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Heathen

Spiritual community without the shame shit. Heathen is a podcast about how we break up with bad religion, and what we find on the other side. #LessAloneMoreAlive

Ranked #1

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018| Derek Webb: Ditch the Hypothetical, Projected, Advertised Beliefs

018| Derek Webb: Ditch the Hypothetical, Projected, Advertised Beliefs

Today: a real treat. We're delighted to welcome Derek Webb to Heathen. Derek has been a professional musical artist for ... Read more

22 Apr 2018

1hr 40mins

Ranked #2

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047| Dustin Ransom: Wholeness Is Jell-O

047| Dustin Ransom: Wholeness Is Jell-O

Nashville singer/songwriter Dustin Ransom is stepping it up. He's a talented multi-instrumentalist who has played with a... Read more

16 Aug 2019

1hr 32mins

Ranked #3

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033| Jennifer Knapp: No Redemption Without Memory

033| Jennifer Knapp: No Redemption Without Memory

By the time she was 25, Jennifer Knapp had gone about as high as you could go in the 1990s Christian music industry. Thr... Read more

12 Aug 2018

1hr 31mins

Ranked #4

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009| This Hurts, And It Feels Like Love—Karyn Thurston, Part 1

009| This Hurts, And It Feels Like Love—Karyn Thurston, Part 1

Karyn Thurston—who is a contact cryer convinced that hyperbole is her spiritual gift—kicks off a new year of spiritual c... Read more

14 Jan 2018

1hr 1min

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026| Bird Ward: Toys & Butt Stuff (SEXISODE)

026| Bird Ward: Toys & Butt Stuff (SEXISODE)

Undoubtedly, sex is one of the most fraught aspects of life for folks coming out of oppressive, conservative, restrictiv... Read more

17 Jun 2018

1hr 50mins

Ranked #6

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042| Ben Grace: Naked & Unashamed

042| Ben Grace: Naked & Unashamed

Ben Grace doesn't think the world has to get worse before it gets better. Here, this singer-songwriter transplant from A... Read more

5 Apr 2019

1hr 51mins

Ranked #7

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043| Amber Cantorna: How to Come Out

043| Amber Cantorna: How to Come Out

Amber Cantorna spent her childhood, among other things, as a voice actor on the popular evangelical children's radio pro... Read more

18 Apr 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #8

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003| Joshua Romero

003| Joshua Romero

Joshua Romero—who smiles every time he sees a grey squirrel (ground squirrels are gross)—visits from Oregon to talk abou... Read more

19 Nov 2017

1hr 7mins

Ranked #9

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036| Tess Meissner: A Shamanic Drum Journey to Meet Your Power Animal

036| Tess Meissner: A Shamanic Drum Journey to Meet Your Power Animal

It's time to slide down another slippery slope here at Heathen. Meet Tess Meissner, certified clinical hypnotherapist an... Read more

17 Sep 2018

3hr 6mins

Ranked #10

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032| I Was More Loved Than I Dared to Know: A Conversation with My Siblings

032| I Was More Loved Than I Dared to Know: A Conversation with My Siblings

This week, meet Amy Canton and Clark Williams, my (Matthew's) sister and brother. I couldn't be prouder of them, or more... Read more

5 Aug 2018

2hr 7mins

Ranked #11

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010| Karyn Thurston (Part 2): God Is A Flash Mob

010| Karyn Thurston (Part 2): God Is A Flash Mob

Karyn Thurston—who is a contact cryer convinced that hyperbole is her spiritual gift—rounds out a two part conversation ... Read more

21 Jan 2018

58mins

Ranked #12

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015| Kate Christensen-Martin: How To Preach Unbelief

015| Kate Christensen-Martin: How To Preach Unbelief

Kate Christensen-Martin—who has a panic attack at being asked to write a one-line bio about herself—closes out Season 1 ... Read more

25 Mar 2018

1hr 53mins

Ranked #13

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017| Slippery Slopes: Tarot

017| Slippery Slopes: Tarot

Slippery Slopes is a new series we are bringing to Heathen! Remember all the things from your religious upbringing that ... Read more

15 Apr 2018

1hr 24mins

Ranked #14

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034| Kate & Colby: It Takes Friction to Make a Spark

034| Kate & Colby: It Takes Friction to Make a Spark

Say hi to the heathenest pastors you'll find: ours. Kate Christensen-Martin and Colby Martin are co-founders of Sojourn ... Read more

26 Aug 2018

1hr 46mins

Ranked #15

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041| Mathew Mitchell: The Bass Note of Selfhood

041| Mathew Mitchell: The Bass Note of Selfhood

Mathew Mitchell is here to free you from the plagues of basic-ass struggle. It's a new season of Heathen and we're divin... Read more

19 Mar 2019

1hr 25mins

Ranked #16

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031| James Johansen: Maybe Genitals Aren't Sacred (SEXISODE)

031| James Johansen: Maybe Genitals Aren't Sacred (SEXISODE)

In our ongoing commitment to explore *all* the territory religious fundamentalism won't, it's time for a new Sexisode! W... Read more

30 Jul 2018

1hr 28mins

Ranked #17

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016| Season 2 Premiere: Hi, Heathens!

016| Season 2 Premiere: Hi, Heathens!

Welcome to Season 2 of Heathen! We're so excited to introduce Heathen's new co-host, Karyn Thurston! Karyn was a guest i... Read more

8 Apr 2018

1hr 57mins

Ranked #18

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020| Eva Cruz Pena: Women Are Dangerous

020| Eva Cruz Pena: Women Are Dangerous

Eva Cruz Pena is exploring the boundaries of irreverence. In Heathen’s first all-woman episode, we’re following the wind... Read more

6 May 2018

1hr 25mins

Ranked #19

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004| Becky Branch

004| Becky Branch

Becky Branch—who loves breakfast burritos but is allergic to eggs—sits down on Heathen to talk about the stories in our ... Read more

26 Nov 2017

1hr 9mins

Ranked #20

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022| Wendy Holland: If There's No Hell, What's My Faith For?

022| Wendy Holland: If There's No Hell, What's My Faith For?

Wendy Holland is a minister in the Disciples of Christ tradition and came to Heathen to share why she's still ministerin... Read more

20 May 2018

1hr 52mins

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