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My Guest today is Emilie Dye. Emilie is a writer, political commentator, Heterodox thinker and an atheist.
During our conversation, Emilie and I explore our Christian backgrounds, reflecting on how it led her to become an atheist and how it led me back to Jesus.
We debate current understandings and misunderstandings of Christianity, the difference between religion and spirituality and what a relationship with Jesus looks like.

Find Emilie here:
https://twitter.com/Emilie_Dye

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Karl is a queer (gay) Christian pastor at Crave Church in Sydney. He is a published academic specialising in New Testament Studies and holds a PhD in Theology and a Masters in Philosophy.
In this episode, we dive into the complex and often debated topic of homosexuality in the Bible. We discuss Karl’s upbringing in a Pentecostal Church, how he reconciled his faith to his sexuality, the historical context of the vice lists in the bible and the ex-gay Christian Movement.
Check out Crave Church here:
https://www.cravemcc.com

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Ben Appel is a writer based in New York City and has a book coming out titled; Cis, White Gay, about his liberation from the Church of Social Justice.

In this episode, I discuss with Ben what it was like growing up in a Christian, fundamentalist community, why he pretended to be straight when he was younger, how the LGBT community has changed over the years, and how should we respond to young people who want to go on puberty blockers.

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https://twitter.com/benappel
https://www.benappelwrites.com/

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Nico is a Gay Christian, Musician, Actor, Film Producer and a Writer from Colorado, US.

In this conversation, we gain insights into Nico's personal experience of coming out as gay in a church-dominated environment, being in the closet, how we hear the voice of God and when he realised that God accepted his identity as a gay man.

Find Nico here:
https://www.instagram.com/iamyanyez
https://www.yanyezmusic.com

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Jamie Beaman is a theatre artist, director and writer for his own Substack called The Cornfield which you can read here: https://jamesbeaman.substack.com

This is Jamie's second time on the show and in this episode, we talk about why we elevate one group at the expense of another, the performance of respect as opposed to actually respecting people. We ask; Can you have relationships with people you don’t politically align with and should we be doing “land acknowledgements” if we’re not doing anything to help uplift aboriginal people? 

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Marcus Dib is a YouTuber and Creator. He creates videos critiquing transgender ideology, even though he is trans himself. I got him on the show because I wanted to learn more about his perspective on this topic and explore his own journey of gender transition.
Find Marcus here:
https://www.youtube.com/@marcusdib
https://twitter.com/marcus_dib
https://www.instagram.com/theoffensivetranny

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Trent Thompson is a storyteller.
He is also a husband, father, musical artist, content creator, and co-founder of a video marketing business called Guide Creative Agency.  His passion in life is telling stories. Stories that connect and inspire others to believe in themselves.
In this conversation, we talk about Trent's inspiration to create, doing a 31-day YouTube vlog challenge, how to maintain a healthy marriage, why he left Christianity and what life is like after faith.
Find Trent here:
https://www.instagram.com/trentthompsonmusic
https://linktr.ee/trentenjoel
https://www.trentthompsonmusic.com/
https://guidecreative.co/

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Richie Hardcore is an educator, speaker and activist, working in family and sexual violence prevention, masculinities, mental health and fitness.
In this conversation, we talk about how Richie started his journey into Mental Health Advocacy, how he approaches men's issues, the problem with privilege hierarchies, why young men are drawn to figures like Andrew Tate, the problem with porn and heaps more.
Find Richie here:
https://www.richiehardcore.com
https://www.instagram.com/richiehardcore
Check it this episode out on Youtube: https://youtu.be/AQJ1l_SlXWM

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Angel Eduardo Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City, best-known for coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning. He works as Senior Writer & Editor for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and serves on the Board of Directors for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR).
In this episode we talk about polarisation in the arts, cancel culture, elevating liberal values, the concept of star-manning and being compassionate while countering bad ideas.
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http://angeleduardo.com/
https://twitter.com/StrangelEdweird
https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/how-to-star-man-arguing-from-compassion/

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Joshua Shediak is an Actor turned Digital Content Creator. He produces humorous videos and reels focused on Mental Health, presenting them in a light-hearted and comical way.

Joshua has only been creating digital content for about 4 months now, so I thought it would be interesting to get some insights into his journey so far

In this episode, we talk about how Joshua got started with online content creation, what he finds most challenging about it, how he manages his time, how he generates ideas for content creation and where he hopes to be in the future.

Find Joshua's content here:
https://www.youtube.com/@joshuashediak
https://twitter.com/JoshuaShediak
https://www.instagram.com/joshuashediak
https://www.tiktok.com/@joshuashediak

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