The Life After Podcast
Indoctrination
Episodes
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
After a break lasting over a year and a half, Michelle joins Brady to discuss deconstructing neurodiversity and eating disorder recovery.
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Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Unbuckling The Bible Belt (Classic Episode Re-Release) with Jamie Lee Finch
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
With one more new episode left in 2021, here's a classic episode with Jamie Lee Finch and my former co-host Chuck Parson. Before the new episode, if you're able, check out the Season Two finale of We're Here on HBO. My next guest is Dustin VanDyke and was featured in that episode. You won't want to miss this!
Unbuckling The Bible Belt: Brady Hardin and Chuck Parson takes the show on the road to Nashville, TN to interview Jamie Lee Finch on the subjects of sexuality, the dangers of Purity Culture, and the downfalls of Patriarchy. Jamie describes how much of her journey after leaving religion involves understanding her body. She gives life-changing advice on how to become a whole person and heal from trauma.
Bonus: Listen to Jamie reading her own original poems throughout the episode.
To learn more about Jamie’s work, follow her on Twitter, @jamieleefinch or visit her website: jamieleefinch.com
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Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
For this very special Thanksgiving episode, my ex-wife Jessi McCracken joins the show to deconstruct her high-pressure charismatic upbringing, the saga of our marriage and divorce, how Purity Culture sets unhealthy relationship expectations, coming out as queer, the life-altering power of therapy, co-parenting while deconstructing, and how chosen families become so important as we evolve into who we truly are.
Our 9-year-old son, Helo, stops by to say hello during the introduction and is my guest spotlighted in this episode's Special Intermission Interview!
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Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Know Better (Reason x Mental Health) with Vi La Bianca
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Thursday Nov 11, 2021
Vi La Bianca (Skeptic Generation co-host) joins Brady to deconstruct reason's relationship with mental health, rapture anxiety, being neurodiverse, and how to set boundaries with people AND beliefs.
With Special Intermission Interview Guest, Sherman the Dog from Adventures in Odyssey.
Find Vi's work with Skeptic Generation at SkepticGeneration.com | Follow Vi on Twitter on @AuthorConfusion
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Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Thursday Sep 23, 2021
Sheri invited me to be on her YouTube Channel, FireSide Creators, alongside Catherine Wilcox, who has an M.A. in English Rhetoric and has researched the role of storytelling as a healing and community-building practice for individuals recovering from religious abuse and trauma.
Here's the audio from that conversation as a special bonus before next Thursday's episode!
Find Sheri's website at sheripallas.com and her YouTube channel at youtube.com/FiresideCreators.
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Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Don‘t Be a Dick (Ethics x Real Life) with Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Thursday Sep 16, 2021
Rev. Dr. Sheri Pallas (activist, ally) joins the show to discuss "God" (and why she uses quotes), how an injustice done by a church toward her family pushed her to care deeply about religion, and her perspective on Deconstruction Culture as someone who left fundamentalism years ago ("deconstruction legacy," I'm calling it 😉).
Find Sheri's website at sheripallas.com and her YouTube channel at youtube.com/FiresideCreators.
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Thursday Sep 02, 2021
The RED Flags of Ted Dekker (Christian Celebrity x Grooming) with Emily Dukes
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Thursday Sep 02, 2021
Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of sexually predatory behavior and the retelling of a racial, anti-fatness comment
Emily Dukes joins The Life After to tell how her love for Christian fiction put her on the path to be groomed (use of privileged relationships to normalize exploiting a young person's body) by novelist Ted Dekker, what she's discovered about herself, and how she's pushing back.
This episode begins with Brady retelling his experience of being groped by a trusted church friend during the beginning of his deconstruction.
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Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Chuck‘s Goodbye (Reflection x Show‘s Future) with Chuck Parson
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Welcome to The Life After Podcast Season 3!
Chuck Parson joins the show one last time as co-host to catch up, announce his departure, and tease his next steps.
Stay tuned this season of The Life After Podcast for more important conversations with courageous people about deconstructing Christian beliefs!
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Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Distanced Socializing (COVID x Meaning-Making) with Chuck and Brady
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
Saturday Mar 21, 2020
The Life After Podcast Hosts, Chuck Parson (R) and Brady Hardin (L), take a pause on their backlog of upcoming episodes to have a special, no-guest episode to address Coronavirus.
In this episode, they discuss:
-how to keep End-Time anxiety at bay during current events-recommendations for staying busy-grieving-meaning-making-Chuck says "fuzzy red balls" and Brady doesn't laugh-Plus A LOT more!
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Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Bye Jesus (Post-Christian Spirituality x Spiritual Abuse) with Carrie Maya
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
CW: This episode includes mentions of race-based physical abuse, racial slurs, sexual abuse, and mention of childhood violence.
Carrie Maya, calling from Australia, opens up to Chuck and Brady about her life after leaving a high-demand Charismatic community, spiritual abuse, and life-long conditioning to submit to authority.
A very tumultuous childhood and extreme Fundamentalism positioned Carried to be victimized by self-seeking authoritative voices. First, it was family. Then her pastor. And finally, an intimate partner. Carrie retells how she changed the narrative and discovered help in finding spirituality outside of Christianity.
To learn more about Carrie and her book, visit her insta @Hexvangelical.
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