the Wikkid podcast
church upbringing gone wrong, depression... and music
Displaying items 31-40 of 73 in total of the Wikkid podcast with the tag "plymouth brethren".
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Episode 44: I Just Might
October 12th, 2022 | Season 4 | 1 hr 21 mins
angry conversations with god, bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, marriage, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, romantic relationships, susan isaacs, therapeutic
For season 4 of The Wikkid Podcast, love is in the air, as things tend to be when they blow up. This episode explores that thing we tell young people that "there's someone for everyone," or in the Christian circles "the Lord has someone picked out for you to spend the rest of you life with." Author and actress Susan Isaacs (Angry Conversations With God) contributes to this season.
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Episode 43: Vultures in the Belfry
June 22nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 39 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
The entire host of Wikkid commenters weighs in about pointless arguments, and about whether they ever speak with, or listen to, people with whom they RILLY, RILLY disagree. Groupthink. George Carlin, Larry Norman and Faust are mentioned. Jam at George's new place. I get an electric piano. Jenny speaks Chinese for us. The huge, sprawling Death in Tiny Spoonfuls album is brought to an eerie, atmospheric close.
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Episode 42: The Talking Dead
June 8th, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 27 mins
bible, christianity, depression, exclusive brethren, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic
Church zombies. Staff meetings and other endless sermons. Melody, Ruth and Emilee talk about what made these unceasing dronings so tedious. Michael remembers what it was like to speak up in bible study, and talk about talking about talking about the bible. Johann talks about how staff meetings should be run. Kim talks about what being a preacher's daughter was like (spoilers: it sucked) and what her preacher dad was like as a dad (spoilers: he sucked). I talk about the difference between educating people and indoctrinating them. Kim uses bible passages to write a punk song. Excerpt from "The Grunge Song" by The Vestibules.
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Episode 41: The Dingo Song
May 25th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 41 mins
bible, christianity, depression, dr. demento, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic, weird al yankovic
They're everywhere. You want to do your day, and they want to pull you in, online or uptown, into some kind of lecture, sermon or talk. Putting on the full armour of God and then claiming to be as thin-skinned as the princess from The Princess and the Pea. Friends: The One Where Ross Does Something Problematic. The shameless use of describing one's self in "light" (vs. "dark") and "awakened" (vs. "still asleep") terms. Fellowship: it's all about coffee, somehow, isn't it? (I don't like coffee.) Do digital or organic chipmunks sing better?
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Episode 40: Beware the Cripple (part 2)
May 11th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 48 mins
bible, christianity, depression, exclusive brethren, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic
Recording cello. With fireworks. An in-depth interview with John, raised in the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, the extremist offshoot of my own birth culture, which I have no real trouble calling an outright cult. Also much insight into the Mormon experience, from Natalie. South Park. Emailed drums. Spiritual cripples looking to hobble everyone nearby.
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Episode 39: Beware the Cripple (part 1)
April 27th, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 25 mins
angel desantis, bible, children of god, christianity, cults, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic
It's pretty hard to talk to people when they've got you cast in a different story from the one you feel you're living. Religious groups that split up family relationships. Trying to interact with family and friends from a group that's kicked you out of it. The difference between getting kicked out and leaving voluntarily.
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Episode 38: Friday Night
April 13th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 48 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
If you had a chance to sit down of an evening and have a chat with the residents of a community graveyard, what would you ask them? The Guy Code. GenXers sorry to get everything we always wanted. People who will move heaven and earth to avoid having conversations that need to be had.
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Episode 37: Disappointed
March 30th, 2022 | Season 3 | 1 hr 53 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, kim carson, like a motorcycle, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
What makes you really feel alive? What makes you feel like you're sleepwalking through a living death? The importance of play. What works when you feel like crap? Where does inspiration come from?
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Episode 36: Why Not?
March 16th, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 26 mins
bible, christianity, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, jay semko, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, the northern pikes, therapeutic
What's it like to experience suicidal ideation? Many people do. Finding a good answer to the question "Why not?" Why does writing and singing and recording about dark thoughts help them go away? Everyone needs to deal with death in some form, from time to time. What works? Jay Semko of The Northern Pikes and I go over songs he's written that tell "a pretty dark story, but with a happy tune." Where was all the bliss supposed to come from, in Christianity? Troy reveals his favourite jokey stuff I've recorded. I record George playing drums in my living room. Singing into the corner of a room. I strum guitars with a razorblade for a pick.
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Episode 35: Please Come With Us
March 2nd, 2022 | Season 3 | 2 hrs 28 mins
angel desantis, bible, children of god, christianity, cults, depression, fundamentalism, guitar, hell, home recording, music, music production, parents, plymouth brethren, rapture, therapeutic
Getting the boot or walking away from one's birth culture. Doesn't matter whether you're fundamentalist Christian, Orthodox Jewish, Muslim, Sikh or Mormon... it's quite the mind effword. A bunch of stories, including people who were excommunicated and shunned for being gay. An elaborate music collaboration manages to get the song done two hours before the podcast airs...