exvangelical

S2E16: Taking Christ out of Christmas — with Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm
December 24, 2024x
16
01:39:11

S2E16: Taking Christ out of Christmas — with Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm

Merry Christmas, Exvies! Do you ever feel out of place at your deeply religious family's holiday celebrations? We know the feeling. For this special holiday edition of the podcast, we're joined by our friends Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm to talk about how Christmas has evolved over the course of our shifts away from Christianity and share some of our coping strategies when the r...

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan
August 01, 2024x
13
1:19:21

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan

Maggie Harrigan, host of the podcast Hello Deconstructionists and creator behind the Instagram account of the same name joins Nate and Gail for a fun conversation about healing from religious trauma, deconstruction, and the power of storytelling in building community after leaving evangelicalism. TRIGGER WARNING: there are a ton of references to contemporary Christian music of the 2000's...

S2B01: Ash Valentine's Day - Too Much Love Will Kill You (or Those You Love)
February 14, 2024x
Bonus
1:02:22

S2B01: Ash Valentine's Day - Too Much Love Will Kill You (or Those You Love)

Happy Valentine's Day! On today's episode, Gail and Nate talk about what happens when you love everyone and everything else more than God. Oh, and be sure to check out the Content Warning event taking place in Portland this weekend! Tickets are available at contentwarningevent.com . If you're looking for support for religious trauma survivors, check out the Reclamation Collective at recl...

S2E08: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 2 — with Jessica Goforth
January 02, 2024x
8
1:37:26

S2E08: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 2 — with Jessica Goforth

Our good friend Jessica Goforth joins us to talk about her reactions to the Amazon Prime series Shiny Happy People , which exposes some of the abuses in the Christian cult known as IBLP or ATI. Jessica is the host of the podcast Leaving the Village , where she shares her own story of surviving IBLP and interviews others who have also escaped the cult she grew up in. You can subscribe to ...

S2E05: Bob Jones University Will Never Do Right — with Christopher Peterman
August 03, 2023x
5
1:53:49

S2E05: Bob Jones University Will Never Do Right — with Christopher Peterman

On this episode we are joined by Christopher Peterman, a former student at Bob Jones University who organized the first ever student-run protest at BJU. Chris shares his own story of abuse at BJU and the severe trauma that motivated him to stand up to the administration at the self-proclaimed "Fortress of Faith." Further Reading: "Bob Jones University Blamed Victims of Sexual Assaults, N...

S2E02: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 1 — with Janice Lagata
July 03, 2023x
2
1:48:17

S2E02: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 1 — with Janice Lagata

Janice Lagata returns! Janice and Nate were both members of Hillsong NYC until they left in 2017, and since then their former church has been the subject of numerous exposés and documentaries. The latest, The Secrets of Hillsong by FX and Vanity Fair dives into their disgraced former pastor, Carl Lentz. Though Janice isn't exactly thrilled with how the series handled the subject matter.....