Podcasts by Dirty Rotten Church Kids
A podcast by church kids for church kids-- figuring out life, art and culture on the other side of the evangelical bubble.
Equal parts heavy and light.
Further podcasts by Drck Productions
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep w/ Andre Henry from 2022-02-16T06:00
This week we had the pleasure of speaking with singer-songwriter, author, podcaster and activist Andre Henry. We discuss his new book, ‘All The White Friends I Couldn’t Keep’, and moving from racia...
ListenBecoming Less from 2022-02-02T06:00
In this episode we talk about the sins of the Flllleeeshhhh™?! We discuss how we were taught to deny self, distrust instincts and how messages of inadequacy had us decreasing so God could increase....
ListenDirty Rotten 2022 from 2022-01-19T18:35
We are back on our bullshit for the first episode of 2022! To stretch out our Podcasting muscles and get back into the groove of things we dig into what we missed since November, play a game of Meg...
ListenTwo Year Anniversary! from 2021-11-17T06:00
It's the last episode of the year! This episode has got everything: CCM, multiple Bad Apples Good Questions, taking Chris Pratt to Hell Court, donkey schlongs, a look back at our favorite episode m...
ListenWe Need Each Other w/ Tori Williams Douglass from 2021-11-03T05:00
This week we got to speak with anti-racist educator/podcaster Tori Williams Douglass (White Homework! Go Home Bible, You’re Drunk!). We discuss the simplicity of justice without conditions, raising...
ListenGood Enough w/ Aaron Gillespie from 2021-10-20T05:00
This week we had to chance to talk to musician, songwriter and producer Aaron Gillespie (Underoath! The Almost!). We talked about nonlinear faith change, Christian creativity, impostor syndrome and...
ListenHow Many You Running? from 2021-10-06T06:12:49
This week we're talking about church plants - our experience with start up churches, some of the ideologies that played into the process, and how we feel looking back. We discuss church splits, ter...
ListenIn Relationship with Difference w/ Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza from 2021-09-22T05:00
This week we had the pleasure of speaking with author/podcaster/scholar/public ethicist Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinosa (ActivisTheology!). We talk about their embodiment journey, the deconstruction t...
ListenHouse with Many Rooms from 2021-09-08T05:00
This week we’re talking about the Pearly Gates—how we were taught about heaven, how that impacted our sense of empathy and presence, and what happened when we deconstructed it. We discuss some ways...
ListenDo Your Own Work w/ Mike McHargue from 2021-08-25T05:00
This week we speak with author, speaker and content creator Mike McHargue (The Cozy Robot Show! You Are a Miracle and a Pain in the Ass). We hear about his story from evangelicalism into a combinat...
ListenCreative Commodities from 2021-08-11T05:00
This week we are back to talk about creativity within the church context - the ways we were taught to see our gifts, missional creativity and the template of Christian art. We also talk about fakin...
ListenYour Body is a Person w/ Jamie Lee Finch from 2021-07-28T05:00
JLF is back! This week we had the pleasure of once again hanging out with author, sexuality/embodiment coach and real life friend Jamie Lee Finch (You Are Your Own). We talk about living into your ...
ListenDirty Rotten Review: A Week Away from 2021-07-14T05:00
We're changing it up this week and sharing an episode from our Patreon podcast, Bobodumdums! In this episode we reviewed Netflix's "A Week Away", and boy did we have thoughts. We also take trendy p...
ListenIn the Twinkling of an Eye from 2021-06-30T05:00
Are you packed and ready? This week we talk about the Rapture: how the theology came to be, how we were taught about it growing up, how it has impacted so many church kids over the years. We also t...
ListenVictims and Villains w/ Janice Lagata from 2021-06-16T05:00
This week we had the privilege of speaking to writer and podcaster Janice Lagata (God Has Not Given!). She is a Hillsong College alumnus, and was the former stage manager and original launch team m...
ListenQuietly Out the Side Door from 2021-06-02T05:00
This week we talk about leaving church: why we and others like us left , the ways it is often handled, and how the pandemic has changed the church experience for so many. We also play a round of im...
ListenDirty Rotten Church Camp from 2021-05-05T05:00
No purpling! For this week’s episode we talk about church camp—the memories we associate with it, the ways it impacted us as campers (and camp leaders) and how we relate to those experiences after ...
ListenValues and Narratives w/ Brady Hardin from 2021-04-21T05:00
This week we had the opportunity to speak with Brady Hardin, co host of The Life After podcast! We talk to him about his deconstruction story from Calvinism to Secular Humanism and ways to find the...
