Peculiar People: An Ex-Mormon Podcast

Sammi Earnest & Karina Vance
  • 3.8 (10)
  • RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY
  • WEEKLY SERIES

Two ex-Mormon women in their 20's. Both queer. Both divorced. Both ready to share the ins-and-outs of Mormonism and what it's like to leave.

  1. Ep. 1 - Karina's Exit Story

    EPISODE 1

    Ep. 1 - Karina's Exit Story

    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/CESletter Note: We are not experts--we are just humans with real-life experience.

    44 min
  2. Ep. 2 - Sammi's Exit Story

    EPISODE 2

    Ep. 2 - Sammi's Exit Story

    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/CESletter Note: We are not experts--we are just humans with real-life experience.

    49 min
  3. Ep. 3 - "I'm hooked on the gay."

    EPISODE 3

    Ep. 3 - "I'm hooked on the gay."

    TW: Mentions of homophobia, transphobia, self-harm, and suicide Being 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%20attraction,but%20acting%20on%20it%20is.2. https://lattergaystories.org/record/3. https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2019/05/25/barron-policy-change-article/

    53 min
  4. Ep. 4 - Mormon Cringe (PART ONE)

    EPISODE 4

    Ep. 4 - Mormon Cringe (PART ONE)

    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 for your listening pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0-WQ5W8NW8

    45 min
  5. Ep. 5 - Three Months a Mormon

    EPISODE 5

    Ep. 5 - Three Months a Mormon

    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.

    57 min
  6. Ep. 6 - A Vocabulary Lesson (PART ONE)

    EPISODE 6

    Ep. 6 - A Vocabulary Lesson (PART ONE)

    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!!

    56 min
  7. Ep. 7 - A Vocabulary Lesson (PART TWO)

    EPISODE 7

    Ep. 7 - A Vocabulary Lesson (PART TWO)

    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!

    47 min
  8. Ep. 11 - "You can just not be an a*****e."

    EPISODE 11

    Ep. 11 - "You can just not be an a*****e."

    **You'll notice a jump from Ep. 7 to Ep. 11. - that is intentional with respect to the guest who recorded with us for Ep. 8, 9, & 10.** TW: Discussion of transphobia & homophobia.  The church recently made a policy change around transgender people and their involvement in the church. We're here to fill you in and rage about it.

    45 min
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Two ex-Mormon women in their 20's. Both queer. Both divorced. Both ready to share the ins-and-outs of Mormonism and what it's like to leave.

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