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
EPISODE 089: Where Does Love Come From?: Christian Grindstaff
Christian is a natural critical thinker, learner, who candidly and clearly shares his journey of growing to understand love. Romance, religion, experience, science, and psychology all give us defini…
EPISODE 088: How to Solve the Social Media Problem in Our Relationships: Daniel O’Connell
Join the steamy ride of our continued conversation from the last episode. A hilarious whirlwind through feminism, the women’s march, climate change, World War 3, the optimist viewpoint of Donald Trum…
EPISODE 087: Revolution Vs. Rebellion. Questioning Our Sexuality? Comedy! Growing Empathy: Daniel O’Connell
This is a roller coaster of comedic conversation through topics of Revolution? Rebellion? Questioning Sexuality? Are We Gay? Maybe I’m Gay? Butt Stuff? Cocaine rules? Engaging oppression? Growing in …
EPISODE 086: Millennial Mashup: Part 2: Braden Sigua and Frances Divinagracia
This episode is about millennials with millennials. We talk about FAKE NEWS, the Millennial generation, technology, the NSA, finding truth, Bernie Sanders, the future of the world, America, and you.…
EPISODE 085: Millennial Mashup: Part 1: Braden Sigua
IT'S TIME FOR US TO START LISTENING TO MILLENNIALS!
I (Zac) am a GenXer, and I'm tired of people shitting on Millennials. When I was young, they called us "lazy idealists," today I heard us called th…
REJECTED CONTENT: Evangelicalism Vs. Jesus: Kyle Reynolds Interviews Zac Gandara
A few weeks ago I was invited to speak at a Christian Outreach Ministry and be a guest on their podcast. The topic they asked me to address? Evangelicalism Vs Jesus. I was nervous, but excited to aga…
EPISODE 084: Weed Eater, Beer Drinker, Trans, Prog Metal Head, Christian?: Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
In this episode, we dive into Rejyna’s Christianity. As well as her Trans* journey. One of the beautiful things about this episode is how fluid the conversation goes from storytelling to questionin…
EPISODE 083: The Secret to Not Aging: Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
In just a few seconds into this conversation, you're going to understand why I hit it off and fell in love with Rejyna. Her infectious voice, joyful embrace, solid wisdom, and experience, especially…
EPISODE 082: Part 2: A Man Loves a Woman, an Atheist Marries a Christian: Dave and Grace Kwon
We jump right back into it with Grace continuing her story of what it was like letting her Christian friends know about her relationship with Dave, the baby eating Atheist.
What’s so beautiful about …
EPISODE 081: A Man Loves a Woman, an Atheist Marries a Christian: Dave and Grace Kwon
A man loves a woman, so an Atheist marries a Christian. Grace (a Christian) meets Dave (an Atheist), they work through their differences, become friends, fall in love, and get married. Is that allowe…
EPISODE 080: The Non-Work Work of Moving Through Challenges and Reaching Goals: Patrick Ianni
Patrick and I engage in a revealing and transparent conversation about our personal struggles of growth in our lives, our marriages, and how we’re engaging the non-work work of embracing our emotions…
EPISODE 079: Pain, Trauma, We All Have It, Own It: Patrick Ianni
This is a timely episode as we move through the political changes of a “Trump America.” How do we deal with the pain, suffering, and triggering others cause us? That we cause ourselves? Can we remain…
EPISODE 078: Loser Stories: Anger is OK: Ron Smith
This continuation of Ron's story reminds us that it is ok to be angry. In fact, it's downright therapeutic. Anger is an emotion that helps us relieve stress, gives us the motivation to solve proble…
EPISODE 077: Loser Stories: People Think I'm an Atheist?: Ron Smith
Ron Smith is a 6'8" pleasure to be around. We converse around punk rock, spiritual abuse, abuse, atheism, agnosticism, Catholicism, being bitter and angry, and finding joy in our now, lives of libera…
EPISODE 076: Loser Stories: Down the Rabbit Hole 2: Ray Gilford
We continue with Ray Gilford's story in this episode. Diving into his life as an introvert. Introversion and religion do not mix well. At least not in corporate America or within American religion.
W…
MEGA EPISODE: TURN YOUR PAIN INTO ART: Making the world a better place: Taylor Hughes and Zac Gandara
Taylor Hughes is a professional comedian, magician. Whose work has been seen on television, commercials, comedy clubs, events, and the Magic Castle for years. We discuss going through pain and suffer…
EPISODE 075: Loser Stories: Down the Rabbit Hole: Ray Gilford
Ray is a former institutional machine cog like many of us. He described his Christianity to have been like that of a chronic seeker. He did a deep dive into Christianity, attended seven different c…
EPISODE 074: Christmas Card Holiday Episode: Jen Gandara
Jen and I sit down and run through our 2016 with you while listening to music, drinking tasty beverages, sharing candidly about where we are at in our lives together, regarding, religion, politics, …
EPISODE 073: Rune Draws & The Heathen Way: Asatru Gothi: Alf Herigstad
Alf Herigstad, an Asatru Gothi, whose Kindred have dropped the Asatru moniker and landed on Heathen. He is a Heathen Gothi (Preist) who shares his story and experiences with us. A carry over from t…
EPISODE 072: Norse, Pentecostal, Heathenry, Paganism, Thor and My Stones?: Asatru Gothi: Alf Herigstad
Alf Herigstad, he was on the path to be a Pentecostal demon hunting preacher when he became a Norwegian Reality TV Star (Alt For Norge, Season 3) where he found the spiritual path of his ancestors an…