Purity Culture Episodes

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Oct. 17, 2016

The Kevin Garcia Needs to Sit in the Front Row

Today’s guest is Kevin Garcia, a writer, podcaster, and all around thoughtful guy. It’s hard to summarize Kevin’s story. Ultimately it’s s story of self acceptance and finding God’s love, but it took time to get there. It’s v...

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Oct. 3, 2016

Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch of The Flawless Project

This week's episode features a conversation with Emily Joy & Hannah Paasch from The Flawless Project. They discuss the impact their experiences with purity culture and sexism has had on their lives. The Flawless Project: thef...

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