Pray For Us

Pray For Us

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Pray For Us episodes

  • Hate the Sin, Not the Sinner: Adriana Robles

    Saturday Night Live director and Funny or Die alum Adriana Robles sits down to talk about working at a women's pregnancy center in Ocala, Florida as a teenager, reading daily devotionals with her family, and ultimately turning to comedy as an adult.

    46 min
  • Culturally Muslim: Dina Bahar

    Host of KTP the podcast Dina Bahar reflects on her childhood in Jakarta where she was raised by a Muslim mom and a Catholic dad who converted to Islam--she talks about going to a Muslim school, moving to the United States for college, marrying a man of a different faith, and adapting religion to fit into her modern life.

    55 min
  • Diet Atheist: Hunter Toro

    Current Atheist, former Christian, and comedy writer Hunter Toro walks us through her experience as a hard core Jesus girl in high school and college where she was part of a fundamentalist church. She talks about speaking in tongues, being saved, getting engaged, and whole bunch of other wild stuff. 

    1 hr 3 min
  • Over the Hill: Shannon Dow

    Advertising producer Shannon Dow explains how she went from being raised by born again Christian parents in Burbank, to attending Catholic boarding school in Ojai, and then came back to LA where she abandoned religion all together (well, for the most part).

    51 min
  • A Fairytale Conversion: Hannah Pilkes

    Actress, TikToker, and comedian Hannah Pilkes is converting to Judaism. She's telling us all about her journey starting with growing up in a non-religious household, then going to Jewish school in New York City, and ending up with a nice Jewish boy who she's going to marry! Hannah also fills us on her fairytale fantasy wedding plans which include gnomes, mushrooms, and the Horah.

    1 hr
  • An Irish Catholic Protestant Lass: Megan Gailey

    Comedian and podcaster Megan Gailey takes the girls to school and educates them on the Troubles (aka the Northern Ireland Conflict). She also explains what it was like growing up in an Irish family in Indiana with Catholic and Protestant parents who managed to keep the peace despite hundreds of years of unrest between their ancestors.

    1 hr 7 min
  • Living in a Godless Age: Cat Cohen

    Comedian, poet, singer, writer, actress, and host of the podcast Seek Treatment shares what it was like being raised in an interfaith family in Texas who mostly observed Catholicism and growing up to embrace her Jewishness. Cat also talks about her lunch order from Joe and the Juice (inspired by Sarah Jessica Parker), her Jewish lover, ~the~ theater, and how she's been spending her time during the pandemic.

    57 min
  • St. Valentino: Richie Doyle

    Currently retired standup comedian and creator of Sunday Morning Digital Richie Doyle (who is famously Catholic) explains how he wants to raise his unborn children, talks about his views on Scientology, and shares some stories about spending Easter at the Ivy with Arnold Schwarzenegger. 

    58 min

About Pray For Us

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Welcome to Pray for Us, a podcast about understanding religion in the twenty first century--hosted by Jacey and Jessica, two Jews on a journey to figure out the religion and culture they were born…