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Deanna and Rich host Marie D’elephant of the Everyone’s Agnostic Podcast. Marie tells about her 12 year deconversion process as she left a fundamental Christian religion to become a freethinker. Her story will inspire you and challenge you to reach deeper within yourself to discover who you really are.

Left at the Valley is a uniquely funny podcast that uses off-the-cuff humor to land important points about living life as an atheist in a land that is not atheist friendly. We met them through podcasting and would love to introduce this energetic group to our listeners. They are not your average atheist podcast. They … Continue reading Left at the Valley

Deanna Joy connects with Rissy Alexa Lennex-McCool and Aiden Lennex-McCool for a unique episode of LAF. A crossover with The Cis are Getting Out of Hand!

Rich and Deanna Joy are joined by Jerry Dewitt and together they form the After Faith Network – bringing together the assets of Hope After Faith, and Living After Faith. In this episode, you’ll learn about new shows you can enjoy, and new programming to listen to. Join us as we launch our most ambitious … Continue reading Introducing the After Faith Network with Jerry Dewitt

Our January 1 episode is already recorded and edited, awaiting its official release. In that episode we announce a whole new experience in LAF.

Deanna Joy and Rich talk about going home for the holidays, why Rich ignores Christmas, movies to watch, rant about unequal labor and family pressure, discuss controversial media, and have an accidental therapy session.

Deanna and Ami talk about a little of everything, from IUDs to bad drivers — from Neil deGrasse Tyson to Michael Cohen, and miles in between. Content Note: Periods and Sexual Assault. Secular Soup

Steve Shives joins us for a long conversation about politics, Star Trek, atheism, YouTube, and more. He’s also a Managing Partner for the Normalize Atheism Campaign Find his great videos here: https://www.youtube.com/SteveShives You can support him on Patreon He’s on Ensign’s Log & Late Seating

Dustin Williams of the Atheist Nomads podcast joins us for the first time since 2011. We catch up with Dustin as a non-believer, a husband, a dad, and a podcaster.

You’ve heard a lot about her, now hear from her directly! Marissa talks about podcasting, GCS, and she tells the epic coming out story that ends with “Fuck you!” Find her work at http://rismccool.com/

In this episode Deanna and Rich talk with Nathan Dickey of A Leap of Doubt Podcast. Nathan was in training to become a professional Christian Apologist when he reasoned his way out of the faith. Join him as he recounts his journey, and discusses depression and suicidal ideation. CN: Depression and suicide

Ami was raised Mormon and as an adult left the church, lost a bad marriage, and has become an atheist activist.

Deanna and Rich talk with long-time Facebook friend and LAFer Rebecca Murphy about her entrapment in a cult, and how she got out. This is an old-school interview episode with lots of feels.

http://media.livingafterfaith.com/LAF00088-Darkness.mp3 (CN: spoilers are discussed) We watched a couple of movies that stirred up some feelings about the human condition and the state of the world: Black Panther and Wonder Woman. Sometimes the things that give us so much hope and make us feel motivated to see the good in the world also contrast with the darkness and despair around us. We’re trying to fight back against that darkness in our heads. (Note: Most of my crying during those two movies were happy cries, thankfully. Also, apparently I did get the song lyrics right despite getting the melody mixed up with “Bare Necessities” from The Jungle Book. The real question is how did I even know this old song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qk9o_ZeR7s ~DJ)

Thomas Westbrook is a podcaster, content creator, and activist who is currently raising money for Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests on GoFundMe. (CN: discussion of child abuse) Here are links to find him: The Here and How Podcast Holy Koolaid Holy Koolaid on Youtube

We’re here to bring you an extra special crossover episode in support of Marissa Alexa Lennox-Mccool. She is a podcaster, author, performer, speaker, ​and an LGBT rights and atheist activist. She co-founded the Trans Podcaster Visibility Network, she is the host of the podcasts The Inciting Incident and The Cis Are Getting Out of Hand, … Continue reading Marissa Alexa Lennox-McCool is getting a Science Vagina – Episode 86

Rich and Deanna get stoned and converse about cannabis in a lighthearted but informative way.

Sometimes we can’t live with social media, and we can’t live without it. In this episode, Rich and Deanna Joy discuss their strategies for living with and in many cases, on, social media. We would like to hear from you! Leave us a comment!

Rich and Deanna share some techniques they use to escape from the harsh realities of the world.

Back in the early days of Skype, we spoke with YouTuber Stephen James, who did an especially good take down of the Christian YouTube sensation of that day. We also announce our new sponsorship in this episode. Living After Faith is now sponsored by Tellectual Press! We’ll tell you more about them and how this … Continue reading Skepicktok with Stephen James – Episode 82