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 190: Cisgendered Heterosexuality Lies to the East: Or Does it?: Howie Echo-Hawk
Howie Echo-Hawk is from rural Alaska, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, growing up in Alaska with the Athabascan People. Indigenous, Non-binary, and good looking, they found a wonderfully open life aft…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: What To Do When You Feel Tired, Uninspired, Wanting More?: Zac Gandara
Transitions, transformation, change is hard. Far too often when we are struggling, we take on the cliché advice of people, gurus, or teachers that don’t understand the context and nuance of our speci…
THINKING THURSDAY: Study Finds that Children Raised Without Religion Show More Empathy and Kindness: Dan Arel: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Former show guest Silas Lindenstein sent in an article entitled “St…
EPISODE 189: On Most Days I’m Soft Atheist, Hard Agnostic: Howie Echo-Hawk
Howie Echo-Hawk is from rural Alaska, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation, growing up in Alaska with the Athabascan People. Indigenous, Non-binary, and good looking, they found a wonderfully open life aft…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: An Ideological Savior Complex is Killing Us: Zac Gandara
An Ideological Savior Complex is killing us. Why do we keep trying to save each other from each other? When can we just let each other live our lives without each other's input?
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THINKING THURSDAY: We Can Have Political Conversations that Help Each Other: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Fellow Loser Brian sent in this episode of the Marc Maron podcast, …
EPISODE 188: Meow Meow Daddy: Sex Work is Work: Emma Darling
Emma Darling and I sit down to talk about sex work, how she got into escorting, what her clients desire, relationships, and how spirituality keeps doing things in our lives.
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Abortion, It’s Not Binary!: Zac Gandara
The conversation about abortion is ramping up again since Alabama's recent upheaval. Perhaps it's more important than ever that we find a third-place position that includes nuance and freedom for peo…
THINKING THURSDAY: Are We Taken Religious Freedoms to Far?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Fellow Loser Josh Black posted this opinion article from the New Yo…
EPISODE 187: A Sexual Being: Sober, Healing, and Making My Own Way: Emma Darling
Emma is a newly sober, professional escort, and sex worker. Starting as a stripper left her motivated for sobriety but sexually frustrated. We talk about her story and the things we've learned in rel…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: Healing From Sexual Assault: Zac Gandara
Fellow Loser and listener Brittany writes in to share her meltdown about the sexual assault she was a victim of and how it showed her that she had no voice. How she's healing and making her voice hea…
THINKING THURSDAY: Is Human Inclusivity Possible?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
What do we really think about social inclusivity? Do you think some…
EPISODE 186: How to Have All the Sex You Want, Consensual Sex Without Guilt or Shame: Wicked Daddy and Lily VonTrapp
A fun conversation with the folks from Wicked Daddy Academy about consensual sex and how to move past guilt and shame to experience the sex life you've always wanted.
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Boundaries are a Self-Healing Practice: Zac Gandara: Dr. Nicole LePera
Creating boundaries are one of the fundamental elements of healing ourselves. Dr. Nicole LePera posts some wonderfully helpful thoughts on this subject, and we discuss it.
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THINKING THURSDAY: Is There a Reclaiming of Our Faith?: Zac Gandara
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
When we walk away from cults, ideologies, religions, and corporate …
EPISODE 185: Unconditional Love is Possible: Wicked Daddy and Lily VonTrapp
Raised in a small logging town as Seventh-Day Adventist, then Pentecostal. Brian knew he was gay at a young age. He's had his hardships and traumas by living his truth, but nothing has dwindled his l…
MONDAY MELTDOWN: What if I Got This All Wrong?: Zac Gandara
Fellow Loser Kara writes in: So my meltdown is about my son. He’s to the age where he’s very curious. My fear is that what if this is all true and I’ve failed my child? I’ve steered him in the wrong …
THINKING THURSDAY: Jumping Boats, Compassion, Getting Better: Zac Gandara: Pete Holmes: Nadia Bolz-Weber: Lance Armstrong
Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
When we leave a religion, tribe, or team are we really growing and …
EPISODE 184: Finding Your Own Way: Lily VonTrapp
Burlesque performer, model, science nerd, and comic book conception expert Lily VonTrapp sits down with us over whiskey to talk about how she found and created herself after leaving religion.
MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Real Easter is About Sex (Ishtar): Zac Gandara
Did you know that the real Easter (Ishtar) is about sex and fertility? How do we embrace tough emotions and work them out to heal and communicate them to the people we need to?
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