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Losing Our Religion

A former megachurch pastor leaves religion behind to rid himself of the exclusivity created by its dogmas in order to open himself up to learn from the lives, stories, and experiences of everyone else. To prove we are more alike than we think and we can all get along no matter what we believe. Topics range via guest's experiences growing up in religious homes, where Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Secularism, Judaism, Hinduism, Tao, Heathenism, Satanism, Wicca and all forms of dogmas and ideologies programmed into the mind of a child. What happens when that child becomes an adult? What good things do they hold onto? What things do they lose? Where are they now, and in what ways are they finding the peace that we all desire, with or apart from the religions they were raised with? Losing Our Religion is a wild ride with a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life away from dogma and exclusivity.
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Now displaying: November, 2017

Losing Our Religion is a hilarious and candid look at religion and culture, with former pastor, now commune living lover of sinners, Zac Gandara.  As he has drinks with former religious freaks, and others he used to shun.  Gays, Anarchists, Queers, Atheists, Transsexuals, Punk Rockers, and the rest of us that are considered rejects on this island of misfit toys.

Nov 29, 2017

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.

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Music featured in this episode: Backed Vibes Clean by Kevin MacLeod and Karate by The NSJ Crew.

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Nov 22, 2017

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.

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Music featured on this episode: Old School My School (Album Version Instrumental) byCheese N Pot-C and Cosmic Child by Jesse Mercury

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Nov 15, 2017

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.

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Music featured in this episode: 3,000,000 Million Light Years To Altair IV by The Pan-Galactic All Stars and Asteroid Field by Jesse Mercury.

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Nov 8, 2017

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.

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Music featured on this episode: ride out instrumental by Yshwa and Uncle Bob by Two Story Zori.

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Nov 1, 2017

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.

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Music featured on this episode: Let’s Get It by SK and Roozengaarde by Ratqueen

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