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

Episode 8: Matchmaking and Purity Culture in Orthodox Judaism - an Interview with Gemma

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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Episode 7: Faith Transition and Mental Health - an Interview with David Paul

February 11, 2022 • 63 mins

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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Episode 6: Trump, COVID-19, and Evangelical Christianity - an Interview with Jordan

February 4, 2022 • 78 mins

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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Episode 5: Growing up Gay in Traditional Catholicism

January 28, 2022 • 48 mins

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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Episode 4: Transphobia in a Nazarene Church - an Interview with Dana

January 21, 2022 • 52 mins

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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Episode 3: The Stigma of Divorce - An Interview with Michael

January 14, 2022 • 61 mins

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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Episode 2: Demonic Influence Beliefs - an Interview with Dresden

January 7, 2022 • 34 mins

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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Episode 1: Abuse of Power in a Pentecostal Community - an Interview with Kaitlyn

December 31, 2021 • 67 mins

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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Chrysalis Podcast

Episodes

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Episode 6: Trump, COVID-19, and Evangelical Christianity - an Interview with Jordan

Episode 5: Growing up Gay in Traditional Catholicism

Episode 4: Transphobia in a Nazarene Church - an Interview with Dana

Episode 3: The Stigma of Divorce - An Interview with Michael

Episode 2: Demonic Influence Beliefs - an Interview with Dresden

Episode 1: Abuse of Power in a Pentecostal Community - an Interview with Kaitlyn

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Episode 8: Matchmaking and Purity Culture in Orthodox Judaism - an Interview with Gemma

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