Believe Now, (The Rest of Us) Pay Later: How Evangelicals Form Belief Systems

Vampires: Hungry, Hungry Hellions

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/fan_mail/new] Julie and Jarad discuss how vampires represent the voracious nature of Hell, how vampires became erotic figures, and how rampant, unregulated capitalism may be changing the way we think about these undead creatures. Sources: A History of the Vampire in Popular Culture: Love at First Bite [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-history-of-the-vampire-in-popular-culture-violet-fenn/1137594224?irclickid=wOIXePw5fxyZTREy9XR9eRoAUkuUqbRPBwWJ1Q0&sharedid=bing&irpid=2003851&irgwc=1&afsrc=1] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/support] Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.  Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson. Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens [https://www.sacredchickens.com/].  Produced by Julie Carpenter Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/sacredchickens.bsky.social] and Substack [https://substack.com/@sacredchickens] Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1 This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Trump, Blasphemy and What Would (Sixteen-year-old) Julie Think?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/fan_mail/new] Warning ahead listeners! Julie lost her research glasses and went on a rant instead of writing a script. Listen as Julie asks her sixteen-year-old evangelical self to weigh in on whether picturing yourself as Jesus would have been theologically acceptable in her church. From there our hosts go off on a right old rant about politics in general.  Content warning: Tangential discussion of abortion (which can be upsetting for some current or former evangelicals)  Sources:  Trump Supporters Are Now Asking If He's the Antichrist [https://www.wired.com/story/staunch-trump-supporters-are-now-asking-if-hes-the-antichrist/] Trump Post of Himself as Jesus Includes Strange Horned Creature Not in Original [https://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-post-of-himself-as-jesus-includes-strange-horned-creature-not-in-original/] Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes? [https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/10/trump-territorial-ambition-imperialism] Why Trump's AI Image Is Reviving Old Antichrist Claims in New Ways [https://religionnews.com/2026/04/16/why-trumps-ai-image-is-reviving-old-antichrist-claims-in-new-ways/] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/support] Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.  Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson. Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens [https://www.sacredchickens.com/].  Produced by Julie Carpenter Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/sacredchickens.bsky.social] and Substack [https://substack.com/@sacredchickens] Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1 This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Interview With Author Naomi Ulsted: Defying Hell by Finding Hope

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/fan_mail/new] This week, Julie and Jarad talk to writer Naomi Ulsted about her upcoming memoir, her book, The Apology Box, and how the fires of Hell from her evangelical upbringing influenced her work. Our conversation runs the gamut from Hell on Earth to finding a little hope along the way. Naomi writes about family connections, church connections, lasting damage and the healing power of the environment. Naomi Ulsted writes fiction and non-fiction. She’s the author of the YA novel The Apology Box (2021), which was runner-up in the Indies Today contest and a finalist in the Next Generation Indies Book Award contest. Her memoir, A Bouquet of Weeds: Growing Up Wild in the Pacific Northwest, is forthcoming from High Frequency Press. She’s been published in The Nomad, Rumpus, and The New Guard, among others. She lives in North Bend, Oregon.  Naomi's Blog [https://naomiulsted.com] Sacred Chickens' Review of The Apology Box [https://www.sacredchickens.com/sacred-chickens-blog/book-review-the-apology-box] Purchase The Apology Box [https://www.bing.com/shop/productpage?q=Amazon+The+Apology+Box&filters=scenario%3a%2217%22+gType%3a%2212%22+gId%3a%22263889485141%22+gIdHash%3a%220%22+gGlobalOfferIds%3a%22263889485141%22+AucContextGuid%3a%220%22+GroupEntityId%3a%22263889485141%22+NonSponsoredOffer%3a%22True%22&productpage=true&FORM=SHPPDP&browse=true&cvid=7CDB3899039E4F508FB24C2090C46139] Glamor Shots, by Naomi Ulsted [https://www.sacredchickens.com/sacred-chickens-blog/glamor-shots] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/support] Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.  Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson. Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens [https://www.sacredchickens.com/].  Produced by Julie Carpenter Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/sacredchickens.bsky.social] and Substack [https://substack.com/@sacredchickens] Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1 This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Oscar Season Episode: Jarad and Julie Discuss Sinners

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/fan_mail/new] On this episode Jarad and Julie discuss the movie Sinners (with spoilers) and some of the rumination they had afterwards about racism and religion. If you didn't like this movie, you won't like this episode, because our hosts were all in. If you haven't seen this movie, it's a beautiful rendering of American mythology and folk horror and we highly recommend it. It's genre film with depth and broad appeal, a well told story with layers of history and American experience. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/support] Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.  Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson. Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens [https://www.sacredchickens.com/].  Produced by Julie Carpenter Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/sacredchickens.bsky.social] and Substack [https://substack.com/@sacredchickens] Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1 This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Believe Now, (The Rest of Us) Pay Later: How Evangelicals Form Belief Systems

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/fan_mail/new] In this episode, Julie and Jarad try to understand how what we believe about belief affects theology and society at large. How does a belief system that rejects doubt lead to authoritarianism? Should Jarad get a prophet robe to go with his flowing hair? Join us for the discussion. Sources for this week's discussion—we used these sources more for thinking than discussion this week, but these are all good reads: New Research Reveals the Limits of Christian Evangelicalism in American Society - Arizona Christian University [https://azcu.edu/blog/2024/08/06/new-research-reveals-the-limitations-of-christian-evangelicalism-in-american-society/] Escaping the Evangelical Cult - Keith Giles, Patheos [https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keithgiles/2022/07/escaping-the-evangelical-cult/] Cults as Power Structures - excerpted from Take Back Your Life: Recovering from Cults and Abusive Relationships by Janja Lalich and Madeleine Tobias (Bay Tree Publishing). It is posted at Apologetics Index by permission. [https://www.apologeticsindex.org/266-cults-as-power-structures] Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2315889/support] Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.  Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson. Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens [https://www.sacredchickens.com/].  Produced by Julie Carpenter Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/sacredchickens.bsky.social] and Substack [https://substack.com/@sacredchickens] Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1 This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.