Deconstruct To Curiocity

Lauren and Adam here. Today, we decided to put our sassy pants on and talk all things meme culture, tik tok and dishing out our best hot takes. Enjoy. @deconstruct.pod @laurendeleary @officialadamfrost

Erica Smith is a sexuality educator with over 20 years of experience in the field. She's known for her signature Purity Culture Dropout Program, developed in 2019 to teach folks recovering from purity culture all of the accurate, comprehensive, queer inclusive, trauma informed sex ed that they missed. Previously she worked with young women and LGBTQ+ youth in the juvenile justice system and in HIV prevention.

Erica did not grow up in a religious environment, but tailors her sex education to folks who need it the most- and at the moment, that's folks coming out of high demand religions. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband and a house full of rescue animals.

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SUSAN COTTRELL is an international speaker whose TEDx talk has 1.5 million views. OutSmart magazine called her “The Mother of All MamaBears.” The Advocate dubbed her “our favorite affirming matriarch.” She is a prominent voice for the LGBTQ community and their faith parents who has been featured on ABC’s 20/20, Nightline and Good Morning America, on NBC News Out, and as a contributor on the Our Bible app. She is a public theologian and through her nonprofit organization—FreedHearts—Susan champions the LGBTQ community and families with her authentic love; and she challenges Christians to love as the foundation of faith. She spent 20+ years in the nonaffirming Evangelical church, has a Master of Arts in Theological Studies, and served as the Vice-President of PFLAG Austin. Her FreedHearts Blog and YouTube videos have millions of viewers, and her books “Mom, I’m Gay”—Loving Your LGBTQ Child and Strengthening Your Faith; True Colors: Celebrating the Truth and Beauty of the Real You; Radically Included: The Biblical Case for Radical Love and Inclusion; and Be the Love You Want to See in the World are critically acclaimed. She and her husband Rob have been married for 33 years and have five children, two of whom identify as queer. 


“Susan has this fierce, loving, don’t mess with me, Mom vibe.”—Rev Ashley Harness, Auburn Seminary

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Josh and Adrian are former evangelical worship leaders, pastors, church planters who started Dirty Rotten Church Kids Podcast as a means to process life on the other side of the evangelical bubble. Equal parts heavy and light, the duo unpack their stories, interview incredible guests and hear from their listeners the Bad Apples with the hope that "it's all gonna be okay". @dirtyrottenchurchkids @deconstruct.pod @laurendeleary @adamfrostofficial https://linktr.ee/DirtyRottenCK

Spilling the tea. Catching up. What’s been going through our minds lately. HE GOD SHE GOD THEY GOD NO GOD. listen to the episode to hear where that comes from.

Nikki Mayeux is a queer ex-Evangelical writer and educator from the strangest city in the Deep South, New Orleans. She completed her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of New Orleans and works in special education advocacy. She also performs public storytelling and produces SANCTUARY, a performance series uplifting stories of religious trauma and deconstruction. Her work has been featured in Infection House, Dinner Bell, Room 220, Ginger Zine, and elsewhere. Her debut chapbook, Ordinary Time, is available from Tilted House. @nikki.mayeux @laurendeleary @officialadamfrost @deconstruct.pod nikkimayeux.net

Brenda Davies is the Author of On Her Knees & creator of God is Grey, where she advocates for sex positive, lgbtq+ affirming, science-believing faith. In this episode - we talk about women and MONEY.

Will Thorpe, aka, Heretical Theology describes himself as a humanist, heretic, apostate, and atheist. Although he spent 20 years identifying as a Christian previously and even fundamentalist 15 of those years. Through his online community, he helps those who are deconstructing in Christianity. He believes that theology without history is just fantasy. And Because of that - his main objective is to discuss the historical authenticity and textual criticism about the bible and apply critical thinking to christian theology. https://linktr.ee/heretical_theology @hereticaltheology @laurendeleary @officialadamfrost @deconstruct.pod

Brian Peck aka @roomtothrive is a licensed clinical social worker in Boise, Idaho, and he is passionate about reducing the ongoing impacts of adverse religious experiences and helping survivors resolve religious trauma and restore vitality and meaning through body-centered therapy & trauma-informed coaching.

He was raised within the conservative holiness movement, including K-12 Christian education and one year of Bible college before beginning his deconstruction journey.

He enjoys connecting with nature and sharing this one life with his partner and their two kids. In the words of Mary Oliver, He is all about letting “the soft animal of my body love what it loves.” https://linktr.ee/RoomToThrive @roomtothrive @deconstruct.pod @laurendeleary @officialadamfrost

Grace Baldridge aka Semler is a queer recording artist. She’s just beginning but that doesn’t mean much. Because this gal jumped straight to the top of Apple Music #1 in Christian music. This is the first time an openly queer person has even been charting in christian music. And we get into alllll that. Enjoy. And go stream “Preachers Kid”. https://linktr.ee/gracesemlerbaldridge @gracebaldridge @laurendeleary @officialadamfrost