Ranked #1
Unbuckling The Bible Belt (Intuition x Purity Culture) with Jamie Lee Finch
Unbuckling The Bible Belt (Intuition x Purity Culture) with Jamie Lee Finch
Brady Hardin and Chuck Parson take the show on the road to Nashville, TN to interview Jamie Lee Finch on the subjects of... Read more
22 Jun 2017
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1hr 36mins
Ranked #2
You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch
You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch
Fan-favorite Jamie Lee Finch returns to the show! She joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her new book on Religious Trauma ... Read more
7 Jun 2019
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1hr 39mins
Ranked #3
Indoctrination (Social Pressure x Questioning) with Tim Warzel and Jamie Lee Finch
Indoctrination (Social Pressure x Questioning) with Tim Warzel and Jamie Lee Finch
Indoctrination is one very essential topic that permeates everything we talk about on this show, but so far we haven’t r... Read more
20 Feb 2018
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #4
The Airing of Grief and Unbelief (Beliefs x Authenticity) with Derek Webb
The Airing of Grief and Unbelief (Beliefs x Authenticity) with Derek Webb
Derek Webb was the lead vocalist for Caemond's Call, a folk/rock band that was wildly popular within Evangelicalism in t... Read more
23 Mar 2018
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #5
Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie
Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie
Counselor ("counsellor" for the Canucks) Janice Selbie joins Chuck and Brady for a insightful, practical conversation on... Read more
27 Nov 2019
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #6
Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD
Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD
Dr. Marlene Winell (human development consultant, educator, and writer) joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her life-changi... Read more
16 Apr 2019
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #7
Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock
Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock
Dave Warnock shares with Chuck and Brady about facing his mortality after leaving Christianity and being diagnosed with ... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #8
Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer
Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer
Katie and Joe Bauer, married and newly-deconstructing, join Chuck and Brady to discuss campus ministries, speaking in to... Read more
30 Aug 2019
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1hr 38mins
Ranked #9
Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko
Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko
Andrew Jasko (lifeafterdogma.org) joins Chuck and Brady. He tells his story growing up passionate about Christian Fundam... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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1hr 42mins
Ranked #10
Facing Death Without Faith or Fear (Death x Secular Strength) with Zach B.
Facing Death Without Faith or Fear (Death x Secular Strength) with Zach B.
Zach B. joins the show to talk about his two close encounters with death. The first was of a friend. The second was his ... Read more
14 Jun 2017
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #11
Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé
Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé
Elle Reneé of St. Louis Chapter of Black Nonbelievers joins Chuck and Brady in the studio. Elle's step father was a past... Read more
11 Dec 2019
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1hr 51mins
Ranked #12
Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)
Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)
Blake Chastain of #Exvangelical Podcast joins Chuck and Brady to discuss his life after. Find links for The Life After... Read more
8 Jan 2019
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1hr 45mins
Ranked #13
Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross
Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross
Renowned cult deprogrammer and expert Rick Alan Ross Ross joins Chuck, Brady and special guest host Corey Pigg (Season 1... Read more
7 May 2019
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #14
Prey (Consent x #ChurchToo) with Kyla Bauer and Jamie Lee Finch
Prey (Consent x #ChurchToo) with Kyla Bauer and Jamie Lee Finch
TW: This episode contains stories of sexual, physical, and spiritual abuse (not in great detail). The episode that kept ... Read more
1 Dec 2017
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #15
God’s Only Forgotten Son (Family Trauma x Queer) with Brady Hardin
God’s Only Forgotten Son (Family Trauma x Queer) with Brady Hardin
Instead of a regular guest, Chuck interviews Brady, host and founder of The Life After, about his childhood and exit fro... Read more
4 Jul 2017
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1hr 41mins
Ranked #16
Get Out of My Head (Inner Dialog x Sexual Discovery) with Renée
Get Out of My Head (Inner Dialog x Sexual Discovery) with Renée
NSFW Warning: The episode ends with two, wonderfully NSFW stories from Renée’s deconstruction story archives about her e... Read more
7 Sep 2017
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1hr 33mins
Ranked #17
The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp
The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp
Grammy-nominated songwriter, author, and advocate Jennifer Knapp joins the show to discuss coming out, liberal Christian... Read more
7 Feb 2019
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #18
#EmptyThePews (Spiritual Abuse x Deconstruction Movement) with Chrissy Stroop
#EmptyThePews (Spiritual Abuse x Deconstruction Movement) with Chrissy Stroop
*Chrissy has since transitioned since this episode and the description has been updated to reflect it. Chrissy Stroop, P... Read more
9 Jan 2018
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1hr 16mins
Ranked #19
I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill
I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill
Chuck and Brady interview a new friend they met purely because of the show, Joey Hill. Joey shares his story of overcomi... Read more
31 Jul 2018
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1hr 19mins
Ranked #20
Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell
Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell
Ronna Russell joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her life after strict Pentecostalism and oppressive Purity Culture. Her s... Read more
13 Jan 2020
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1hr 17mins