Bare Marriage
Tired of Christian pat answers about marriage? The podcast that goes in-depth into marriage, parenting, and even sex--to see how we can live the passionate life we were meant for. Paired with Bare Marriage--the blog!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 313
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Episode 140: A Victim of Bill Gothard's Story: Escaping a Cult & Finding Freedom with Emily Elizabeth Anderson
Today Emily Elizabeth Anderson from Thriving Forward joins us to tell her story, and to tell what she’s passionate about now. And especially how she found the actual Jesus after she lef…
Episode 139: How Many Men Are Sexually Safe?
We talked about the findings from our survey, as described in this post last week on how many Christian guys are sexually safe.
Links to things mentioned:
Keith's post
The Good Guy's Gui…
Episode 138: Echoes of Menstruation (...really, Focus on the Family?!)
Rebecca noticed that in Focus on the Family’s PluggedIn movie review for Turning Red, they had put references to menstruation under “sexual content”, including cramps and pads. And they…
Episode 137: New Research Blows Away the Evangelical Idea About Lust
We saved some of our most important findings from our men’s survey for this special podcast!
Andrew Bauman, a licensed counselor and author of the new book How Not to Be an *ss, and Carl…
Episode 136: The Uncomfortable Truth About Waiting for Marriage for Sex
Does waiting for marriage really guarantee a great sex life? Sheila, Rebecca, and Keith weigh in on this week's podcast!
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Our patreon! Suport us for as little as…
Episode 135: How Much Sex Have We Rescued? Plus, Elizabeth Fisher Good!
It’s the one year anniversary since The Great Sex Rescue was published!
Rebecca and I want to talk about what we’ve rescued and how it’s been rescued–plus Elizabeth Fisher Good joins us …
Episode 134: What Guys Can Do If They've Messed Up
Because our church culture teaches guys that they need sex the way newborn babies need to be fed in the middle of the night or the way an invalid needs water brought to them, men often …
Episode 133: Birth Control & Lust Control
Special thank you to our guest Patrick Weaver for joining us today! We look forward to having him on the podcast again in the future!
Links to things mentioned:
Our Patreon! Support us fo…
Episode 132: All About the Sexual Response Cycle
Too many people don’t understand the sexual response cycle–so let’s spell it out and figure out why this lack of info has become so prevalent in evangelicalism!
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Episode 131: The woman who was crying in the shower is here!
We are so honoured to have on the podcast today the woman who wrote that letter we discussed back in episode 129. She joins us to share her story, give some updates, and shed some light…
Episode 130: It's Time to Jump out of the Boiling Water
At what point do we realize that something is terribly off with the way the evangelical church sees women?
Keith talks about his manifesto from yesterday and encourages men to see what i…
Episode 129: The Podcast Where Emerson Ignores Marital Rape
- Our wonderful sponsor the Intimately Us app! A-so-much-more-than-foreplay app. Helps you communicate about sex, have awesome bedroom games, discover what you like (and communicate about…
Episode 128: How YOU Can Make the Church a Healthier Place for Marriage
Should you stay in such a church? Some people should, because the church is changing, and you feel called to be a “missionary” of sorts there. But maybe more should leave. I know I stay…
Episode 127: Putting the 'Christ' back in Christian Marriage
Welcome to a new year with the Bare Marriage podcast! We're glad you're joining us again after our break for the holidays!
Links to things mentioned:
Scott Coley Tweet
The Great Sex Rescu…
Episode 126: The Disease That Must Be Named + feeling less homeless!
Today on the podcast we hear Rachel Perry’s story of vaginismus, and then I get cozy in my yellow chair where I work and just tell you how I see the Christmas story interacting with our…
Episode 125: Why is Marriage Advice Mostly Aimed at Women?
Ever noticed that most marriage books center the majority of their advice on women?
And most instructions for how to get marriages to change focus on what women can do differently.
Links …
Episode 124: Does Your Vagina Have a Brain? The Mind-Body Connection
How do we live our feelings through our bodies? How do we learn to inhabit our bodies more? Join us as Rebecca and I jumpstart this series, and then Keith and I get all scientific about…
Episode 123: Let's talk Sexual Favours Postpartum
Rebecca’s postpartum! So we thought it was the perfect time to look at the postpartum advice given in evangelical circles to women.
Links to things mentioned:
Our wonderful sponsor Femall…
Episode 122: The Making of Biblical Womanhood ft Beth Allison Barr
The amazing Beth Allison Barr is joining me today to talk about women and the history of the church.
It seems like people who buy The Great Sex Rescue really like Beth’s book–and they re…
Episode 121: Finding Your Own Path ft hosts of NeuroDiverse Christian Couples Podcast
We’ve got two different segments on today’s podcast, both regarding what it means to make your own way as a couple:
Another look at how to read science–and what it SHOULDN’T be used for
a…