Madonna wasn’t just breaking rules she was breaking open conversations about shame, religion, and desire that culture still struggles to hold.

In this episode, I explore how her defiance mirrors my own faith deconstruction: growing up in a world that taught me purity was power and rebellion was sin, and learning, like Madonna, that survival sometimes means reclaiming what once condemned you.

We look at how faith and rebellion shaped her art and how being misunderstood can become its own form of spiritual freedom

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Archival clips referenced include interviews and footage from MTV, CNN, Billboard, Nightline, and Entertainment Tonight, with additional archival material from Veronica Electronica, TheRealness80, and others.

Music from Epidemic Sound:

“The Longing” by Sasha Louis Leger

“Godsend” by Jon Bjork

“What We Didn’t Do (Instrumental Version)” by Particle House

“I Don’t Care (Instrumental Version)” by Windshield

“I’ll Be Waiting for You” by Franz Gordon

“Av Jord, Till Silver” by Silver Maple

“Krunk” by Taelim

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