Episode 16: Church and State

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Kieryn and Hännah are joined by Jeremiah Warren to talk about growing up in politically active conservative communities and how that affects us today.

FOOTNOTE:

1. Let's talk about some of the striking new data we have showing the extent to which white evangelicals are the single most racist and nativist demographic in America. No white Christian demographic is doing great. But evangelicals are the absolute worst. #EmptyThePews #Resist https://t.co/XKlI8Gm4YF

— Chris Stroop (@C_Stroop) November 3, 2018

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Ep. 15: Halloween, Harry Potter, & Hocus Pocus

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Hännah Ettinger

Kieryn and Hännah get into Halloween: what it meant to them, why they weren’t allowed to observe it, and the Reformation Day parties they wished they hadn’t attended. Listen to them talk about communion, witchcraft, and their deconversions.

Episode 14: Financial Trauma University

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

What happens when you’re poor and grew up with Dave Ramsey teachings and then you get married and don’t have a credit score…and then you need to get divorced? Kieryn and Hännah talk about trickle-down economics, capitalism, American bootstraps mythology, and Dave Ramsey.

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Episode 13: Listener Question Catch Up!

October 17, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Kieryn & Hännah catch up on answering questions and talk about how cis men can use their privilege to be better.

footnotes:

Hi, guys. Imagine if one day you got kicked in the nuts, really hard, on purpose.

You doubled over. Felt the pain. Nearly passed out. Nearly puked.

Then you got kicked again. And again.

— Julius Ghost👻 (Read Pinned Tweet!) (@JuliusGoat) October 6, 2018

Episode Twelve: Self-care

October 10, 2018October 8, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Joined this week by KTC producer Aaron Bechtel, Kieryn and Hännah take a pause in their series to focus on self-care and recovering from trauma in religious environments. This discussion covers everything from power naps to voter registration to intuitive recovery.

Episode Eleven: Purity Culture

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Jaime Lee Finch joins Kieryn and Hännah to discuss purity culture, how it damages people, and how they are working to heal from it.

Episode Ten: Educational Neglect

September 26, 2018September 24, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Kieryn and Hännah delve into the negative aspects of their homeschool educations, and why they are so passionate about advocating for homeschool reform. When homeschooling goes wrong, it can go very very wrong…

Episode Nine: Headship Headaches

September 19, 2018September 18, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

What happens when you read the Bible literally on the topic of gender roles?

Kieryn and Hännah discuss headship theology, the Danvers Statement, complementarianism, and the toxic effects of gender essentialism on relationships.

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Episode Seven: So… About Courtship

September 4, 2018September 2, 2018 Kieryn Darkwater

Kieryn and Hännah dig into why courtship became popular in fundamentalist circles, how it works, and what their experiences with courting were like.

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