Kitchen Table Cult Pod

What happens when you're poor and grew up with Dave Ramsey teachings and then you get married and don't have a credit score...and then you need to get divorced? Kieryn and Hännah talk about trickle-down economics, capitalism, American bootstraps mythology, and Dave Ramsey.

Kieryn & Hännah catch up on answering questions and talk about how cis men can use their privilege to be better. Footnote: https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1048547179193946112

Joined this week by KTC producer Aaron Bechtel, Kieryn and Hännah take a pause in their series to focus on self-care and recovering from trauma in religious environments. This discussion covers everything from power naps to voter registration to intuitive recovery.

Jaime Lee Finch joins Kieryn and Hännah to discuss purity culture, how it damages people, and how they are working to heal from it.

What happens when you read the Bible literally on the topic of gender roles? Kieryn and Hännah discuss headship theology, the Danvers Statement, complementarianism, and the toxic effects of gender essentialism on relationships.

Kieryn and Hännah delve into the negative aspects of their homeschool educations, and why they are so passionate about advocating for homeschool reform. When homeschooling goes wrong, it can go very very wrong...

Kieryn and Hännah are joined by Christopher Stroop and Emily Maust Wood to discuss the newly released Statement on Social Justice (cosigned and written by the likes of John MacArthur, James White, and Voddie Baucham. What does this statement mean, when translated from evangelical-ese? Why is this important? How does a Christian concerned with social justice respond?

Kieryn and Hännah dig into why courtship became popular in fundamentalist circles, how it works, and what their experiences with courting were like.

Kieryn and Hännah discuss what exactly distinguishes a cult from fundamentalism, and fundamentalism from evangelical thought--and then break down how to avoid falling into fundamentalism, and how to heal from it.

Eve and Kieryn talk with Kathryn Brightbill, Legislative Policy Analyst at CRHE about the Homeschool Legal Defense Association - what their role is in the current state of things, where they came from, and why they've managed to win so far.

Kieryn and Hännah talk about the organization behind Sessions' Religious Liberty Task Force: the Alliance Defending Freedom. Who are they, Where do they come from, What did they teach? How do you make a joke about conspiracy theories when the conspiracy turns out to be real?

Kieryn is back post hysto and they and Hännah drink and discuss the popularity culture of the cults they grew up in, courtship, the harris brothers, and the modesty survey. Also, for those so inclined, Kieryn's uterus images on a mastodon instance: https://computerfairi.es/@bluepupboi/100493509298593435

Hännah and Kieryn discuss the intersections of homeschooling, race, privilege, and children's rights.

Kieryn and Hännah talk about the Pro-Life Movement, what Kennedy's retirement means, and Birth Control

Hännah and Kieryn introduce themselves and talk about the end times.