Losing Our Religion
A former megachurch pastor leaves religion behind to rid himself of the exclusivity created by its dogmas in order to open himself up to learn from the lives, stories, and experiences of everyone else. To prove we are more alike than we think and we can all get along no matter what we believe. Topics range via guest's experiences growing up in religious homes, where Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Secularism, Judaism, Hinduism, Tao, Heathenism, Satanism, Wicca and all forms of dogmas and ideologies programmed into the mind of a child. What happens when that child becomes an adult? What good things do they hold onto? What things do they lose? Where are they now, and in what ways are they finding the peace that we all desire, with or apart from the religions they were raised with? Losing Our Religion is a wild ride with a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life away from dogma and exclusivity.
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Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and producer known for his featured works on Netflix, HBO, ESPN, Fox, and more. Most recently, Netflix’s THE LEGEND OF COCAINE ISLAND (2019), which is now being made into a narrative film at Netflix with Will Ferrell and Bryan serving as Executive Producer. His latest work comes out today on HBO and HBO Max, called Alabama Snake. We talk about the new movie, his recovery from being raised in a cul...
There hasn’t been a new podcast episode for six months. What happened? Where is the show going now? Will it continue? How is Zac doing? What has Zac been doing? There is a lot to catch up on. Most importantly, there is a new episode coming out tomorrow with Bryan Storkel! Bryan is a director and producer known for his featured works on Netflix, HBO, ESPN, Fox, and more.
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
This is an excerpt from TEDWomen Talk in 2017. Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker.
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...Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy’s, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her growth freedom found after leaving the Church.
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I am not the first person to reiterate that we have an empathy crisis in our world. We’ve created walls of privilege to shielded ourselves from the pain and struggles of humanity. The only way to understand is to embrace, and listen while feeling uncomfortable.
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It seems like so many people are finally waking up to the reality that has been going on for centuries. We have a big problem with institutional racism. How can you help? It begins with one thing...
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In place of our regularly scheduled episode, due to current events around George Floyd's murder, I want to reintroduce Tori Glass. Tori is an anti-racist educator, writer, content creator, and prolific tweeter. She is teaching people Dr. King called, “People of Goodwill,” how to do the work that is theirs, in their communities. Anyone who aspires to allyship and accountability is welcome to join her.
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Racism has been prominent in America for centuries. But when Colin Kaepernick kneeled at football games most of American Christianity mocked him in anger. Now George Floyd, another black human in a long list of dead black Americans murdered at the hand of the police has seemingly awoken some Christians to finally wake up and publicly engage the problem.
“Racism isn't getting worse, it's getting filmed.” - Will Smith
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
When you’re ready for change is when change is possible. When you want it and can let go of the things that are holding you back from the life you want, this is when the dreams will begin surging out of you, and the life you want will take shape.
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Michelle is an event and experience producer for companies, brands, and events around Coachella, SXSW, The Grammy’s, and everything in between. She has her own company to support artists, build community, and support the arts to give back. She comes from a Christian past and shares about her growth freedom found after leaving the Church.
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The Theory of Cultural Determinism states that we as humans are either infinitely malleable and able to change, or we are programmed by our culture and cannot move outside of that programming. I think both are true. What do you think? Can you change, or not?
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The shadow self is spoken about by Carl Yung, Richard Rohr, June Singer and so many others in the spiritual and psychological world. It is the part of us we've suppressed to fit in. The part of us that Christianity confused with "sin nature." The part of us that needs to be embraced, nurtur...
Josh and Haven from the Play Party Podcast join me to talk about how Covid-19 has changed our relationship dynamics and forced us to deal with internal traumas we didn't know we had.
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Alan Watts said, “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” We talk about how to do this and how to handle both changes we can control and changes we cannot.
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So many of us come from upbringings where we were taught to ignore our feelings & bodies. Growth meant the suppression of both. This messed a lot of us up. Your feelings are important, they need attention & nurturing. Your body is important it needs attention & nurturing. Growth means being...
This episode was recorded in 2015. So much has changed since then, in the world, on this show, in Seth and I both. We had a volatile meeting at first caused by past triggers of mine which I didn't know I had and I certainly didn't know how to heal. This episode sparked a great friendship.
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Many of us grew up with the obligation to honor parents, authority, family members simply because it was the culturally pressured thing to do. This led to a lot of silenced abuse. I no longer believe we need to honor those that are not honorable. Love and forgiveness are for us, honor is for those who have earned it.
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
With COVID-19 we have been thrown into a situation we cannot control. Many of us are struggling. We’re waiting, hoping for things to get back to “normal.” We used to have the energy to grow and change, and now we can barely get up in the morning. What’s the answer? How can I get the energy back?
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Jeremiah is the type of person we need in these times in history. He is a brilliant critical thinker and teacher of critical thought. We need this today to navigate our lives, discern our truths through constructs built around us, and taking the reigns of our lives our own way.
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If your story threatens the life someone else has built to protect themselves from knowing their own trauma, not only will they rewound us by rejecting our story, but they will rearrange the story to fit their narrative so they can remain safe. Is their safe healthy? No. It’s denial.
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