Episodes

Episode Description In Part Two of our conversation with Alexander Shaia , we move beyond theory and into practice—exploring what spiritual transformation actually looks like in real life. In Part One...

A Holiday Conversation with Dr. Alexander Shaia —  Part 1 For many people, the holiday season isn’t filled with joy and nostalgia — it’s filled with grief, loneliness, exhaustion, and complicated memo...

Episode Summary: Part 2 of our conversation with philosopher and friend of the show Peter Rollins goes even deeper into the psychological, existential, and communal dynamics of faith and identity. If ...

Episode Summary: In this long-awaited return to the podcast, philosopher, storyteller, and longtime friend of the show Peter Rollins joins us for a rich, mind-bending conversation about faith, identit...

🎉 We’ve Launched a Brand New Patreon! After years of letting our old Patreon quietly collect dust, we’re excited to officially announce that The Deconstructionists Podcast now has a fully rebuilt Pat...

Episode Summary In this deep-dive episode, we explore one of the most influential — and controversial — doctrines in the history of Christianity: Original Sin . For many of us, Original Sin was presen...

Episode Overview In this second half of John’s conversation with Pastor Joe Ingle , we continue exploring the deeply human, often heartbreaking realities of prison ministry — particularly Joe’s decade...

In this long-awaited and nearly lost conversation, John sits down with Pastor Joe Ingle , a longtime prison minister, advocate, and spiritual companion to people on death row. Joe’s work challenges ou...

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Army Chaplain Lieutenant Colonel Kerstin Hedlund. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 yet, we recommend starting there for context. Kerstin has spent y...