I was raised in fear.

Fear of hell. Fear of being wrong. Fear of people who thought, lived, or loved differently than I did.

And like most kids, I didn’t question it. I swallowed the poison and called it truth.

But at some point, life handed me a choice: keep pretending I believed it all or start asking the questions I was taught not to ask.

This episode is about that choice. The unlearning. The discomfort. The rewiring.It’s about what happens when you stop carrying other people’s beliefs and start thinking for yourself.

Inside This Episode:

* What it felt like to grow up in a hardcore Pentecostal environment

* How shame and fear shaped my worldview

* The cognitive dissonance that cracked everything open

* Why curiosity matters more than certainty

* Why politics, religion, and identity shouldn’t be used to divide us

* Why difference isn’t dangerous — it’s necessary

* What Kill The Silence is really being built for

I talk about betrayal, faith, ADHD, groupthink, boredom, and the power of questioning everything you were taught to never question.

My Hope For This Platform

I want Kill The Silence to be a place where people can show up exactly as they are.Not polished. Not perfect. Not pretending.

I want to feature stories from people who have been through hell and still showed up.I want this to become a space where vulnerability isn’t punished — it’s respected.

You don’t have to agree with me. You don’t have to vote like me, love like me, pray like me, or think like me.You just have to be willing to be real.

That’s it.

—Cody Taymore

Kill The Silence

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