The How-To Heretic
Your user's guide to life on the outside.
Leaving religion is the first step into a larger, better world. But it can also be a scary world. Things work differently now. Never fear: that's why we’re here!
We're your audio uncles, and with help from good friends and experts in all sorts of fields, we're going to share the stories and seek the knowledge we all need for building a great life! After all, you only get one (that we know of), so you'd better make the most of it!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 189
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2021
The Balls of Patriarchy. - 029
This week! Uncle Mark introduces us to a group of people who DID NOT fuck around - at all. And Bryce Blankenagel of the Naked Mormonism podcast joins two other men to challenge the idea of men contro…
Look kids, crumbs! - 028
This week! Uncle Mark sees Dan’s 10 Commandments and raises him to Mt. Gerizim, Uncle Doug shares the secret of the original under armor, and Uncle Dan makes some shitty food to celebrate a mass murd…
What does the Fart say? - 027
This week! Uncle Mark drags us some place Hell-enistic, Uncle Doug tells us four different stories of rising after 3 days before we wash our hands of the whole mess, and Uncle Dan introduces us to a …
Where is John Frum from? - 026
This week! Uncle Mark tracks down a very bizarre shipment, Uncle Dan gets his guts all wound up, and Page returns for the first of our How-To’s about the final curtain.
Of Oxen, Asses & 400 Drunk Boys. - 025
This week! Uncle Mark shows us how to rock and party like it’s 900 AD in the Graveyard of the Gods. Uncle Dan wants so much in the Commandment of the Week, and Sarah Ponto Rivera from The Satanic Tem…
Cathedrals of Cannibals - 024
This Week, Uncle Doug gets up on his Rameumptom to yell about big buildings, Professor Jim stops by to see what's fallen through the cracks and Uncle Dan shows us one simple trick for for getting pan…
Who’s afraid of Hell’s worst poet? - 023
This week! Is that a bustle in Uncle Mark’s hedgerow? He is sore afraid! Uncle Dan violates both the spirit and the letter of the rules of his own goddamned podcast, and Seth Andrews of the Thinking …
We come for the Queen. - 022
On this week's show! Uncle Doug, Uncle Dan, and Uncle Mark combine forces to take on the Queen of woo and her snake-oil hatchlings. Are you feeling hungover but don’t want to be a lesbian? There’s a …
Jawbone of an Asshole - 021
This week! Uncle Dan explains the long honored biblical prohibition against shaving babies and extols the virtues of carcass honey, Uncle Doug takes a knee like the commie pinko he is, and Andrew Sei…
Don't sleep in the (Tokyo) subway - 020
This week! Uncle Dan explains a strange word and Uncle Mark sees a face in it, We meet a genocidal group of Buddhist/Hindu/Christian/other lunatics, and Andrew Copson of Humanists UK joins us to disc…
Shiny Science Vagina - 019
On this week's show! Uncle Doug joins Uncle Mark and Uncle Dan to explore the fine line between prophecy and infuriating garbage, Professor Jim returns to discuss what the matter with scarecrows, and…
How Many Cubits in a Light Year? - 018
This week! Uncle Doug Joins Uncle Mark and Uncle Dan to explore Space Heaven, Uncle Dan tackles some prickly woo out for which to watch, and Dr. Christopher Stroop rejoins us for a special How-To for…
F**K Sh*t G*dd*mn! - 017
On this week's show! We meet the god of the Bronies, Uncle Doug joins Uncle Dan and Uncle Mark to see how 10 can become 30 if you don’t get your commandments fixed, and Professor Benjamin Bergen help…
Punnin' with the Devil - 016
This week! Professor Jim returns to keep us from getting stuck in a stupid loop, we meet some people who, we can not stress enough are not Muslims, and the cofounder and spokesman of The Satanic Temp…
Of Lemurs, Ditches and Figs - 015
On this week's show - Uncle Doug joins Uncle Mark and Uncle Dan to mourn the millions of fallen in the war with Atlantis, we bury a god very close to home and we take a taxi to wax penis town to meet…
Lying Liars and their 12 Tribes - 014
On this weeks show - Uncle Mark bothers you during dinner, Uncle Dan puts on a pointless show with goatskins and stripy sticks, and the Venerable P. Andrew Torrez of the Opening Arguments podcast giv…
Flint sickles and Brass anvils and Myrrh - 013
This week Uncle Dan Buries a god with an unfortunate name who met an unfortunate end, Uncle Doug joins us to unwrap the stupidest Christmas gift of all and Professor K joins us for part 2 of How-To r…
Zodiac Shmodiac - With Eli Bosnick!!! - 012
This week! We ask you what your sign is and then tell you it's actually not, we book our next vacation on the Bay of Bengal, and the mighty Eli Bosnick joins us to talk about his journey from the Tor…
Gaining a Heart but Losing a Head - 011
This week Uncle Mark takes a seat, Uncle Dan buries a god for whom he could have just bought a drink, we ask if a man without a head can still be funny, and Dr. D rejoins us with everyone's consent.
Cover up Dad, you're Drunk - 010
This week Uncle Dan passes out naked in his tent, where Uncle Mark espies him, Uncle Doug Eulogizes a god most of us didn't know had ever lived, and Dr. Christopher Stroop joins us to shake out a few…