The Excommunication Station

We start our series on Christian rock band, Petra

This week, we are joined by Gigtapes and we talk about youtube star, Johnathan Bell AKA The Screaming Boy.

This week, Tori and Justin from Go Home Bible Youre drunk join us to talk Passion Plays and their connection to antisemitism and Adolf Hitler.

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This week, we finish up our discussion on late missionary John Allen Chau

This week, we talk about missionary John Allen Chau

This week, Scott Okamoto joined us to talk about former MLB pitcher and evangelical, Eric Show.

This week we finish up our series on the Sicarii. We talk about the fall of jerusalem and the sicarii getting their justice against Rome and their own leaders.

This week we have a special guest, friend of the pod, Samuel David to talk about The Sicarii and other jewish messiahs of Jesus. time.

This week, we do another Plymouth Brethren serial killer, John George Haigh, the Acid Bath Killer

This week we dive into a serial killer who was part of the Plymouth Brethren.

This week, we dive into the store of Walker Railey and the wild story of a man who had it all except self control. Sadie Carpenter of The Leaving Eden Podcast joins us.

This week, we talk about Quaker abolitionist, Benjamin Lay, with cohost of the podcast White Homework, Benjamin Faye

Tori is back and this week we talk about racism within the evangelical church and organizing in the time we are in.

This week, we are joined by Gavriel of The Leaving Eden Podcast and this week, we talked about former NFL running back, Curtis Enis and an organization called Champions For Christ

We finish up JPUSA with an interview with a former member and abuse survivor, Jaime Prater. Check out his two films. https://youtu.be/0V4G00Gl51c?si=nFnx-pN5qVafHksC https://youtu.be/JgSwnaMVjQE?si=5t_kPokSZa2u7ofE

We dive back into JPUSA and we talk about the abuses that happened in the commune so just a content warning.

This week we start our journey through the world of Jesus People USA or JPUSA.

This week we dive into an early christian book which cover's Jesus' childhood.

We finish up Shannon Harris' book The Woman They Wanted. Sorry it took so long

We continue our talk on Shannon Harris' book The Women They Wanted

This week, we dive into The Women They Wanted by Shannon Harris, exwife of purity culture megastar, Joshua Harris. This is going to be a 3 part series and sorry its so long but we have a lot to say.

Tori from Go Home Bible You're Drunk comes back on to talk about growing up in the church, leaving, her family and authoritarian parenting.

This week, we finish up our travels into the world of mcgee and me.

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We are back in the world of mcgee and me as we break down episodes 4-9.

Today we dive into the classic christian straight to vhs kids show, McGee And Me.

This week, we are joined by Tori and Justin of Go Home Bible Your're Drunk and we talked about the Bible Riots or Nativist Riots Of 1844 in Philadelphia, Pa.

We finish up our discussion of hell and how it mutated and made its way into the modern evangelical belief system and a whole lot of trauma dumping.

This week we dive into the development of hell among the early church.

For this spooky season, we dive into something that has given evangelicals anxiety and that is hell. We go through the origins and evolution of it within Judaism and up to Jesus.

This week, Clifton from Your Music Saved Us joins us for a story about a Real Life Super Hero, The Phantom Patriot.

We finish up Phil Phillip's book, Saturday Morning Mind Control.

This week we dive back into Phil Phillip's book about the dangers of saturday morning cartoons.

This week, we dive into another Phil Phillips book called Saturday Morning Mind Control

This week, Chaz tries his best to bring a uplifting story to Chrissy and Donavon. And we think he succeeded! Hear the true story of the man that inspired the movie Nacho Libre. From his rough early years, tremendous losses and taking on the church to create his own orphanage(s).

This week, Chaz concludes the story of Pastor Bob Coy, founder of one of the biggest branches of Calvary Chapel. We do our best to convey the level of monster Coy is. Trigger warning for this episode.

This week, Chaz tells Chrissy and Donavon the story of another Pastor Gone Bad. In part one, learn about how the founder of one of Calvary Chapels biggest branches set himself up to prey on his victim.

This week Chaz is joined by Chelsea Weber Smith of American Hysteria to discuss the American evangelical phenomenon of Snake Handlers. From it's origins to the many deaths, hear why it's not a power from the Lord. It's just dumb.

This week, it's a surprise episode! Chrissy and Donavon had no idea this week what we were covering. But it's a redo of our very first episode. Find out where the phrase originated and how it influenced and manipulated many kids!

This week we're joined by Zak from The Escapist Room podcast. We dive deep into how the evangelical work forced a Jesus allegory onto a film about guns and self actualization. https://linktr.ee/excompod

This week we complete our dissection of the Bob Jones 3rd Grade Science Text book. Things continue to unravel.

This week we dive into the manipulative and down right ridiculous Bob Jones 3rd Grade Science text book. Get ready for some learning.

This week we're joined by our i old friend and author of the book Asian American Apostate: Scott Okamoto. We discuss his book and his time as a professor at Azuzu Pacific University.

This week Chaz and Chrissy conclude our series on the CCM titans, the Newsboys.

This week Chaz and Chrissy dive further into the lore of the Newsboys. From their next album, GO, to Peter Furlers exit from the band and Michael Taits take over.

This week we dive deeper into the bowels of The Boys. We talk about their album Thrive, their introduction to Michael Tait of DC Talk, and their first worship album Adoration.

This week we dive back into the most influential Christian band from Down Under, the Newsboys. We talk about their times on tour, abusive organizations they worked with, and we break down the albums Step Up To The Microphone & Love, Liberty, Disco.

We dive even further into the madness that is the Newsboys. We discuss John James and his meltdown that led to him getting fired. And we dissect the albums Take Me To Your Leader

This week we dig further into the past of the Newsboys. We talk about Steve Taylor joining tagging along as writer/producer. And we dissect the albums Not Ashamed and Going Public.

This week we continue our series on the greatest Christian rockband from Australia with no original members, the Newsboys. We go further into heir career and dig into their albums Hell Is For Wimps and Boys Will Be Boyz.