The Kayse Melone Show

By Kayse Melone

The Kayse Melone Show is a podcast for freethinkers eager to explore perspectives to help us think critically and live meaningfully.

More importantly, we talk about these concepts in the context of w... more

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January 04, 2026 #027. The End of Religion in America? My 2026 Predictions
Research shows that people in the United States are walking away from religion - especially the one they were raised in - more than ever before. My question is: now what?In this episode of The Kayse Melone Show, we’ll take a look at why I think people are walking away from their childhood faith, what we can expect from the year 2026, and what we should do about all of this in general.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
01:34 Data About Religion in the United States
07:14 Hope for Younger Generations
10:54 The Deconstruction Movement
12:52 Exposing the Hypocrisy of Megachurches
15:07 Doubling Down on Christian Nationalism
15:58 More Discourse on Religion’s Place in Society
18:06 The Rise of the “Spiritual Not Religious” Community
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December 15, 2025 #026. The God Question & The Philosophy Behind Atheism
Let’s explore a question that has haunted humanity for millennia: the God question. What if the most profound answers to life’s biggest questions—purpose, morality, and even what comes after—aren’t found in ancient scriptures or divine revelations? What if the path to understanding suffering, or finding meaning, lies entirely within human experience and critical thought? In short, what if there is no god? And if there isn’t one, what does that, well, mean?
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
00:40 Humans Asking Existential Questions
01:18 Viktor Frankl’s Will to Meaning
02:17 From Christian to Atheist
02:47 What Is God?
07:44 A Brief History of Ancient Atheism
09:27 Atheism During the Enlightenment
14:13 Whether or Not to Believe in God
19:49 Morality Without God
24:59 The Problem of Suffering
26:30 Conclusion: Atheism & Free Will
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December 08, 2025 #025. 6 Ways Christian Dogma Still Controls You
Even after leaving Christianity, Christianity doesn’t automatically leave you. There are so many ways Christianity is the dominant cultural force in the United States and the western world, affecting even people who don’t adhere to it.
So, In this segment of the Kayse Melone Show, we’ll explore how Christian dogma still infiltrates our daily lives — even for nonbelievers.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
01:41 What Is Dogma?
04:26 The Christian Dogma of Original Sin
09:17 The Christian Dogma of The Trinity
15:01 The Christian Dogma of The Incarnation
19:31 The Christian Dogma of The Resurrection
23:15 The Christian Dogma of The Immaculate Conception
26:45 The Christian Dogma of The Final Judgment
29:24 Life Without Dogma
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November 30, 2025 #024. All the Ways My Life Got Better as an Atheist
From Evangelical Christian to Atheist - is life really better now? So many Christians talk about how their “relationship with Jesus” amounts to their experience of a personal transformation that has essentially improved their overall quality of life. I respect that.
This, however, is my story of how atheism has improved my own existence.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
02:03 My Previous Life as an Evangelical Christian
04:16 Some Definitions: Deconversion & Deconstruction
06:06 Why I Talk About Going From Christian to Atheist
10:09 No. 1 - Critical Thinking
16:15 No. 2 - Compassion
23:25 No. 3 - More Meaningful Life Purpose
26:49 No. 4 - The Atheist Community
31:42 No. 5 - No More Anxiety About the Afterlife
35:54 No. 6 - Goodbye, Internalized Patriarchy!
41:47 My Final Message Here
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November 17, 2025 #023. "Debating" a Christian Nationalist Changed My Life
I am all for calling out the harm of Christian Nationalism, but I do want to pick my battles more. Let’s talk about some upcoming changes to The Kayse Melone Show.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
02:11 About “Debating” a Christian Nationalist
08:01 Will I Debate a Christian Nationalist Again?
11:38 Why I’m Doing What I’m Doing
17:55 Changes to The Kayse Melone Show
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October 06, 2025 #022. I Escaped the Religious Right
This shouldn’t surprise you, but political indoctrination and religious indoctrination go hand-in-hand. The psychological mechanisms infused in both kinds of indoctrination are the same. Keeping people controlled, complacent, and compliant appears to take many forms throughout the ages, but there are underlying concepts that ring true in these efforts no matter what. And that’s what we’ll be talking about in this segment of The Kayse Melone Show.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
01:56 The Basics of My Religious Indoctrination
05:12 The Formation of The Religious Right
08:18 Civil Religion in the United States
12:28 How Indoctrination Works
18:03 Rebuilding After Deconstruction
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August 18, 2025 #021. Christian Zionism EXPOSED (part 3: the money behind it)
Let’s talk about how Christian Zionism is funded to the scale of billions of dollars on behalf of everyday people in the United States. Every Sunday, millions of families in this country make their way to their local church - and the majority of those churches stand behind the settler occupation of the state of Israel. No matter the cost.
The money behind the powerful and harmful ideology of Christian Zionism is one of the most corrupt and immoral facets of today’s world. As the third part of my series on Christian Zionism, this segment might be the most important.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
00:45 The Basics of Christian Zionism
07:12 Billionaires Who Back Christian Zionism
11:38 The Organizational “Middlemen”
16:19 Televangelists Who Fuel the Christian Zionist Movement
20:36 How Christian Zionism Is Political
32:24 Conclusion: The Violence of Christian
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Donation Links for Gaza.
* HEAL Palestine: a nonpolitical, nonreligious nonprofit that supports Palestinian children and families
* Taawon (Welfare Association): Gaza Emergency Relief Fund
* Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: provides urgent medical aid, food, and life-saving treatment to those in desperate need, including orphans and amputees

