Category: Sacred Tension Podcast

Sacred Tension: Examining Wokeness and Evergreen State College with Benjamin Boyce

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I speak with podcaster and youtuber Benjamin Boyce about “wokeness” and the events that took place at Evergreen State College in 2017. He is part of a growing movement of centrists and liberals who object to the current woke movement, and are worried about its implications for the future. 

You can find Benjamin’s YouTube channel here.  

Watch Mike Nayna’s documentary about Evergreen State college here. 

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Sacred Tension: Overcoming the Faith Cartel with David Dark

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I speak with Christian author, professor, and theologian David Dark. We discuss Satanism, our interactions with the Bible, how we engage with the cultural religious lore we are given, and David’s never ending fight against Christian theocracy. Find David Dark on twitter here.

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Sacred Tension Book Club: The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart, Part 1

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In this first ever Book Club episode, I’m joined by Matt Langston of Eleventyseven and Rock Candy Recordings manager Rebecca Shaw to discuss The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart. 

The Power Worshippers is a terrifying, necessary book about the rise of Christian nationalism in United States and abroad. Buy it here.

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Sacred Tension: A Satanist and Catholic Dialogue About Popes, Elections, and Ritual

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In this episode of Sacred Tension I’m joined by my good friend Brother Castello to have a friendly conversation about the Pope, the presidential election, and rituals that keep us centered through tumultuous times. If you’d like to contact Brother Castello, email him at castellonsolidarity@gmail.com

You can listen to this episode on Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, your favorite podcast app, or on the player below.

Please subscribe to Sacred Tension wherever you listen, share it with your friends, and leave a five star review on Apple Podcasts.

Let me know your thoughts on this episode by writing me an email or leaving me a comment below. If your comment is excellent I might feature it in my monthly Best Comments series.

Become a patron so I can continue my crippling content creation addiction here. 

My work is sponsored by The Satanic Temple TV: a streaming platform featuring documentaries, livestreams, conversation, rituals, and more. Use my code SACREDTENSION at checkout to get one month free.

Read my dozens of articles here.

Join my Discord server here.

Find other Rock Candy podcasts here.

Music for the show is by Eleventyseven and The Jellyrox.

Join my mailing list here.

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Sacred Tension: Horror and Halloween with Simon Widdop

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In this Episode of Sacred Tension I’m joined by Satanic horror poet Simon Widdop to celebrate October and talk about our mutual obsession with horror. We discuss the psychological underpinnings of enjoying horror, how horror makes us think deeply about ethics, the Christian propaganda of supernatural horror, his latest book The Poet From the Black Lagoon, and more. Find Simon Widdop here.

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Sacred Tension AMA: From Christianity to Satanism

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This is the first ever solo Ask Me Anything episode of Sacred Tension. In this episode I take questions from my audience about my personal journey from Christianity to Satanism, how to handle an aversion to Christians, my take on protests and riots, my favorite pop culture representations of Satan,  my thoughts on Satanists using Tarot, and much more.

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