Let's be friends

In this episode, Father Timothy Pavlatos shares his journey from Orthodox upbringing and academic pursuits in theology and psychology to his deep engagement with spiritual warfare, humility, and mental health. Our conversation explores the “Silent War”—the spiritual battle within the mind, the role of demons versus trauma, and how humility and prayer are essential in overcoming mental and spiritua...

In this episode of the Let’s be friends podcast, we are joined by Anthony Westage. Anthony is the host of the Reversion Podcast and Substack, where he writes about current events, theology concerned with the end of the world, human history, and the final destiny of souls—a place where you can "reclaim your mind in the age of distraction." Join Anthony and me as we discuss the hidden conn...

Join Michaela Nikolaenko and me as we discuss how our view on spiritual warfare has changed. Michaela and I have a similar path; we are both ex-occultists and ex-Protestants and now newly Orthodox Christians. During our journey into the Orthodox faith, we both fell victim to misconceptions about spiritual warfare. As occultists, we both encountered demons. Not realizing what they truly were yet, w...

Join Father Seraphim Holland as he shares his journey from grief to grace following the loss of his son, Daniel. Discover how prayer, fasting, and divine signs transformed his suffering into a profound spiritual awakening. This episode delves into the power of intercession, the significance of the 40 days after death, and the importance of fasting and how to fast as an Orthodox Christian. The epis...

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast, with us today is returning guest and friend Buck Johnson. In this episode Buck and I dive into the mysteries and revelations we are currently facing today. In our convesratioin we discuss the profound book "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future" by Fathe Serpahim Rose. We also explore the hot topic of UFOs, the controversial Epstein f...

I didn't grow up a Christian; in fact, I never even believed Jesus was real until 5 years ago, when I had a radical encounter with Jesus while I was knee-deep in the occult, working as a psychic medium. Watch the video on YouTube I always believed in God; I just didn't know who he was, so I went searching in the psychedelic realm for him. I didn't like what I thought Christianity wa...

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast. With us today is Father Peter Heers.  You may know Father Peter Heers from his popular online and YouTube account, Orthodox Ethos. Father Peter is a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and assistant priest of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God Orthodox Church in Houston, TX. He is also the founder of U...

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast. Back on the show, Father Peter Heers is here for part 2 of our chat about baptism.  You may know Father Peter Heers from his popular online and YouTube account, Orthodox Ethos. Father Peter is a priest of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and assistant priest of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God Orthodox Chur...

Welcome back to the Let’s be friends podcast with us today is Father Paul Truebenbach. Father Paul is the presiding priest of St. Peter and Paul’s Orthodox Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. You may know Father Paul from his popular YouTube channel, where he discusses life-changing Orthodox books, the lives of the Saints, and shares his 15 part Catechism series.  In our episode today we discuss &quot...

Welcome back to the Let's Be Friends podcast!  With us today is guest Father Turbo Qualls. The allure of the occult has fascinated humankind for centuries, promising secret knowledge, power and healing. However, practicing the occult and New Age can lead to major psychological distress and spiritual turmoil. Join Father Turbo and me in a deep conversation about psychological/spiritual healing...

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast!  With us today is a new friend, Father Seraphim Holland, of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church. You may know Father Seraphim Holland from his social media or YouTube channel, OrthodoxNet, or maybe, like me, he came into your algorithm when a Protestant woman named Sarah came to him on the streets of Athens, storm-trooping him with evangelism. Father Ser...

On this episode of the Let’s Be Friends podcast, we are once again joined by frequent contributor and impromptu co-host, Nick Hinton. Recently, we discussed how psyops are being used to convince conspiracy theorists that we are in the apocalyptic last days of the Bible. However, these “prophecies” require no spiritual eyes to discern. Instead, they must be decoded using occult knowledge that truly...

On today’s episode of Let’s Be Friends, our frequent guest and contributor Nick Hinton returns to take a second look at the fake apocalypse theory we discussed back in 2022. Since then, it seems some of the predictions we made have come to pass, including the false revival, the right-wing taking over the country, conspiracies going mainstream, and the arrival of an AI antichrist spirit that’s infl...

