ExMormon Bookclub

Never Mo Alex tells us about her retreats to the woods and finding her own spirituality.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Amy grew up in an abusive Latter-Day Saint home and was made safe and at home by a black neighbor. Decades later the contrast of safety and danger teamed with racist and homophobic church doctrine to lead to her exit from the LDS church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kicking off Season 3 of Ex Mormon book club with a solo Episode Host Sabrina discusses the changes in spiritual leanings she has experienced over the past 8 months, updates on family life, and big thoughts on connection, vulnerability and breath work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sabrina and Meredith trouble shoot a post Mormonism faith crisis, wading through how much to believe in and what and who to trust or not trust and the importance of Mindfulness. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We talk a lot about toxic Mormon culture- meat, soda, soaking, and how true happiness is found by being your authentic self. If it works for you, Mormonism can be great. If it doesn't, it can do a lot of harm. From Southern Utah, Ali joins to talk about conference weekend and all the latest pop culture mormons stuff blowing up on LIzzy the Lezzie and Vice of all things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we have someone who is in the process of leaving the church, and is still in that very raw anger phase. Join us as Stacy shares this part of her journey. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our old friend and fellow Aggie, Royce, stops in for a visit to tell us about his new website turned Reddit subthread Dearstakepresident.com and we discuss the wild rides Mormonism has brought into our lives and those of our families during the pandemic and before.    --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sarah Smith talks to Sabrina about growing up in a part member convert family, and how the military played a role in her exit from the church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

TW: Kidnapping, sexual abuse, mental and physical abuse, Child abuse.... Pretty much, if something dealing with horrible things that can happen to people in life trigger you, this is not the episode for you. Scarlet was the youngest of 21 kids in a very Mormon family. She was kidnapped as a college student, and basically went through a lot of shitty stuff from birth until a couple years ago. The church had a negative impact and some correlation with some of these events. occasional breaks for pie and beer for the 24th of July ex-mormon mock Utah state holiday, even though we aren't in Utah any more and don't have to deal with pioneer day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Skylar had some crazy experiences on her mission, and at a church school. But the thing that ultimately lead her out of the church? Meeting her wife and finding a piece of herself she was previously unaware of. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Kyle, Host of a Doctor Who podcast Joins us to talk about his experienced growing up Mormon, and why he left. Come geek out with us! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Scott and I continue our discussion, hitting the importance of story telling for humans, and the importance of finding the positives as well as the negatives in our lived experiences, especially as it relates to our Mormon background and culture. Badbelievers: find on Instagram- @badbelieverpodcast           Scotts instagram:@scott_strolls  Scotts facebook: @ScottSessions --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In part 1 of a two part series we talk to Scott, a gay man from the Salt Lake Valley who grew up believing and has searched for a way to connect to his culture and redefine his faith and beliefs after leaving the church. In part 1 we learn about some of the events that shaped him and lead him to want to become a chaplain. Links for Scott and things related to this episode will be available in part 2. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Nancy, Originally from Illinois, goes to Utah States and meets the love of her life and learns all sorts about mormonism. Also in this episode, an introduction to a different kind of Jesus. What is the penal substitutionary atonement? We don't really find out, but we find out the atonement /savior isn't the only version for Jesus being our spiritual figure. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A true crime fan, and a woman that loves to learn about religion just to understand the culture. Our chat with Freia was an adventure like no other, just like her journey in and out of Mormonism. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Aunt Lydia is one of many in the popular wave of Ex-mormon Tik Tokers and today she takes more than her usual allotted Tik Tok minute to tell us how she got started on Tik Tok, and more of her personal story with the church. Follow her on tik tok at https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeMh8nv2/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Elle Milles-Warner grew up in a jack mormon home, tried to give the church a real run but the ridiculousness of Kolob and Missionary work brought out her dramatic side. In the end, she got a masters degree in Divinity and became a speaker of many religious languages and beliefs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Keith was all in, until racism, church history and finally homophobic policies and church actions destroyed all hope of "staying in the boat." But what do you do when your shelf breaks and your wife's doesn't? Can you stay together? Keith has found a way to make it work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Britton and Carolee are our first married couple on the show. Both return missionaries they are in the process of an official church exit now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ver is a non-binary asexual young adult that is finding zer way to  stay active in the church by taking it a la carte and figuring out what zie wants to keep, and what zie does not want to keep.   Oh by the way,  all of Zers siblings are LGBTQ as well and have only recently come out. How are zer parents who are active and believing mormons dealing with this?  How is the ward handling it?   And what resources has Ver found along the way that would be helpful to others?  Zie tells us all about it in this episode of ex-mormon bookclub.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Noah Isaacs was a queer LDS guy in Utah, struggling to find a testimony and a place to fit in. Eventually he found his spot, still in Northern Utah, but outside of the Mormon faith of his parents. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Decended from a Prophet, a Divorce and the CES Letter was the beginning of the end for McLean. Or was it just a new beginning? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Leslie is a Never-Mo Member of the IRL book club. Grew up in the Quaker and a couple of Evangelical churches and eventually broke free. In the last of our Non-Member November series we take a look at some similarities and difference between Mormons, Evangelicals, and Quakers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Lisa Kohn, author of To the Moon and Back shares her life experiences and compares notes between the Moonies and the Mormons --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jessie Shedden shares her experiences growing up in the Plymouth Brethren Church, how she left and talks about her memoir-Tomorrow's Never Promised --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ben Grace grew up in the Christadelphian faith. When that no longer worked for him, he used music to find healing and a help create a new faith home and community where others could also come, and heal --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Season 2 of Ex-Mormon Book Club kicks off with Non-Member November and a chat with a former Catholic Dominican Brother. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our Halloween episode takes a spiritual turn.

