Girlscamp
I deconstructed my Mormon faith down to the bone—and when my dad died, the deconstruction shit really hit the fan. Now, Girlscamp isn’t just about what’s fallen apart, but about exploring what might come next.
Around the campfire, we’ll swap stories from life after faith shifts, laugh at the quirks of high-demand religion, and dig into the ways Mormonism shows up in our culture—from pop culture and art to media and everyday life. I’ll also sit down with voices ranging from therapists to philosophers to everyday people reimagining belief, as we tackle what it means to live, love, grieve, and grow once certainty is gone.
Honest, curious, and a little irreverent—because that’s what Girlscamp is all about.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 159
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
*Uncensored* Campfire Q&A
I said not to hold back with the questions and you certainly didn’t! In this solo episode I address the full gamut of post-Mormon subjects- from pornography to officially removing records from the ch…
01:02:10 |
Wed 04 Oct 2023
So we're drinking coffee now?! w/Emilie Kiser
After converting to Mormonism at 17-years-old, Emilie Kiser was all in on the religion. She opens up about the details of her whole faith journey into and then out of Mormonism. We discuss Mormon con…
01:17:09 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Finding the magic in post-Mormonism w/Amber Fillerup
Welcome to Ambyland, campers! This week Amber shares her Mormon/Post-Mormon saga- from snark forums and slut-shaming to sex-positivity and self-love. She speaks to the magic of this new chapter in he…
01:27:37 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Spilling the Mormon temple secrets
With all the mystery that shrouds the Mormon temple, I do my best to lay it all out on the table. After an (albeit chaotic) rundown of what goes on inside, we talk through your stories, experiences, …
01:01:49 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Reformed mean girls for Jesus w/Abby Benson-Schwallie
Abby grew up as devout an evangelical Christian as they come, but when she went to college for a theology degree things quickly started to shift. Now she finds joy and peace outside of organized reli…
01:13:34 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
Why are so many influencers Mormon?! w/Kylie Katich
Before we dive into the Mormon influencer phenomenon, Kylie and I discuss her upbringing as a Utah non-Mormon who went to Catholic school. We compare the differences between what we learned about Jes…
01:29:15 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
The nitty gritty of (post-Mormon) grief
Grief is a beast and adding a post-Mormon layer makes it even more confusing and complicated. After Maddy’s dad died, she has deconstructed not only her ideas of death, but also of life. We speak abo…
00:58:44 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
Who I am since my dad died
Last year Maddy's dad suddenly and unexpectedly died. Today she opens up about what it's like to experience such an immense loss, especially so fresh after deconstructing Mormonism. But before we div…
00:59:45 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
My Big Fat Mormon Wedding
It doesn't get more quintessentially Mormon than a low-budget cultural hall wedding reception between two 20-year-olds who've known each other for a few months. Or so I thought, until I read the wedd…
00:59:13 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
I didn't fit the "Mormon mold" w/Indy Blue
Growing up Mormon comes with some baggage and Indy Blue opens up about what it's been like for her to unpack. She speaks about her experience facing judgment as a teen on the internet, how her now-hu…
01:02:48 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
Mixed-faith meets its match
What do you do when your wife leaves the LDS church and your whole world is upended? Zac Hayward speaks in today's episode to the believing side of a mixed-faith marriage before he also eventually le…
01:06:39 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
I'm post-Mormon but can't kick the patriarchy!
Laura Danger of ThatDarnChat lends her expertise on creating an equitable split of the domestic labor, especially for those of us raised religious with very restrictive views on gender roles. We talk…
01:04:13 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
What's REALLY going on at BYU?
Today Reagan Curtis joins me to dissect what goes down at BYU - the good, the bad and the beard cards. As THE Mormon religious university, looking at BYU culture sheds light on a lot of things about …
01:02:13 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
MONSTER...ER, MORMON-IN-LAW
The Mormon in-laws are, well, Mormon in-lawing. Today we're unpacking stories about raspberry leaf tea drama, a MIL refusing to wash tanktops and a wedding that grandpa refused to attend. Along the w…
00:54:06 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
POSTMO STARTER PACK
Bentley is back at Girlscamp! We share our reactions to your post-Mormon starter pack submissions (the classic steps of leaving the church, "must-haves" and "must-dos" and all of the post-Mo stereoty…
01:10:48 |
Wed 05 Jul 2023
TRAUMA ON TREK
I hope you have your bonnets and bloomers ready, because this week we're diving in to all the wild things that went down on Mormon trek. Listeners beware, there is some true trauma. But there's some …
00:47:28 |
Wed 28 Jun 2023
HOE ERA W/JACI MARIE SMITH
By popular demand, Jaci Marie Smith comes to Girlscamp! I was honored to sit down with Jaci and talk through her story of leaving Mormonism. She shares about her relationship to religion growing up, …
01:15:54 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
PALM READING & PATRIARCHAL BLESSINGS W/ASH ADAMS
Get ready to get enchanted by Ash Adams. Ash shares the spiritual path she took from ultra-traditional Mormon (and self-proclaimed Duggar wannabe) to palm reader with a deeply expansive view of spiri…
01:18:08 |
Wed 14 Jun 2023
POST-MO TESTIMONY MEETING
Gather 'round the fire for a good old girls camp testimony meeting. But this time, we're doing it our way! I share your testimonies of moving on from Mormonism- what you've learned, what you've gaine…
00:53:43 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
SELF DISCOVERY & THE TRANSGENDER EXPERIENCE
Kadie comes on the pod today to share her experience leaving the Mormon church and then discovering she is transgender. She tells about growing up in a religion with strict gender constructs, decidin…
01:06:13 |
Wed 31 May 2023
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