deconstruction

S3E1: The Meaning You Make from the Message — Superman and Deconstruction
July 24, 2025x
1
01:56:24

S3E1: The Meaning You Make from the Message — Superman and Deconstruction

We're back! After seeing Superman a few times in theaters, Gail and Nate have a bunch of thoughts. Here are some timestamps to help you through the episode if you don't want to listen straight through. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:41:57 - Our feelings on the new Superman movie 00:45:10 - Spoilers start here 01:18:02 - Deconstruction themes in Superman Oh, and here's that picture of Na...

S2E16: Taking Christ out of Christmas — with Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm
December 24, 2024x
16
01:39:11

S2E16: Taking Christ out of Christmas — with Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm

Merry Christmas, Exvies! Do you ever feel out of place at your deeply religious family's holiday celebrations? We know the feeling. For this special holiday edition of the podcast, we're joined by our friends Jessica Goforth and Zach Malm to talk about how Christmas has evolved over the course of our shifts away from Christianity and share some of our coping strategies when the r...

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan
August 01, 2024x
13
1:19:21

S2E13: Religious Trauma, Healing Communities, & Saying Hello to Deconstruction — with Maggie Harrigan

Maggie Harrigan, host of the podcast Hello Deconstructionists and creator behind the Instagram account of the same name joins Nate and Gail for a fun conversation about healing from religious trauma, deconstruction, and the power of storytelling in building community after leaving evangelicalism. TRIGGER WARNING: there are a ton of references to contemporary Christian music of the 2000's...

S2B01: Ash Valentine's Day - Too Much Love Will Kill You (or Those You Love)
February 14, 2024x
Bonus
1:02:22

S2B01: Ash Valentine's Day - Too Much Love Will Kill You (or Those You Love)

Happy Valentine's Day! On today's episode, Gail and Nate talk about what happens when you love everyone and everything else more than God. Oh, and be sure to check out the Content Warning event taking place in Portland this weekend! Tickets are available at contentwarningevent.com . If you're looking for support for religious trauma survivors, check out the Reclamation Collective at recl...

S2E02: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 1 — with Janice Lagata
July 03, 2023x
2
1:48:17

S2E02: My Cult Was in a Documentary, Part 1 — with Janice Lagata

Janice Lagata returns! Janice and Nate were both members of Hillsong NYC until they left in 2017, and since then their former church has been the subject of numerous exposés and documentaries. The latest, The Secrets of Hillsong by FX and Vanity Fair dives into their disgraced former pastor, Carl Lentz. Though Janice isn't exactly thrilled with how the series handled the subject matter.....

S2E01: Apostasy at EVU — with Scott Okamoto
April 18, 2023x
1
1:19:03

S2E01: Apostasy at EVU — with Scott Okamoto

Scott Okamoto is back!!! And this time, he's bringing a book with him. The author of the newly released Asian American Apostate joins Gail and Nate to talk about his own journey that led to this book, his career as a professor at an Evangelical university, and how sorry he feels for English grammar perfectionists. Asian American Apostate : Bookshop.org Amazon Kobo Scott on the internet: ...