Impure, Rethought

I am sorry this took so long, as you know it's been a ride but SEASON 2 IS COMING TO YOU! In this episode, Vika tells high school friend Lauren about the history of homeschooling in the United States, and how it became associated with Christian fundamentalism. Digressions include Spongebob, unschooling, and the controversy of carbon dating. Full show notes are available on the website, impureretho...

today...an update! ft. season 2 news and some changes to the pod....see you soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Vika and friend (and ghost tour guide in Salem, Mass.) Eliza Unseth as we slightly chaotically talk about Halloween, how our relationships to fear have changed as adults, how we explore darkness in writing, and walk through Vika's nightmare circus once again. Instagram: @ImpureRethought Twitter: @ImpureRethought Vika: @village_witch on Twitter and Instagram Eliza: @rubbishpirate on Instagram...

CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of suicidal ideation, family death A bit of a different episode today...Meg and Vika talk through how they journeyed into the Church TM and then out of it. There is lots of cringe at our high school selves, along with more serious topics like grief, mental health and how the church treats women. Thank you for coming along with us for the first season, we've absolutely...

Apologies in advance for one of our more somber episodes. Today we’re diving into the United States’ tumultuous relationship with relationships, from before the Mayflower to today. It’s a wild ride, but we promise it’s not all bad: you might be (distantly) related to both Meg and Julia Child. Content warnings: suicide, LGBTQ+ discrimination Full show notes are available on our website, impureretho...

It’s our big day! No one’s getting married, but we have our very first guest. Brittany Lane is here to talk with Meg about all things purity culture and marriage, from weird virginity metaphors to bad theologies. Content warnings: spiritual and sexual abuse Full show notes available on our website. Take Up Your Cross and Follow Us: Instagram: @ImpureRethought Twitter: @ImpureRethought Victoria: @v...

In the second part of our (not that) deep dive on Communism, we talk about who is possibly the Antichrist again, how the Red Scare affected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whether colonialism or communism is Worse, why the French Revolution was bad, actually, and how to cleverly edit the Bible so it supports made up statistics. Бога нет!  Full show notes are on our website, impurerethought.com. T...

To celebrate Impure, Rethought gaining 50 followers (yay!) Vika and Meg take a fun, casual look into the weird, culty world of worship music. Thank you all for supporting the pod! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode, Vika tells Meg about Christianity’s favorite dirty word, Communism. How did these two ideologies which seemingly have a lot in common become bitter enemies? We talk about Marx and Engels’ incredible relationship, Russia’s religious revival, and much like communism itself, Greece and Stalin both show up in unexpected places.  Special thanks to our sound guy, Chris Wright. F...

We’re going back to the original Unprecedented Times this week with an episode about creation myths from all over the world. Are women the root of all evil? Is Zeus out to get us? Or are we all just playthings for a god who was bored? From Genesis to the Quran, Meg walks Vika through a few of the stories people have told about where we came from and what it means to be human. Special thanks to our...

Everybody loves a martyr - but did you know that martyrdom has more to do with cool woodcuts and Greek philosophers than it does with Jesus? In this episode, Vika tells Meg about how everybody in the 1600s considered everybody else the Antichrist and how the very anti-Catholic roots of martyrdom influence American culture today, from the origins of ancient Christian to Henry VIII, the Salem Witch...

For those of us who grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school, its words can feel as old as time itself – but what if we told you the Pledge in its current form is the same age as John Travolta? This week Meg walks Vika through the origins of the Christian Right, how white Evangelicals became the massive voting bloc they are today, and which Supreme Court case started it all (spoiler: it...

A brief note to say we know the audio is a little wonky on this one! Technology, amirite? In this statistics heavy episode, Vika gives Meg marriage tips on how to be a submissive wife. She also explores where the idea of women being submissive came from across different religions, the influence of our favorite guy John Calvin, and how that still affects our ideas of gender today. Diatribes include...

In this unintentionally timely episode, Meg walks Vika through the views on parenting America just can’t shake and some fascist rhetoric that sounds suspiciously similar to a 20th century US president’s. (Let us know if you figure out which president it is before Vika does.) Meg also covers the stigma around deciding not to have kids, the unnecessary gendering around giving birth, and who called r...

This week on Impure Rethought Victoria presents on everybody’s favorite podcast topic, MLMs aka Multi-Level-Marketing Schemes. But wait! This isn’t your regular MLM episode. She goes into how specifically they prey on stay-at-home moms, the term stay-at-home, which is older than you think, the history of women’s rights and domestic labor, and how all of those things intersect. She also makes Meg d...

01 God Has a Plan: Toxic Positivity, Enlightenment Philosophers, and Empathy In our very first episode, Meg dives into the evangelical church’s age-old problem with toxic positivity. From old white guys to even older white guys, the “things could be worse” mentality has plagued us for literal centuries. All we can say is … thoughts & prayers! Special thanks to our sound guy Chris Wright. Take...

Welcome to Impure, Rethought, a podcast examining how patriarchy, purity, and profit shape our culture. Hosted by Vika Hendersen and Meg Grazian. Special thanks to our sound guy Chris Wright. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @ImpureRethought and find show notes on our website, impurerethought.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.