Chrysalis Podcast

Chrysalis Podcast

Why does someone leave the religion they were born into? What causes someone to convert to a new belief system? What goes on inside a high demand religion? Listen to the experiences of ordinary people as they answer these questions and more.

Episodes

February 18, 2022 61 mins
In this interview, we talk to Gemma about growing up in a secular Jewish family, becoming Orthodox, and going through the religious dating process before leaving the community. 
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In this interview, we talk with David Paul about his life inside the IPHC (International Pentecostal Holiness Church), his struggle with severe depression, and how this issue influenced his exit from Pentecostalism. 
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In this interview, we discuss Jordan's his life growing up in the high-demand German Baptist Brethren and moving to embrace and ultimately leave evangelical Christianity. 
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In this interview, we talk with CJ about growing up in the Catholic Church and the difficulties he experienced being both gay and a devout Catholic.
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In this interview, we talk with Dana about her upbringing in the Salvation Army as the child of two pastors, her transition to the Nazarene church, and how church governance reacted to her coming out as transgender.
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In this interview, we talk with Michael about the stigma of being a divorced single mother in a conservative religious community and his experiences as a teenage missionary in Bolivia.
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In this interview, we talk with Dresden about his life as a young believer, the influence of demons and the supernatural inside his community, and why he left the Pentecostal Church.
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In this interview we'll be talking with Kaitlyn and discussing her journey as she left Pentecostalism, what it means to be in that faith, and abuses of power within that community.
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