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The Life After Podcast

Conversations with Courageous People Deconstructing Christian Beliefs | Brady Hardin interviews guests about their faith deconstruction, unraveling religious indoctrination, spiritual abuse experience... Read more

Ranked #1

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Unbuckling The Bible Belt (Intuition x Purity Culture) with Jamie Lee Finch

Unbuckling The Bible Belt (Intuition x Purity Culture) with Jamie Lee Finch

Brady Hardin and Chuck Parson take the show on the road to Nashville, TN to interview Jamie Lee Finch on the subjects of... Read more

22 Jun 2017

1hr 36mins

Ranked #2

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You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch

You Are Your Own (Embodied Trauma x Healing) with Jamie Lee Finch

Fan-favorite Jamie Lee Finch returns to the show! She joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her new book on Religious Trauma ... Read more

7 Jun 2019

1hr 39mins

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Ranked #3

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Indoctrination (Social Pressure x Questioning) with Tim Warzel and Jamie Lee Finch

Indoctrination (Social Pressure x Questioning) with Tim Warzel and Jamie Lee Finch

Indoctrination is one very essential topic that permeates everything we talk about on this show, but so far we haven’t r... Read more

20 Feb 2018

1hr 18mins

Ranked #4

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The Airing of Grief and Unbelief (Beliefs x Authenticity) with Derek Webb

The Airing of Grief and Unbelief (Beliefs x Authenticity) with Derek Webb

Derek Webb was the lead vocalist for Caemond's Call, a folk/rock band that was wildly popular within Evangelicalism in t... Read more

23 Mar 2018

1hr 28mins

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Ranked #5

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Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie

Ambiguous Loss (Grieving x Counseling) with Janice Selbie

Counselor ("counsellor" for the Canucks) Janice Selbie joins Chuck and Brady for a insightful, practical conversation on... Read more

27 Nov 2019

1hr 32mins

Ranked #6

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Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD

Leaving the Fold (Religious Trauma x Breaking Free) with Marlene Winell, PhD

Dr. Marlene Winell (human development consultant, educator, and writer) joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her life-changi... Read more

16 Apr 2019

1hr 13mins

Ranked #7

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Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock

Dying Out Loud (ALS x Secular Fortitude) with Dave Warnock

Dave Warnock shares with Chuck and Brady about facing his mortality after leaving Christianity and being diagnosed with ... Read more

30 Oct 2019

1hr 13mins

Ranked #8

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Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer

Born Again Again (Campus Ministries x Deconstructing while Married) with Katie + Joe Bauer

Katie and Joe Bauer, married and newly-deconstructing, join Chuck and Brady to discuss campus ministries, speaking in to... Read more

30 Aug 2019

1hr 38mins

Ranked #9

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Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko

Religion of Trauma (Biblical Origins x Psychedelics) with Andrew Jasko

Andrew Jasko (lifeafterdogma.org) joins Chuck and Brady. He tells his story growing up passionate about Christian Fundam... Read more

28 Mar 2019

1hr 42mins

Ranked #10

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Facing Death Without Faith or Fear (Death x Secular Strength) with Zach B.

Facing Death Without Faith or Fear (Death x Secular Strength) with Zach B.

Zach B. joins the show to talk about his two close encounters with death. The first was of a friend. The second was his ... Read more

14 Jun 2017

1hr 17mins

Ranked #11

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Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé

Black Nonbelievers (Religious Family x Black Church Culture) with Elle Reneé

Elle Reneé of St. Louis Chapter of Black Nonbelievers joins Chuck and Brady in the studio. Elle's step father was a past... Read more

11 Dec 2019

1hr 51mins

Ranked #12

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Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)

Exvangelical with Blake Chastain (Season 2 Premiere)

Blake Chastain of #Exvangelical Podcast joins Chuck and Brady to discuss his life after. Find links for The Life After... Read more

8 Jan 2019

1hr 45mins

Ranked #13

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Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross

Cults Inside Out (Deprogramming x High Pressure Communities) with Rick Alan Ross

Renowned cult deprogrammer and expert Rick Alan Ross Ross joins Chuck, Brady and special guest host Corey Pigg (Season 1... Read more

7 May 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #14

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Prey (Consent x #ChurchToo) with Kyla Bauer and Jamie Lee Finch

Prey (Consent x #ChurchToo) with Kyla Bauer and Jamie Lee Finch

TW: This episode contains stories of sexual, physical, and spiritual abuse (not in great detail). The episode that kept ... Read more

1 Dec 2017

1hr 4mins

Ranked #15

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God’s Only Forgotten Son (Family Trauma x Queer) with Brady Hardin

God’s Only Forgotten Son (Family Trauma x Queer) with Brady Hardin

Instead of a regular guest, Chuck interviews Brady, host and founder of The Life After, about his childhood and exit fro... Read more

4 Jul 2017

1hr 41mins

Ranked #16

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Get Out of My Head (Inner Dialog x Sexual Discovery) with Renée

Get Out of My Head (Inner Dialog x Sexual Discovery) with Renée

NSFW Warning: The episode ends with two, wonderfully NSFW stories from Renée’s deconstruction story archives about her e... Read more

7 Sep 2017

1hr 33mins

Ranked #17

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The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp

The Way I Am (Liberal Christianity x Musical Expression) with Jennifer Knapp

Grammy-nominated songwriter, author, and advocate Jennifer Knapp joins the show to discuss coming out, liberal Christian... Read more

7 Feb 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #18

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#EmptyThePews (Spiritual Abuse x Deconstruction Movement) with Chrissy Stroop

#EmptyThePews (Spiritual Abuse x Deconstruction Movement) with Chrissy Stroop

*Chrissy has since transitioned since this episode and the description has been updated to reflect it. Chrissy Stroop, P... Read more

9 Jan 2018

1hr 16mins

Ranked #19

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I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill

I Thought I was the Only One Season One Finale (Belonging x Deconstruction) with Joey Hill

Chuck and Brady interview a new friend they met purely because of the show, Joey Hill. Joey shares his story of overcomi... Read more

31 Jul 2018

1hr 19mins

Ranked #20

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Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell

Uncomfortable Confessions (Preacher‘s Kid x Sexual Exploration) with Ronna Russell

Ronna Russell joins Chuck and Brady to discuss her life after strict Pentecostalism and oppressive Purity Culture. Her s... Read more

13 Jan 2020

1hr 17mins

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