Angsty Christian Podcast

Angsty Christian Podcast

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Angsty Christian Podcast episodes

  • Purity vs. Culture with Donna and Jupiter

    CW: purity culture, toxic religion, religious abuse, sexual abuse, misogyny

    This is easily our most toxic episode yet as we are joined by our returning guest, Donna Burkland, and our new friend, Jupiter! We reprise our annual conversation about purity culture as we talk about our various toxic traits and experiences as shes, gays, and theys.

    To connect with us more, check out our Instagram! 

    Feel free to leave us a review and subscribe to our podcast!

    1 hr 32 min
  • We (Metaphorically) Grab Coffee With A Pastor with Donna Burkland

    CW: Sexual assault, religious abuse, mentions of Mars Hill and other harmful churches, general trauma

    We grabbed coffee (but not really cause it was hot af) with a pastor and it wasn't traumatizing! This week we had the opportunity to interview a local pastor, Donna Burkland, who is a queer disabled woman co-pastor from a new church plant in the Red Curtain of Orange County, California. Donna is a survivor of religious abuse and is an amazing advocate for individuals to deconstruct and decolonize their faith. Her church, Safe Harbor Orange County, exists as a place for individuals to rest, restore, belong and become within the safety of community. So come listen to her story and expect the general ridiculousness from your three favorite queer parents.

    To connect more with Donna click here.

    To check out Safe Harbor OC click here. @SafeHarborOC

    To connect more with the Angsty Christian Podcast and support us on Patreon, click here.

    1 hr 54 min
  • The Bethel Pastor's Kid to Smut Fiction Pipeline with Molly Tullis

    CW: spiritual abuse, cult, mentions of death, manipulation, mentions of sexual abuse, mentions of sexual abuse and sexualization of minors, mentions of grooming of minors

    We are so incredibly thankful for smut fiction author and Tiktoker, Molly Tullis, for sharing her story with us. Molly is a pastor's kid of a former pastor of the Bethel Redding (think Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, etc.) cult. Molly experienced some deep trauma as a result of her cult upbringing but is now a writer of smut fiction, which seems to be a reclaiming of her purity culture upbringing. Molly is truly wonderful and her books are amazing!

    So if you enjoy fiction, especially spicy fiction, buy her Romanov Oracle and Asphodel Series books!

    Additional sections include talking about SCOTUS sucking ass and our new segment, Petty Silly Songs with Gabe.

    To connect with Molly outside of her books, you can find her on Instagram and TikTok

    To connect with us on social media, support us on Patreon, or join our Discord and Facebook communities, click here.

    2 hr 19 min
  • Rapture? I Barely Know Her!

    CW: Rapture, toxic theology, homophobia, church abuse

    This week we talk through the rapture and all of the trauma that goes along with it. Additionally, we had a couple of you submit your stories, so thank you so much! Listen to us talk through the history of this toxic idea, how it's affected culture, and what Revelation and apocalyptic literature actually were, historically.


    If you would like to connect with us on social media and/or support us on Patreon, click here.

    1 hr 18 min
  • How To Be Naked and Not Really A Pastor with Naked Pastor

    CW: church trauma, spiritual abuse

    Join us this episode with our special guest, David Hayward aka Naked Pastor! David shares his journey of deconstruction as he left seminary as well as questions from YOU, our beloved and beautiful listeners. Additionally, we talk about how some in the lgbtqia+ folks appropriated an Indigenous gesture on TikTok, the SBC crumbling, and other issues within the Evangelical realm.

    Thank you to everyone who submitted a question, and thank you, David. It was an absolute pleasure to talk with you!

    If you would like to connect with David Hayward, visit his website or find him on any social media platform at @nakedpastor.

    If you would like to connect with us and support us on Patreon, visit our linktree!

    2 hr 10 min
  • God Can Sit This One Out with Narupoo

    Today we are joined by Jackson, also known on Twitch as Narupoo! Jackson shares his story about growing up in a Christian household while also being an atheist. Additionally, we read some of his tweets, which are cursed. So there's that. 


    To connect with Jackson, you can find him on Twitch, Instagram, and Twitter.


    To connect with us, find us on social media, and sign up for our Patreon, check out our linktree.

    1 hr 23 min
  • How to Be the Church with Jo Luehmann

    CW// misogyny, abortion, racism, trauma, religion, politics, sexuality, sexual assault, purity culture

    This week we were so happy to have our special guest, Jo Luehmann join us to talk through her journey, decolonization, antiracism, neuroscience, and how to make conservatives angry. She is so much smarter than us and we are more than okay with that.

    In our news segment, we talk about Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court's leaked draft. Bonnie shares a run-in with Kenneth. And lastly, Jake makes a statement about the state of all things. And it was disturbing but funny.

    If you would like to read Daniel's article about Jen Buck and her book, Bad and Boujee, click here. 

    If you would like to connect with Jo Luehmann and partner with her on Patreon, click here.

    2 hr 26 min
  • Easter? I Hardly Know Her

    CW: religious abuse, misogynoir

    Happy late Easter or Eostre fam. We are sorry for not being as consistent. As you will hear in this episode, we are tired and we are busy. But we miss you all so much. So in this short episode, we talk about our Easter experiences including Rick Warren being an absolute idiot and Daniel almost getting sacrificed by a megachurch pastor in Northern California.

    Next episode will be full-lengthed with a special guest!


    To connect with us, go to our LinkTree

    53 min
  • We Say Gay
    CW// transphobia, homophobia, racism, mentions of s*xual assault, general biggotry
    Another week sadly without Bonnie. Jake and Daniel talk about the Don't Say Gay bill in Florida, Greg Abbott's failed attempt to outlaw trans kids in Texas, Babylon Bee being absolutely stupid, and Brian Houston stepping down from Hillsong.
    For more ways to connect with us, visit our Linktree
    If you would like to support us on Patreon and get early access to episodes as well as some neat merch and future extra content, click here.
    1 hr 41 min

About Angsty Christian Podcast

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We are two arguably Christian, not arguably angsty queer idiots. Grab some coffee (but not with your pastor), and hang with out us as we discuss spirituality, the modern Christian Church, and our good friend Kenneth.