Losing Our Religion

Gabby grew up as the daughter of a founding pastor and musician in the Vinyard Church Movement. She intimately shares the trauma of being taught while growing up, "Demons are out to get you if you don't follow Jesus the right." Gabby has made it her mission to spread divine love and positivity, one conversation at a time. We dive into this discussion admitting that we both still have these fears even though we know they're not true. JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN SHOW ASK ME ANYTHING | PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS | SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN CALL: 206-395-5608 EMAIL: zacg@LosingOurReligion.org FACEBOOK  TWEET: @ZACGANDARA SUPPORT THE SHOW Rate & Review the Show Become a Producer DONATE Get Your FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  Featured Product JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Music featured in this episode: Demon's Alley by Roger Plexico and The Demon Inside Your Head by Dazie Mae This p

Matthew hasn’t had a television in years; he doesn’t own a microwave, he isn't on social media. He’s a commercial fisherman spending months at sea with no connection to the rest of the world. We discuss some hopes for the future of humanity and what it's like to be unplugged. JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN SHOW ASK ME ANYTHING | PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS | SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN CALL: 206-395-5608 EMAIL: zacg@LosingOurReligion.org FACEBOOK  TWEET: @ZACGANDARA SUPPORT THE SHOW Rate & Review the Show Become a Producer DONATE Get Your FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  Featured Product JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Music featured in this episode: "Im Fresh" - Instrumental Free (Prod: Danny E.B) and The Rebel featuring Cheese N Pot-C by C-Doc This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

Matthew grew up Southern Baptist, became an unconscious atheist as a child. He has grown into to his own form of spirituality, willfully accepting of others and he believes he’s god. Wait, WHAT? He hasn’t spoken to his parents in years. The difficulty of coming to your own religious conclusions with a closed minded religious family is an ever-relevant topic. JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN SHOW ASK ME ANYTHING | PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS | SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN CALL: 206-395-5608 EMAIL: zacg@LosingOurReligion.org FACEBOOK  TWEET: @ZACGANDARA SUPPORT THE SHOW Rate & Review the Show Become a Producer DONATE Get Your FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  Featured Product JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Music featured in this episode: darix togni by Digi G'Alessio, Late Night Motion by Phillip Gross and The Notorious Clench Of Professional Brits by Cosmo This podcast is produced by selec

Yulin has the experience of being an American immigrant. Growing up in Taiwan and leaving everything behind to follow her dream in The United States. An experience not many of us have but can understand as we’ve moved on from various cults, religions, even jobs. She challenges me in a lot of ways in regards to understanding where others are coming from and allowing those differences to flourish with feeling like here own beliefs and desires are being intruded on. Her unique cultural family experience will resonate with a lot of you. HOW WILL YOU JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN?   ASK ME ANYTHING, PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS, SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN CALL: 206-395-5608 EMAIL: ZACG@LOSINGOURRELIGION.ORG FACEBOOK  TWEET: @ZACGANDARA SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the

We’ve had a poll circulating for a while now, and you’ve been answering it letting us know what you would like to have added to our already stellar weekly line up. What that means is, we will continue to have our long-form story episodes releasing every Wednesday along with a new additional weekly episode called, MONDAY MELTDOWN, on a Tuesday. What’s it all about? It’s about you! You wanted it, so we’re giving it to ya! Check out this episode to get the details and start contributing your comments, questions, and personal meltdowns. HOW WILL YOU JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN? ASK ME ANYTHING | PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS | SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN CALL | 206-395-5608 EMAIL | ZACG@LOSINGOURRELIGION.ORG FACEBOOK | https://www.facebook.com/LosingOurReligion  TWEET | @ZACGANDARA TWEET | @LOSINGRRELIGION Music featured in this episode: Night Calls by Alex Gross and Shou'! by ¡MUGATU! This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

