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ExcommuniDate: Life & Love After Religion

ExcommuniDate: Life & Love After Religion

Written by: ExcommuniDate
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You left the faith. The baggage stayed.

Ex-Mormon Jessa and former Presbyterian Austin get real about dating after religion: purity culture damage, mismatched values, and building relationships on your own terms. Honest, hilarious, and judgment-free.

For the deconstructed, the questioning, and anyone dating outside the lines they were raised in.

New episodes every two weeks.

© 2026 ExcommuniDate
Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • 24. 2025 Recap: Lessons, Fails, and What's Next
    Dec 17 2025

    In this year-end recap episode, hosts Austin, Jessa, and producer Miguel pull back the curtain on their first year of podcasting. They share technical disasters (internet outages, mic mishaps, Rubik's cube fidgeting), administrative fails (the "draft" title incident), and lessons learned about audience engagement. Topics include: controversial TikTok comments about Snapchat culture, the importance of guest vetting (enter the "Laz test"), surprising insights from reality TV coverage, and why Mormon Wives content keeps going viral. Expect honest reflections, behind-the-scenes humor, and a look at 2026 plans including YouTube expansion, more reality TV breakdowns, and listener-requested topics. If you're curious about podcasting logistics, love meta conversations about content creation, or have been with the show since day one, this retrospective is for you. Tell us: what do you want to hear in 2026?

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    42 mins
  • 23. Bible PTSD, Chaos Magic & The Funniest Faith Crisis You’ve Ever Heard
    Dec 2 2025

    Jack Violently joins Jessa, Austin, and Miguel to share his story of growing up evangelical, slowly losing faith, and figuring out who he is without religion’s script. He opens up about church trauma, purity culture, the fear of questioning doctrine, and the strange freedom that comes after belief collapses. With humor and honesty, they talk about identity, morality outside religion, friendship after deconstruction, and why humor can be a survival tool when everything you believed falls apart. This episode blends vulnerability, storytelling, and sarcasm in classic ExcommuniDate fashion.

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    53 mins
  • 23. The Ick Index: Scoring Red Flags
    Nov 18 2025

    In this play-along episode, we put modern dating under a microscope. Hosts Austin, Jessa, and guest Laz share their biggest dating gripes, then score them as icks or red flags from 1 to 5. Topics include: baby-talk sign-offs ("bye-bye now"), the "females" label, texting vs. IRL tone, food etiquette (string cheese, wings, sharing plates), tipping culture, flag-waving patriot games, and barefoot TSA lines. Expect humor, honest takes, and practical cues for better communication, boundaries, and self-awareness. If you're navigating relationships, deconstructing social norms, or love spicy debates about psychology, language, identity, and airport hygiene, this one's for you. Play along and tell us: ick or red flag?

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    1 hr and 11 mins
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