Kitchen Table Cult Pod

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Kitchen Table Cult unpacks all the things Kieryn and Eve learned at the kitchen tables of their childhoods in conservative Christian homeschooling families. Every week we take your questions and drill down on various topics about Quiverfull, the Religious Right, and our childhoods in high-demand groups (otherwise known as cults). We’re not surprised about the rise of Trump, Christian fascism, or evangelical white women voting for someone like Mike Pence, and we want to take you back through the beginning of it all to explain why.

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Episodes

Episode 19: The Audacity Of White Men

When a missionary is killed by natives, what is the narrative and context for his decision to break international law and illegally enter their territory, and how do Christians see missions work when something like this occurs? What are short term missions all about and is it always colonialist work? How does Eve see her time in the Peace Corps as contrasting with missions culture in the church? Kieryn and Eve address all these questions and more in this episode!

Dec 05, 2018•47 min

Episode 18: Climate Change

What happens when Eve and Kieryn learn that global warming and climate change are real, not the myths their parents told them to ignore? We talk about the theology behind climate change denial, and what about that mindset remains scary to us.

Nov 28, 2018•42 min

Episode 17: Spanking

*** Trigger Warnings Apply *** The American Academy of Pediatrics officially condemns spanking, and Kieryn and Hännah discuss this news and their experiences with spanking and with parenting books by James Dobson, the Pearls, and the Ezzos.

Nov 21, 2018•46 min

Episode 16: Church and State

Kieryn and Hännah are joined by Jeremiah Warren to talk about growing up in politically active conservative communities and how that affects us today.

Nov 07, 2018•59 min

Episode 15: Halloween, Harry Potter, & Hocus Pocus

Kieryn and Hännah get into Halloween: what it meant to them, why they weren’t allowed to observe it, and the Reformation Day parties they wished they hadn’t attended. Listen to them talk about communion, witchcraft, and their deconversions.

Oct 31, 2018•55 min

Episode 14: Financial Trauma University

What happens when you're poor and grew up with Dave Ramsey teachings and then you get married and don't have a credit score...and then you need to get divorced? Kieryn and Hännah talk about trickle-down economics, capitalism, American bootstraps mythology, and Dave Ramsey.

Oct 24, 2018•45 min

Episode 13: Listener Question Catch Up!

Kieryn & Hännah catch up on answering questions and talk about how cis men can use their privilege to be better. Footnote: https://twitter.com/JuliusGoat/status/1048547179193946112

Oct 17, 2018•47 min

Episode 12: Self-Care

Joined this week by KTC producer Aaron Bechtel, Kieryn and Hännah take a pause in their series to focus on self-care and recovering from trauma in religious environments. This discussion covers everything from power naps to voter registration to intuitive recovery.

Oct 10, 2018•54 min

Episode 11: Purity Culture

Jaime Lee Finch joins Kieryn and Hännah to discuss purity culture, how it damages people, and how they are working to heal from it.

Oct 03, 2018•53 min

Episode 9: Headship Headaches

What happens when you read the Bible literally on the topic of gender roles? Kieryn and Hännah discuss headship theology, the Danvers Statement, complementarianism, and the toxic effects of gender essentialism on relationships.

Sep 26, 2018•49 min

Episode 10: Educational Neglect

Kieryn and Hännah delve into the negative aspects of their homeschool educations, and why they are so passionate about advocating for homeschool reform. When homeschooling goes wrong, it can go very very wrong...

Sep 19, 2018•47 min

Episode 8: Statement on Social Justice

Kieryn and Hännah are joined by Christopher Stroop and Emily Maust Wood to discuss the newly released Statement on Social Justice (cosigned and written by the likes of John MacArthur, James White, and Voddie Baucham. What does this statement mean, when translated from evangelical-ese? Why is this important? How does a Christian concerned with social justice respond?

Sep 12, 2018•1 hr 49 min

Episode 7: So... About Courtship

Kieryn and Hännah dig into why courtship became popular in fundamentalist circles, how it works, and what their experiences with courting were like.

Sep 04, 2018•49 min

Episode 6: The Fundamentalist - Cult Spectrum

Kieryn and Hännah discuss what exactly distinguishes a cult from fundamentalism, and fundamentalism from evangelical thought--and then break down how to avoid falling into fundamentalism, and how to heal from it.

Aug 29, 2018•48 min

Episode 5: What is HSLDA? with Kathryn Brightbill

Eve and Kieryn talk with Kathryn Brightbill, Legislative Policy Analyst at CRHE about the Homeschool Legal Defense Association - what their role is in the current state of things, where they came from, and why they've managed to win so far.

Aug 22, 2018•49 min

Episode 4: The Conspiracy is Real Part 1

Kieryn and Hännah talk about the organization behind Sessions' Religious Liberty Task Force: the Alliance Defending Freedom. Who are they, Where do they come from, What did they teach? How do you make a joke about conspiracy theories when the conspiracy turns out to be real?

Aug 15, 2018•45 min

Bonus: After Dark

Kieryn is back post hysto and they and Hännah drink and discuss the popularity culture of the cults they grew up in, courtship, the harris brothers, and the modesty survey. Also, for those so inclined, Kieryn's uterus images on a mastodon instance: https://computerfairi.es/@bluepupboi/100493509298593435

Aug 04, 2018•53 min

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