S01E01 - Brian‘s Christian Conversion Story (2025 hiatus repeat)
Let's go right back to the beginning. In Season 1 Episode 1, Brian recounted his conversion story. "No bibles, no preaching, no god-bothering!" These were the conditions he put upon his two brothers, who had recently converted to Pentecostal Christianity, if he were to visit them while on holidays. What happened next would change the course of his life and still continues to impact who he is today.As part of our 2025 Down Under Summer Series, we're replaying out best episodes. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
We'll be back with new episodes in April 2025!---Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
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128 - I Blew the Whistle on my Dad’s Church with Kit Kennedy (2025 hiatus repeat)
In 2023, we talked with Clare Heath-McIvor, an exvangelical blogger and podcaster who has been operating under the pseudonym 'Kit Kennedy' since a dramatic and shunning-esque exit from her pastor father's church in 2016. In 2022, she and her ex-husband (a gay conversion therapy survivor) became whistleblowers for a 60 Minutes Australia political and religious expose on her father's City Builders Church and its tactics in Australian conservative politics. Trigger warning: This episode touches on issues concerning depression and suicide. If you are in Australia and require support, please reach out to 1800RESPECT by phone or online at www.1800respect.org.au/ or Lifeline on 13 11 14.You can connect with Clare at www.unchurchablepodcast.com. If you want to explore her whistleblowing story, then see the links below:60 Minutes Australia - Praying For Power: Caring church or crazy cultThe Age Newspaper #1 - Liberal Party Candidate Agent for Ultra-Conservative Church, Family Says#2 - Speaking in Tongues, Exorcisms and Control: Life in City Builders#3 - Inside City Builders, the Pentecostal Sect with Lofty Political Goals#4 - Ultra-Conservative Candidate won’t sit in the party room if elected#5 - Shame on you: Liberal Party figure caught using fake 007 pics and fake identity for dirty tricksAs part of our 2025 Down Under Summer Series, we're replaying out best episodes. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
We'll be back with new episodes in April 2025!---Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
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S04E71 - Fear of Hell (2025 hiatus repeat)
We came out of the gate swinging for this first episode of Season 4, and unpacked some of the most problematic and ridiculous aspects of the doctrine of eternal torment, aka Hell. We also gave some suggestions on how to overcome the fear of Hell.The resources suggested in this episode are:ChristianThat All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation: Hart, David BentleyGrace Saves All: Christianity and Universal Salvation PodcastLove Wins: At the Heart of Life’s Big Questions : Bell, RobPost-ChristianHeaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife : Ehrman, Bart DBart Ehrman on the Humanize Me PodcastAm I Going to Hell?: Bart EhrmanAs part of our 2025 Down Under Summer Series, we're replaying out best episodes. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.
We'll be back with new episodes in April 2025!---Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
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117 - The Season 5 Finale with Brian & Troy
We'd love you to tune in as we say goodbye to 2024 and look forward to 2025. We look back on some of our best episodes of 2024, and even a couple of our worst. We'll definitely be back later in 2025, so see you then!
We'll be back with new episodes in April 2025!---Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
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116 - From Loss to Purpose with Desiree Richter
We think you'll really connect with this episode. In 2000, Desiree Richter's two-year-old son Elijah died in a tragic domestic accident. The world as she knew it was dismantled along with her understanding of her place in it, leaving her to figure out how to parent her remaining children and how the fundamentalist Christian faith she'd practiced all her life fit into her new reality. We talk with Desi about her Fundamentalist upbringing, the death of her son, leaving the faith, and rediscovering purpose after so much loss.LinksThe Presence of Absence: Kitchen table talks about parenting, leaving fundamentalism, and the very messy business of living with lossDesi on FacebookDesi on Instagram
We'll be back with new episodes in April 2025!---Want more? Check out our exclusive Patreon episodes here.Join the conversation and connect with other listeners here.All our links are here. Transcript of this episode is here.Doubting your beliefs? Have questions about changing or leaving your faith? You are not alone and Recovering from Religion is here to help.
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