Every year, Jen joins me on our Annual Holiday Card Episode! This year we get personal as always. What do we believe these days? Will we have kids? What’s going on in Therapy? How is the show funded? Why haven’t we done more live shows? Will we do more? Why doesn’t Zac want to talk about God? Religious and societal pressures around marriage, children, and parenting. What’s next for the podcast in 2018? This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured in this episode: A Ukulele For Christmas (instrumental) by Lee Rosevere and Do You Know…? by The Impossebulls. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

Yulin is a Taiwanese immigrant currently residing in Seattle, working as a model and retail fashion consultant. She's living with different standards and definitions than she grew up with and is redefining things in her life through new experiences. In this episode, she invites us into her journey. There are a lot of pressures put on you when you grow up in an Asian family. Add to that weight, being tall in a culture that is notoriously short, sibling rivalry in a culture valuing academic and financial success, having a desire for the arts and fashion. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured in this episode: Devil Exit From Fashion by Messer Chups and My dub is taiwan (remix KouChouChing)

When you leave anything that you’ve given yourself to for any significant amount of time, it’s difficult. When you realize that all your relationships and community surrounded that thing, it’s excruciating. Brendan shares the difficulty of leaving a long-term community. What it was like for his marriage and his kids, and how they found new community organically. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured in this episode: malva (instrumental) by Digi G'Alessio and VNECKJESUS by ¡MUGATU! This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

Brendan is a producer of the show, who knew me before church hierarchy and becoming a pastor. We’ve reconnected through the solidarity of leaving religion and have found common ground in working through our wounds with therapists to heal our lives, marriages, relationships, and so much more. Brendan's experiences, stories, and lessons he's learned will be helpful to every listener. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured in this episode: Backed Vibes Clean by Kevin MacLeod and Karate by The NSJ Crew. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

So often in life, we’re waiting for some cosmic gatekeeper to give us permission to be who we want to be, do what we want to do. In this continuation episode with Jesse Mercury, we join Jesse’s journey of what it’s been like to break free from the gatekeepers and give himself permission to let his creative self-free. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  LOSER DEALS JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Old School My School (Album Version Instrumental) byCheese N Pot-C and Cosmic Child by Jesse Mercury This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

What if life was a SciFi story? You come from the year 3000, born into a Jewish family in San Diego California, stricken with Lyme Disease, you have some religious run-ins who banish you to hell, but you came out alive making your own way. Jesse Mercury is a cosmic entity from the year 3000, flung out of time with no way to get home. His only hope is to send musical signals into the cosmos in an attempt to attract a higher form of life capable of sending him back to his time. Thus was born the SciFi album, a continually expanding collection of songs inspired by Jesse’s cosmic journeys, and the Jesse Mercury himself. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured in this episode: 3,000,000 Million Light Year

This episode, Laci tells us what it was like when her mom, left her dad, for another woman, having two Christmases, and two moms. Laci has been through it all.  Growing up in Oklahoma, going through the divorce of her parents, her mom coming out, moving to Seattle, experiencing the cult system and hypocrisy of a mega-church, getting married, facing her own divorce, and coming out the other side. We are so happy she came on the show to share her story. She is a strong woman, with a fantastic story. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: ride out instrumental by Yshwa and Uncle Bob by Two Story Zori. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Societ

From the Bible Belt to the West Coast and Back. Laci has been through it all.  Growing up in Oklahoma, going through the divorce of her parents, her mom coming out, moving to Seattle, experiencing the cult system and hypocrisy of a mega-church, facing her own divorce, and coming out the other side. I am so happy she came on the show to share her story, she is a strong woman, with an amazing story.  In this episode, we spend a good amount of time processing our transitions and experiences. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Let’s Get It by SK and Roozengaarde by Ratqueen This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

