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Jerry's Kids

Jerry's Kids

Written by: Violet Elderflower Winters Smith
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An ex-vangelical / deconstruction podcast dedicated to exploring the Falwell dynasty in Lynchburg, Virginia, presenting a transgender person’s insider view of the religious trauma she continues to unpack from her own upbringing in the culture of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University. Reach us at jerryskidspodcast@gmail.com!

Violet's other creative work can be found on her poetry website https://allpoetry.com/Violet%20E.%20Winters.

Her first poetry chapbook (2nd edition forthcoming) Buckling in the Bible Belt: A Queer Coming of Age can be found on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Buckling-Bible-Belt-Audience-Chapbooks-ebook/dp/B0CFM6TG3D.

Violet Winters Smith 2025 Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Lord I Lift Your Name on High : A Conversation with Grant Bloom about Christian Music, Part 2

    Lord I Lift Your Name on High : A Conversation with Grant Bloom about Christian Music, Part 2
    Dec 20 2025

    Content Warning: We will be singing and playing some Christian music.

    A brief mention of SA (no details) is made.

    Daddy God and the father wound, worship music at church, music and altered states of consciousness, the rich fucks in the Falwell's inner circle, the big business of church, and playing in the "secular" world.

    Upcoming podcast topics! Homeschool co-ops, high school youth groups, queerness, Summit Ministries, Christian summer camps and retreats, mission trips, and Christian power teams!

    The Dharma at Big Sur by John Adams

    The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day

    The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine

    Theme song by my dear friend (and this week's guest!) Grant Bloom (http://www.grantbloommusic.com/).
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    56 mins
  • Lord I Lift Your Name on High : A Conversation with Grant Bloom about Christian Music, Part 1

    Lord I Lift Your Name on High : A Conversation with Grant Bloom about Christian Music, Part 1
    Dec 20 2025

    Content Warning: We will be singing and playing some Christian music.

    Church bands, Christian rock, and innuendos in worship songs.

    The Christian record company that I was trying to remember is Tooth & Nail Records: https://www.toothandnail.com/about.

    Theme song by my dear friend (and this week's guest!) Grant Bloom (http://www.grantbloommusic.com/).
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    58 mins
  • Christian Folk Magic for the Queers: An Interview with Rob Phoenix about Pennsylvania German Braucherei / Powwow / Hexerei

    Christian Folk Magic for the Queers: An Interview with Rob Phoenix about Pennsylvania German Braucherei / Powwow / Hexerei
    Dec 14 2025

    Rob Phoenix has a YouTube blog at https://www.youtube.com/@ThePowwwowGuy and an unmaintained, but comprehensive, website at https://pagermanpowwow.com/.

    Books mentioned in this episode

    The Long Lost Friend by Johann Georg Hohman

    The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses

    The Egyptian Secrets of Albertus Magnus

    You can find my friend's shop in Tucson at https://www.yoliabotanica.com/.

    As always, you may contact me at jerryskidspodcast@gmail.com!

    <3 Violet

    Theme song by my dear friend Grant Bloom (http://www.grantbloommusic.com/).
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    1 hr
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