Ideas Digest

Ideas Digest

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Ideas Digest episodes

  • The Porn Pandemic
    In this episode we speak with Melinda Tankard Reist who is an author speaker & advocate for womens and girls. Melinda is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms  of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women.
    We discuss;
    - The porn industry
    - Commodification of sex
    - Ethical porn
    - Men & porn
    - Normalisation of abuse in porn
    - The problem with Only Fans
    - Corporations and sexual abuse
    Connect with Melinda
    https://melindatankardreist.com/
    https://www.collectiveshout.org/
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    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music:
    Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 25 min
  • The Mind F*ckery of God
    Alice Greczyn is an actress, model, writer, and the founder of Dare to Doubt. In this episode we explore her journey from Charismatic Christianity to Atheism, from conservative politics to …less conservative politics.
    We Discuss;
    Deconstruction
    Progressive christianity
    Religion & child abuse
    Religion, politics and America
    Ethics after religion
    Vaccine mandates & being libertarian
    Connect with Alice Greczyn
    - https://www.alicegreczyn.com/
    - https://www.instagram.com/alicegreczyn/
    - https://www.alicegreczyn.com/dare-to-doubt
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    https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: [email protected]
    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 51 min
  • Queer Pastor Praying Away
    In this episode I chat with Teash, a Queer Pastor of a Baptist church in Melbourne Australia. 
    We discuss
    - LGBTQ+ rights
    - Gay conversion therapy
    - Victorian Conversion therepy legislation
    - The Bibles stance on same sex relationships
    - Teash's journey to becoming a church pastor
    - What its like being a Queer pastor in a christian world
    Contacts mentioned in the episode
    https://www.qlife.org.au/
    https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
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    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
    https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: [email protected]
    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 44 min
  • Jesus Was Queer
    In this episode we chat with Paul Anthony Turner, a pastor based in Kentucky. 
    We discuss
    - What is 'Queerness'
    - Was Jesus Queer?
    - Christianity and homosexuality
    - Over sexualised view of humans
    - How homosexuality helps heterosexuality
    - Morality & sexuality
    - What its like being a gay pastor?
    Connect with Paul Anthony Turner
    https://www.instagram.com/paul.anthony.turner/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77hBxzOGlw08bIKMNhCwGQ
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    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
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    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    2 hr 8 min
  • A Sucker Punch To The Pussy - God Is Grey
    In this episode we speak with Youtuber and Author Brenda Marie Davies (God is Grey) about what she descrbies as the "rabbit hole of sexual exploration" she descrbies in her memoir. 
    We discuss
    - Purity Culture and sexual trauma
    - A modern christian sexual ethic
    - Problems of hook-up culture
    - Female sexual pleasure
    - Masturbation
    Connect with Brenda Marie Davies
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Xf6ScN9riYhTOUsvhkhaw
    https://www.godisgrey.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/godisgrey/
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    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
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    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 2 min
  • Stripping Change My Life - Harmony Grillo
    In this episode we speak with Harmony Grillo, founder of Treasures, an outreach and support group to women in the sex industry and survivors of sex trafficking.
    We discuss
    - Harmony's journey into and out of the sex industry
    - Sexual abstinence & empowerment
    - The exploitation of the sex & porn industry
    - Abuse, trauma and exploitation
    - Why women enter sex work
    - What harmony thinks of men who go to strip clubs
    Connect with Harmony
    https://harmonygrillo.com/
    https://www.iamatreasure.com/industry-exindustry-girls
    https://www.instagram.com/harmonygrillo/
    Ted Talk
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImX4WGSDxyk
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    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
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    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 23 min
  • Great Sex With The Bible
    In this episode we chat with Sheila Gregoire who is an author, speaker and blogger on the the topic of sex and marriage within the christian church. 
    We discuss
    - The problems with what christians have been taught about sex
    - How women have been harmed by bad sex ed
    - The "orgasm gap"
    - The problems with "hook-up culture"
    - Re-defining sex
    - Sex & intimacy
    - A new Christian sexual ethic
    - Her book "The Great Sex Rescue" & the research behind it
    Connect with Sheila
    https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/
    http://sheilawraygregoire.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/sheilagregoire/
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    Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
    https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: [email protected]
    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 22 min
  • God Sanctioned, Divine SEX
    In this episode I speak with Dr Tina Schermer Sellers who is an Author and PHD in Clinical Sexology. 
    We discuss;
    - The history of Purity culture in America
    - Christianity & politics
    - How American & christianity ruined sex
    - Sex before marriage
    - Sex in Christianity
    - Masturbation
    - How to educated your children regarding sex & sexuality
    - Porn
    - Divine sex
    Connect with Dr Tina
    https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/drtinashameless/
    Books referenced
    God, Sex and the Conservative Church
    Shameless Parenting
    https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/books
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    Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
    https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: [email protected]
    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 36 min
  • Christian Purity Culture is Abuse
    In this episode we speak with Blair an exvangelical content creator behind the instagram account "Talk Purity To Me". 
    We discuss:
    - Blair's journey growing up in the conservative christian south of America.
    - The problems with purity culture
    - Abuse of power in religious structures
    - What is purity culture & why is it harmful?
    - Feminism
    Connect with Blair
    https://www.instagram.com/talkpuritytome/
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    Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
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    Find out what we really think
    https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull
    https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 25 min
  • I Am In a Non-Monogomous Marriage
    In this episode we chat with Cinda Banks, an Australian sex and relationship coach who shares about her unique marriage where both her and her husband are openly sexually non-monogomous. 
    We discuss
    - Polyamory
    - How a non-monogomous marriage works
    - Co-dependent relationships
    - Sexual fluidity
    - Sex
    - Traditional marriage and relationships
    - Sexual morality
    Connect with Cindra
    https://www.instagram.com/cindrabanks/
    https://www.instagram.com/consciouscouplescoaching/
    https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-relationships-show/id1436788411
    Connect with us
    Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/
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    Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/
    Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/
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    1 hr 33 min

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