Drunk Ex-Pastors

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors with one final bit of blowback from our interview with Cash Peters—and this one's priceless—which leads us into a reflection about the Fundamentalist's pathological need to find a threat or demon lurking behind every tree (can't an innocent erotic chakra massage be religiously neutral? Geez. Relax, people). We then banter a bit about the new Star Wars film...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with an in-depth breakdown of the New Star Wars film that neither of us had seen yet (turns out it was awesome), after which we debrief a bit about the Cash Peters interview from our last show. Christian then describes how his company does "mission trips," which is weird since it makes no sense to do nice things for underprivileged people when you hate Jesus...

In this episode, the DXPs welcome mystic, TV personality, radio host, handwriting analyst, and author Cash Peters into the studio (he's kind of like the Dos Equis "Most Interesting Man in the World" guy, just with a British accent and teeth). In our first hour, Cash analyses our handwriting and is deeply surprised by what he learns about Jason (although Christian thinks the analysis was pretty muc...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, Jason and Christian begin by discussing some of the blowback from last week's interview with Dan Savage, and then take a series of voicemails on topics ranging from how sexy our voices are to whether we should have free college tuition, and from the refugee crisis to whether we truly mock God on our show. We address the issues of modern evangelical culture and...

In this episode, the DXPs sit down with infamous sex advice columnist and gay-rights activist Dan Savage. Highlights include Christian telling a vagina-centric story that shocks Dan and renders him speechless (no easy feat in his line of work), and Dan connecting with Jason over their mutual love of musical theater (to the point where Dan refers to him as "Girl!"). Dan discusses his sexuality, the...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, we begin by finally tackling the age-old question, "If you're blind, how much does it matter if your spouse is hot or not?" As you may guess, a query of this magnitude has multiple layers of nuance, but we do give our best shot at an answer. We then resist a caller's temptation to try to steal food from the mouth of a homeless, as well as engage with another ca...

In our very first video-recorded episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors (courtesy of David and Kevin from the Charred Barrel Society), Jason and Christian explore the merits of a new religion called "Pastafarianism," after which we address the "War on Christmas" and the supposedly nationwide outcry over Starbucks' new holiday cups in particular. We then take a listener's question about how much a potential p...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors opens with a brief discussion of whether Time magazine's fourth most-powerful person in the world deserves the label, after which we take a call from (and are shocked at the libido of) the world's most brilliant theoretical physicist. We turn our attention to the irony that is Seattle's Amazon Books superstore, which is intertwined with the topic of technology, lea...

In this episode the Drunk Ex-Pastors interview pastor-author Jay Bakker, "Christian agnostic" and son of Jim and Tammy Faye. We begin with a disavowal of anything we say since we do absolutely no research before weighing in on a topic, after which (to Christian's annoyance) Jay and Jason talk about skateboarding for way too long. Jay relays his first and only experience with our former church, Cal...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with a heartwarming tale of "tough love," that special brand of care that renders the phrase "kill them with kindness" all the more meaningful. We take a call from a listener demanding to know more about Jason's life (which demand is rebuffed), and another from some guy who hates Mother Teresa and implies she was some sort of monster. We discuss one of the N...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, Jason and Christian discuss whether excessive drinking is really as harmful as all the experts unanimously warn (turns out it's fine). We then discuss a recent documentary about The Shining, seeking to determine whether Kubrick was really the genius his most devoted fans insist he was, or whether those fans need to move out of their parents' basements and do so...

Episode #67 of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with a brief discussion about all the ways Jason is the worst Catholic ever, but then moves on to the question of why (1) if you love guns you're most likely an evangelical Christian, and (2) if you're an evangelical Christian you most likely miss the entire point of everything Jesus taught. We take a call from an ex-Catholic atheist asking what the point of...

In this special episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, Jason and Christian discuss the recent mass shooting in Roseburg, OR, as well as exhibit their hatred of America and freedom by daring to wonder aloud whether anything can be done about this sort of thing (and if so, what). As it turns out, plenty of things can be done (but whether we have the national will to do them is another question). Also, small p...

