ExcommuniDate: Life & Love After Religion
You left the faith. The baggage stayed.
Ex-Mormon Jessa and former Presbyterian Austin get real about dating after religion: purity culture damage, mismatched values, and building relationships on your own terms. Honest, hilarious, and judgment-free.
For the deconstructed, the questioning, and anyone dating outside the lines they were raised in.
New episodes every two weeks.
Podcasting since 2024 • 27 episodes
ExcommuniDate: Life & Love After Religion
Latest Episodes
24. 2025 Recap: Lessons, Fails, and What's Next
In this year-end recap episode, hosts Austin, Jessa, and producer Miguel pull back the curtain on their first year of podcasting. They share technical disasters (internet outages, mic mishaps, Rubik's cube fidgeting), administrative fails (the ...
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Episode 24
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23. Bible PTSD, Chaos Magic & The Funniest Faith Crisis You’ve Ever Heard
Jack Violently joins Jessa, Austin, and Miguel to share his story of growing up evangelical, slowly losing faith, and figuring out who he is without religion’s script. He opens up about church trauma, purity culture, the fear of questioning doc...
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Episode 23
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23. The Ick Index: Scoring Red Flags
In this play-along episode, we put modern dating under a microscope. Hosts Austin, Jessa, and guest Laz share their biggest dating gripes, then score them as icks or red flags from 1 to 5. Topics include: baby-talk sign-offs ("bye-bye now"), th...
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22. Raised for the Rapture
What happens when you're raised to believe the world is always ending? Violinist Amber Dobbs unpacks her childhood in The Message, a Pentecostal cult led by prophet William Branham. From apocalyptic fear to shame-based control, Amber shares how...
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Episode 22
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21. From Faith to Fiction: A Story of Love, Horror and Deconstruction
What happens when the faith you’ve built your life around becomes the very thing that breaks it apart? In this episode, Jessa and Austin sit down with Rip and Steph Graven to explore their journey from leading ministry to walking away from the ...
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