Clothesline Podcast

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 11 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This episode is heavy, not gonna lie. We talk about what sex education we had (or didn’t), our relationship to our physical bodies througho...

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 10 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. In this episode, Chris has some big news: they found our blogs from when we were 15/16 and met each other. Cringe with us while we read our...

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 09 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This episode is a great, albeit a touch chaotic, conversation about mental health and its relation to stress. We talk about gaps in our mem...

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 08 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. In this episode, we expand on some additional thoughts Chris had following our prior conversation in Episode 07 about Calvinism. That relat...

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 06 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. In this episode, we talk about growing up with Calvinist principles (namely TULIP and predestination), free will, and how we felt totally c...

What’s up, sinners? Welcome to Episode 06 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. In this episode, we talk about our inner children, inner teens, and mitigate the heaviness by reminiscing about Christian emo rock music an...

Welcome to Episode 05 of Clothesline, the lighthearted, dark-humoured podcast about growing up in cults. We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. In this episode, we define the words “cult” and “evangelical” and how we relate to our past indoctrinated selves. Some of the topics in this episode include: *...

Welcome to Episode 04 of the Clothesline podcast! We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This is where we talk about it in a lighthearted, dark-humoured way. In this episode, we talk about harm reduction, what it means, and how it relates to purity culture and evangelicalism. Some of the topics in this...

Welcome to Episode 03 of the Clothesline podcast! We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This is where we talk about it in a lighthearted, dark-humoured way. In this episode, we have a raw, meaningful conversation about what our relationships with our parents look like after leaving the church—and a bi...

Welcome to Episode 02 of the Clothesline podcast! We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. This is where we talk about it in an imperfect, human, raw, and fun way—somehow all at the same time. In this episode, we expand on our introductions from the first episode so you get more of the lore. Some of the...

Welcome to the first episode of the long-awaited Clothesline podcast! We’re Chris and Syd, two nonbinary people in their 30s who grew up homeschooled in fundamentalist evangelical Christian purity culture. And we’re airing out ALL the dirty laundry. This is a chaotic, fun, lighthearted, and meaningful first episode, where we introduce ourselves to you and give you a little background on why we dec...