Praise Be To Pod
Ashley and Bailee are reclaiming their spirituality after leaving the evangelical church behind. Join them for candid conversations about the twists and turns of deconstruction, spirituality, pop culture, mental health, astrology, self-care, and all the things that make life interesting after the altar call. Together, we’ll laugh, reflect, and discover what we still believe in.
Episodes
30 episodes
The Puritans: The Religion That Built & Broke America
Bailee and Ashley take a historical detour—unpacking how the Puritans didn’t just influence early America, but laid the ideological groundwork for today’s alt-right evangelical movement. They trace the through-line from 1600s moral rigidity to ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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40:20
Thanksgiving in Exile, Part 2: The Radicalized Family Survival Guide
For part 2 of their Thanksgiving series, Ashley and Bailee move from tension to tactics — breaking down how to actually survive conversations with alt-right and evangelical family members. They share strategies for staying grounded, setting bou...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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56:14
Thanksgiving in Exile: Love, Family, and Radical Hope
For part 1 of their Thanksgiving series, Ashley and Bailee dig into the tension of coming home to politically divided families. They explore how finding common ground has become harder as the right grows more radicalized — and what that means f...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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52:18
What Mormons Actually Believe: Inside the Faith of the LDS & FLDS
For part 2 of the conversation on Mormonism, Ashley and Bailee turn their focus to modern Mormon culture — from baptisms for the dead and sacred undergarments to baby blessings and the Utah plastic surgery boom. They also look at how BIPOC memb...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:47
From Visions to Wives: The Untold History of Mormonism
For their Season 1 finale, Ashley and Bailee dive into the foundations of Mormonism — the religious movement that started with Joseph Smith’s visions and a mysterious golden book. From the early 19th-century American landscape to the founding o...
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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50:18
Special Edition Movie Review | Hocus Pocus
Bailee and Ashley revisit the cult classic Hocus Pocus — a movie that once lived firmly on the “banned” list of evangelical households. For Bailee, it’s a first-time watch after years of hearing it would “open doors to the demonic.” Together, t...
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45:39
Spooky Season: All Hallow’s Eve
Bailee and Ashley unpack the evangelical fear of Halloween — the one night a year said to “open doors to the demonic.” From banned costumes and “Harvest Festivals” to sermons about the devil’s birthday, they explore how a night of make-believe ...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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45:45
Spooky Season: Demonic Activity
Bailee and Ashley dig into the evangelical fixation on demonic activity — from the fear of Ouija boards and Harry Potter to the late-night youth group sermons about “opening spiritual doors.” They explore how a fixation on evil, possession, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:00:10
Spooky Season: The Cult of IBLP
Bailee and Ashley dig into the world of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) — the fundamentalist organization at the center of the Shiny Happy People docuseries and the belief system that shaped the Duggar family. They explor...
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53:50
The Problem with Patience: Weaponized Divine Timing
Bailee and Ashley explore the idea of “divine timing” — how evangelical culture framed waiting as holy, delays as God’s will, and patience as proof of faith. From purity culture’s insistence on waiting for marriage, to the promise that every un...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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50:40
Guilty Pleasures
Bailee and Ashley dig into the idea of “guilty pleasures” and how evangelical culture shaped their relationship to fun, rest, and indulgence. From the suspicion of secular music and movies, to the shame around food, fashion, and even hobbies, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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56:37
Nothing Happens for a Reason: Joy & Suffering
Bailee and Ashley dive into how evangelical culture taught them to view joy and suffering — from the pressure to “choose joy” in every circumstance to the idea that enduring hardship was proof of true faith. They reflect on how these teachings ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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59:48
Ring By Spring: The Marriage Mandate | Part 2
Ashley and Bailee continue the conversation on how evangelical culture shaped their views on marriage— including how the evangelical marriage complex pressures people to marry young, sets them up with unrealistic ideals, and leaves little room ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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55:13
Testimonies: Selling Salvation
Ashley and Bailee dig into the evangelical culture of testimonies and the role they played in shaping both faith and identity. We unpack how testimonies became a kind of performance—rewarded when they fit the right narrative and quietly dismiss...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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39:17
To the Ends of the Earth: Missions & Martyrs
Ashley and Bailee dig into evangelical missions culture and the complicated role it played in shaping their beliefs and experiences. We unpack the inner conflict of whether missions and international aid were truly helpful, how savior complexes...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:07:16
Ring By Spring: The Marriage Mandate | Part 1
Ashley and Bailee take a closer look at how evangelical culture framed marriage as the ultimate marker of spiritual maturity and the “arrival” into adulthood — and the ripple effects that followed.From the rush to the altar to the uneas...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:10:55
Special Edition Movie Review | A Walk to Remember
It’s time for another Super Special Wednesday Night Youth Group Episode! Join Ashley and Bailee as they dive into A Walk to Remember — the early-2000s Nicholas Sparks classic that fueled youth group crushes, purity culture romance fant...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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41:06
Mental Health: SSRI’s, Inner-Child Therapy, and What They Don’t Tell You in Youth Group | Part 2
In Part 2 of our series on mental health in evangelical culture, Ashley and Bailee dig into the specific teachings that shaped their inner worlds — and their mental health.From the harmful nature of spiritual bypassing, to the pressure ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:07:24
Mental Health: SSRI’s, Inner-Child Therapy, and What They Don’t Tell You in Youth Group | Part 1
Join Ashley and Bailee as they kick off a two-part series on mental health in evangelical culture — starting with the roots of a theology that frames depression, anxiety, and other struggles as either spiritual warfare or unconfessed sin.
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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58:08
Set Apart: Not of this World
Join Ashley and Bailee as they dive into the evangelical idea of being set apart—the belief that Christians are called to be “in the world but not of it.” At its best, it’s a call to live with conviction and integrity. But more often t...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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58:05
Backsliding: A Slippery Slope
This week, Bailee and Ashley explore the idea of backsliding—a term often used in evangelical and fundamentalist spaces to describe someone who has drifted from their faith, questioned doctrine, or changed their behavior in ways seen a...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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53:26
Unpaid in Full: Servant's Heart or Exploitation?
This week, Bailee and Ashley explore the often-overlooked ways churches rely on—and sometimes exploit—free labor, financial giving, and personal sacrifice from their members.In Unpaid in Full, we take a closer look at the cultur...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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55:27
Special Edition Movie Review | Six: The Mark Unleashed
For our Super Special Wednesday Night Youth Group Episode, Bailee and Ashley dig into the cinematic chaos of Six: The Mark Unleashed—a lesser-known but deeply unsettling gem from the early 2000s evangelical film canon. Starring Stephen Baldwin,...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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36:10
The End is Nigh: Evangelicals and Rapture Hysteria
This week, Bailee and Ashley dive into the terrifying, cinematic, and deeply political world of the End Times. From rapture anxiety and Tribulation nightmares to Antichrist conspiracies and Left Behind movie nights, the book of Revelat...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:01:59