Ready to untie the red thread holding the New Age, Gnostic Christianity, and the antichrist together?  Join me in an episode explaining and exposing the fabrics of Kabbalah, also known as Jewish mysticism.  Learn how it's woven itself into the biggest psychological operation to exist, Lucifer's lie sewn into the Garden of Eden. In this episode I discuss what tempted Eve, Lucifer's f...

Have you figured the Charlie Kirk Psyop out yet? Over the past two weeks I have dove deeper into the massive ritual and psychological operation the world witnessed on Sept 10th, which I am calling the Charlie Kirk Psyop. Join me as I delve into what I confidently believe to be a profound mind-programming ritual. In this episode I discuss my theories surrounding the Charlie Kirk "assassination...

Welcome back to the Let's be friends podcast. I am here today, new friend Michaela Nikolaenko. Michaela is the host of the Raised and Redeemed Podcast , a Christian author, and an ex-New Ager. Michaela was radically saved from child abuse trauma, substance abuse, ungodly relationships, and the occult. And now she is an Orthodox Christian, a mom, a wife, and a storyteller, and TODAY she is her...

On this episode of the Let’s Be Friends podcast, we become enemies!  I am joined again by frequent contributor and impromptu co-host Nick Hinton. And we definitely DO NOT talk about Christianity. Instead, we discuss the conspiracy theory that the Covid pandemic and the vaccine was actually a plot to inject people with an AI hive mind. We also discuss the original eastern and mystical meaning of sy...

Welcome back to the Let’s be friends podcast for a special episode; this one is not to be missed, unless of course you don’t want to know what the purpose of life is. In this episode I discuss something very important that happened to me last week and how it took me 42 years to get to. We are all searching for something in this life, trying to fill that emptiness inside of us. Some of us have been...

I live in Austin, Texas, and last week we had a catastrophic flood. A rain bomb hit Austin, Texas, dumping 4 months of rain in 24 hours. Microbursts causing rain bombs are becoming more common, but why? Texas isn’t the only place that has experienced strange weather or super heavy rains. We saw them last September in North Carolina, when a relentless downpour exceeded a year's worth of rain i...

Welcome back to the Let’s Be Friends podcast!  This podcast started in 2021 during a time of tension in the world to provide a place for friends to get together and talk about anything and everything. Through time the topics and conversations on the show have evolved. I have gone from discussing the occult, exposing the New Age, and diving deep into the bottom of the rabbit hole to following the J...

Welcome back to the Let’s be friends podcast! Back on the show is contributor urfavwretch, also known as Lala and the host of the Balanced Banter Podcast. Join us as we discuss how we have both been on a similar journey the past few years, having both left the New Age behind in 2021 after finding Christ and then both entering Protestant churches, until… we found the Orthodox church. We also have a...

Welcome back to the Let’s be friends Podcast. In this episode we have returning guest and friend Buck Johnson.  Buck is the host of the podcast “ Counterflow with Buck Johnson .” He is also a musician, firefighter, and Orthodox Christian. In this episode we are going to hear Buck’s testimony of how he went from being an atheist to an Orthodox Christian. In our chat, we discuss many topics, includi...

47 is the number of chaos magic, and 1947 was the year that seeded the chaotic jungle we live in today, where the 47th president was elected via chaos magic. Welcome back to the Let’s be friends podcast. Join me as I discuss the many foretelling and earth-shaking events of the year that broke the world. Some key events I discuss… UFO crash-landing in Roswell. The CIA was created in 1947. The AK-47...

Welcome back! It's been a while. It's been three months since I last posted an episode on here, so consider this my comeback and the official start of season 2 of the podcast. A new page has turned; this podcast is not the same as when it started in May 2021. Join me in this episode as I revisit the different themes of the show throughout the years and how it has all followed my awakenin...

In this episode of the Let’s Be Friends podcast, I share four words that recently changed my life: “May it be blessed”. With all the chaos surrounding us in the world today, I thought I would share something that has positively shifted my life. The concept is from a book of transcribed homilies by Elder Symeon on saying the prayer "May it be blessed" as a means to advance in the spiritua...