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 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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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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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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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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June 12, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 84: The Kavernacle, on Historical Facts vs. Religion-Based Myths
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Kavernacle is a political and social commentary content creator, whose YouTube channel features livestreams, podcasts, and more. (Including over 100k subscribers!)
He has an undergraduate degree in History, and Masters in International Relations.
Find Kav on:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoG5ya-sMXNMkqkIz1sZ_Lw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekavernacle/?hl=en
Twitter: @TheKavernacle
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheKavernacle

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June 08, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 83: Comedian (and Former Deacon) Les Clendenin on Exiting Christianity after 40 years & All Those Daggum Witches
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Les Clendenin is a standup comedian, and former deacon, who left his faith behind him, and never looked back.

In this episode, he shares his journey through discovering he didn’t believe in God, losing his wife, and learning new things about himself more than 40 years in.
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June 05, 2023Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 82: Neuroscientist Dr. John Wathey on Cults, Narcissists, and Why We Follow Them
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Dr. John (Jack) Wathey - author and Neuroscientist - on cults, narcissists, and why humans are compelled to follow them.
His books (on Amazon):
The Illusion of God’s Presence
https://a.co/d/jaIWIxk
The Phantom God
https://a.co/d/1DXlIwP

His website, Wathey Research
https://www.watheyresearch.com/about/

Understanding Jonestown & the Peoples Temple - Rebecca Moore
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Jonestown-Peoples-Temple-Rebecca/dp/0313352518
neuroethology fuses neuroscience with the study of behavior in its natural context
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June 01, 2023 Growing Up Fundie, Ep. 81: David McDonald (from Deep Drinks podcast) on Anxiety, Leaving the Faith, and Confronting Your Thoughts (LIVESTREAM)
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David McDonald is the Host of Deep Drinks podcast
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David is a former Pentecostal living in Australia. On this livestream episode, he talks about his deconversion process, anxiety, and finding out the voice of God he'd heard was actually an OCD tick.
2Find out more about his personal journey here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbvNEsaft6Y

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