Lapsed Podcast

12/11/2023

Our first bonus video episode is out now on our PATREON! Anne and Steph talk Catholicism in the News, covering topics like (not the band), disappointments, and scandals of the Extraordinary Minister kind.

Patreon.com/lapsedpodcast

30/06/2023

Brilliant new article from and former guest ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson 🎉

These are some of the programs that were instrumental in creating prosperity inequities, writes a Black history educator.

21/03/2023

New episode! As approaches, we are honored to share our conversation with Come Back to Care, Inc. founder Nat Vikitsreth, a dot connector, norm agitator, and lover of liberation who supports social justice curious parents to practice social justice in their parenting while re-parenting their inner child. Listen in as Nat talks about what it was like attending an all boys' as a Catholic-Buddhist trans kid growing up in Thailand. Highlights include altar boy Spice Girl fashion shows and secret high school romances. 🔥💙💗💙🔥

Collection Basket:
• Trans Lifeline
• Life Is Work



https://open.spotify.com/show/7ypZ9u5uytJYYDFcNKYaT4

29/11/2022

We want to hear your funny Catholic stories!

What is it about the solemnity of a Catholic Mass that can lead many of us to end up with a case of the giggles? Maybe you attended a Catholic baptism or wedding where things went sideways. Or you were an altar server trying to hold it together as everything went downhill. Truly, who among us has never found ourselves in a bit of trouble for laughing in church?

Send us your stories! Email us at [email protected] or call and leave a voicemail at 505-6-LAPSED. We can't wait to hear from you!

14/11/2022

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qwQgvG5J8x9YbbXeXHfaE?si=mzEqjXLZRJ6joarTXeHtsw

SAINTS! Things get unexpectedly as Stephanie and Anne talk murdered , postmortem popes, and the in this season-appropriate episode. Join the hosts as they dive into feast days, patrons, canonization, and martyrdom. Steph is still proud to be the only Chavara cousin who got $3 instead of $2 on her patron saint’s feast day. Little Anne dreamed of being one day canonized but never totally worked out the details. The hosts also get macabre as they talk boards and preserved corpses (only ONE of which the Catholic Church apparently finds creepy. Can you guess?!?!).

This week's special collection goes to the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center.

04/10/2022

NEW EPISODE. Stephanie and Anne take a deep dive into what school and CCD taught them about life after death. A young Steph imagined a cloudy heaven that was harp-filled and toga-forward. Anne realizes how the impacted her early view of the afterlife. The hosts also launch into their own lapsed Catholic version of as they struggle to make sense of a Catholic-adjacent tweet involving , and ( ). This episode also once again involves a reference, care of Steph.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0im8PwEXa3YcWrOa9BwJ5w?si=axldzhSpQ261ZSvL77Zy6A

20/09/2022

🎊We're back 🎊with Season 2 of ! Steph discusses one rather big development in her life (hint: he’s adorable and shares a name with a very saint). The hosts also catch up on several months of news, including updates, newly Catholic celebrities (we’re looking at you, ), and Catholic references in the media (oh hey, ). This episode may or may not be peppered with some super cute baby noises.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VACInQcDlwXy2a4ADmZct?si=x_gaSBRnSny0RMXhWXxsRA