ListenWhat We Make of Jesus from 2021-04-07T05:00
Jesus Christ! On this long ass DRCK episode following Easter, we talk about the big JC: how we were taught about Jesus, what we have let go of, and how much of our thoughts on Jesus has changed pos...
ListenFully Loved, Fully Known w/ Grace Baldridge from 2021-03-24T05:20
On this week's episode we had the opportunity to speak to Grace Baldridge! We talk about the new album Preacher's Kid, how it felt to make history as the first openly queer Christian artist to top ...
ListenReconstruct or Don't from 2021-03-10T06:00
This week we talk about deconstruction...again. With the word in the forefront of many evangelical conversations, we decided to discuss how we view deconstruction, what it looked like for us, and s...
ListenWhatever God Is w/ John Mark McMillan from 2021-02-24T02:00
On this episode we got to talk with John Mark McMillan! We discuss his journey of embracing a holistic spirituality over the years, how his faith often shifts from day to day and how he approaches ...
ListenDate Like a Christian from 2021-02-10T02:00
Love is in the air, Bad Apples. For the episode before Valentine’s Day we wanted to talk about Christian dating: how we were taught to hold out for marriage, guarding our hearts and courting the wa...
ListenGo Back to Yourself w/ Jamie Lee Finch from 2021-01-20T02:00
We're back, Bad Apples. To kick off Season 2 and the first episode of 2021, we thought who better to speak with than author and embodiment coach Jamie Lee Finch, aka the artist formerly known as Th...
ListenThe Miraculous Christmas in Quarantine from 2020-12-16T02:00
It’s the last episode of 2020 and of Season One! In this one we talk about miracles—how we were taught them growing up, how we see them now, and how belief can be a feedback loop. We also talk abou...
ListenOne Year Anniversary!! from 2020-11-25T02:00
One year of DRCK! Can't even believe it. In this episode we take a look back at our favorite show moments, take questions from the Bad Apples and discuss what we've learned. We also talk about Carl...
ListenSecurity and Clarity w/ Cindy Wang Brandt from 2020-11-11T02:00
This week we speak to Cindy Wang Brandt (Author! Podcaster! Speaker!). We discuss parenting after leaving evangelicalism, re-framing how we see children and raising our family like a playground. Ci...
ListenThoughts and Prayers from 2020-10-28T06:00
This week we talk about thoughts and prayers. How we were taught about it, some of the ways we saw it abused and unpack what prayer means on this side of faith change. We also talk about tone polic...
ListenPurity and Resonance w/ Brenda Marie Davies from 2020-10-14T03:00
For episode 27 we talk to author, sex educator, youtuber and blogger Brenda Marie Davies aka God is Grey! We discuss experiencing the Divine for yourself, unlearning purity culture and finding sexu...
ListenVote Like a Christian from 2020-09-30T03:00
For episode 26 (not 27, despite what Adrian said) we talk about Christian Nationalism-how the term Christian ad the term patriot were intermingled, what that looked like in our experiences and the ...
ListenYour First Language is Pleasure w/ Lauren Scott from 2020-09-16T03:00
This week was such a blast. We got to speak with Lauren Scott (Therapist! Sex Coach!) about all things pleasure. We discuss growing up in White Evangelical Purity Culture, unlearning religious sham...
ListenWhen We Embrace Shame w/ Matthias Roberts from 2020-09-02T03:00
In this episode we speak to Matthias Roberts, author of 'Beyond Shame' and podcast host of 'Queerology'. We talk about how purity culture drives sexual shame, ways we deal with those messages and t...
ListenThe God We Are Left With from 2020-08-19T03:00
In Episode 23 we talk about The Man Upstairs™; how we were taught about God, how that has changed for us and what of The Divine remains. We also talk about worship music, Jerry Falwell Jr's unbutto...
ListenLeaving Yourself at the Door from 2020-08-05T03:00
This week on DRCK we talk about Church Family! We unpack the reality of conditional acceptance, Christian homogenization and the challenge of finding community after deconstruction. We also share a...
ListenWho Christianity Belongs To w/ Jo Luehmann from 2020-07-22T03:00
This epsiode may be our favorite to date. We speak to author, speaker, content creator and community builder Jo Luehmann. We discuss decolonizing faith, narcissism within the church and the body's ...
ListenPlaying Divine Telephone from 2020-07-08T03:00
One of the most asked questions we receive is, "are you Christians?" and this week we answer that question. We talk about what the term Christian represented growing up, how it has been hijacked an...
ListenThe Messy Inner Work w/ Steph Barron Hall of @NineTypesCo from 2020-06-24T03:00
This week we talk to Steph Hall (@ninetypesco!). She is an Enneagram coach, digital community builder, and author of the new book "The Enneagram in Love". We talk about her faith deconstruction, ex...
