Losing Our Religion
Losing Our Religion with host Zac Gandara is a wild often comedic ride alongside a community of diverse humans each seeking their desired life and ideal experience away from the dogma and exclusivities they may have been raised to believe.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 463
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2020
THINKING THURSDAY: Binary or Non-Binary: Zac Gandara: Nicholas Christakis: Joe Rogan
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Our world is so black and white. Win or lose, but when we leave bin…
EPISODE 183: Get Out There and Find Stuff Out: Lily VonTrapp
Lily VonTrapp is an event coordinator, model, and burlesque performer. When she's not gracing the stage (or camera) with her performances, you can find her working a muggle job in the sciences. We ta…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Does it Get Better?: Zac Gandara
Fellow Loser @alycioso writes in:
Does it get better? How do you handle rescinded support from the people who are supposed to be your biggest support? Is it worth having conversations with them that …
THINKING THURSDAY: Fear and Thinking for Yourself: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
This Episode: Life has lots of transitions. As we move through this…
EPISODE 182: The Satanic Temple: Lilith Starr
Lilith is the Co-Head of the Satanic Temple Seattle, a Harvard and Stanford graduate, and an author. She joins me again to answer some listener questions about her version of Satanism, and the Satani…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Embracing Your Sexuality: Zac Gandara: Shannon Ashley
Former show guest Laird Young sent in a fantastic article by Shannon Ashley regarding how to embrace sex positivity. We talk about it.
How to embrace sex positivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: It Ta…
THINKING THURSDAY: Ban on Wearing Religious Symbols: Zac Gandara: Francois Legault
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism t…
EPISODE 181: Satan Helped Me Get Sober: Lilith Starr
Lilith Starr is the Co-Head of the Satanic Temple Seattle, a Harvard and Stanford graduate, and an author. Due to prescribed pain medications, she developed an addiction to opioids and shares how Sat…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Handle Toxic Community: Zac Gandara
Misha writes in and asks: “As a person who still believes in God but not Church. How do you separate yourself from going back to a place that’s toxic because you are hurting?”
BOOK MENTIONED IN THIS…
THINKING THURSDAY: Binary, Good, Bad, Or Whatever: Zac Gandara: David Gaub McCullough
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
What is life wasn’t so black and white? What if by our biases we ar…
EPISODE 180: Burn it Down and Reconstruct it Again: Alex Spivey
Church culture is abusive. Often it’s not intentionally abusive but generationally abusive. Alex sits down with us again to talk about his deconstruction, and we engage our new reconstruction.
EPISO…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Listen to Your Body: Zac Gandara
I’ve lost the self-care rhythms that I know I need to heal myself, hear myself, trust myself, be myself, and grow. How do I pick those up again?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Inward by Yung Pueblo
EPIS…
THINKING THURSDAY: The Messiah Complex and Boundaries: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together:
Have you ever heard of the Messiah Complex? At what spectrum of it …
EPISODE 179: Coming Out: Home Schooled Embracing Himself!: Alex Spivey
Alex was a homeschooled Christian kid who lived with the knowledge that he might be gay. He shares with us his coming out story as well as the struggles he's had with guilt and shame of who he is.
M…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: F*cking Entitlement!: Zac Gandara
If we lose the expectations that create our entitlement, will it ensure our freedom and happiness? Where do we get our sense of entitlement and how do we get rid of it?
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THINKING THURSDAY: How We May Be Our Biggest Problem: Pride: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
It's easy to blame someone else, it's hard to look in the mirror. W…
EPISODE 178: Lots of Spiritual Paths Have Led Me to This Point: Madrona Teresa DeLong
Madrona is an eclectic, Heathen, self-journeying woman who is continually looking for truth which is based in love. She has been Catholic, Mormon, Pagan, and more. She’s also a doula and death doula …
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Mom! Please Stop Sending Me Bibles: Zac Gandara
We have a fellow Loser, “Jenny.” Shares her meltdown about the constant pressure from her family. Can we keep a relationship with these people? How can I grow not to be triggered?
Monday Meltdown is …
THINKING THURSDAY: Why Do I Have Anxiety About Things Going Well?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
ON TODAY'S EPISODE: Maybe we grew up in environments that made us a…
EPISODE 177: Being Cast on a Reality Show Taught Me a Lot About Myself: Madrona Teresa De Long
Madrona was cast onto the Norwegian reality show Alt For Norge where she found herself at home with her native people. She shares her experience with us.
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