MindShift Podcast

MindShift Podcast


Latest Episodes

When Family Hurts: Finding Wholeness and Healing (with Rebekah Drumsta)
January 21, 2022

This episode features returning guest, Rebekah Drumsta, author of a brand-new book entitled When Family Hurts: 30 Days to Finding Healing and Clarity. Have you had to cut off relationships with family

Beyond Belief: Inside the Rise of Global Pentecostalism (with Elle Hardy)
January 07, 2022

This inaugural episode of 2022 features a fascinating conversation with Australian-born author and investigative journalist, Elle Hardy. She’s the author of a brand-new book entitled Beyond Belief: Ho

Deconstructing Your Former Beliefs (with David Hayward, The Naked Pastor)
December 17, 2021

This final episode of 2021 features another returning guest and good friend from Canada–David Hayward, “The Naked Pastor.” A former evangelical pastor like me, David and I go way back and share a lot

Deconstructing: When Your Authentic Self Breaks Through (with Dr Josie McSkimming)
December 03, 2021

This week’s guest is another returning friend–Dr Josie McSkimming from Sydney, Australia.  I reached out to her recently because I was interested in speaking with her about not only her backstory in C

Re-Release! Surviving a Fundamentalist Upbringing (with Valerie Cunningham)
November 19, 2021

This episode is something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time–a re-release of an old recording I did with my sister Valerie way back in 2017 when she came to visit me in North Wales. We sat down ..

#TexasTaliban: Inside the Texas Abortion Law (with Peter Montgomery)
November 05, 2021

This week’s episode couldn’t be more timely–discussing the draconian and hugely controversial Texas abortion law, Senate Bill 8 (SB8). Now that it is finally being argued at the Supreme Court, we have

Bonus Episode: Divorcing Religion Workshop (with Janice Selbie)
November 01, 2021

This special bonus episode features a conversation with my very good friend, Religious Recovery Consultant Janice Selbie! Starting the 7th of November, she is running another one of her amazing “Divor

Bonus Episode: Is Evangelicalism a Cult? Dr Robert Jay Lifton’s 8 Markers of Cults
October 22, 2021

This bonus episode is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time–compare evangelicalism with cult psychology and tactics. I’ve done a lot of research and reading on this subject, and have reflected o

Inside the Dominionist Agenda of The Family (with Jonathan Larsen)
October 15, 2021

This week’s guest is Jonathan Larsen, managing editor over at The Young Turks (TYT) Network.  Ever since he and his colleagues obtained the formerly-secret invitation list to the yearly National Praye

Bonus Episode: How Religion Affects Our Mental Health (with Rachel Bernstein)
October 06, 2021

In this special bonus episode, which I’ve long been promising is indeed coming, I was able to interview therapist Rachel Bernstein of the IndoctriNation Podcast. This is actually Part 2 of two episode