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S2 S2 E5: Searching for God in hedonism, Judaism, Islam, Then Christianity
Daniel Erasmus has been searching for truth, beauty and goodness, his entire life. He’s tried almost everything under the sun, from partying hard, hooking up with women, to traveling. Not satisfied,…
S1E8 S1 E8: From Hell to Heaven - My mother's story (Re-Published)
My mum, Julie James, was a very troubled teenager. One night some of her friends forced the drug LSD into her mouth and she began to have hallucinations of hell. The next morning she wanted to end…
S2E4 S2 EP 4 The Skeptical Journalist & The Shroud of Turin
Bill West stopped practising his Catholic Faith as he moved from school to full-time work. While backpacking through Asia, as a young man, he got terribly sick, and with the prospect of death, in…
S1E6 S1 EP13 Walking Through Death’s Door (Re-Published)
Desmond Kon was dead for close to 30 minutes before being resuscitated. During this short period of bodily death, Desmond had a ‘Near Death Experience’ where he endured a long period of purification…
S2E3 S2 EP3 He's Done Acid But This Encounter with the Virgin Mary was different
Rohan Viswalingham has appeared twice on the podcast, in Season 1, Episode 9 and 12. He is a close friend from ABC News and I had the good fortune of becoming his Godfather a few years ago. In a…
S1E6 S1 E6: Love & Pleasure (Re-Published)
Michelle and Michael Punch are in their early 30s, are happily married and have three children. But not so long ago, while they were at university and dating, Michelle considered herself an atheist…
S2E2 S2 E2 Recognition of the growing inner darkness led him to Mercy
James Tran hails from the south-west of Sydney. He lost his way in his teens with wild parties, philandering, and the like. One night, after another crazy time, James entered the darkness of his…
S2E1 S2 E1 Boozed up atheist returns home as a Catholic priest
Atheist turned Catholic priest, Fr Sam Fancourt, shares some observations he's made in his first five years as a Catholic cleric. He also touches on his dealings with Jessica Van Leeuwen, a young…
S1 EP14 Crying Out After Loss
Margaret has ten children. Tragically three have died, two from abortion and one from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Heartache led her to gambling on poker machines. Due to her addiction she…
S1 EP12: He's Done Acid, But This Was No Acid Trip
In Season 1 Episode 9, Choosing not to hit rock bottom, Rohan Viswalingham shared how, through Buddhist meditation retreats, reading books and some lifestyle changes, he was able to preserve his…
S1E11 S1 EP11: The Banking Executive & The Demon Part II
Our guest from Episode 5, The Banking Executive and The Demon, Eddy Borovnjak, passed away recently from cancer. He was young and leaves behind a young family. In the interview from episode 5 we only…
S1E10 S1 E10: The Agony & Ecstasy Of A Life After Death
Leia Egan is 22-years-old and the eldest of four children. She was very close to her siblings, especially because her mother, Jenni, suffered for many years from alcoholism. Then within a few years…
S1E9 S1 E9: Choosing not to hit rock bottom
After coming to the conclusion that his life was hopeless in his early 20s, Rohan became a hedonist. He focused on flooding his body with sex, drugs and alcohol. But he realised he was on a bad…
S1E7 S1 E7: The Zealous Young Atheist Who Collided With The Peterson Phenomenon
Daniel Skinner is a student studying philosophy at the University of Notre Dame in Sydney, Australia. For a few of his teenage years he was a fired up new atheist and nihilist. But one day he was…
S1E5 S1 E5: The Banking Executive & The Demon
Eddy Borovnjak was living the dream. Married with kids and making the big bucks as a banking executive in Sydney. Sadly a few bad habits soon turned into vices. He felt he was a burden on his family…
S1E4 S1 E4: The Tears of an Addict
In his 20s Mike Greenwell was married, an alcoholic, a compulsive gambler and a drug user. Some nights he would come home so drunk he would wet the bed. He began blaming his wife for many of the…
S1E3 S1 E3: Human Sexuality and The Rainbow Maker
James Parker was left orphaned at birth, was sexually abused in primary and secondary school, struggled with porn and alcohol addiction, had a happy long term same sex relationship at university, is…
S1E2 S1 E2: Porn, Video Games Then God
When I first started working with Jarryd at ABC News, he wanted to live alone so he could maximise pleasure. He was playing 6-8 hours of video games a day, watching porn regularly, eating what he…
S1E1 S1 E1: From boozed up atheist at uni in New Zealand to a Roman Catholic priest in Rome
Fr Sam Fancourt hails from a small town called Taranaki on the North Island of New Zealand. He woke up one morning somewhere in Auckland, probably after another boozy night, and while lying in bed…
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Death and Donuts has published 19 episodes since November 2019, covering topics in Personal Journals, Society & Culture.
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