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Mormon and the Meth-Head

Aaron Woodall Jessa Reedmormonandthemethhead.fireside.fm
If the little angel and devil from your shoulders ever hung out without you and made a podcast, this is probably what it would sound like. Equal parts wholesome and horrific, Mormon and the Meth-head is about one unlikely friendship. Jessa and Aaron have led two completely different lives. While Aaron was stopping strangers on the streets of Milan to teach them about Joseph Smith, Jessa was teaching dudes how to keister meth while blowing them in Arby's bathrooms across Portland. But as Aaron lets go of his strict Mormon lifestyle and begins his descent into the depravity of the secular world, Jessa acts as his ferryman, telling him about disgusting, hedonistic things he never could have imagined, like "butt stuff" and "coffee." And Aaron returns the favor, helping Jessa navigate new and foreign social situations like "accepting hugs from loved ones" and "having loved ones." In their respective routines, they each tackle the topics of love, sex, drugs, and alcohol, but with polar opposite perspectives. Audiences get to see their world through Aaron's naive, innocent eyes as well as through Jessa's bleary, bloodshot ones.
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Episodes

Episode 103: Us Again

This is a quick announcement about some upcoming stand up shows and a little heads up about a new episode next month. Recorded remotely and audio is rather rough

Dec 10, 202215 min

Episode 102: Livestream Reunion 9/19

Jessa and Aaron are doing a livestream reunion this Saturday, September 19th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 13, 20204 min

Episode 101: FIN

We'll Miss you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 31, 201959 min

Episode 100: The Soft Landing

We discuss the process of healing we experienced on the podcast (as prophesied by Aaron in an email from 2017), we talk about our favorite pieces and read lots of sweet things written by you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 24, 20192 hr 20 min

Episode 99: Hurry Up We're Leaving

Aaron and Jessa talk about the journey they took together and the new ones they're headed to Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 17, 20191 hr 29 min

Episode 97: Aaron's Fake Wife

Liz Whittaker stops by to talk about her experiences with Mormonism and somehow we end up talking about wet dreams. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 03, 20191 hr 27 min

Episode 96: Eat Something Before You Shoot Yourself

CW: a lot of talk about suicidal ideation Baby gets his first hangover in Bakersfield! It was all fun and nausea until Aaron drove back to Utah the next day and got sucked into a depressing hole of dark thoughts on the way. He talks pretty frankly about suicidal ideation and suicide but don't worry it has a somewhat happy ending! Then Jessa talks about feeling credits rolling as we approach 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...

Nov 26, 20191 hr 3 min

Episode 95: Epic Fails

Everybody makes mistakes. From mispronouncing names to keistering Purell, today we're talking about dumb things we've done both in professional and, um, campfire settings? Idk, Aaron's got a lot of Boy Scout stories for some reason. Meanwhile Jessa tells the story of The Tour That Never Was and a pilot that never got off the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 19, 20191 hr 44 min

Episode 92: Mormon Movies

Aaron recently guested on a movie podcast recorded inside of an LDS chapel and it got him thinking about all the Mormon movies he watched growing up. He tells Jessa about the ones he loved and the ones he hated. Also featured: getting fired from BYUtv, lessons from the homeless shelter, and Dark Jesus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 29, 20191 hr 8 min

Episode 91: Post Traumatic Roadside Assistance with Paul Gilmartin

We get together with friend and host of the Mental Illness Happy Hour, Paul GIlmartin and talk about the challenges associated with having a mental health focused podcast, Jessa also explodes her tire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 22, 20191 hr 9 min

Episode 90: Chronic Suicide with Tim Dillon

As promised last week.. it's Hope crushing conspiracy theories with Tim Dillon! (Not even really theories, more like sad facts. ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 15, 20191 hr 3 min

Episode 89: Murderous Mormons and the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Today we're rambling on about conspiracy theories, evil billionaires, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre! And if you can make it through all that, we've got a pretty thoughtful conversation on belief systems and reality at the very end. Good luck! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 08, 20191 hr 42 min

Episode 88: Pythagorean Gender Politics

Aaron and Jessa had different experiences at an Emmy's party, but not as different as Terrence Howard's experience (we assume). This episode is stupid thicc and all over the place. Come along as we discuss dating vs banging someone younger than you, Greta Thunberg's address vs Zendaya's THE dress, irregular social anxiety, sabian symbols, and of course, the science Pythagoras was searching for! Come on, what other podcast can give you this?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Oct 01, 20191 hr 28 min

Episode 87: Story Time with A and J

Aaron and Jessa exchange stories. Murder, sex, intrigue etc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 24, 20191 hr 15 min

Episode 86: Rest Stop Bathroom

A Codependency update along with cool new drug stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 17, 20191 hr 24 min

Episode 85: End Times

A pessimistic Aaron sees end time prophecies from the Book of Mormon being fulfilled by climate change and an optimistic Jessa sees 5D solutions for these apocalyptic problems. Also: butt stuff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 10, 20191 hr 44 min

Episode 84: A Midsommar's Nightmare

We read Jackson Mackenzie's life-changing Psychopath Free and saw Ari Aster's masterful Midsommar and we won't stop talking about either Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 03, 20191 hr 21 min

Episode 83: Not Bad

Aaron is on a journey to love himself. So far it mostly consists of smoking weed and saying no thanks to sexting, but baby steps are still steps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 27, 20191 hr 18 min

Episode 82: Season 3 of Jessa (Part 1)

Welcome to the last installment of the duffel bag series. This one is the saddest. CW warning- All of them! (but specifically rape and sexual assualt) Look for Part 2 on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 20, 20191 hr 24 min

Episode 81: Codependable

Here's Jessa crying into her duffel bag again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 13, 20191 hr 12 min

Episode 80: Now Available in 5D

Jessa goes full Alien School, Aaron almost gets a word in edgewise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 06, 20191 hr 26 min

Episode 79: Duffle Bag of Feelings

Jessa has never been very emotional, but suddenly she's got feelings on top of feelings on top of feelings. And she's noticed that people talk to you differently when you go around crying like you're Aaron at a Spiderman movie. Also, maybe it's time to set some new boundaries with fans, and maybe-just maybe- you should hug a Kyle today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 30, 20191 hr 46 min

Episode 78: Twin Flames

Aaron and Jessa catch up after two months apart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 23, 20191 hr 26 min

Episode 77: Politics and Suicide with Hampton Yount

Special guest Hampton Yount stops by to talk about a bunch of stuff we don't usually talk about! Check out his Podcast "Suicide Buddies" and buy his new album "Able" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 16, 20191 hr 30 min

Episode 76: Baptism by Fentanyl

Recorded in the Spring, we sit down with another Salt Lake gem, Sam Poulter. We talk addiction, Near death experiences and of course Jessa finds a way to make it about jumping dimensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 09, 20191 hr 9 min

Episode 75: The Awokening

We sit down with our good friend Molly to talk about the importance of representation in media, the Hollywood agenda, and try to confront our own racial biases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 02, 20191 hr 22 min

Episode 74: Deathbed Mentality

Do we do stand-up comedy because we're afraid to die? That's what our friend Max is saying but neither Jessa nor Aaron feel all that scared to die. He also gives one of the best pieces of relationship advice we've ever head and touches on some of our favorite things: memory, interpersonal connections, attachment systems, and why improv sucks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 25, 20191 hr 2 min
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