Slow Train to Heck
Conversations with regular people about their deconstruction experiences, leaving toxic religious groups, and what comes next. Maple syrup-flavoured discussions about how authoritarian religion manifests in the Canadian space. Episodes release biweekly on Wednesdays.
Podcasting since 2021 • 45 episodes
Slow Train to Heck
Latest Episodes
Bonus Episode: The Divorced Virgin Project
Check out a special bonus episode of Slow Train to Heck where I interview Mindy, the creator of The Divorced Virgin Project, about her experience growing up in purity culture and how leaving it motivated her to create this resource for others w...
April 26, 2024
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32:52
Episode 43 (Finale): The Story You Told
Welcome to the finale of a podcast about people, sharing their stories of deconstruction and leaving behind toxic religious systems... so what happens next? I've got one more story for you.Podcast episode about Hegel's God: https://www....
October 11, 2023
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Episode 43
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43:16
Episode 42: Love Really Does Win
In this final conversation on Slow Train To Heck, Matt and Mandy Ottaway share the story of their lives together: Growing up in evangelicalism, attending Moody Bible Institute, getting into youth ministry in their early 20s... eventually with M...
September 27, 2023
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Episode 42
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1:39:21
Episode 41: The Kid in the Bookstore
Matthew Burkholder joins the podcast to share his experience of growing up immersed in purity culture, starting all the way back as a kid in a Christian bookstore surrounded by the key texts of that ideology. We talk about the lasting damage th...
September 13, 2023
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Episode 41
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1:15:01
Episode 40: Forced to Betray Ourselves
Olivia Grigg shares her experience of Christianity and the spiritual trauma that it caused her, and gives her take on religious trauma as a whole from her perspective as a social worker and counsellor focused on helping people navigate changing...
August 30, 2023
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Episode 40
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58:56