Podcasts by OTOS Archive
"On the Other Side" was a production of the Open Stories Foundation between July 19 and October 25 of 2018. It was a podcast project dedicated to discussing religious, post-religious, and religion-adjacent issues from a distinctly millennial perspective.
Further podcasts by Chris Wei, Michelle Ross, & Blake Wright
Podcast on the topic Religion und Spiritualität
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OTOS Archive from 2019-08-04T18:49:28
For a few months, I was one of the co-hosts of a podcast called On the Other Side: Millennials and Religion. Starting in July 2018, On the Ot...
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OTOS14: Leaving Pentecostalism from 2018-10-18T18:24
Join us as Michelle interviews Chris Smith. Chris grew up as a practicing Pentecostal but eventually left his faith. Hear his fascinating story and his interesting ties to Mormonism.
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OTOS13: Arrington, the O.G. of Authentic Church History from 2018-10-11T18:08
Lend us you ear as I remember Leonard Arrington with Cristina Rosetti. Cristina is an ethnographer who recently presented at Sunstone about the new Arrington Diaries!
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OTOS12: On Mormonism, Atheism, and Environmental Philosophy from 2018-10-04T17:44
Chris interviews Russell Hatch about his non-religious upbringing in Provo (a town with a large majority of LDS). They discuss exclusion, dogma, the New Atheism, environmental philosophy, and the l...
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OTOS11: Who Cares about LDS History? from 2018-09-27T17:37
In this 2-part episode, the 3 of us hosts scratch the surface of some of the more indigestible topics from the early latter-days. We try to understand why these topics are triggering and hope to cr...
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OTOS10: Leaving Orthodox Judaism from 2018-09-20T17:32
Michelle interviews a former Orthodox Jew about her faith transition and about the struggles she’s worked to overcome in her post-religious life.
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OTOS09: The Hushed Ones: A Cover-Up 34 Years in the Making from 2018-09-13T17:21
Chris Wei interviews journalist Kristina Smith and filmmaker Spencer Allred about their collaborative project, THE HUSHED ONES, a documentary film which examines the issue of sexual abuse in the LD...
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OTOS08: Pageant Life and Teen Suicide from 2018-09-06T17:11
In this episode, our host Blake Wright will dig into the life of Ms. Global U.S. Kindra Kauer. We talk about the conflicts between conservative religious views and pageant life. We also discuss the...
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OTOS07: Mental Health and Faith Transitions from 2018-08-30T16:58
Chris interviews two therapists—Briana Petters and Troy Leishman—and they chat about self-care and mental health. They respond to listener-submitted questions/discussions about healthy conflict, em...
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OTOS06: Leaving a Baptist Pastorship from 2018-08-23T16:52
Chris was born into a non-religious household but was drawn to Christianity from a young age and ended up “converting” as a teenager. He determined then that he would be a pastor in order to help e...
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OTOS05: Death and the Afterlife from 2018-08-15T16:42
In this episode, Chris, Blake, and Michelle compare their various perspectives on death, the afterlife, and Iceland. Is there a soul? Is there a Heaven, or a Hell, or a void? Is the world fundament...
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OTOS04: Naked Mormonism from 2018-08-09T16:33
In this episode we have a great conversation with Bryce Blankenagel. Bryce will discuss some of the troubling aspects of Mormonism, past and present. Bryce grew up in the LDS faith and transitione...
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OTOS03: Values, Sexuality, and Faith Transition from 2018-08-02T16:24
In this episode, we chat with Chris Duce (the host of a sex-positive podcast about religion and personal stories) and Kristin Bennion (a clinical social worker and certified sex therapist). We talk...
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OTOS02: Moving On from Catholicism from 2018-07-26T15:37
In this episode we will discuss the faith transition of Carlos Nobelza Posas. Carlos was born and raised in New Orleans where he was very active in the Catholic faith. He attended Catholic schools...
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OTOS01: An Introduction to "On the Other Side: Millennials and Religion" from 2018-07-19T14:38
The On The Other Side Podcast is a weekly, hour-long podcast distributed by the Open Stories Foundation. It is a diverse panel representing varied voices within the millennial religious experience ...
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