Heretic Happy Hour

Once again we gather to award some lucky person the coveted "Jivanjee" award and crown a new Heretic of the Year for 2022. Who will it be? Kevin Garcia? Yolanda Norton? Meg Heppner? Rommel Parks-Weekly? Or April Ajoy? Tune in to find out! And the winner is.... To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we...

Can you imagine the world without the influence of Christianity? Or your own life without Jesus? Let's try to imagine what that alternate reality might look like, plus our Heretic of the Week is the amazing Dan Henderson, author of the newly released book Confessions of a Recovering Evangelical [Quoir Publishing]. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/h...

Try to imagine your life without Christmas. No tree. No presents. No eggnog. No red-nosed reindeer. How different would your life be? Plus, our HOTW is YouTuber Justin Tang. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the Qu...

Our “What if?” series continues as we explore how different Christianity may have been if the “Christ” had been a woman and how this new “Christa” movement might have impacted the Patriarchy, Church leadership, and more. Plus, hypnotherapist, life coach and host of The Art of Being H(YOU)man podcast, Meg Heppner , is our Heretic of the Week. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, pl...

In our new “What if?” series, we start off asking how alien contact would upset the Christian worldview and explore the implications of knowing we’re not alone in the universe. Plus, Jason Elam – co-editor of the new book, Parenting Deconstructed , is our Heretic of the Week. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-fu...

Our Church Trauma Series concludes with a look back at the slow-motion car-crash we call Mark Driscoll and his, sadly, ongoing reign of toxic, hyper-masculine TheoBro-ish misogynistic terror. Plus the beautiful and amazing April Ajoy is our HOTW. If you want to send Pastor Mark Driscoll a copy of Matthew's book Don't Be A D**k (because we all know he needs one), his church address is: Trinity Chur...

Our Church Trauma Series continues with a look at the sexual abuse controversy involving progressive Anabaptist pastor, Bruxy Cavey. Plus, our Heretic of the week is best-selling Canadian poet Darrell Epp, author of the newly-released Permanent Smoke . To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot...

Our Church Trauma Series continues with the massive nationwide abuse scandal and cover-up by America’s largest protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Church. Plus, our Heretic of the Week is Professor of Religion at Princeton and author Elaine Pagels. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we c...

Our new line-up assembles to tackle scandals, abuse, and cover-ups in our Church Trauma series, plus musician Jennifer Knapp is our HOTW. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is Not Church...

Welcome to our new lineup, featuring new co-hosts, a new format, and new perspectives to make our podcast even more happy and heretical than ever! To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is N...

Our film series wraps up with an adventure through Middle-earth, replete with dragons, elves, and of course, furry-footed hobbits. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is Not Church Messy...

Our film series continues with The Man From Earth— an interesting take on immortality, religion and humanity. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is Not Church Messy Spirituality IdeasDig...

Let's kick off our new series with the film Mary Magdalene and find out why the best films about Jesus aren't really about Jesus.   To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is Not Church Messy...

Nothing will ever be the same again after Derrick reveals the shocking truth. Don't miss this special episode! To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast Podcasts: This is Not Church Messy Spirituality IdeasDi...

In our final episode of the Parables series, the co-hosts write and share their own original parables and try to guess what they mean. Plus, a rare returning Heretic of the Week, Kevin Garcia, brings the heat. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up toda...

Let's subvert The Parable of the Fig Tree in our ongoing Parables Series. Plus, incredible insights from deconstruction researcher and Heretic of the Week, Phil Drysdale. To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the Quoir...

Revisiting the Parable of the Unjust judge leads to some unexpected insights. Plus, the amazing Desimber Rose Wattleton, author of   The Church Can Go To Hell: Overcoming the Brokenness, Bitterness, and Bondage of Church Hurt , is our Heretic of the Week!   To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we ca...

In our ongoing Parable Series, we're subverting the Parable of the Generous Landowner. Plus, Brian McLaren, author of Faith After Doubt is our Heretic of the Week!   To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is a crowd-funded podcast, we cannot continue without your help. So sign up today!!! Thank you! Check out all the QuoirCast...

Our Parables Series returns with the Parable of the Lost Sheep, and it's probably not what you think it's about. Plus, Kevin Sweeney, author of The Making of a Mystic: My Journey With Mushrooms, My Life as a Pastor, and Why It's Okay for Everyone to Relax , is our Heretic of the Week!   To support the Heretic Happy Hour podcast on Patreon, please go to www.patreon.com/heretichappyhour . As this is...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity’s White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance. In our final episode of this series, we learn from teacher, author, poet, and literary scholar Joy Ladin...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity’s White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance. In our penultimate episode in the Decolonizing Christianity series, transqueer activist, Latinx scholar,...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity’s White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance.   What would happen if black women were elevated, celebrated, and empowered? Yolanda Norton, founder of...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity’s White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance. Queer Theology is more inclusive and expansive than you might think and author/theologian Jay Johnson he...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity's White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance.   Black and Queer Christians have a lot to teach us about faith, love, and acceptance. Pastor and author...

Is the theology you were born into the only option? In this new series, the Heretic Happy Hour crew invites experts to walk us through other options for embracing faith from new perspectives. Let’s decolonize American Christianity's White Male cultural, theological, and psychological dominance. In this episode, Sandhya Jha , the founder and former executive director of the Oakland Peace Center, he...