Sacred Tension

In this stripped down, unedited episode of Sacred Tension I hang out with Lucien Greaves to discuss terrible Christian movies, Satanic blasphemy, the corruption of social media, his new music project Satanic Planet, and much more.  Find Lucien Greaves  here . Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction  here.   Join my Discord server  here. Read my articles and send m...

In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined by socialist economist, professor, and author Rob Larson to discuss the horrors of big tech, and what we can do about it. While we are all social distancing and more reliant on technology than ever, now is the best time to think deeply about how we can socialize the tech and digital worlds.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and my heightened work load/stres...

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by Lucien Greaves, co-founder and spokesperson for the Satanic Temple. We discuss the challenge of maintaining a religious community during the COVID-19 pandemic, common misunderstandings about the Satanic Temple, and why nontheistic religion is essential.  Find Lucien Greaves here . Join my Discord server  here. Read my articles and send me hate mail ...

Welcome to the new, stripped down, unedited Sacred Tension. Due to the incredible stress I've been under in recent weeks, I'm now releasing chill, unedited conversations for your listening pleasure. In this episode, I'm joined by longtime friend and occasional Sacred Tension co-host Danielle, who interviews me about what it's like being an essential grocery store worker during the COVID-19 pandemi...

In this episode, Matt and I conclude our commentary of Eleventyseven's new album Basic Glitches.  Listen to Basic Glitches on Spotify  here. Join my Discord server here. Read my articles and send me hate mail  here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts  here. Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction  here.   Join my mailing list  here. Follow me on twitter  here. Follow...

Matt Langston and I continue our conversation about his latest album Basic Glitches, which explores themes of religious trauma, deconversion, the digitization of our world, and much more. In this episode, we get to the silly half of the album. Listen to Basic Glitches on Spotify  here. Join my Discord server here. Read my articles and send me hate mail  here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts  here....

Matt Langston and I continue our conversation about music, evangelicalism, religious trauma, and more.  Listen to Basic Glitches on Spotify here. Read my articles and send me hate mail  here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts  here. Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction  here.   Join my mailing list  here. Follow me on twitter  here. Follow me on Instagram  here....

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by friend and colleague Matt Langston to discuss his latest album Basic Glitches. We talk about our long and traumatic journeys out of evangelical Christianity, sexual purity culture, and much more.  Listen to Basic Glitches on Spotify here. Read my articles and send me hate mail  here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts  here. Become a patron so I can co...

Find the transcript of this mini episode here.   Read my articles and send me hate mail  here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts  here. Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction  here.   Join my mailing list  here. Follow me on twitter  here. Follow me on Instagram  here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to b...

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I’m joined once more by Priest Penemue of the Satanic Temple to discuss supernaturalism, theism, and the Fifth tenet of the Satanic Temple. The fifth tenet reads, “Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.” Find Priest Penemue here . Support Priest Penemue on...

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with pastor, author, and astrophysicist Paul Wallace about his journey as an astrophysicist who can't shake his faith in God. We discuss Galileo, quantum physics, the interactions between faith and science, why I personally don't believe in God, and much more.  Find Paul Wallace's work here.   Join my Discord community here. Read my articles and send me h...

In this episode of Sacred Tension I'm joined by Priest Penemue -- a Satanic content creator and director of ministry at The Satanic Temple. We discuss the difference between Church of Satan and The Satanic Temple, and why those differences matter. Find Priest Penemue here . Support Priest Penemue on Patreon here. Read TST vs. CoS article here. Read my articles and send me hate mail here . Find oth...

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with professional conspiracy theory debunker Mick West about cognitive biases, aliens, real conspiracies, and much more.  You can find Mick West here .  Read my articles and send me hate mail here . Find other Rock Candy podcasts here. Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction here.   Join my mailing list here. Follow me on...

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by evangelical John W. Morehead for an ecumenical conversation about Satanism, Evangelicalism, multiculturalism, and more. Love my work and want to support it? Please consider becoming a  patron  so I can continue to bring you interesting content every week. Also, don’t forget to sign up for my  mailing list  so you don’t miss another podcast, blog pos...

Environmental scientist Melissa Wilson joins me to talk environmental collapse, and how we can fight it.  Find Melissa here Drawdown Project Find other Rock Candy Shows  here . Read my work, comment, or get in touch with me here . Support me on Patreon.   Join my mailing list .    This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, Jack Matirko of For Infernal Use Only answers questions about modern religious Satanism.  Love my work and want to support it? Please consider becoming a  patron  so I can continue to bring you interesting content every week. Also, don’t forget to sign up for my  mailing list  so you don’t miss another podcast, blog post, or cat picture. This is a public episode....

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with sex worker Kit Bauer. We discuss the stigma of sex work, a day in the life of a sex worker, the benefits and importance of sex work, and much more.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sacredtension.substack.com/subscribe

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I talk to controversial online leftist provocateur, edgelord, and de-radicalizer Vaush. We discuss his methods of argumentation with the far right, why he does what he does, and how the Left often fails in responding to our critics. We also address his recent sexual misconduct allegations. Content warning: this episode does address sexual abuse. You can find Vaus...

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, environmental scientist Melissa Wilson returns to the show to tell us a harrowing story of abuse at a small Christian college in Appalachia. Instead of assuming this incident is an anomaly, or a tempest in a teacup, it is best to see it as a microcosm of the abuse and crisis sweeping all of evangelical Christian culture.  Melissa B. Wilson, A.L.M and M.S. is an a...

The good news: my partner and I are buying a house this week, and soon I will have a brand new studio space.  The bad news: I'm way behind on the show because of the move.  Instead of a Sacred Tension episode, here is an interview I did with Matt Langston of Eventylife . We talk about creativity, love, coming of age as a queer person, and much more.  We will be back to regular Sacred Tension episo...