Misty Monday morning thoughts on self worth and boundaries

Henry has had one of the most interesting and unique journeys through and then out of Mormonism. Born in Arizona, with a good chunk of life in Sanpete County, UT and a mission to Pittsburgh. Henry has seen some things. But the most surprising thing of all? A trip to West Side Story was the beginning of the end not just for his testimony, but also his political views. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sunday thoughts

We chatted with an exmormon convert who's whole family was impacted by her flirt to convert moment. Plus and I depth convo on the word of wisdom and how coffee is good! And a few important thoughts on worthiness interviews and the corporate nature of the LDS church. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Monday mindfulness thought episode with host Sabrina Smith

Eric Pratt is a Police Officer in Central Utah, a hopeful restaurateur, a return missionary and a self-identified ex-radical Mormon. How did he go from extreemly dedicated believer to science minded Anti-Theist in less than two hours? And where does he sit on the spiritual spectrum now? Join us as we get to know Eric and his story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A Sunday thoughtfulness episode where our host discusses platonic love and embracing being human and imperfect --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thoughts and feelings about aligning with the universe, and my first experience as an ordanined minister of the universal life church (non religious affiliated) creating my own religious rite, a sage smudging walking meditation ceremony --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Luna Corbden (Pen name Luna Lindsay) joins us to tell some of her personal story and journey, and talk about her book Recovering Agency: Lifting the Veil On Mormon Mind Control. We discuss Ants and God, Meditation, and what is a cult vs what is a high demand group. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Reiki Practicioner and nurse Sara talks about her new path and spiritual journey from a childhood raised in Utah as a Mormon to her spiritual rebirth in Seattle and continued journey in L.A. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Danessa is a queer person of color, originally from New York, currently living in Utah. She covers her experiences with racism, sexism, homophobia, and more and asks for people to not only listen and not dismiss her experiences, but be prepared to act in every day situations, not just march in protests --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ex- Jehovas Witness member, pro football player, and Transgender rights activist Erica tackles a conversation about leaving her childhood religion, owning her life as an out and proud transgender woman, and athlete. We also discuss things we have learned and watched and read this week as Black Lives Matter protests and activism swept our country in one of the most fitting starts to LBGTQ pride month since Marsha Johnson (a Black Trans Woman) lead the stonewall riots. We talk intersectionality, systemic issues, myths about trans women and as always the religions we grew up in, and how our world views shifted from those beliefs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Steve joins us to talk about his journey in to and out of Mormonism, being a journalist in Utah, Church history issues, being the parent of a transgender child in mormonism, mormon racism history and issues, surviving Covid-19, and the possibilities of soccer, baseball and a review of tasting that Jim Beam Budwiser larger at our very last in person book club meeting. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Olivia talks about her journey out of the church and we trouble shoot grandparents aggressively trying to baptize her kid against her wishes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Never-Mormon Carmen talks about growing up in the south, going to Christian school, and finding her own spiritual path. Plus a discussion on the reality TV Netflix binge Love Is Blind, and Glennon Doyle's master piece of a book- Untamed. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Seth joins us to discus how he became polyamorus, why he left the Mormon church, how to deal with jealousy, and why you should read The Ethical Slut. tw: suicide is discussed, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Sabrina has a conversation with two Never-mormons trying to understand the churches World Wide Fast on Good Friday. The group also discusses the Word of Wisdom, EFY and Mormon pop music, and how to survive quarantine during Covid-19. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We talk about choosing to watch Tiger King over General Conference. To fast or not to fast? And how to stay in the church and not be of the church when you disagree with racism and homophobia in the church and its policies. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Royce recaps his adventures with Utah State's Conference Championship victory, and trying to get back home mid-COVID-19. He shares his story, growing up in a Mormon family of ten kids, and leaving the church as the eldest male of the brood. We talk food storage mid apocalypse. Is wheat the new gold? Find out in this episode of ex-mormon book club. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Moana, a Pacific Iander who grew up in Utah discusses privilege, racism, sexism, and family within Mormon culture. Laughter lightens this heavy episode and helps us all weather lives ridiculousness, storms, and social isolation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

1st generation Never-Mo Hillary Joins our host on a local tour of 911, the coroners office, and a meet up with the bomb squad. After we talk death and mormonism over a beer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Jessica, a never-mo friend, talks about serving our host her first wine tasting, working for budwiser, and seeing the Book of Mormon on Broadway. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app