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Since Dec 2018
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Interviews with experts, writers, psychologists and more on the intersection between psychology, religion and spirituality… with a little bit of cussing. [email protected]

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Why Tribalism is So Natural (#404)

Jun 08, 2026 1h 25m

Guest: Barrabas! (Tim Burnette returns) Topics: • Religion after religion (7:04) • In-group Religion (10:58) • Is there moral and spiritual progress? (25:04) • Haidt's Rider & Elephant…

Study Hall: Sex, Aging & Purity Culture (#403)

Jun 01, 2026 40m

Sex drive, religious formation, and the stubborn residue of purity culture — welcome back to Study Hall, where I bring you along as I cram for my licensure exam and connect to the psychology of…

The Many Faces of Fundamentalism with Trauma Therapist Ryan Kuja (#402)

May 25, 2026 1h 19m

Licensed therapist and trauma specialist Ryan Kuja joins me to examine the surprising parallels between Christian fundamentalism and new age spirituality — particularly how both can enable spiritual…

When Theater Kids go to Youth Group (#401)

May 21, 2026 47m

In this episode, comedian and podcaster Jordan Morris describes growing up as a youth group kid in Orange County, and how those experiences informed his new graphic novel Youth Group, which treats…

Purpose & Calling After Religious Change (#400)

May 18, 2026 1h 29m

Psychologist Dr. Pamela Epstein King returns to explore how religious systems provide purpose, calling, and meaning — and what happens to those foundations when people go through significant…

The Jewish Renewal Movement with Rabbi Simcha Raphael (#399)

May 11, 2026 42m

I sit down with Rabbi Dr. Simcha Raphael and learn about his remarkably wide-ranging spiritual journey. From a traditional Montreal Hebrew education through India, the San Francisco counterculture,…

Study Hall: Nature v. Nurture (#398)

May 04, 2026 34m

The nature vs. nurture debate is largely settled (spoiler alert: it's both), but the implications for how and when religious identity forms are striking. The research points to a surprisingly early…

Parenting After Faith Deconstruction with Meredith Miller (#397)

Apr 27, 2026 1h 25m

Meredith Miller returns to talk about something many of us have been navigating in our personal lives: how do you raise kids with a meaningful faith after your own deconstruction? We cover the real…

Eclectic Therapy: Mind, Body & John Wesley with Brad Strawn (#396)

Apr 20, 2026 1h 43m

Brad Strawn of Fuller Seminary returns to unpack the four clinical and theological influences that shape his work as a therapist, pastor, and professor (Wesleyan theology, relational psychoanalysis,…

Trump as AI Jesus & Hitler Repentance: Religion on the News with Mason Mennenga (#395)

Apr 15, 2026 34m

Things are, objectively, pretty rough right now! But honestly? We can't stop laughing at the "Trump AI Jesus" memes. Religion on the News is back with Mason Mennenga (A People's Theology), and today…

Sh*tty Minister’s Club with Lillian Daniel (#394)

Apr 13, 2026 1h 22m

Lillian Daniel returns after five years to discuss her new book Defrocked: Good News from a Bad Pastor for a Better Church — a candid, often funny, and deeply human account of the misconduct process…

Facing Anxious Times Together, Part 5 (#393)

Apr 09, 2026 44m

This is the fifth and final installment of the Anxious Times series, and we're bringing it home by exploring what existential psychology has to say about community, belonging, and civic engagement.…

Supreme Court & Conversation Therapy, the Manosphere, & Aliens: Religion on the News with Mason Mennenga (#392)

Apr 06, 2026 1h 26m

Religion on the News is back with Mason Mennenga, and today we're tackling some heavy hitters: the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling striking down Colorado's conversion therapy ban, the rise of the…

Naming Your Limits As a Tool For Hope: Anxious Times, Part 4 (#391)

Apr 02, 2026 30m

Co-host Kristen Tideman and I work through the final two legs of Emmy van Dersen's triad — the impossible and the desirable — using Kristen's new motherhood, MS diagnosis, and ongoing religious…

Western Psychology, Eastern Spirituality with Jeffrey Rubin (#390)

Mar 30, 2026 1h 7m

I sit down with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Jeffrey Rubin to explore his concept of meditative psychotherapy — a genuinely reciprocal integration of Western psychoanalysis and Eastern…

How to Accept What You Cannot Change: Anxious Times, Part 3 (#389)

Mar 26, 2026 32m

I'm joined by my co-host Kristen Tideman for the third installment of the Anxious Times series. We dig into Emmy van Dersen's concept of "the necessary" — the hard limits baked into existence that we…

Epstein, Conspiracy Theories & Evangelicalism with Jared Stacy (#388)

Mar 23, 2026 1h 41m

I sit down with theologian and ethicist Dr. Jared Stacey to unpack his new book Reality in Ruins: How Conspiracy Theory Became an Evangelical Crisis, exploring what actually distinguishes a…

When Old Systems Stop Working: Anxious Times, Part 2 (#387)

Mar 16, 2026 1h 15m

We're not just individually stressed — we're living through a historic collision of crises that existential psychology has a name for. In this second episode of our Anxious Times series, Kristen…

Skeptical Belief with Harper’s Editor Christopher Beha (#386)

Mar 12, 2026 36m

In this episode, I sit down with Harper’s Magazine Editor Christopher Beha to explore why neither scientific materialism nor romantic idealism fully satisfies — and what a third path might look like.…

Healthy vs. Unhealthy Anxiety: Anxious Times, Part 1 (#385)

Mar 09, 2026 1h 24m

Introducing a NEW five-part series called Anxious Times, focused on practical insights from existential psychology for navigating intense periods like the one we’re living through, both collectively…

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