Reality Rules

Oct 03 2023 14 ep. 60 mins 4

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Check your certainties about reality at the door and enter into a complex web of what ifs and wonders. My guests and I question beliefs, value awe over answers, and seek to communicate the beauty of the universes that we each uniquely perceive. Regular intersecting topics may include: philosophy, religion, ethics, moral values, sex & sexuality, intimacy & relationships, mental & emotional health, addiction & recovery, quantum physics, psychedelics, the law of attraction/manifestation, etc., and also Bigfoot.

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Dave & Sarah: Are We In A Simulation?

Oct 03 2023 24 mins

Dave Testa & Sarah Sekoa discuss (BS about) the unknowability of the fundamental nature of reality. Recorded at Dave Testa's home recording studio on April 16, 2023, at the end of a 10 hour marathon of conversation.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no e

Part 2: Let's Catch Our Breath - Addiction Recovery and Mental Health with Dave Testa

Oct 03 2023 60 mins

Part 2: Dave & Sarah discuss experiences of addiction, mental illness, recovery, and learning how to care for & ground ourselves and deal with the inevitable pains of life in sustainable ways.Recorded at Dave Testa's home recording studio in Seattle, WA on April 16th, 2023.Intro/Outro song: "Bug Bear" by Climber, used with permission. Listen to Climber music on Spotify: sho

Part 1: Let's Catch Our Breath - Addiction Recovery & Mental Health with Dave Testa

Jun 21 2023 60 mins

Dave & Sarah discuss experiences of addiction, mental illness, recovery, and learning how to care for & ground ourselves and deal with the inevitable pains of life in sustainable ways.Recorded at Dave Testa's home recording studio in Seattle, WA on April 16th, 2023.Intro/Outro song: "River" by David Testa, used with permission. Single to be released soon. Listen to more mus

Chuck Swindoll - Son of a Preacher, Author of Elucidating Christianity

Apr 23 2023 122 mins

Chuck and Sarah discuss Chuck's book: Elucidating Christianity, A Heretic's Dissent: Triangulating Dysfunctional Religion (get the Kindle book on Amazon here: https://shorturl.at/knrA7, or listen to the audio version read by Chuck on his YouTube channel at the link below), and we share about our experiences of unraveling our Christian beliefs and what it's like on the other side of

Leaving Christianity - David Testa's Experience

Mar 28 2023 93 mins

A conversation with former Christian worship band member, David Testa, as he shares insights about his journey into and out of Christianity. The conversation touches on problems with Christian concepts of hell and salvation, connections between Christianity and codependency, childhood trauma, narcissism, addiction, etc., surviving existential+identity crises, and current spiritual

Art Life & The Evolution of Self - w/filmmaker Antero Alli

Mar 21 2023 54 mins

A conversation with filmmaker, theater producer, author, astrologer, and musician, Antero Alli, on wisdom from his life as an artist. We discuss ideas around self-delusion, ego, shadow work, and the inner child, and how to live the artist's life by relinquishing our attachments to our egos, and vulnerably expressing from our deeply subjective experiences, in hopes that our creative

Leaving Christianity - Marcus Lawrence's Experience - Live Zoom Recording

Mar 14 2023 105 mins

Marcus Lawrence, a former Christian worship leader, shares his story of going from being a full-blown Christian who worked for a church and for Christian organizations, to becoming an optimistic nihilist who still wants to believe there is something out there that cares - because music and love. We talk about the Enneagram, nihilism, agnosticism, mysticism, and love that's too big

Leaving Christianity - Thomas Schnaars' Experience, recorded live at Edgefield

Feb 20 2023 77 mins

(Recorded live at Edgefield McMenamins) Sarah interviews Thomas Schnaars about his experience of converting to Christianity in his early twenties, becoming a church leader and teacher, and then leaving the religion in his late thirties and stepping into a more expansive spiritual cosmology.Contact Thomas for personalized in depth astrology readings: [email protected] episode explore

Divorce & Deconstructing Religion with Macie & Emily

Jan 30 2023 50 mins

Macie LaRae and Emily Jameson and I walked closely through a season of our transitions out of marriage and out of conservative Christianity. In this episode, we explore some of the core truths we've learned on our journeys.Subjects-For the women going through the painful transitions of ending marriages and leaving religions- there’s a light at the end of the tunnel… it gets bet

Exploring Bisexuality & Open Marriage - Part 3 of 3

Dec 23 2022 35 mins

Sarah and Yvette get candid about personal experiences in the realms of bisexuality and polyamory, aka ethical non-monogamy and open relationships in a three part series. This is part 3.-Experiencing group sexual energy-How Sarah wasn’t self-aware of and was in denial of her attraction to women when younger-Profound sexual satisfaction and expansion in long term monogamy-A dynami