Mourning Talk Show

Joseph Laycock is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University. He has written  a book about the Satanic Temple and a book about the Satanic Panic triggered by roll-playing games in the 1980's. We had a great conversation about the nature of religion and what the Satanic Temple's story contributes to and nuances the discussion.  

Joseph's book, Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion: https://www.amazon.ca/Speak-Devil-Satanic-Changing-Religion-ebook/dp/B082VCL8YH  

Joseph's book Dangerous Games: What the Moral Panic over Role-Playing Games Says about Play, Religion, and Imagined Worlds: https://www.amazon.ca/Dangerous-Games-Role-Playing-Religion-Imagined-ebook/dp/B00RX4UVWI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1595256358&refinements=p_27%3AJoseph+Laycock&s=digital-text&sr=1-3&text=Joseph+Laycock

Conner Habib is a thinker, podcaster, Occultist and much more. His podcast, Against Everything with Conner Habib is a consistently disorienting (in a good way) storehouse of under-represented perspectives. We talked about his history in sex work, Christian Occultism and much more.  

Conner's podcast: https://connerhabib.com/against-everyone/  

Support Conner on Pareon: https://www.patreon.com/ConnerHabib

Sarah Janes is a dream researcher, writer and gifted communicator. She's an expert in Ancient Egyptian dream practices including dream temples. She is a vivid dreamer and teaches about lucid dreaming among many other things. I loved this conversation!  

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Johnny Pemberton is a comedian, actor, podcaster, musician and more. We talked about his career and how he thinks about comedy, darkness, virtuosity, intuition and more.  

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Stephanie Drury is a Feminist and online social critic who became known for making (merciless) fun of modern Christian culture. I reached out to her to talk about her personal story of mental health and how the evangelical Christian church failed her and her family spectacularly.   

Stephanie's Twitter accounts: https://twitter.com/stephaniedrury

Lois Letchord is an educator and author whose book, Reversed: A Memoir tells about her path to being an educator through teaching her own son, Nicholas to read when he was deemed a hopeless case. We spoke about meaning and curiosity and discussed my own difficulties with reading.  

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Paul VanderKlay is a pastor in Central California. His YouTube channel is an outlet for his thoughts on psychology, faith and culture. He gained a following by guiding many confused Christians during the initial rise of the polarizing thinker, Jordan Peterson, but has transcended Peterson and become known as an original and balanced thinker.   

Paul's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/paulvanderklay  

Paul's website: https://paulvanderklay.me/

Amy Edelstein is an author and educator. She has studied many paths of spiritual practice and (among other things) developed a secular course to teach inner strength to teens. Her message is one of practical strength and love. It was an honour to speak to her!  

Check out how you can learn or get involved in this important work!  

Inner Strength Foundation: https://www.innerstrengthfoundation.net/ 

Amy's website: https://amyedelstein.com/

Tahir Nasser is one of the driving forces behind Rational Religion, a YouTube channel and publishing platform promoting religion and spirituality from the perspective of Ahmadi Muslims through intellectual discussions.   Tahir is a medical doctor and a thoughtful, contemplative person. He and his brother, Umar discuss Islam with humour and grace.  

Rational Religion's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EndOfAtheism  

Rational Religion with David Berlinski: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIgHsm3Faio&t=1057s  

Rational Religion with Rupert Sheldrake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHLnXWpGbO8&t=2226s  

Rational Religion's website: https://rationalreligion.co.uk/

Lucien Greaves is cofounder of the Satanic Temple and a main protagonist in the 'Hail Satan?' documentary, which currently has a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. He has devoted his life to this secular religion and promoting religious plurality in the United States. Lucien describes an alternative view of the idea of patriotism in the US, both progressive and a return to its roots.  

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