Peculiar People: An Ex-Mormon Podcast

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, self-harm, and suicide.Karina shares her story of growing up in Mormonism and what it's like realizing that your whole life has been a lie. CES Letter (print): https://cesletter.org/CES Letter (audio): https://archive.org/details/CESletterNote: We are not experts--we are just humans with real-life experience.

Sammi shares what it's like being deeply invested in the church just to realize that you can't stand by the beliefs and history that you spent your whole life defending. CES Letter (print): https://cesletter.org/CES Letter (audio): https://archive.org/details/CESletterNote: We are not experts--we are just humans with real-life experience.

TW: Mentions of homophobia, transphobia, self-harm, and suicideBeing queer and Mormon is a TRIP! Things that leaders of the Mormon church have said about being gay are absolutely horrendous and beyond damaging...and we're about to talk about it! Sources: 1. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/official-statement/same-gender-attraction#:~:text=Feelings%20of%20same%2Dsex%20attrac

Last week's episode was HEAVY, so we're here to bring you some more lighthearted, hilarious content as we talk about a bunch of random, super cringey things we experienced as youth in the Mormon church. More to come ;) Be on the lookout for PART TWO. We referenced a song in the episode, but couldn't remember who it was by. It's Everclean/Sons of Provo...here's a link to the song fo

TW: Mentions of suicide -- we give a trigger warning for potential mentions of self harm and eating disorders in the recording as well, but those topics did not come up. Devyn, OUR FIRST GUEST EVER, shares her experience converting to Mormonism during her young adulthood just to be immediately blindsided by things that are kept "hush-hush" in the church.

There's a whole long list of words that are exclusive to/have exclusive meanings in the Mormon Church! We're here to make sense of it all! Stay tuned for part two!! When we say there are a LOT of words, we mean A LOT!!

A continuation of last week's episode, we continue to explain the ins-and-outs of Mormon terminology. We're still blown away at how long this took us to record! And I'm sure we'll think of other random words as we keep creating content for our lovely listeners!

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, abuse, neglect, and suicide.Part 1/3 - Our guest Alice shares her story of growing up in an rigid Protestant household and what it was like to start questioning everything she believed after having an honest chat with an atheist.

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, abuse, neglect, and suicide.Part 2/3 - Our guest Alice continues her story of clinging to religion even while questioning it as she faces hardships that no one should have to face.

TW: Mentions of sexual assault, abuse, neglect, and suicide.Part 3/3 - Alice wraps up her story by sharing how she discovered her gender identity and sexuality, and what it took to accept herself despite religious conditioning and opposition from family.