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: Questioning Western Philosophy: Martin Heidegger
On this weeks episode, we talk about Martin Heidegger. Heidegger made a practice of questioning Western Philosophers. Wondering whether or not we even understood what it means to exist. He believed h…
EPISODE 156: Free To Explore Your Desires: Crystal Wolf
One of the benefits of losing our religion are the many doors it opens up for us to explore our humanity, our desires, our goals, away from the judgment of a closed-minded community. Crystal has been…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: How to Think for Yourself
On this weeks episode, we chat about tips on how to think for yourself and not be influenced and swayed by the thoughts, agendas, or perspectives of others without becoming closed-minded or dogmatic.
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THINKING THURSDAY: Life is Short, and We Killed God: Friedrich Nietzsche
On this weeks episode, we talk about Friedrich Nietzsche his life, his relationships, his fears, and his philosophy. Bringing critical thought into our modern times is a valuable endeavor. Is God dea…
EPISODE 155: Religion: The Unwanted Surrogate Parent: Crystal Wolf
Crystal has been through so much in her past church life and she’s come out of it better knowing who she is, embracing her sexuality, and growing to understand being Bi-Polar. From the born-again exp…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Backlash of Self Care: Zac Gandara
On this weeks episode, we hear from fellow Loser Jennifer Pinch and chat about the backlash of self-care. Often when make our desires a priority we get comments like, "You've Changed, I don't even kn…
THINKING THURSDAY: Critical Thought Comes From Critical Thinkers
On this weeks episode, we introduce you to our intern Braden Sigua and fill you in on the philosophers and thinkers that we’ll be learning about this month. Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Sim…
EPISODE 154: Multi-Faceted Love: Borderline Personality Disorder: Josh Black and Haven Yates
Haven has Borderline Personality Disorder. Josh is her BDSM Daddy. Together, with a new way of looking at communication they’ve formed a new polyamorous relationship. But not in a way you would think…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Feeling Happy and Healthy
On this weeks episode, we chat about finding the disciplines and practices that can make you a happier and healthier you.
- Who Am I?
- What do I want?
- What practices do I need to apply daily to be this…
EPISODE 153: A Daddy and His Little: Josh Black and Haven Yates
Josh Black and Haven Yates are completely enamored with one another in more ways than one. Clowns, BDSM, Polyamory, and Haven’s Borderline Personality Disorder make for a wild and beautiful story of …
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Setting Boundaries
Setting boundaries can be less about avoiding toxic people and more about knowing what you want and going after it. On this weeks episode, we chat about setting boundaries by knowing what you want an…
EPISODE 152: This Cult is Racist!: Gloria Jackson Nefertiti
Have you ever been the outsider in a community? The other? After joining a cult as the only African American member, Gloria quickly began to realize that there weren’t any other black people coming a…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Dealing with Toxic Family and People
On this weeks episode, we chat about dealing with toxic people and standing up for your process and peace. Thanks Christina!
Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confes…
EPISODE 151: Racism, Integration, and the Cult: Gloria Jackson Nefertiti
Born in 1956 in Gulf Port Mississippi Gloria was in one of the first racial integrated schools, witnessed the race wars, grew up in the Church of God in Christ, and then found herself in a cult.
WEIR…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Sorting Through the Rubble of Religion Versus Spirituality
On this weeks episode, we chat about the idea of sorting through the rubble of our past lives and picking up the parts that were helpful to us. We also discuss Empaths.
"Only I can change my life. No…
EPISODE 150: Life is Fluid: In order to evolve we have to change: Ravyn Celestino
Ravyn was turned off by Catholicism as a child, and as he’s grown he’s grasped onto many different views over time, and each of them keeps changing. To evolve we should welcome change, right?
WEIRD T…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Chained To Certainty: Are we confused because we have chosen to wander?
On this weeks episode, we hear from Ethel, a Christian woman who may think we may have fallen into confusion and that doesn't happen to her.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Letters From J.R.R. Tolkien
Mon…
EPISODE 149: Leaving Paradise: Ravyn Celestino
Raven grew up in Hawaii, dancing near Waikiki Beach as a b-boy with his friends. His fondness for performing and hunger for the arts has him living as an aspiring model and actor off of the islands. …
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Our Politics Have Devolved Into Whose Team is the Most Winning
On this weeks episode, we receive a text message political conversation between a conservative, veteran, father and a liberal, gay, son. The outcome? Maybe it's time for us to look at things differen…
EPISODE 148: Learn Your Lessons and Make Your Art!: Shane Browning
Shane and I are a lot drunker and enjoying each others company in this episode. He tells us about growing up an anti-racist skinhead, and then we turn the corner and begin dreaming of an inclusive ar…