the Wikkid podcast
church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music
Displaying all 5 Episode of the Wikkid podcast with the tag “neal brennan”.
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Episode 53: Sara Jay
February 15th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 5 mins
bible, christianity, depression, dr. demento, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, louise perry, music, music production, neal brennan, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, susan isaacs, therapeutic
This Wikkid Wednesday, we take a serious look at humour. Teasing: key relationship tool or a terribly dangerous thing to play with? The therapeutic powers of The Doctor Demento Show. Humour as shot of whiskey. Food sensitivities and emotional sensitivities.
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Episode 52: Would That Make You Happy?
February 1st, 2023 | Season 4 | 58 mins 58 secs
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, neal brennan, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, susan isaacs, therapeutic
A short one. Silliness and sour grapes. "Treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen"? Clockwork lupines. Do people really want what they tell Cosmopolitan they want in a relationship? George adds a lot to this song. Basing expectations for men on 80s sit-com dads. Being good at stuff men around supposed to be good at. Do nice guys finish?
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Episode 50: (What To Do) With An Angel
January 4th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 38 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, neal brennan, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, susan isaacs, therapeutic
Kissing and telling. Michael Vedder and I discuss what it is to be a fundamentalist lad trying to navigate hookup culture without exactly hooking up. Wife application forms. Meghan tells us how things ended up with her Brethren paramour. Anson and I talk about being in the same room as people, but with your attention in cyberspace. Trucks get stuck in snowy laneways. It gets a little country in here.
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Episode 48: Nortel Love Song
December 7th, 2022 | Season 4 | 2 hrs 4 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, louise perry, music, music production, neal brennan, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, susan isaacs, therapeutic
Trying to date irreligious or only semi-religious women without getting kicked out of one's church. A song written for a high tech honey, which was fairly well received. I turn my guitar amp all the way up to three (its highest setting is six). Meghan spills the tea on her secret trysts with a member of the mysterious Plymouth Brethren Christian Church/Cult. Susan and Anson weight in on workplace romances. Evan views bible conference dating as a flawed social system. Michael talks about his first kiss, which occurred a couple of years after his first serious relationship.
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Episode 47: Stranger Lady
November 23rd, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 57 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, louise perry, music, music production, neal brennan, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, susan isaacs, therapeutic
Flirting. With Christian girls? Can you win a woman's heart with a song? Michael Vedder shares some firsts, including first (church) girlfriend, and first dumping of a committed church girl so he could be free to get his feet dirty enough from walking around in the actual world to possibly need to wash them. Harold talks about how a man who was the only survivor of a car accident when he was five, and who grew up without a mother, grew up to be someone who goes around hugging and complimenting everyone he meets. Meghan talks more about being a "worldlie" having a secret relationship with a young Plymouth Brethren Christian Church guy.