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 022: Sort of Xmas Special-ish
Happy Holidays Losers!!!!
Welcome to this year's Christmas Hanukkah Kwanzaa Krampusnacht Krampus Nothingness Every Holiday Special!
Jen and I sit down to discuss our holidays past, present, and futur…
EPISODE 021: "Fundamental" Atheism: Part 1: Chad Mummert
We have had other atheist on the show before, but none like Chad. Chad would be the equivalent of me as a believer, except he’s atheist-agnostic. What I mean by equivalent is that he has spent time r…
EPISODE 020: Yeah it's Jacked, but What Else is There? : Billy Power
"Sometimes the answer to prayer is us." - Billy Power
This episode is a battle of the sexy voices. Never before have we recorded an episode in the morning, but since Billy is in New York, we had to r…
EPISODE 019: Cheers Queerdo! : Dash López
“We’re so rarely pulled out of the church - it’s all of us who leave and have such specific informed convictions. Church is like a pressure cooker - you either end up buried under the weight of it to…
EPISODE 018: A Clean Whiteboard: Lynn Morrow
Lynn Morrow is a rad chick! Our inside joke was that, "I went into the bar looking for a blonde but ended up with a brunette.” LOL. You'll have to listen to know why that's funny. She's a former "pas…
EPISODE 017: (Trans*) Love to All: Laird Young
Laird is a trans-man. I didn't even know going into the recording! We were introduced to each other by our sneaky mutual friend Cameron, met in one of the bars at my hotel, hugged at first sight, and…
EPISODE 016: Certainty Addiction: Christian Piatt
Christian is one of those guys that I wish I wouldn't have written off back in my Mega-Dick Ministry days. I've heard his name from time to time over the years, no doubt because he has written almost…
Episode 015: Dropping Our Beliefs: Seattle Sounder: Steve Zakuani
Steve was present for the last sermon I ever preached at my former Mega-Machine. In fact, that's when we first met. I knew almost immediately that he was much different from any other pro athlete/cel…
EPISODE 014: Jesus Chakra & Porn: Seth Taylor
This may very well be the most transparent and meaningful episode we've recorded yet. (At least in regards to my own experience of losing my religion.)
A journey into the depths of my own past hurts,…
EPISODE 013: A Mom & Son Story: Terra & Leo
Terra and Leo are my friends. Terra is a successful working Mom of two. While working and raising the Kids with Jeff, one of my good friends, and the kid's Dad. (Papa as they call him.)
Terra had a C…
EPISODE 012: Art & Being: John Criscitello
John is one of the few people I have ever met that has no religious background at all. He would refer to it as a more naturalist upbringing. However, his experience with televised American Christiani…
EPISODE 011: There is Power in Being Public: Lysia Nieves
We've always wanted Losing Our Religion to be a hilarious and candid look at religion and culture, where I, a former American pastor has drinks with former religious freaks, and others I used to shun…
EPISODE 010: Christian Anarchy?: Tooth & Nail Alumni Jeff Bettger and Matt Johnson
Jeff Bettger & Matt Johnson have known each other for over 20 years. They've played in multiple bands together in and outside of Tooth & Nail Records. Ninety Pound Wuss, Raft Of Dead Monkeys, Sufferi…
EPISODE 009: Things Being Learned After the Institution: Seth McBee
It's funny how often the friends that you need in certain seasons tend to show up. Although I know that's not all of our stories, because there's been many seasons of hard times in my life that no on…
EPISODE 008: Labeling Our Own "God's": Michael Schmitt
Labels are STUPID! I hate titles, categories and the boxes we put each other in. SO many of us have this need to label ourselves and each other.
Far too often we embrace the labels they put on us; …
EPISODE 007: They're Not All Bad Right?: Nathan Parrish
Welcome, my friend Nathan Parrish to the show.
Nathan does tattooing - art - and music - IN FACT he's currently touring with Christian Mega Group KUTLESS, that's what he does. But what we do, doesn'…
EPISODE 006: The Magic of Questioning Everything: Taylor Hughes
What if you had spent 20 years giving your life to an institution, then as you began to see what was on top of it, knew you couldn’t do it anymore and resigned?
But instead of a thank you, you were g…
EPISODE 005: The Wrassle Roo Underwear Revolution: Jonathan Bowles
Entrepreneur, podcast host, and underwear revolutionist Jonathan Bowles! The first time I have drinks with a fellow podcaster on the show.
We discuss the faux pas you face when leaving institutional…
EPISODE 004: Coming Out of Both Closets: Michael Schmitt
What if most of your life you felt like you had to hide? That if you shared what you really felt, you’d be beaten up? Rejected? Shamed?
What if you knew you could continue to hold in your doubts? Y…
EPISODE 003: Marriage: Depression: Take Your Meds
My wife Jen I sit down for the first time recording together. We have a great time! She tells her story. We open up a bit more about the freedoms found after leaving institutional religion, and we…