Church & Other Drugs
Welcome to Church & Other Drugs. I am a recovered addict and Christian seeker who tells the stories of the beatdown, up and coming, hard-knocked, and healed up. you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll learn. Conspiracies? Nephilim? Heroin? Comedy? Check. faith|humor|comedy|christianity|spirituality
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195 - Mr. Stutts - The Stuttering, Recovering A...
Greetings, congregation! This week was a fun one. I got introduced to Mr. Stutts, aka Marc Sautter, from our friend recovery mike and knew we were two peas in a pod right off the bat. Mr. Stutts has recently started a podcast, and tells Jed his story...
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194 - Tyler Harper from Capra shares his journe...
Greetings, Congregation! This week, Jed brings on Tyler Harper from the band Capra to tell his story. Tyler started, like many a troubled musician, to use alcohol and cocaine to escape a lonely existence. After many failed attempts, he was able to ge...
52 min
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193 - What makes someone an Alcoholic? With Chr...
Greetings, Congregation! Back with another amazing episode with a new friend of the pod. Joshua Hagquist led to Father Chris, and Father Chris led to Chris Boss! Chris was raised in Southern Baptist tradition, and later found the Orthodoxy. Chris the...
64 min
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191 - From Punk Rocker to Orthodox Priest with ...
Greetings, Congregation! This week, I had a fantastic conversation with Chris Foley from Luxury! Chris started his faith journey in the evangelical world and quickly found dissatisfaction. Chris was playing in the Tooth & Nail band Luxury when li...
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190 - The Return of The Beautiful Mistake with ...
Greetings, Congregation! This was an amazing episode for me, as I got to indulge my inner fan-boy and talk to Josh Hagquist from one of my FAVORITE bands, The Beautiful Mistake! Josh talks about what made them record an EP after a 14 year hiatus, wha...
59 min
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189 - Banned from Social Media with Dan Smotz f...
Greetings, Congregation! Whelp, let's see if I get banned by proxy for this one. Dan Smotz comes back on the show to talk about his recent purge from social media. Dan awoke one morning to find out that he and his wife's entire facebook presence had ...
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188 - Musings, Rants, Herbology, Theories and B...
Greetings, Congregation! Listen, here's the deal- we all know what time it is when Nate Henry comes on the show. Jed didn't have a scheduled interview, so Jed and Nate just catch up as old buddies do-- and then predictably go WAY off the rails into e...
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187 - Jed’s Trauma Treatment Recap with Brandon...
Greetings, Congregation! It's so good to be back! This week, Jed recaps his time at Trauma Treatment with Brandon Autrey! It has been quite a long month, and I do my best to put into words what i've been through. Help welcome me back!
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186 - Phil, Jed and Brandon bring the Weird!
Greetings, congregation! This week, Jed brings on old friend and new friend of the pod Phil Avants! Phil has a stellar mustache. Jed, Brandon and Phil set out with one goal in mind: to make Jed feel better! Jed announces that he will be taking a hiat...
61 min
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185 - God, Where are You? Or, Why I left the Wo...
Greetings Congregation! Hope everyone is safe and happy. This week, I bring on Andrew Shipman, a patron and Congregation member, to talk about his faith, deconstruction, rebuilding, and leaving his position at church. Jed shares his recent hiatus fro...
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Recovery In The Middle Ages Christmas Special!
Greetings Congregation! This week for a special christmas treat, I bring you the Recovery In The Middle Ages Christmas Special! Jed was recently on Nat and Mike's podcast talking about all things Jesus, religion, recovery and spirituality! I want to ...
64 min
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184 - Brandon and Jed talk about the beauty of ...
Greetings, Congregation! This week, Brandon Autrey hops back on the show to shoot the breeze with Jed. They talk about the occult origins of JPL, the connection to alien greys, and Brandon shares a heartwarming story about the beauty of death. churc...
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183 - Tylor and Jed Laugh A lot and listen to 8...
Greetings, congregation! it's exactly what it sounds like. Just a couple of friends having a good time during a hellish nightmare of a year. Enjoy!
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182 - Evan Godbold returns to talk about his ne...
Greetings, Congregation! I hope everyone is keeping safe out there. This week, Jed brings back his old pal Evan Godbold to talk about Evan's new novel, Thalassman's Code! Evan and Jed first talk about Star Wars, because of course we do. Then Evan goe...
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181 - Joe Calderon from Lightworker!
Greetings, congregation! Jed brings on new friend of the pod, Joe Calderon from the Solidstate records band Lightworker! Joe tells Jed about growing up as a first-generation american, his early religious leanings, and the questions that galvanized hi...
52 min
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180 - Taylor Martin returns to celebrate a year...
Greetings, Congregation! This week, Jed talks again to his ole' pal Taylor Martin! Taylor has had a tough year living in France..but has made it through that year clean and sober! Taylor talks about all of the struggles that made this year particular...
57 min
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179 - Jed, Besh and Rogers Bounce Back!
Greetings, Congregation! It's the return of Rogers "stinky white boy feet" doyle and Besh! Rogers gives us the lowdown on what its like to relapse after 5 years of sobriety, having a baby on the way, and working at a rehab. Its a sobering (ayyyy) rem...
75 min
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178 - Recovery In The Middle Ages with Nat and ...
Greetings, Congregation! Today, Jed brings on new friends of the pod Nat and Mike! The duo started the podcast Recovery in the Middle Ages recently and are off to a great start. Jed was hindered by zoom time limits, but they get a chance to tell the ...
39 min
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Jed’s 6 year story
Jed recently spoke when he picked up his 6 year chip. Enjoy!
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I am one bad day away from dying
I am very tired of death. The disease took another friend, and i have a lot of anger, sadness, rage, sorrow, regret..a whole bunch of. So i just started talking. 803 543 7612 is my phone number. Please use it. No judgement, no nothing. Just want peop...
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177 - Brandon Robs a Drug Dealer
Greetings, Congregation! This week, Brandon comes back on the show to kick it old school with Jed! They go through the daily life of a junkie, gross junkie habits, how an addict gets money, and then Brandon recounts a harrowing tale of the time he (s...
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176 - Dopey Dave and Jed talk about being Gurus...
Greetings, Congregation! Hope everyone is well out there. First off, thanks to new Patrons Mike Wenzel and Noah G.! You guys rule. Jed starts the episode by reading a message from Ben Pelfrey and giving Jed's must-watch list. Then, Dopey Dave comes b...
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175 - Being a crackhead can be hilarious with K...
Greetings, congregation! This week, Jed is getting pummeled by not one, but TWO hurricanes! Hooray! But the silver lining is he got to talk to new friend Kara Fernstrom! Kara is a Canadian native who reached out to Jed about sharing a crack addiction...
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174 - Nate Henry returns to talk about his new ...
Greetings, congregation! I hope you all are staying safe and masked-up out there. This week, Nate Henry drops back by to talk about his new show- Blurry Creatures! Episode one just dropped, and i put it on my feed as well so you congregants can chec...
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Blurry Creatures ep 1: Bigfoot The Gateway Drug
Nate Henry's new podcast, Blurry Creatures, is out now on all podcast platforms! i wanted to help get his show off the ground, so he let me upload episode 1 onto the C&oD feed. Be sure and go subscribe and leave a review to help him out, it's a g...
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