Perdition City Station
Jarad and Julie travel through the theology of the afterlife by train, bus, auto, ferry, and on foot. First stop Perdition City Station, last stop? Who knows?
They will be joined by cats, an occasional guest, ghosts, and a dead guy named Morty who came to hang out one Halloween and never left.
Come for the laughs, stay for the suffering.
This podcast contains some adult language and situations.
Episodes
40 episodes
Interview With Author Naomi Ulsted: Defying Hell by Finding Hope
This week, Julie and Jarad talk to writer Naomi Ulsted about her upcoming memoir, her book, The Apology Box, and how the fires of Hell from her evangelical upbringing influenced her work. Our conversation runs the gamut from Hell on ...
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1:04:55
Oscar Season Episode: Jarad and Julie Discuss Sinners
On this episode Jarad and Julie discuss the movie Sinners (with spoilers) and some of the rumination they had afterwards about racism and religion. If you didn't like this movie, you won't like this episode, because our hosts were all in. If yo...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:03:10
Believe Now, (The Rest of Us) Pay Later: How Evangelicals Form Belief Systems
In this episode, Julie and Jarad try to understand how what we believe about belief affects theology and society at large. How does a belief system that rejects doubt lead to authoritarianism? Should Jarad get a prophet robe to go with his flow...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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59:50
Conversation With Robert Roper: Author of Shut Up and Drink, Goblin Girl
Julie and Jarad discuss an upcoming book with the author, Robert Roper, author of Shut Up and Drink, Goblin Girl, due out in 2027.We discuss demons, tropes of Hell, how monsters attract outsiders, and how we deal with darkness w...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:13:52
The Necessary Devil: When the Appearance of Goodness Makes You Bad
After a tough week in this dystopian hellscape, Julie and Jarad discuss why everyone has to meet the devil—and why this is probably a good thing. They also discuss how chasing the appearance of goodness can lead to doing some really bad things....
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43:37
Medieval Witch Trials: A Slow Growing Satanic Panic (and a Sprinkling of Medieval Incels)
This week Jarad contemplates his "Hell on Earth" and why the universe seems to dislike his pants. Our cohosts discuss how Satan got so involved in magic in the Middle Ages and how that led to attitudes and misconceptions that haunt us to this d...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:16:34
News From Hell: 2025
Julie and Jarad discuss some news stories about Hell, say a prayer for 2026 (to be addressed to the god of your choice, or none at all), and discuss their own brushes with the infernal realms this year.Here are the stories we discussed:&...
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1:01:37
The Yule Lord: War on Christmas
In this episode, Julie and Jarad discuss Brom's book, The Yule Lord, where Krampus goes head to head with Santa with some weird results. Along the way, we are annoyed by cats and come up with pithy slogans for possible Christmas merch ...
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56:01
Krampus in Our Minds and in Our Hearts
This week Julie and Jarad explore the dark side of Christmas discovering that Christmas has a shadow that won't be denied. And maybe, we need a little Krampus after all. So join us to talk about Santa's furry helper with horns, but behave...bec...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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56:44
How C.S. Lewis Helped Me Leave the Church
It's another field trip! Pack a water bottle and a first-aid kit.Take the Bus from Hell to Heaven with our brave cohosts. In this episode, Julie discusses how The Great Divorce, started her on a path out of the church. (Probably...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:13:00
Ghosts in the System; How the Supernatural Haunts Religion
Julie and Jarad discuss the ways that supernatural stories can challenge the religious systems we're born with and force us to consider whether we can actually know everything about something so much bigger than we are. Come for the ghost stori...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:04:20
PCS Grand Finale: How Much Infernal Spaghetti Will Stick to the Wall?
Julie and Jarad discuss their findings from their first season, whether or not Crowley is an entity from the dark lord, and then ask themselves how they can change Hell. (Jarad is leaning towards hiring a new decorator.)Come wrap up seas...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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1:14:43
The Witch of Briar Hollow: Tropes on a Knife's Edge
In this episode, Jarad and I discuss The Witch of Briar Hollow, by Wes Wickley. Among our many tangents, we talk about what it means to be evil and whether it's even possible to write a horror story that fully embraces the traditional ...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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1:02:33
Hell in Horror Movies: Slasher Movies and the Path to Hell
We have our first guest, horror lover and expert Josh Brandon and we ask the question: Why in the world don't evangelicals LOVE horror films? Maybe they should. After Josh gives us a brief intro into Hell in Horror films, we get int...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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1:03:30
The Netherworld According to Julie
In this episode, Julie and Jarad discuss how the brain creates things that may have very little to do with this reality. How do we take the nuances of words and ideas, and our own histories to create whole new worlds? This episode is a good one...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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59:28
How Hell Was Built: A Snowball of Stories Rolling Downhill to Crush Our Dreams
Julie braves her memories of the field trip to Tartarus to ask the question, how did Hell, as we know it, come to be? Like Rome, it wasn't built in a day. Like the snowball in Scooby Doo's That's Snow Ghost, it picked up a lot of stuff...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:08:41
The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting on the Hill: Never Trust Something That Doesn't Dream
This week, Julie and Jarad discuss the Haunting of Hill House and the authorized sequel, The Haunting on the Hill. Are there places where the soul can be trapped by absolute reality? Unable to leave or dream? Can stories ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:22:35
Hella Anxious About the Future
In this episode, Julie and Jarad discuss whether the church's obsession with Heaven and Hell has influenced our modern American tendency to live in the future to the detriment of the present (and history)—or whether it's the other way around. O...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:13:27
Slewfoot: Getting the Devil You Choose
This week Julie and Jarad discuss Slewfoot by Brom. You know how much we talk about giving power to Hell and reserving none for Heaven? This book is a great example of the ramifications of that theology (among many other things.) Give ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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52:33
What Do Witches Have to Do With It? Everything You Need to Know About Jarad
In this episode, Jarad tells us about his religious beliefs so we can see where he's coming from during our conversations. We discuss witchcraft, paganism, folklore, and how Jarad ended up in Maine. Check out the episode for Jarad's...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:05:37
Let's Talk About Sin!
In this episode Julie and Jarad consider how people get assigned to go to Hell in the first place. They ask themselves a lot of questions. How is sin different from a moral wrong? How can Biblical interpretations of sin be dangerous? What do Ch...
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1:01:37
The House of Usher FINALLY Collapses!
Jarad and Julie finally come to the end of their ruminations on the Fall of the House of Usher...and it's finally time for Jarad's favorite death! They discuss the role of fate and death and the consequences our actions carry. "And ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:09:22
The Long Awaited Penultimate Episode of The Fall of the House of Usher!
Ok. The House of Usher hasn't quite fallen because Jarad and I were somewhat more loquacious than usual. But it's getting real shaky. It will be one hundred percent collapsed by next time. We promise! In this episode two more Usher children mee...
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45:36
Book Launch: Last Train Out of Hell Interrogation...Errr...Interview
Julie's debut novel, The Last Train Out of Hell, launches tomorrow and Jarad kindly (or is it a ruse?) offered to interview her about the book. He's read the ARC and he's ready to ask the tough questions, like what kind of snacks are a...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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54:00
Fall of the House of Usher 2: You Can't Escape the Fates—Or Annoying Cats
In this episode, Jarad is depressed by his lot in the late stage capitalistic hellscape we all live in, so Julie tries to cheer him up with tales of gruesome death and inescapable fate. The hosts discuss how well the Netflix series, The Fal...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:07:30