Religious Trauma / Adverse Religious Experience Episodes

The Religious Exemption Accountability Project
Sept. 30, 2021

The Religious Exemption Accountability Project

An interview with Paul Southwick & Erin Green

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In Conversation with Jamie Lee Finch
Aug. 26, 2021

In Conversation with Jamie Lee Finch

Jamie Lee Finch, author of You Are Your Own, returns to the show! We had been planning to talk this month for quite some time, but our conversation has a different tenor than we anticipated. This is one conversation among man...

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Emily Joy Allison Discusses #SBC21 & #ChurchToo Direct Action
June 16, 2021

Emily Joy Allison Discusses #SBC21 & #ChurchToo Direct Action

Emily Joy Allison returns to discuss the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention, Russell Moore, and moore. (Pun intended.)

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Laura Anderson & Brian Peck from the Religious Trauma Institute
April 10, 2020

Laura Anderson & Brian Peck from the Religious Trauma Institute

Laura Anderson & Brian Peck from the Religious Trauma Institute join the show!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership wi...

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Nate Postlethwait, The Other Side of Saved
March 26, 2020

Nate Postlethwait, The Other Side of Saved

Nate Postlethwait from The Other Side of Saved joins the show!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Wor...

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Chrissy Stroop & Lauren O'Neal Empty The Pews
Feb. 27, 2020

Chrissy Stroop & Lauren O'Neal Empty The Pews

Chrissy Stroop & Lauren O'Neal return to the show to discuss their essay anthology, Empty The Pews!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiat...

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#BadTheologyKills with Kevin Garcia
Jan. 29, 2020

#BadTheologyKills with Kevin Garcia

Alternate title: "Maybe today, Satan." Kevin Garcia returns to the show to chat about their new book, #BadTheologyKills and much more.--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertis...

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Jamie Lee Finch, author of "You Are Your Own"
April 18, 2019

Jamie Lee Finch, author of "You Are Your Own"

Jamie Lee Finch returns to the show to discuss her new book!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works...

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Parenting Forward with Cindy Wang Brandt
Feb. 28, 2019

Parenting Forward with Cindy Wang Brandt

Cindy Wang Brandt returns to the show to talk about her new book!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy ...

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#ExposeChristianSchools
Jan. 25, 2019

#ExposeChristianSchools

Interviews with Chris Stroop & Laura Hagen about the stories being shared using the #ExposeChristianSchools hashtag.--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a ...

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#GC2Summit 2018 Response, with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch (co-creators of  #churchtoo)
Dec. 12, 2018

#GC2Summit 2018 Response, with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch (co-creators…

In response to the #GC2Summit today, I am re-releasing my conversation with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch, creators of #churchtoo.--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is p...

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Linda Kay Klein
Nov. 29, 2018

Linda Kay Klein

Linda Kay Klein, author of Pure, joins the show!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote...

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(Re-Release): Peterson Toscano talks about  conversion therapy & LGBTQ+ biblical narratives
Oct. 25, 2018

(Re-Release): Peterson Toscano talks about conversion therapy & LGBT…

In light of the Trump administration's attacks on trans people, I'm republishing this incredible conversation with Peterson Toscano where he highlights biblical stories that transgress gender norms.--- This episode is spo...

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Laura Polk
Sept. 13, 2018

Laura Polk

Laura Polk from No Shame Movement joins the show!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vot...

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Trey Pearson
June 20, 2018

Trey Pearson

Musician Trey Pearson joins the show!--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy Works. howto.vote --- Send...

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Corey Pigg, Failed Missionary
April 19, 2018

Corey Pigg, Failed Missionary

In this episode I talk to Corey Pigg, host of Failed Missionary.--- This episode is sponsored by · Charity Promotion: Democracy Works: This advertisement is part of a charitable initiative in partnership with Democracy W...

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(Re-Release): Jamie Lee Finch
April 9, 2018

(Re-Release): Jamie Lee Finch

Re-Release! Hear about Jamie Lee Finch's story in depth, and listen for her on The Airing of Grief and elsewhere. More on the show notes below! Jamie is a writer and certified integrated health coach. In this wide-ranging con...

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#ChurchToo with Hannah Paasch & Emily Joy
Dec. 6, 2017

#ChurchToo with Hannah Paasch & Emily Joy

This week's guests are Hannah Paasch (@hannahpaasch) & Emily Joy (@emilyjoypoetry). We talk about the #churchtoo hashtag, what it seeks to address, and the blowback they've received regarding this campaign. CW/TW: This conver...

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Cindy Wang Brandt
July 25, 2017

Cindy Wang Brandt

My guest this week is Cindy Wang Brandt, a writer and the founder of the Facebook group Raising Children Unfundamentalist. In this conversation, Cindy and I talk about her evangelical pedigree, which includes attending Wheato...

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Jamie Finch
July 18, 2017

Jamie Finch

This week's guest is Jamie Finch! Jamie is a writer and certified integrated health coach. In this wide-ranging conversation, Jamie talks about her experiences growing up in the church (including a formative memory of saying ...

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Dan Little
May 22, 2017

Dan Little

This is a wide-spanning conversation. An integral part of Dan's story is his experience within church, evangelicalism, and purity culture (I know those are all overlapping things) as a gay man and how damaging it was to his d...

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Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch Re-Release
March 19, 2017

Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch Re-Release

This week's episode is a re-release of a conversation with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch from The Flawless Project (from episode 10). They discuss the impact their experiences with purity culture and sexism has had on their lives...

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Peterson Toscano
March 13, 2017

Peterson Toscano

My guest this week is Peterson Toscano. He is a Bible scholar, actor, storyteller, and activist exploring the intersection of gay rights, human rights, and climate change. Check out all of Peterson's projects: petersontoscano...

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"Weird Everywhere" - Expats of Jesusland with Dr. Chris Stroop
Nov. 7, 2016

"Weird Everywhere" - Expats of Jesusland with Dr. Chris Stroop

This week's episode features a conversation with Dr. Chris Stroop. Chris is an historian and a Provosts's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of South Florida, and the co-editor of the...

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