The Life After Podcast
Parenting
Episodes
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
CW: Spiritual, emotional, and physical abuse toward someone who is differently-abled and mention of suicide attempt
Dustin VanDyke (featured on HBO's We're Here Season Two finale) is differently-abled and trans. Dustin was restricted from being themselves while in an abusive home, but now they are free to be who they are while inspiring others who lack representation.
Follow Dustin's YouTube and Facebook.
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
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!
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
The Wrong Kind of Woman (Outsider x Spiritual Abuse) with Julianne King
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Thursday Oct 14, 2021
Julianne King (Poet and old friend of Brady) deconstructs her LIFE AFTER spiritual abuse with intensely manipulative church leaders. A major event occurred while in the youth group and another afterward. Also, Julianne shares her theory about how the musical Cats represents Evangelicalism.
Find Julianne's book of poetry, Bible Belt Revolution, on Amazon
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
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!
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Elle Reneé of St. Louis Chapter of Black Nonbelievers joins Chuck and Brady in the studio.
Elle's step father was a pastor for multiple churches of varying denominations and current pastor of a nondenominational church, and some of their church services would go all day long. All of this made church a very foundational part of Elle's childhood. Along with the good side of closely-knit church communities also brought the bad, including lot of unwanted touch.
Elle got married during the same week she graduated high school and turned 18. After two failed marriages, she learned to stand up for herself. As she started to pull away from the faith, many church people would report back to her family. She set boundaries to protect herself and hasn't looked back since.
Chuck and Elle share experiences of being People of Color, and in the finale segment, Brady and Elle discuss parenting after religion.
Elle is the Chief Organizer of the St. Louis Chapter of Black Nonbelievers, a friendly, informative secular community connecting People of Color (and allies). Learn more on their website, blacknonbelievers.com.
Bookended with music by Nightlightr (CDBaby, iTunes, and Spotify) | Find links for The Life After Community (our secret Facebook group), subscribing, rating, and/or reviewing on iTunes here: linkin.bio/thelifeafterorg
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Parenting Forward (Raising Kids x Ethical Values) with Cindy Wang Brandt
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Tuesday Jul 30, 2019
Cindy Wang Brandt, author of Parenting Forward, joins the show to discuss how deconstructing parents can pass values to their children without relying on fear and indoctrination.
Find out more about Cindy's work, including her book and podcast, on her website, cindywangbrandt.com.
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Special Show Note:
We apologize to our friend, Chrissy Stroop, for using the incorrect pronouns in the last episode. Since we had recorded the episode in May, Chrissy has begun transitioning and prefers she/her pronouns. At the time of the recording, they/them were preferred.
We fully support and affirm Chrissy. Read more about her inspiring journey here:
http://ow.ly/ar3350vj4ug
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