Ranked #1
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
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1hr 40mins
Ranked #2
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
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1hr 32mins
Ranked #3
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
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1hr 31mins
Ranked #4
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
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1hr 1min
Ranked #5
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
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1hr 50mins
Ranked #6
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
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1hr 51mins
Ranked #7
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
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #8
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
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #9
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
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3hr 6mins
Ranked #10
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
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2hr 7mins
Ranked #11
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
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58mins
Ranked #12
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
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1hr 53mins
Ranked #13
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
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1hr 24mins
Ranked #14
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
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1hr 46mins
Ranked #15
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
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #16
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
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1hr 28mins
Ranked #17
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
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1hr 57mins
Ranked #18
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
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #19
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
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #20
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
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1hr 52mins