Church & Other Drugs

Greetings, Congregation! Back with another amazing episode with a new friend of the pod. Joshua Hagquist led to Father Chris, and Father Chris led to Chris Boss! Chris was raised in Southern Baptist tradition, and later found the Orthodoxy. Chris then began a 20 year drinking career, and celebrates 1 year sober next week! Chris shares about his journey and what he has learned along the way. Chris...

Greetings, Congregation! This week, I had a fantastic conversation with Chris Foley from Luxury! Chris started his faith journey in the evangelical world and quickly found dissatisfaction. Chris was playing in the Tooth & Nail band Luxury when life began to take him into another direction..becoming an Orthodox priest! Chris and his bands' story was recently chronicled in the documentary "Parallel...

Greetings, Congregation! This was an amazing episode for me, as I got to indulge my inner fan-boy and talk to Josh Hagquist from one of my FAVORITE bands, The Beautiful Mistake! Josh talks about what made them record an EP after a 14 year hiatus, what it was like releasing an album during a global pandemic, and the upcoming appearance at Furnace Fest 2021! Josh also talks about his faith and how i...

Greetings, Congregation! Whelp, let's see if I get banned by proxy for this one. Dan Smotz comes back on the show to talk about his recent purge from social media. Dan awoke one morning to find out that he and his wife's entire facebook presence had been deleted without warning. Dan and Jed talk about the issue of social media influence, free speech, and unfortunately get a little political as wel...

Greetings, Congregation! Listen, here's the deal- we all know what time it is when Nate Henry comes on the show. Jed didn't have a scheduled interview, so Jed and Nate just catch up as old buddies do-- and then predictably go WAY off the rails into every rabbit hole you can imagine. So listen and enjoy, or don't and i'll see you next week! Churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdr...

Greetings, Congregation! It's so good to be back! This week, Jed recaps his time at Trauma Treatment with Brandon Autrey! It has been quite a long month, and I do my best to put into words what i've been through. Help welcome me back! churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Greetings, congregation! This week, Jed brings on old friend and new friend of the pod Phil Avants! Phil has a stellar mustache. Jed, Brandon and Phil set out with one goal in mind: to make Jed feel better! Jed announces that he will be taking a hiatus, but shall return better than ever! churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Greetings Congregation! Hope everyone is safe and happy. This week, I bring on Andrew Shipman, a patron and Congregation member, to talk about his faith, deconstruction, rebuilding, and leaving his position at church. Jed shares his recent hiatus from being on the worship team, and the two commiserate and share why they each made the decisions to step away, and what has replaced it. They talk abou...

Greetings Congregation! This week for a special christmas treat, I bring you the Recovery In The Middle Ages Christmas Special! Jed was recently on Nat and Mike's podcast talking about all things Jesus, religion, recovery and spirituality! I want to show the boys some love so i aired the episode on my feed, please do them a Christmas solid and go like, subscribe, and share the episode! If you're f...

Greetings, Congregation! This week, Brandon Autrey hops back on the show to shoot the breeze with Jed. They talk about the occult origins of JPL, the connection to alien greys, and Brandon shares a heartwarming story about the beauty of death. churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings, congregation! it's exactly what it sounds like. Just a couple of friends having a good time during a hellish nightmare of a year. Enjoy! churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings, Congregation! I hope everyone is keeping safe out there. This week, Jed brings back his old pal Evan Godbold to talk about Evan's new novel, Thalassman's Code! Evan and Jed first talk about Star Wars, because of course we do. Then Evan goes into detail about the process of writing a novel, what it's about, what he wants to say, and more. Go support Evan by grabbing the book off of amazo...

Greetings, congregation! Jed brings on new friend of the pod, Joe Calderon from the Solidstate records band Lightworker! Joe tells Jed about growing up as a first-generation american, his early religious leanings, and the questions that galvanized his faith as an adult. Then, Joe gets into the history of his music career and how Lightworker came to be. Be sure to check out Lightworker's new album,...

Greetings, Congregation! This week, Jed talks again to his ole' pal Taylor Martin! Taylor has had a tough year living in France..but has made it through that year clean and sober! Taylor talks about all of the struggles that made this year particularly difficult, but also that much more rewarding. Then, Jed and Taylor talk about how the rest of the world views COVID and what the USA is going throu...

Greetings, Congregation! It's the return of Rogers "stinky white boy feet" doyle and Besh! Rogers gives us the lowdown on what its like to relapse after 5 years of sobriety, having a baby on the way, and working at a rehab. Its a sobering (ayyyy) reminder of what happens to the best of us. Besh gives us a praise report after his last visit cursing his creator..things are on the up and up for all o...

Greetings, Congregation! Today, Jed brings on new friends of the pod Nat and Mike! The duo started the podcast Recovery in the Middle Ages recently and are off to a great start. Jed was hindered by zoom time limits, but they get a chance to tell the story of how they met, the reason behind starting a podcast, and what they were like in the good ole' bad days! https://www.facebook.com/Recoveryinthe...

Jed recently spoke when he picked up his 6 year chip. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Greetings, Congregation! This week, Brandon comes back on the show to kick it old school with Jed! They go through the daily life of a junkie, gross junkie habits, how an addict gets money, and then Brandon recounts a harrowing tale of the time he (stupidly) tried to rob his drug dealer! churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs storefrontier.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more...

Greetings, Congregation! Hope everyone is well out there. First off, thanks to new Patrons Mike Wenzel and Noah G.! You guys rule. Jed starts the episode by reading a message from Ben Pelfrey and giving Jed's must-watch list. Then, Dopey Dave comes back on the show and gives an exclusive announcement for Dopey! Then, in true Jed and Dave form, the conversation meanders from jewishness and kosher f...

Greetings, congregation! This week, Jed is getting pummeled by not one, but TWO hurricanes! Hooray! But the silver lining is he got to talk to new friend Kara Fernstrom! Kara is a Canadian native who reached out to Jed about sharing a crack addiction. Kara tells her story of starting out drinking and finding her way to the devil's cracklin. patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs churchandotherdrugs@gmail...

Greetings, congregation! I hope you all are staying safe and masked-up out there. This week, Nate Henry drops back by to talk about his new show- Blurry Creatures! Episode one just dropped, and i put it on my feed as well so you congregants can check it out. Nate and Jed talk about belief systems, cryptids, bigfoot, spirituality, biblical truth, and the struggle to record electric drums. Enjoy! ch...

Nate Henry's new podcast, Blurry Creatures, is out now on all podcast platforms! i wanted to help get his show off the ground, so he let me upload episode 1 onto the C&oD feed. Be sure and go subscribe and leave a review to help him out, it's a great show i think some of you will love. blurrycreatures.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greetings, Congregation! This week, Kinzie and Jed spoke with Phil Drysdale, founder of the Deconstruction Network! Phil works full-time researching the phenomenon of Deconstruction..who's doing it, why are they doing it, where are they doing it, and what are the statistics? Phil is a wealth of knowledge and was kind enough to share his time with us, and we hope you enjoy it! phildrysdale.com chur...

Greetings, Congregation! I am still shaking back from my week in South Carolina for my Popeye's funeral, so Besh was gracious enough to come on for a short episode. Besh is going through some of his own struggles right now, so the boys just hash it out old school style. churchandotherdrugs@gmail.com patreon.com/churchandotherdrugs storefrontier.com/churchandotherdrugs Learn more about your ad choi...