Losing Our Religion

Howie Echo-Hawk is from rural Alaska, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, growing up in Alaska with the Athabascan People. Indigenous, Non-binary, and good looking, they found a wonderfully open life after leaving YWAM (Youth with a Mission) and Christianity. Howie is back. This time we’ve been hitting the “water” hard. They share their coming out story as well as their personal growth towards non-binary life. We also dive into some deep talks as the “water” gets stronger. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Pagan Christianity? Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices Richard Rohr - Franciscan Monk on a Universal Christ with Pete Holmes FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 190: Cisgendered Heterosexuality Lies to the East: Or Does it?: Howie Echo-Hawk DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW

Transitions, transformation, change is hard. Far too often when we are struggling, we take on the cliché advice of people, gurus, or teachers that don’t understand the context and nuance of our specific situation. How do we hear and heal ourselves? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: @ZacGandara Tweet's About Life. SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: What To Do When You Feel Tired, Uninspired, Wanting More?: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast ap

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Former show guest Silas Lindenstein sent in an article entitled “Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness.” We talk about and put it through the critical thinking machine. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Creating God: NPR Hidden Brain Parenting Without God: Dan Arel SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Study Finds that Children Raised Without Religion Show more empathy and kindness: Dan Arel: Zac Gandara Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Suppor

Howie Echo-Hawk is from rural Alaska, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, growing up in Alaska with the Athabascan People. Indigenous, Non-binary, and good looking, they found a wonderfully open life after leaving YWAM (Youth with a Mission) and Christianity. Howie works at Planned Parenthood and performs comedy, music, and produces all Indigenous shows with Indigenize Productions, drawing from their life and the things they know. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Pagan Christianity? Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices Richard Rohr - Franciscan Monk on a Universal Christ with Pete Holmes DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episo

An Ideological Savior Complex is killing us. Why do we keep trying to save each other from each other? When can we just let each other live our lives without each other's input? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: @ZacGandara Instagram Conversation About Saviors. SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: An Ideological Savior Complex is Killing Us: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Fellow Loser Brian sent in this episode of the Marc Maron podcast, WTF, with Jane Fonda. Their discussion on how to help others, especially those with ideologies of the world burning can give new thoughts on how to relate. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WTF with Marc Maron and Jane Fonda SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: We Can Have Political Conversations that Help Each Other: Zac Gandara Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating &a

Emma Darling and I sit down to talk about sex work, how she got into escorting, what her clients desire, relationships, and how spirituality keeps doing things in our lives. CONTACT EMMA DARLING: EmmaLovesYou.com MENTIONED: BUTT CLUB SWOP: Sex Workers Outreach Project FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 188: Meow Meow Daddy: Sex Work is Work: Emma Darling DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

The conversation about abortion is ramping up again since Alabama's recent upheaval. Perhaps it's more important than ever that we find a third-place position that includes nuance and freedom for people based on their own circumstances. "Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care, no day care, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you're preborn, you're fine; if you're preschool, you're fucked." - George Carlin MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: U.S. abortion rates are falling, and the reasons may surprise you... FULL SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Abortion, It’s Not Binary!: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments an

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. Fellow Loser Josh Black posted this opinion article from the New York Times, and it asks the question, are we taking religious freedoms too far? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE: Are we taking religious freedom too far? By Margaret Renkl SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Are We Taking Religious Freedoms to Far?: Zac Gandara Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do y

Emma is a newly sober, professional escort, and sex worker. Starting as a stripper left her motivated for sobriety but sexually frustrated. We talk about her story and the things we've learned in relationships and more. CONTACT EMMA DARLING: EmmaLovesYou.com MENTIONED: BUTT CLUB SWOP: Sex Workers Outreach Project FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 187: A Sexual Being: Sober, Healing, and Making My Own Way: Emma Darling DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Fellow Loser and listener Brittany writes in to share her meltdown about the sexual assault she was a victim of and how it showed her that she had no voice. How she's healing and making her voice heard now! FULL SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Healing From Sexual Assault: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer throu

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. What do we really think about social inclusivity? Do you think some differences should not be encompassed or embraced? Is it limitless inclusivity, or is there a limit? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Hate Thy Neighbor: On VICE Things I would have told myself when I was young...@Yung_Pueblo SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Is Human Inclusivity Possible?: Zac Gandara Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or

A fun conversation with the folks from Wicked Daddy Academy about consensual sex and how to move past guilt and shame to experience the sex life you've always wanted. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WICKED DADDY ACADEMY FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 186: How to Have All the Sex You Want, Consensual Sex Without Guilt or Shame: Wicked Daddy and Lily VonTrapp DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Creating boundaries are one of the fundamental elements of healing ourselves. Dr. Nicole LePera posts some wonderfully helpful thoughts on this subject, and we discuss it. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Dr. Nicole LePera Boundary Examples FULL SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: Boundaries are a Self-Healing Practice: Zac Gandara: Dr. Nicole LePera "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. J

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. When we walk away from cults, ideologies, religions, and corporate thinking we begin the journey of refining our inner voice, trusting ourselves and exploring the world in a new way. But is there ever a time where we reclaim our old faith or religion? SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Is There a Reclaiming of Our Faith?: Zac Gandara Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon

Raised in a small logging town as Seventh-Day Adventist, then Pentecostal. Brian knew he was gay at a young age. He's had his hardships and traumas by living his truth, but nothing has dwindled his light or hardened his heart of gold in the least. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: WICKED DADDY ACADEMY FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 185: Unconditional Love is Possible: Wicked Daddy and Lily VonTrapp DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Fellow Loser Kara writes in: So my meltdown is about my son. He’s to the age where he’s very curious. My fear is that what if this is all true and I’ve failed my child? I’ve steered him in the wrong direction? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Richard Rohr Returns: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe by Richard Rohr FULL SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: What if I Got This All Wrong?: Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support t

Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together. When we leave a religion, tribe, or team are we really growing and changing or are we just jumping into another? Call out culture, politics, our need to be better than others, and scapegoating, heaping all the negative onto others, so we don't have to look at ourselves. MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes: Nadia Bolz-Weber Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast

Burlesque performer, model, science nerd, and comic book conception expert Lily VonTrapp sits down with us over whiskey to talk about how she found and created herself after leaving religion. CONTACT LILY VONTRAPP DO YOU LOVE THE PODCAST? JOIN US WITH SUPPORT. Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links. Donate to the Podcast. Join the CounterCulture Society and become a Producer through our Patreon. FOLLOW US: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LosingOurReligionPodcast.com. RECEIVE WEEKLY EMAIL CONTENT: Join our email list. Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio. This podcast is made possible by the producers of the CounterCulture Society and created and hosted by @ZacGandara.

Did you know that the real Easter (Ishtar) is about sex and fertility? How do we embrace tough emotions and work them out to heal and communicate them to the people we need to? MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Real Easter (Ishtar) Often our frustrations & feelings are foreign. FULL SHOW NOTES: MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Real Easter is About Sex (Ishtar): Zac Gandara "You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better." - Anne Lamott Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below). Do You Love the Podcast and Want to Support It? Support the podcast by leaving us a Rating & Review on iTunes or your podcast app. Do your Amazon shopping through our links.