Hello Deconstructionists

Nate co-hosts the Full Mutuality podcast with his wife Gail, and he co-founded the Dauntless Media Collective with their friend Jessica, who hosts the Leaving the Village podcast.

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Gail (she/her) is an EXvangelical who is passionate about processing religious trauma and creating spaces to help people heal, deconstruct and decolonize harmful beliefs. She wants to be as determined in her dismantling as she was in her dissonance. She is a Canadian who just assumed American citizenship ready to move and roll up her sleeves to make a difference.

Trigger warning: childhood abuse and domestic abuse

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Listen to Nate and Gail’s Ash Valentine’s Day episode here, and check out my episode on Full Mutuality here!

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Janice Lagata (she/her) is a writer, musician and matron saint of cats who is passionate about using humor to tell the truth about heavy things. Her work consistently laces themes of race, religion and gender with threads of witty wordplay and hopeful skepticism. In her capacity as an “exvangelical” person, she is known for being a vocal critic of evangelical megachurch culture in general and the hillsong brand specifically because she believes (almost) everyone involved deserves better.

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April Ajoy (she/her) is a content creator and podcast host who uses humor to shine light on harmful, toxic, and sometimes just weird traits of American Evangelicalism. After growing up an evangelist’s kid entrenched in Christian Nationalism and working in conservative Christian media, she saw the harm caused firsthand. Still a Christian, she uses her platform to expose the dangers of Christian Nationalism while promoting a more inclusive faith. She’s been married to Beecher for 10 years and they have two daughters together.

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Daniella Mestyanek (she/her) Young, scholar of cults, extreme groups and extremely bad leadership. Daniella is the author of Uncultured, a critically acclaimed memoir of growing up in the children of god cult and then going into the cult of US Army. Daniella holds a masters in organizational psychology from Harvard, and is working on a second book called The Culting of America

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Nick Vallentino (he/him) has experienced 30 years of religious trauma and abuse and has since figured out how to be happy and take his own life back. Now he's helping you do the same as a religious trauma coach and by sharing his own story on the podcast today.

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Sarah McCammon is an NPR Correspondent and author of “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church.”

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Katrina Ford grew up in a missionary family in Africa. She is now a motivational speaker and life coach that specializes in religious trauma, academic sabotage and good girl syndrome.

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D.L. Mayfield (they/them) is a writer who authored 3 books in christian publishing. Their current project is a substack and podcast centered on helping survivors of religious authoritarian parenting called STRONGWILLED. They also have a newsletter focused on late diagnosed neurodivergence called healing is my special interest.

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Janice Lagata is a Black exvangelical girl, shaking off a white evangelical world. She is a writer, musician, side hustler, cat/person, and christian REVENGELICAL.

Janice shares her thoughts and reflections on the current political happenings in the US. Namely, Joe Biden stepping down as the presidential nominee and Kamala Harris stepping in.

Connect with Janice on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godhasnotgiven/?hl=en

Other Black content creators to follow:

Elizabeth Booker Houston: https://www.instagram.com/bookersquared/?hl=en

Luuvie Ajayi Jones: https://www.instagram.com/luvvie/?hl=en

Dara Starr Tucker: https://www.instagram.com/daratuckerb/?hl=en

Ijeoma Oluo: https://www.instagram.com/ijeomaoluo/?hl=en

Amanda Seales: https://www.instagram.com/amandaseales/?hl=en

Kristian A. Smith: https://www.instagram.com/thekristianasmith/?hl=en

Join the Conversation on Discord: https://dauntless.fm/discord

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hello_deconstructionists/ | Email: [email protected]

Learn more about Amy's music:

Amy's Website: ⁠⁠https://www.amyazzara.com/⁠ ⁠⁠ | Foray Music: ⁠⁠https://www.foraymusic.com/⁠⁠ | Amy's Instagram: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/amyazzara/⁠