Jason and Christian begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors by discussing a post that Jason wrote about how a smidge of agnosticism is worth avoiding the perils of fundamentalism, after which we offer some philosophy tips to a student of philosophy (which he himself asked for, oddly enough). We then tackle listener questions about the supposedly apocalyptic blood moon and the bizarre culture of con...

In this episode of drunk Ex-Pastors, we begin with a capitulation on Christian's part toward the color-blind, and then move on to what a man's chin and legs tell us about his sexual orientation. Jason nods his head and furrows his brow as Christian expresses his frustration over DXP's Catholic listeners, after which we take a call from an active military listener explaining what exactly "lawful or...

In this episode, the Drunk Ex-Pastors respond to a listener's misgivings about how we handled the Kim Davis controversy, which leads to a discussion about elected officials, civil disobedience, and what Jesus thinks about it all. Jason tries to tell a story about his dad, which Christian interrupts with something about his own father that is so poignant that it would move most normal people to tea...

In this episode, the DXPs banter a bit about Kim Davis's eye of the tiger, wanting to rock, and all the people God screwed over just to make a point, after which we take a call about the propriety of Christians' selling their testimonies for money. We bat around the clearly unthought-through idea of doing a Drunk Ex-Pastors college tour, and then field a question about slippery-slope arguments aga...

In this episode of DXP "we"—Jason and the listening audience—are granted privileged access into a private therapy session between Christian and porn-addict recovery specialist Seth Taylor (tackling such sensitive topics as "How does Christian know he's actually clinically addicted?"; "How often is so often that it becomes a problem"; and "Masturbation-related injuries: what causes them and how the...

Jason and Christian begin episode 60 of Drunk Ex-Pastors by enjoying some immediate karma for a lady who has it coming. They then lament the downfall of their favorite Survivor contestant and Fox and Friends correspondent, Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Going from bad to worse, the DXPs then discuss Michelle Carter, pretty much the worst girlfriend any guy could ask for. They then move on to Kim Davis, pre...

We begin this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors by relaying a harrowing tale involving a Mexican native of Honduras who was buried alive, after which we take a call from a minister who admires Christian's Christianity (yep, you read that right). We then venture into the crazy world of glossolalia, end times prophecy, and TV preachers, trying to figure out if anyone actually believes in this stuff (Jason...

This episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with Jason asking Christian to diagnose him after he discovers the depths of his own duplicity and greed, after which we banter a bit about the various presidential hopefuls. Christian then shares an interesting insight that he "read somewhere" (ahem) about our present dystopic existence. We take a listener's call asking us to reflect a bit about DXP's one-y...

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, we open the floor up to you, the listener, and let you set the table for the evening's discussion. We begin by tackling the issue of who would win in a fight between the two of us (Jason didn't agree with Christian's answer, but he chose not to press the issue because he hates fighting). We take a listener's call about vasectomies and miscarriages, and then add...

In this our one-year anniversary episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors, we begin by letting the South off the hook and setting our sites somewhere else for a change: Florida (which is technically not the South, even though it's farther south than the South, which just goes to show how stupid they all are). We then spend a few moments talking about drones, robots, and cartoons, after which we spend the remai...

In this episode, the DXPs share their opinions on kids' sports and Christian's new Mom Jeans for dads, after which we debate whether Noachian terms should still be used ("Noachian" is an outdated word meaning "outdated"). We then spend some time discussing whether it's OK to be disgusted both by selling dead baby livers and killing majestic African animals, or if we just have to be saddened by one...

In this episode, the DXPs try to determine whether they are a part of a new-fangled cultural demographic that they eventually conclude is mostly bullshit (but at times eerily specific and correct in its description of them). We then spend some time on the long past-due topic of Keanu Reeves (you're welcome), after which we take listener voicemails about agnosticism and whether Cherokees and Cathol...