A Drink With the Bensons

Mary & James Benson•podcasters.spotify.com

James and Mary embark on a post-religious healing journey through sharing, caring, swearing, laughing and knocking ‘em back. Starting out with one-on-one conversations they’ll roast and toast the topics and issues surrounding the hellscape of post-evangelical life.

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Episodes

Brown. Liquor.

See how James and Mary’s powers combine with Kentucky straight bourbon to unpack their cultural and ethnic back stories. How did bias and discrimination affect us? Did our interracial marriage fix everything? Who is Woodrow?!

Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Certainty Bad, Chaos Good 🙃

Mary and James unpack an unexpected positive twist of the fork in the road, realizing the absurdity of our need for blessed assurance about every. single. thing. Imaginary friends illuminate our grasp on the non-physical plane in this second installment of #ADWTB.

Sep 08, 2021•27 min•Season 1Ep. 2

A Raw and Sloppy Pilot 😅

Felt cute, might delete later - James and Mary reminisce about the deconstruction journey and toss around some ideas about whatever the hell our podcast is. Unfiltered opinions and liquor product placements abound as we prepare for launch.

Aug 17, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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