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August 04, 2025 #020. Christian Zionism EXAMINED (part 2: from pulpits to politics)
I will never shut up about how terrible Christian Zionism is.
This is Part 2 of my 3-part series exploring the roots and results of this concept. From British imperial interests to televangelist media empires, in this segment, I trace how Christian Zionism jumped from the pages of the Bible to the halls of Congress.
Christian Zionism is fueling United States foreign policy, shaping public opinion, and justifying genocide in real time. This segment is a no-holds-barred look at how Christian mythology became a geopolitical weapon, and why it’s still one of the most dangerous belief systems in America today.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro
02:09 A Brief Summary of Christian Zionism, Part 1
09:36 The Balfour Declaration of 1917
14:10 Christian Zionism in American Evangelical Christianity
28:09 Conclusion: The Dangers of Christian Zionism
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Catch the full episodes on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, and Overcast.
Donation Links for Gaza.
* HEAL Palestine: a nonpolitical, nonreligious nonprofit that supports Palestinian children and families
* Taawon (Welfare Association): Gaza Emergency Relief Fund
* Palestine Children’s Relief Fund: provides urgent medical aid, food, and life-saving treatment to those in desperate need, including orphans and amputees

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32min
July 21, 2025 #019. Christian Zionism EXPLAINED (part 1: an origin story)
Christian Zionism is the most harmful belief in the United States. After growing up indoctrinated in the Evangelical Christian church, I can promise you that the depths of this insidious ideology go much deeper than you think.
As someone who was raised to call myself a Zionist as a child, I’m pulling back the curtain on this theological and political movement to trace its roots all the way from the Protestant Reformation in Europe to the modern-day genocide still happening in Palestine. If you were taught to “stand with Israel,” this is the history lesson you were never meant to hear.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro: Christian Zionism Explained
02:10 Some Basics Before Exploring Christian Zionism
04:56 Origins of Christianity in Relation to Judaism
10:13 A More Complex Definition of Christian Zionism
16:56 Origins of Christians Zionism
29:55 Dispensationalism & John Nelson Darby
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July 07, 2025 #018. The Christian Nationalism to Fascism Pipeline
Christianity has primed millions of Americans to not just accept the rise of fascism in this country, but to openly embrace it - whether they realize it or not.
The Christian Nationalist movement grows in power every single day. What might have started out as a more fringe belief system is now a full-blown attempt at an authoritarian theocracy. But this isn’t about religion or faith at all. It’s about power in the hands of a few people at the top. Who honestly might not even believe in the Christian mythology - but, they do know how to wield this religious institution in their favor.
Let’s talk about the Christian Nationalism to Fascism pipeline.
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Chapters.
00:00 Intro: The Christian Nationalism to Fascism Pipeline
02:03 What Is Christian Nationalism?
09:45 Why Christian Nationalism Is So Successful
13:32 The Roots of the Christian Nationalist Movement in the United States
18:59 What It Means to Be a “Moral Christian American”
29:11 The Authoritarian Personality
33:59 The Real Dangers of Christian Nationalism
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How many episodes does The Kayse Melone Show have?

The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.