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In this episode, we react to Karissa Collins' new songs that she "created" using AI. We discuss what about AI makes Fundies love it so much, and why we still have hope for the future of music!

Karissa Beth's songs:

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In this episode, we answer listener questions including "How did Sadie's family become fundie?" "How did Sadie get into social work?" and "Why does Gavi own so many guitars?"

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In this episode, we answer questions from our Patreon!

Patch the Pirate: Ballad of Big Toe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIOLMBWEW-U&list=RDdIOLMBWEW-U&start_radio=1

Jimmy Dean: Big Bad John https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0&list=RDKnnHprUGKF0&start_radio=1

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Patch the Pirate: Rejoice in the Lord https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLpn9vCGoRE&list=RDiLpn9vCGoRE&start_radio=1

New Christie Minstrels: Today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGxRpWg_aqU&list=RDjGxRpWg_aqU&start_radio=1

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In this episode, we review Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

This episode contains spoilers for the entire book Yesteryear. This episode also contains discussions of physical abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse, and religious abuse.

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In this episode, we discuss the documentary "Death of the Pastor's Wife," which chronicles the story of Mica Miller and the abuse she suffered at her husband, Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This episode contains discussions of sexual, emotional, physical, and spiritual abuse.

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In this episode, Sadie discusses her treatment for OCD, Gavi discusses some comments on why Christian Nationalism will fail, and we make predictions on the future of the fundieverse!

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Today we are joined by Lilly, who runs the Lilly Archive/Fundie Archive content pages! We discuss all things Duggars, Rodrigues, Bates, and other fundies! We hope you enjoy!

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In this episode, Sadie teaches us about SNAKE HANDLING! The most INSANE and DANGEROUS Christian subculture. Snake Handling, surprisingly, has actual biblical justification behind it. However it is not widespread due to the extreme danger of handling venomous snakes. Churches that practice snake handling often have members die or suffer serious injury as a result.

James Dobson Bastard Kids episode about snake handling https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/168-snake-handlers-w-chelsea-weber-smith/id1573190999?i=1000666119686

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-22-tm-22814-story.html

https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/29/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/serpenthandlingb00burt/page/48/mode/1up

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In this episode, we discuss some of the reasons why Christian Nationalism is a doomed endeavor, as we view its zenith and believe that its ascendance is inevitable.

Our episode about Shiny Happy People season 2

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In this episode, we discuss Sadie's (as of yet unproven but highly promising) Hypothesis about the risk factors between growing up with religious trauma and experiencing domestic violence as an adult.

Resources:

• “Experiencing Child Abuse Increases Risk for IPV in Adulthood” - Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisible-bruises/202412/experiencing-child-abuse-increases-risk-for-ipv-in-adulthood?msockid=2ba568d81b3f696a252c7fd51a9768c8
• Study correlating religious abuse and domestic violence – https://vashtiinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/rts-connections-to-dv-and-sa-preliminary-res.pdf
• “A Commentary on Religion and Domestic Violence” by Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune with Salma Abugideiri and Rabbi Mark Dratch – https://evawintl.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Commentary-on-Religion-and-Domestic-Violence.pdf

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CW: This episode is about a domestic violence situation that includes discussion of multiple instances of physical and emotional abuse. Some of this discussion is graphic.

Our thoughts are with Heidi, her family, and the Rodrigues children as well as anybody who has suffered intimate partner violence or child abuse under fundamentalism.

Please do not mistake the tone of this video for us minimizing that in any way. What Timothy admitted to is a serious crime against his wife.

In today's episode, we discuss the confession Tim Rodrigues made in a Facebook post, in which he admitted to violently abusing his wife, , Heidi, accused his father, David, of child abuse during his upbringing, and asked for forgiveness as he seeks to regain the trust of his wife and his family.

This post received attention from friends and family members, most notably Heidi's family members who were understandably very angry at him for his abuse of their loved one, for his violation of her privacy in posting details publicly, and for his perceived motivations in publishing his confession, which they saw as highly manipulative.

Following this public fallout, Jill Rodrigues announced her departure from social media.

Sadie is a Certified Domestic Violence advocate in the State of Oregon. The book she recommends, "Becoming Allies," can be found here: https://www.alliesinchange.org/the-becoming-allies-book

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