[Contributors to this Episode:  Matt Oxley, Hayne Griffen, Joey Svendsen,] Co-hosts Matt Oxley and Hayne Griffen share their stories of deconstruction, Matt all the way to unbelief and Hayne, into "belief territory" that most evangelicals would deem heresy.  The two dig deep into Hayne's story including his upbringing and how he now parents his own kids.  Matt laments on the lack of appreciation for the pain experienced by former Christians who have deconstructed out of the faith.  They both share how seasons of anger was a part of their journeys.  This podcast episod ..read more

[Contributors to this Episode: Joey Svendsen, Liz Miller, Stoy Prioleau, Matt Oxley] Stoy's cultural upbringing and mentoring (or lack of) instilled various perspectives about sex, marriage and success, that he'd later have to grow out of.   Joey and Liz lament over inappropriate hip-hop lyrics, having sons who love hip-hop, and Matt exhorts Christians to repent from capitalism.    Stoy also reminisces on middle school lingo amongst him and his black peers, throwing Joey into gleeful middle school nostalgia, remembering as kids hanging with Stoy and other black peers of Joey's ..read more

[Contributors to this Episode: Joey Svendsen, Hayne Griffen, Jack Hoey, Derek Kubilus] In EP10 of the Podcast, 4 months or so ago, Derek Kubilus introduced us to his perspective on a Universal salvation plan carried out by Jesus, captured in his new book, Holy Hell.  Regular guest, Jack Hoey, read the book and didn't have a positive reaction, even felt like it was contemptuous.  Hosts Joey Svendsen and Hayne Griffen beg to differ, and the four discuss. Get The B-Sides Feed   Facebook Discussion Group here. E-mail the PWNA team here. Theme Song and Intro Music: Stoy Prioleau (ak ..read more

[in this episode: Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks and host, Joey Svendsen] Dr. Tiffany Yecke Brooks joins to talk her newest book, Holy Ghosted: Spiritual Anxiety, Religious Trauma, and the Language of Abuse, which is a follow-up to her previous book Gaslighted by God.  Together, her and Joey discuss spiritual anxiety (including scrupulosity), the important difference between deconstructing faith and deconstructing God, and how spiritual questions are a sign of closeness rather than separation from God, the damaging characteristics of toxic religious communities, and many other themes found in ..read more

[on this episode: Jed Payne, Joey Svendsen, and Jared Svendsen] "Fam of the podcast," Jed Payne and literally family, Joey's big brother, Jared Svendsen join to talk conspiracies; touching on 911 and the moon landing, but focussing on the possibility of aliens.  They also discuss skepticism, media biases, biblical implications of all of it and whether or not they'd enter a UFO if they got the invite from one of those little green homies.    Jed is a co-host of this show and also has his own podcast, called Church and Other Drugs.    Get The B-Sides Feed   Facebo ..read more

[on this episode: Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler and Joey Svendsen] Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler, MD started a TikTok account, began to acquire a very large following and literally became hooked.  After he started to ignore his family because of the "TikTok addiction," his wife and daughters took matters into their own hands, pointed out to him the severity of his issue and pleaded for him to get help.  Now clean from his addiction, he decided to do his own research on social media addiction and his findings are captured in his book, "Influenced: The Impact of Social Media on Our Perception." Te ..read more

[on this episode: Josh Porter and Joey Svendsen] Did you have to destroy your secular CDs to keep the devil out when you were a kid?  Then, you'll enjoy this episode with Josh [Dies] Porter (Showbread) who is also an author with a new release, "With All Its Teeth: Sex, Violence, Profanity, and the Death of Christian Art."  With his book as the context, Joey and Josh manage to fit into one conversation the punk rock culture of Christian music they grew up with, both of their introductions into "secular music," a more rounded approach for Christians to consume art, the honesty of the ..read more

[hosts contributing on this episode: Joey Svendsen] What if all Christian Youth Group Ministries could be turned into Youth Centers that were instrumental in supporting youth of all faiths, backgrounds, and sexualities? Get The B-Sides Feed   Facebook Discussion Group here. E-mail the PWNA team here. Music:  Mechanical River ..read more

[hosts contributing on this episode: Joey Svendsen, Stoy Prioleau, Amy Alderman, Robbie Madison, Matt Oxley, Jed Payne] Joey opens up about what he feels may be too much personal apathy about politics and voting.  After sharing with a handful of the show's co-hosts on this one, he's met with more cynicism than he can handle.  Four of the five  present are convinced that the USA "political machine" doesn't care about people; only getting more votes for their team and acquiring more money and power.  And the guilt that many Christians try to push onto those who aren't more i ..read more

[hosts contributing on this episode: Joey Svendsen] Corey Nathan, host of the Talkin‘ Politics & Religion Without Killin‘ Each Other Podcast, joins the show to discuss a weakness of his.  He has a very hard time keeping composure when it comes to difficult discussions about politics and religion.  But deep in his heart, as a former Jewish man, now Christian, he knows that love is the goal.  And thus, the birth of his podcast.  Joey and Corey talk how much of society sees people with bad beliefs as bad people who should be scorned; and there's certainly no aiming to hu ..read more