In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we recount Christian’s (what is it, his fifth?) trip to the ER and the looming joy of eventually passing a kidney stone (an eventuality which Jason insists would make him just kill himself rather than face it). We hear more about Christian’s road trip to the southwest, as well as about the effect sightseeing may have upon us as people. We talk a bit about the DXP Quaran-tunes 2020 playlist we’ve been working on, after which Christian tells a road-trip story that is absolutely as horrifying as the Holocaust, maybe worse. Biebers involve Chase bank and photos of supposedly majestic crap. … [Read more...]

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we take a couple calls from listeners whose lives we have basically saved from utter ruin and to whom we have given a reason to live. We discuss life under quarantine and deliberate about whether we are using our free time as wisely as we imagined we would, after which we talk a bit about OG Hip-Hop and opening ourselves up to new influences. We talk a bit about the impetus behind removing statues and memorials from public places, and then we share our biebers involving flashlights and Benadryl. Also, not a UTI! … [Read more...]

We begin episode #306 of Drunk Ex-Pastors with the customary banter, after which we take a call from a listener who thinks that Jason is full of shit. We follow that up with a couple other voice mails from people who think that Christian is full of shit. Basically we’re full of shit is what we’re saying. We discuss the Black Lives Matter and Defund the Police movements at some length, after which we share our biebers involving traffic decorum and plot twists. … [Read more...]

In episode #305 of Drunk Ex-Pastors we spend the bulk of the show debating the plusses and minuses of the #DefundThePolice movement, as in, Is the demand too idealistic? What would a defunded police department look like for a city? Is compromise with the Right even possible? Is revolution necessarily violent? Our joint-bieber involves long annoying road trips. … [Read more...]

Episode #304 of Drunk Ex-Pastors begins with some banter about chess and campfires, after which we take a call about whether or not we have ever considered running for political office (the answer is yes, kind of). We discuss the recent Twitter scandal involving Trump and voter fraud (as well as how hard it would be to actually pull off voter fraud), and then spend the bulk of the 2nd half of the show discussing (and debating) the protests against police brutality. Biebers involve phone calls and duvets. … [Read more...]

In this episode of DXP we banter a bit, play a couple voicemails about Jason’s novel and the book of Revelation, but we spend the bulk of the show breaking down the recent race-related issues that have arisen regarding “Central Park Karen,” the lynching of Ahmaud Arbury, and the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. Biebers involve fruit and bipolar people. … [Read more...]

In this episode of DXP we talk a bit about the FX series Devs, which leads us into a discussion about the future of tech and whether something is more possible if Hollywood makes a show or movie about it. We discuss the potential impact of psychedelics on society in general and atheists in particular, after which we touch upon the nature of hypocrisy and intellectual growth. Biebers involve “family” and poor online arguing skills. … [Read more...]

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we chat with ex-Christian punker Ojo Taylor about his experience in the ministry, his band Undercover, and his more recent spiritual deconstruction. Biebers involve elevators and media mispronunciations. Follow Ojo on his blog at ojotaylor.com and on Twitter @ojotaylor! Photo of Ojo by Rich Brimer. … [Read more...]

We begin our 300th episode of DXP with a suggestion  for how we might be able to reintroduce the word “retarded” to the cultural lexicon, after which we give updates on how we’re holding up under quarantine. We discuss what effect, if any, one’s religion has on whether he believes in conspiracy theories, and then touch upon the issues of consciousness, humanity, and free will. We spend the bulk of the second half of the show discussing whether progressive activists are alarmist, and then turn to our biebers involving needless repetition and how strong the tongue is. … [Read more...]

In this episode of Drunk Ex-Pastors we debrief a bit about how we’re holding up under quarantine, and do our best to climb inside the minds of those who are protesting the social distancing mandate under the guise of being some freedom fighter (as though Paul Revere and Patrick Henry had NO idea what tyranny and oppression were really like). We spend a while discussing the issue of Artificial General Intelligence, which leads to topics like the hard problem of consciousness, scientific materialism, and how hot the robots in Ex Machina were. Biebers involve basic etiquette and Q&A sessions. … [Read more...]