This episode is a roller coaster ride of interesting topics.  Liam grew up Mormon. Is there a difference between love and tolerance? Can you be spiritual and religious?  Love, logic, and money are rarely mixed with equal parts, and how the most fruitful conversations begin with “We don’t know.” Liam Bonnie is a Seattle based traveler whose interests and escapades are mostly an exercise in circles. He grew up in LA County, joined the United States Coast Guard and sailed from the North Pole to Antarctica by the time he was 19. Landed in Seattle where he learned to write and play music. An active member in the Seattle music scene for 18 years. Like many of us, he has had a barrel of careers: Diesel Mechanic, Licensed Cosmetologist, Pipeliner, Bouncer, Sailor, Honey Hash Manufacturer, Copywriter and Pet Therapist. One of those isn’t true, but it’s not the one you think. His true love is songwriting, and he's currently headed to Nashville to further his pet therapist credentials, or maybe his songwriting? This Epi

Success is Relative. Society gives us ideas of success and what it means for us, and it's complete crap. Hopefully, instead of "success," we're all in pursuit of our dreams. Liam Bonnie is a Seattle based traveler whose interests and escapades are mostly an exercise in circles. He grew up in LA County, joined the United States Coast Guard and sailed from the North Pole to Antarctica by the time he was 19. Landed in Seattle where he learned to write and play music. An active member in the Seattle music scene for 18 years. Like many of us, he has had a barrel of careers: Diesel Mechanic, Licensed Cosmetologist, Pipeliner, Bouncer, Sailor, Honey Hash Manufacturer, Copywriter and Pet Therapist. One of those isn’t true, but it’s not the one you think. His true love is songwriting, and he's currently headed to Nashville to further his pet therapist credentials, or maybe his songwriting? This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audi

Guests often come to the show with some questions to ask of me. Blame it on the drinking if you'd like but we rarely get to them because their personal stories are so engaging. Holly Theriot, however, followed up after her episodes (107 & 108) to come back and ask me questions. Hard questions. Questions to dive into my psyche and life process after church and religion. Who is God now? You still believe right? What about women in leadership? And more. Episodes with Brodie of The Brodcast: 109 & 110 This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Manager by Digi G'Alessio and Dandelion Dreams Ft. Era by The Brodcast. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the Count

On this episode, Pete teaches me about Tinder™, treatment of the elderly, sex education, masturbation, tantric sex, male DNA found in women's brains, Donald Trump and fake news. Ugh, and a smidgen in regards to Donald Trump. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Sex Toy by Bad Ronald and SK Beats, Let's get it by SK. This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

This episode features Pete GeeKay, a stand-up comedian, full of life and liquor. We manage to run through a hilarious amount of existential topics including life after death, sperm banks, spanking kids, spiritual fluidity, and more. Pete was also one of our first show guests back in 2015. EPISODE 002: Anarchy in Motion: Pete GeeKay This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: darix togni by Digi G'Alessio and Funny Ways by Attic Ted This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

We dive deep into Brodie’s story of exploring spirituality through meditation, mysticism, Krishna, Native American Sweat Lodge, Bahá'í, Christianity, even marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. Maybe we aren’t meant to plant flags, and stop learning. Perhaps we all have a piece to this human puzzle. Connect With Brodie & The Brodcast This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Dusty Swamp Jives (Mystic Beats & Isaac Chambers) by Isaac Chambers and Come Home by The Brodcast This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.  

Brodie Peterson is a hip hop artist, writer, and observer of music. "My outer experience was going to college, my education, but music guided my inner experience." "I spent thousands of hours seeking out music. Studying it, music that would move my heart. I would consider the lyrics and look for other versions of the song. When something struck me, I wanted to know why." We spend this episode getting to know his story and finding out what and how music changed his thinking, direction, and spirituality. This Episode's Show Notes SUPPORT THE SHOW RATE & REVIEW THE SHOW BECOME A PRODUCER DONATE GET YOUR FREE AUDIO BOOK from Audible.com SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Call the 'Loser' Hotline: 206-395-5608 Music featured on this episode: Bonus Beats for Brooklyn by Luck & Doc and Blade of Grass by The Brodcast This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the Co