Mormon and the Meth-Head

Mormon and the Meth-Head

If the little angel and devil from your shoulders ever hung out without you and made a podcast, this is probably what it would sound like. Equal parts wholesome and horrific, Mormon and the Meth-head is about one unlikely friendship. Jessa and Aaron have led two completely different lives. While Aaron was stopping strangers on the streets of Milan to teach them about Joseph Smith, Jessa was teaching dudes how to keister meth while blowing them in Arby's bathrooms across Portland. But as Aaron lets go of his strict Mormon lifestyle and begins his descent into the depravity of the secular world, Jessa acts as his ferryman, telling him about disgusting, hedonistic things he never could have imagined, like "butt stuff" and "coffee." And Aaron returns the favor, helping Jessa navigate new and foreign social situations like "accepting hugs from loved ones" and "having loved ones." In their respective routines, they each tackle the topics of love, sex, drugs, and alcohol, but with polar opposite perspectives. Audiences get to see their world through Aaron's naive, innocent eyes as well as through Jessa's bleary, bloodshot ones.

Episodes

March 17, 2025 106 mins
We're back 5 years later to unpack our trauma, like the old days! Also- we are doing some shows next month.
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This is a quick announcement about some upcoming stand up shows and a little heads up about a new episode next month. Recorded remotely and audio is rather rough
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September 13, 2020 3 mins

Jessa and Aaron are doing a livestream reunion this Saturday, September 19th.

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December 31, 2019 58 mins

We'll Miss you

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December 24, 2019 139 mins

We discuss the process of healing we experienced on the podcast (as prophesied by Aaron in an email from 2017), we talk about our favorite pieces and read lots of sweet things written by you.

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December 17, 2019 89 mins

Aaron and Jessa talk about the journey they took together and the new ones they're headed to

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December 10, 2019 122 mins

No seriously

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December 3, 2019 87 mins

Liz Whittaker stops by to talk about her experiences with Mormonism and somehow we end up talking about wet dreams. Enjoy!

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CW: a lot of talk about suicidal ideation


Baby gets his first hangover in Bakersfield! It was all fun and nausea until Aaron drove back to Utah the next day and got sucked into a depressing hole of dark thoughts on the way. He talks pretty frankly about suicidal ideation and suicide but don't worry it has a somewhat happy ending! Then Jessa talks about feeling credits rolling as we approach 2020.

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November 19, 2019 103 mins

Everybody makes mistakes. From mispronouncing names to keistering Purell, today we're talking about dumb things we've done both in professional and, um, campfire settings? Idk, Aaron's got a lot of Boy Scout stories for some reason. Meanwhile Jessa tells the story of The Tour That Never Was and a pilot that never got off the ground.

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November 12, 2019 80 mins


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October 29, 2019 67 mins

Aaron recently guested on a movie podcast recorded inside of an LDS chapel and it got him thinking about all the Mormon movies he watched growing up. He tells Jessa about the ones he loved and the ones he hated. Also featured: getting fired from BYUtv, lessons from the homeless shelter, and Dark Jesus!

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We get together with friend and host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour, Paul GIlmartin and talk about the challenges associated with having a mental health focused podcast, Jessa also explodes her tire.

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As promised last week.. it's Hope crushing conspiracy theories with Tim Dillon! (Not even really theories, more like sad facts. )

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Today we're rambling on about conspiracy theories, evil billionaires, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre! And if you can make it through all that, we've got a pretty thoughtful conversation on belief systems and reality at the very end. Good luck! 

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October 1, 2019 87 mins

Aaron and Jessa had different experiences at an Emmy's party, but not as different as Terrence Howard's experience (we assume). This episode is stupid thicc and all over the place. Come along as we discuss dating vs banging someone younger than you, Greta Thunberg's address vs Zendaya's THE dress, irregular social anxiety, sabian symbols, and of course, the science Pythagoras was searching for! Come on, what other podcast can g...

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September 24, 2019 74 mins

Aaron and Jessa exchange stories. Murder, sex, intrigue etc

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September 17, 2019 83 mins

A Codependency update along with cool new drug stories!

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September 10, 2019 104 mins

A pessimistic Aaron sees end time prophecies from the Book of Mormon being fulfilled by climate change and an optimistic Jessa sees 5D solutions for these apocalyptic problems. Also: butt stuff. 

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September 3, 2019 81 mins

We read Jackson Mackenzie's life-changing Psychopath Free and saw Ari Aster's masterful Midsommar and we won't stop talking about either

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