spiritual tradition. It is the primary macroeconomic driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11:07 &#8211; 11:18)<br>And the scale of this is staggering. I mean, the sources point to a massive real-time example unfolding in India with the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Oh, the projections for Ayodhya are phenomenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11:18 &#8211; 11:31)<br>The state government of Uttar Pradesh estimates that the single religious site will generate 4 lakh crore rupees in revenue from religious tourism. For everyone listening, 4 lakh crore rupees translates to approximately 48 billion dollars. Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11:31 &#8211; 11:41)<br>From one site. But I have to push back on the impact of that number, actually. When we say a temple generates 48 billion dollars in tourism, where is that capital actually going? It&#8217;s a fair question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(11:41 &#8211; 12:06)<br>Because it isn&#8217;t going into a collection box at the altar, right? Does that money actually lift up the local community? Or does it just get swallowed by massive developers? Well, it&#8217;s a complex ecosystem, but it absolutely transforms the regional infrastructure. That 48 billion dollars represents a complete overhaul of the local economy. Really? Like how? It forces the construction of new international airports, the widening of highways, the upgrading of railway stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(12:06 &#8211; 12:19)<br>Wow, so true civic infrastructure. Exactly. You have global hotel chains buying up real estate, but you also have local vendors, tour guides and transportation networks experiencing an unprecedented surge in demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(12:20 &#8211; 12:36)<br>The religious site acts as a gravitational pull and the entire regional economy, from civil engineering to hospitality, just reorients itself to orbit that site. Here&#8217;s where it gets really interesting, because you realize that faith is literally dictating urban planning. Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(12:36 &#8211; 12:51)<br>You have secular urban developers mapping out 10 year infrastructure strategies based entirely on the coordinates of where people want to pray. It&#8217;s fascinating. And this tourism boom naturally fuels a parallel industry, which is the physical objects of faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(12:51 &#8211; 12:56)<br>Oh, right. The merchandise, essentially. The physical goods market is an economy all its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(12:56 &#8211; 13:09)<br>We are talking about the global market for sacred objects, idols, prayer beads, candles, specialized ritual items. Right. In 2024, that market was valued at $5.5 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:10 &#8211; 13:23)<br>And the projections in your sources anticipate that it will nearly triple, reaching $15.7 billion by 2034. But as massive as the physical and experiential economies are, there&#8217;s an obvious limitation. Geography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:23 &#8211; 13:30)<br>Exactly. Not everyone has the disposable income to fly to Rome or take a train to Iothia. Not everyone can physically access these spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:30 &#8211; 13:38)<br>And that limitation is driving the newest and arguably fastest growing frontier in the religious economy. The digitization of devotion. The faith tech boom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:38 &#8211; 13:46)<br>Exactly. If you can&#8217;t go to the religion, the religion is now optimized to come to your phone. And it is adapting to the digital age with incredible speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:46 &#8211; 13:57)<br>I mean, we are seeing a massive consumer appetite for digital spirituality, largely because it removes all the traditional friction. Right. The sources highlight apps like AstroTalk as a prime example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(13:58 &#8211; 14:14)<br>AstroTalk took ancient practices, astrology and spiritual consulting, and packaged them into a highly monetizable mobile interface. And the monetization mechanics of these apps are just brilliant. They operate on microtransactions and premium subscription tiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(14:15 &#8211; 14:24)<br>You don&#8217;t have to get dressed up, drive across town or interact with a congregation. You literally pay per minute to chat with a spiritual consultant from your couch. It&#8217;s so convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(14:24 &#8211; 14:36)<br>It commoditizes guidance into a gig economy model. It&#8217;s spirituality delivered on demand. If we connect this to the bigger picture, you can see how this digital pivot mirrors the streaming wars we see in secular entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(14:36 &#8211; 14:42)<br>Oh, that&#8217;s a great point. The competition for screen time isn&#8217;t just between Netflix and Hulu. It&#8217;s happening in the religious sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(14:43 &#8211; 15:00)<br>The global Christian streaming market alone is projected to reach $4 billion by 2028, growing at a 10% compound annual rate. 10% growth is massive for a mature sector. What is driving that? It&#8217;s the expansion of the total addressable market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(15:00 &#8211; 15:08)<br>I mean, when your product is tied to a physical building, your market is limited by geography and seating capacity. Right. You can only fit so many people in a room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(15:09 &#8211; 15:17)<br>Exactly. But when you move to a digital streaming platform\u2026 It has. The journey we&#8217;ve taken reveals a system of unbelievable scale and adaptability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(15:18 &#8211; 15:32)<br>We started with the foundational mechanism of the collection plate, looking at the existential ROI that drives $157 billion in U.S. donations annually. Funding $100 million megachurch budgets entirely on an honor system. Right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(15:32 &#8211; 16:13)<br>We examined what happens when that wealth crystallizes over centuries, contrasting the Vatican&#8217;s 2.6 billion euro 5,400 property real estate empire and their struggles as a cash poor billionaire with the LDS church&#8217;s disciplined investment strategy that achieved the holy grail of institutional finance. The perpetual endowment. Exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we looked at how religion acts as a macroeconomic catalyst, creating a $48 billion regional infrastructure boom around a single temple in Iotia and driving a $15.7 billion market for sacred objects. Yeah. And finally, we explored the frontier of faith tech, where $4 billion Christian streaming markets and microtransaction apps are removing the friction of physical geography entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(16:14 &#8211; 16:27)<br>When you look at the mechanics behind all of these figures, it becomes undeniably clear that religion is not just a static cultural relic. No, not at all. It is a highly dynamic, hyper-adaptable economic force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(16:27 &#8211; 16:49)<br>It seamlessly bridges ancient human needs with modern technological infrastructure. It dictates global travel, shapes urban real estate, and commands a massive share of the digital media landscape. It really does force you to rethink the definition of a global enterprise, which brings us back to that cathedral and that bank from the very beginning of our conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(16:49 &#8211; 16:59)<br>Right. They both house immense power, and they both move billions of dollars. But the cathedral operates on a fundamentally different social and emotional contract with the people who walk through its doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(17:00 &#8211; 17:10)<br>It&#8217;s a very different relationship. It is. And that leaves us with a final thought I want you to mull over today, specifically building on that concept of the LDS Church&#8217;s perpetual endowment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(17:10 &#8211; 17:25)<br>Oh, this is a profound question. For thousands of years, the survival of the physical church, the mosque, or the temple depended entirely on the shared voluntary financial sacrifice of the believers. It was a relationship of mutual reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(17:25 &#8211; 18:02)<br>The institution needed the people as much as the people needed the institution. Exactly. But when a religious institution achieves perpetual endowment status, when its investments yield so much profit that it becomes 100% financially self-sustaining without ever needing another dime from its congregation, how does that change the relationship between the faith and the follower? If the institution no longer mathematically needs the sacrifice of the believer to keep the lights on, does it fundamentally alter the culture of the religion itself? Does the act of giving lose its meaning when the gift is no longer economically necessary? That is something to think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(18:02 &#8211; 18:20)<br>It is a fascinating intersection of institutional finance and human nature to think about as you go about your day. Thank you so much for joining us and for bringing these incredible sources to the table. 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