ListenPutting Away White God w/ Brandon Lubin and Nick Murray from 2020-06-10T03:00
In episode 18 we talk to our friends, multi-disciplinary artists Brandon Lubin and Nick Murray. We talk about ways the church hijacks creative exploration, homogenizes behavior, and quiets activism...
ListenBreaking Mama's Heart from 2020-06-03T03:00
This week's episode is a grab bag: we talk about John Piper's new book on Coronavirus, Ravi Zacharias, and tackle the F word: Family. We discuss the narrative of the Good Christian Family ™ and hea...
ListenYou Are a River w/ NakedPastor David Hayward from 2020-05-20T03:00
In episode 16 we speak to David Hayward (NakedPastor! The Lasting Supper!), a cartoonist, writer and community builder. We discuss spiritual independence, rejecting labels and being comfortable in ...
ListenLet Bad Religion Die w/ Kevin Garcia from 2020-04-22T03:00
In this week’s episode we talk to author, speaker, intuitive soul coach and digital pastor Kevin Garcia (Bad Theology Kills! A Tiny Revolution! Big Queer Adventure Co!). We discuss their story...
Resurrection in Quarantine from 2020-04-08T03:00
Back to Back DRCK episodes?! This week we decided to throw in an easter egg (ha, pun) for the Bad Apples. In Episode 13 we talk all things Easter: we discuss the Super Bowl of church services and w...
ListenThe Hell You Hold Onto w/ Danny Prada from 2020-04-01T03:00
In this quarantined DRCK episode we bring back Danny Prada (Heartway!) to talk about HELL: how the church taught us about it, where the notion came from in the Bible, and why the very idea of Hell ...
ListenThe Voice We Silenced from 2020-03-18T02:00
This week’s episode is a first of many ongoing conversations. We discuss how we were taught about biblical gender roles. We unpack the ‘headship and helper’ narratives, the quieting of children’s v...
ListenIt’s not Doubt, It’s Curiosity w/ Jess Murray from 2020-03-04T02:00
For our 10th(!!) episode we talk to Jess Murray (Promenade Counseling!). We discuss navigating religious trauma, how the church approaches mental health and the art of listening to yourself. We als...
ListenThe Second Look is Sinning from 2020-02-19T02:00
In this week's episode we discuss Joshua Harris' documentary, 'I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye'. We unpack our own experiences with purity culture, the idea of the Mythic Normal, and hear storie...
ListenIt's Okay, I Love You Anyways w/ Danny Brunjes from 2020-02-05T02:00
On this week's episode we talk to Danny Brunjes (Paradise Hymns! Provendencia WPB! Rivers!) about ways the church approaches trauma, how the evangelical narrative affects inner healing, and how to ...
ListenBeauty in the Backslide from 2020-01-22T02:00
On this week's episode Adrian and Josh talk about their stories of faith excavation-why deconstruction was necessary, their first questions and the community that turns up in the spiritual wilderne...
ListenToo Much Shoulder for the Vatican w/ Emily Prada from 2020-01-08T02:00
In this episode we talk to Emily Prada, fitness model turned church planter (Heartway!) turned creative entrepreneur. We discuss battling the “Pastor’s Wife” stereotype, how self love informs your ...
Listen15 Pounds of Myrrh from 2019-12-23T02:00
Christmas time is here! For the last DRCK episode of the year Josh and Adrian discuss the art of prologue, the parable of the virgin birth, Christmas Melancholy and becoming carol bounty hunters.
Graceful Joints, Holy Bumps w/ Imani Givertz from 2019-12-11T02:00
On this episode we talk with Imani Givertz about going from church staffer to touring photographer, vulnerability when confronting mental illness and finding the sacred in the secular.
ListenThe Bible Isn't (just) True from 2019-11-27T02:00
Josh and Adrian talk about John Crist-not-Christ, Beth Moore bashers and taking the Bible too seriously.
ListenLet there be Podcast! from 2019-11-13T06:00
Musicians, dads, millennial idiots trying to figure out what THIS is. Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link are Dirty Rotten Church Kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenLet there be Podcast! from 2019-11-13T06:00
Musicians, dads, millennial idiots trying to figure out what THIS is. Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link are Dirty Rotten Church Kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ListenPastor of Pump w/ Danny Prada from 2019-11-13T02:00
Danny Prada (Heartway) talks about secondhand religion, deconstructing gracefully and having sex during the rapture.
ListenLet there be Podcast! from 2019-11-13T02:00
Musicians, dads, millennial idiots trying to figure out what THIS is.
Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link are Dirty Rotten Church Kids.