Chrysalis Podcast

Episode 8: Matchmaking and Purity Culture in Orthodox Judaism - an Interview with Gemma

In this interview, we talk to Gemma about growing up in a secular Jewish family, becoming Orthodox, and going through the religious dating process before leaving the community.

Episode 7: Faith Transition and Mental Health - an Interview with David Paul

In this interview, we talk with David Paul about his life inside the IPHC (International Pentecostal Holiness Church), his struggle with severe depression, and how this issue influenced his exit from Pentecostalism.

Episode 6: Trump, COVID-19, and Evangelical Christianity - an Interview with Jordan

In this interview, we discuss Jordan's his life growing up in the high-demand German Baptist Brethren and moving to embrace and ultimately leave evangelical Christianity.

Episode 5: Growing up Gay in Traditional Catholicism

In this interview, we talk with CJ about growing up in the Catholic Church and the difficulties he experienced being both gay and a devout Catholic.

Episode 4: Transphobia in a Nazarene Church - an Interview with Dana

In this interview, we talk with Dana about her upbringing in the Salvation Army as the child of two pastors, her transition to the Nazarene church, and how church governance reacted to her coming out as transgender.