In this episode, I talk with Al Bedell – writer, podcaster, NYC twitter icon, and alcoholic. We touch on magic, fairies, addiction, recovery, death, kratom, alcohol, funerals, affliction, belief, escapism, and more. Listen to the full-length convo on our Patreon where you can find all our full-length, unlocked episodes at patreon.com/ineedgod. You can find Al's podcast at https://alanonymous.angelfire.com/

In this episode, we talk to Ena da (@park_slope_arsonist on IG) about religious services she attended in Ghana and in the US. But also about aliens, 9/11, sugar, the importance of community, and much more! Listen to the full-length episode on our Patreon at patreon.com/ineedgod. And check out Ena's podcast The Jenaverse at https://www.instagram.com/the_jenaverse/.

This episode was kindly edited by David Sutrin.

On this week's episode, God-lover Kyle sits down to talk with NYC club icon and performer Angel Money. Angel was raised to be the heir of a Pentecostal megachurch and talks about what it was like growing up as the black sheep of her family. Listen to our full convo on Patreon at patreon.com/ineedgod.

We cover the spirituality of money, speaking in tongues, drug use, lucid dreaming, chaos magick, goddess worship, alien encounters, and so much more. Content warning for language, drugs, abortion, and abuse.

On today's episode, God-lover Kyle talks with Julia Serena about her experience attending an all-female Catholic boarding school run by an international Catholic federation known as Regnum Christi in the early 2000s. Listen to the full-length conversation at patreon.com/ineedgod.

Topics include:

Last rites

Regnum Christi

Consecrated women

Daily life in Catholic school

Journal entries

Visiting the Pope

The Marcial Maciel scandal

Going to church stoned

Technology and spirituality

...and more!

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In this episode, God-lover Kyle talks with artist, writer, and meme-maker Aiden Arata. Raised Catholic but no longer religious, Aiden maintains a sense of spirituality that she channels into poignant guided meditation videos suited for a post-pandemic internet. Listen to the full episode on our Patreon at patreon.com/ineedgod.

Topics include:

Catholic School

Surrender

Irish vs Italian Catholicism

Social media through the years

Writing a book

Guided meditations for social media

Toxic positivity

Manifesting

Monthly moon journaling 

Maroon 5

Louise Hay’s affirmations

Dating a future monk

Vision boards 

Marriage 

Meeting Marianne Williamson 

The palms trees in Los Angeles

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God-lover Kyle is joined by filmmaker and ex-Mormon, Kelly Polk to talk about what Mormonism is and what it's like to grow up Mormon. Listen to the full episodes on our Patreon at patreon.com/ineedgod.

Topics include:

The founding of Mormonism

What Mormons believe

Having a crush on a Mormon

Becoming Presbyterian

Leaving the faith

Mormon aesthetics

Missionaries

Mormon baptism

The Book of Mormon

Magic Underwear

Tithing

Cults

The three tiers of heaven

Polygamy

Baptizing the dead

Mormon prayer

Secular humanism

+ we talk about HBO's The Idol

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In this episode, God-lover Kyle is joined by Instagram user Joan of Arca to chat about her strict, non-religious upbringing and her journey into the world of spiritual traditions. Topics include Joan of Arc, Arca, meme life, Calvinism, bisexuality, Judaism, and fan culture. We wrap things up with some pop culture hot topics. Don't miss out on the full episode (and all our other episodes) on our Patreon!

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Content warning: sexual abuse

In this episode, God-lover Kyle chats with Angella d'Avignon – a writer and studio manager, currently writing a book about ghost towns. We talk about her evangelical upbringing and family history. Her great-grandfather, Paul Hutchens, is the author of The Sugar Creek Gang children's book series. Her grandfather was a radio pastor and buddies with Billy Graham. And her mom helped found a popular after-school arts program in 1981, Christian Youth Theater.

Topics include:

• Itinerant Evangelicalism
• Sugar Creek Gang series
• Tent Revival Circuit
• Religious Trauma Syndrome
• Purity ring ceremonies
• Invisible Children
• Christian Community Theater
• Christian branding
• Christian media
• Leaving evangelicalism

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In this episode, we're joined by Chris Stedman – a writer, activist, and professor who teaches in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of IRL: Finding Our Real Selves in a Digital World and the writer and host of Unread, named one of the best podcasts of 2021. The full episode is available now on patreon.com/ineedgod.

Topics we cover:

Sylvia Plath

Chris’s nonreligious upbringing

Homophobia in church

The 4 categories of belief in God

How to be a good Atheist

Teaching religion to college students 

Humanism

Chris’s books Faithiest and IRL

Authenticity and the internet

Praise for I NEED GOD

Teaching religion to Gen Z

Chris’s amazing grandma

Astrology

Chris’s Unread podcast

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