Growing Up Fundie

By Sydney Davis Jr. Jr.

A podcast analyzing the true life experiences of everyday people who grew up fundamentalist, orthodox, or within any other strictly religious environment, and the impact (positive or negative) that

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July 20, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 93: Author Sam Torode on Recognizing When You're On the Wrong Path & Starting Over
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https://iamdyingoutloud.org/
Author Sam Torode was once a devout Christian, a proponent of Abstinence and the anti-birth-control movement, and even penned the forward for the now-unpublished best selling book “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” by Josh Harris.
Now, Sam looks back on his past from an entirely new lens, recognizing that sometimes our best intentions are our worst ideas.
Check out his episode, and then peruse his extensive list of published work here:
https://www.samtorode.com/books.html
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Discord:
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1h 19min
July 17, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 92: Godless Granny on Devoting Her Life to the Truth, Until She Discovered She’d Been Living a Lie
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Godless Granny spent the first several decades of her life as a devout Evangelical Christian mother and wife, who dabbled in denominations spanning from Free Church Evangelicalism to Calvinism.
When her youngest child was a teenager, he confronted her with a simple fact she couldn’t ignore.
In that moment, her life took a drastic turn, and she’s never looked back since.
GG has quickly become one of my favorite people to talk to, and having the chance to hear her amazing, powerful, shocking, tragic, and hope-giving story in her own words was a gift. It’s not often you meet someone who you can call your kindred spirit, but after finding out how many things the two of us have in common, I can’t think of a more fitting title.
Check out Godless Granny’s Youtube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@GodlessGranny
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1h 16min
July 13, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 91: David from CVS ("Catholic vs...") Podcast on his journey from Protestant, to Atheist, to Catholic (LIVESTREAM)
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This episode is the audio from a YouTube livestream

https://iamdyingoutloud.org/
David is the host of CVS (Catholic vs…) a youtube channel and podcast featuring debates, live streams, and discussions between David and his guests.
David converted from Atheism to Catholicism in 2009, but was raised in a liberal Protestant household long before discovering either of those.

While David and I disagree on nearly everything on both a fundamental and scientific level, his episode stands as an example of the conversations you can have with people who don't agree with you on nearly anything, yet, when given the chance to engage in a civil conversation, can end up having more in common with you than you expected.

Check out David's channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@cvs-podcast/featured

Become a guest on CVS podcast here:
https://calendly.com/cvs-podcast

View my guest interview on CVS podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6GKYvcaIPo8?feature=share

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Spotify:
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Discord:
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Our Subreddit:
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1h 8min
July 10, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 90: Attorney & Author Andrew Seidel on White Christian Nationalism in America
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Andrew L. Seidel is an author and attorney who has defended the First Amendment for more than a decade, both in and out of court.
Andrew dedicated his career to challenging religious privilege, and battling Christian Nationalism. He is currently the VP of strategic communications with “Americans United” (https://www.au.org/get-involved/)
He speaks and writes extensively about religious freedom; and has been profiled by BBC News, Buzzfeed, International Business Times, and more.
Author of:
“The Founding Myth: why christian nationalism is unamerican”
https://a.co/d/6s0bYGt
“American Crusade, how the supreme court is weaponizing religious freedom”
https://a.co/d/eoUQlMg

Run for Something:
https://runforsomething.net/

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Website:
www.growingupfundiepodcast.com
Spotify:
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Apple Podcasts:
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Discord:
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Our Subreddit:
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July 06, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 89: Pastor Marcus J on His Surprising Journey from Radio to Faith & Leadership
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At one time in his life, Marcus was studying literature in graduate school, with a job working as a radio personality for his local radio station.
He is now the pastor of a congregation in Utah, having found his calling in the most unexpected of ways.
In this episode, Marcus takes us down the surprise journey from using his voice for entertainment, to using his voice in leadership.
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Spotify:
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Our Subreddit:
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1h 1min
July 03, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 88: Marie B. on Leaving the World Wide Church of God
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Marie grew up within the infamous (and now mostly-defunct/rebranded) World Wide Church of God cult.

Her parents, converts from Catholicism, then lead her and her siblings down a path of Fundamentalist beliefs, strict rules, and family turmoil.

Marie shares her story on what it was like within the church, and the immense effort it took for her to finally leave.

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1h 21min
June 26, 2023 Growing Up Fundie MEGASTREAM (#2): Celebrating 100+ episodes & 255,000 streams!
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Growing Up Fundie MEGASTREAM (# 2)
Celebrating 100 episodes, and 255,000 cumulative streams.

Featuring guests:
Godless Granny
Secular Rarity
Andrew Pledger
Brently
Alma Tadero

This is the second Megastream (TM) for Growing Up Fundie, a monthly 1.5 hour streaming event featuring new faces, former guests, and folks from all over the internet.

For more "Growing Up Fundie" content, check out https://www.growingupfundiepodcast.com/

Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. is the host of Growing Up Fundie, as well as a standup comedian and satirist.

Please consider supporting https://iamdyingoutloud.org/
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1h 49min
June 22, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 87: Activist Andrew Pledger Exposes Bob Jones University (LIVESTREAM)
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This episode is comprised of the audio from a YouTube Livestream

Andrew Pledger is a religious trauma survivor and activist.
He is also a return guest! Andrew previously appeared in Episode 63 earlier in 2023.

Find out more about his story, his mission, AND his upcoming podcast exposing Bob Jones University here:
https://andrewpledger.mypixieset.com/links?fbclid=IwAR2Nw3xJg-R-z2hf2QZ6t8Fun6Z3ZBuyL6FwuzlzRHsVKDmyWMco6tQPoHQ
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June 19, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 86: Secular Rarity on Expanding Your Network & Learning from Others
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Secular Rarity is a familiar face in the atheism/humanism YouTube space. He appears as one of the hosts on “The Atheist Experience,” as well as “Atheist Republic.”

Check out his linktree below!
https://linktr.ee/secularrarity?fbclid=IwAR1W4m6dgq0BxDCtDPNB3ranm4F9qYBs2X54n8gG4gsHA-7-PNh241O83cc

The Atheist Experience (on Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/@TheAtheistExperience/featured

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June 15, 2023Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 85: Author Natalie Latzka on How Science Brought Her Closer to God
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When author Natalie Latzka first began questioning her Catholic faith, she asked herself four questions:
Does God even exist?
If so, who is God?
What message/information (if any) has God provided?
What the heck does God want from me?
For the next ten years, she began researching, questioning, and digging, before coming to the conclusion that, ”in many cases, the Christian religion not only fails to prioritize personal relationship with God (though some claim to), but they also do not equip believers to find it.”
In this episode, Natalie wants to share the tools she realized she needed in order to equip herself with the personal relationship with God that she now experiences every day.
Natalie is the author of: “Navigating True North: My Journey from Blind Faith to Bold Faith"
https://www.amazon.com/Navigating-True-North-Journey-Blind/dp/1632695588

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