Ideas Digest

In this episode we speak with Dr Zuhdi Jasser. is the Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy and Co-Founder of the Muslim Reform Movement. We discuss; - Reforming Islam - Why he is often on Fox News - Islamism v Islam - Is Islam compatible with democracy? - Does Islam hate America? - What Muslim stereotypes he faces? - Donald Trump & Islamophobia - Why is he a political conservative? - The problem with 'the left' Connect with Dr Zuhdi Jasser https://www.mzuhdijasser.com/about/ https://muslimreformmovement.org/our-founders/m-zuhdi-jasser/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

This is an episode Replay from my conversation with celbrity chef Pete Evans from a year ago. As the covid crisis continues on, vaccines roll out, many people might shre Pete's views and I had the opportunity to explore them a little deeper. In this episode we speak with controversial Australian celebrity chef Pete Evans. Pete Evans is frequently appearing in the Australian mainstream media being accused of propagating dangerous ideas & conspiracy theories. How does he see it? We chat with Pete to learn how he sees the world. Topics discussed; - Vibrational frequencies - Vax & Anti Vax - Conspiracy theories - Mainstream media portrayal of Pete - What is Truth? - Is Covid-19 real? - Speaking up as celebrity - Can science be trusted - Donald Trump Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ M

In this episode we speak with Simon Hill from the Plant Proof Podcast. Simon Hill is a Physiotherapist and Nutritionist who is passionaire about making nutritional information simple. We disuss; - How science is communicated in the media - The problems with the mainstream media - Science, how complicated is it? - The evidence hierarchy, why we dont understand it - The paleo diet - The problem with vegans Connect with Simon https://plantproof.com/meet-simon Podcast - https://plantproof.com/protein-truths-with-dr-matthew-nagra Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we chat with sexologist, author, social worker Dr Joe Kort about male sexuality and sex. We discuss - Gay sex - What is sexual fluidity? - What does non-binary mean? - Porn, good or bad? - The problem of men, sex & shame - Homosexual attractions in straight men - What does it mean to be gay & bi - What is sex therapy? Connect with Dr Joe Kort https://joekort.com Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this Ideas Digest first I sit down with two friends of the show at the same time, well known Author of The Shack William Paul Young & author & theologion and good friend of the show Brad Jersak. In this honest and vulnerable conversation we discuss; - Hell - Salvation - Love - Pastors & Sexual Abuse - Forgiveness - Redemption - Depression & suicide - The nature of reality Connect with Brad https://bradjersak.com/ Connect with Paul https://wmpaulyoung.com/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we speak with Melinda Tankard Reist who is an author speaker & advocate for womens and girls. Melinda is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. We discuss; - The porn industry - Commodification of sex - Ethical porn - Men & porn - Normalisation of abuse in porn - The problem with Only Fans - Corporations and sexual abuse Connect with Melinda https://melindatankardreist.com/ https://www.collectiveshout.org/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

Alice Greczyn is an actress, model, writer, and the founder of Dare to Doubt. In this episode we explore her journey from Charismatic Christianity to Atheism, from conservative politics to …less conservative politics. We Discuss; Deconstruction Progressive christianity Religion & child abuse Religion, politics and America Ethics after religion Vaccine mandates & being libertarian Connect with Alice Greczyn - https://www.alicegreczyn.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/alicegreczyn/ - https://www.alicegreczyn.com/dare-to-doubt Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode I chat with Teash, a Queer Pastor of a Baptist church in Melbourne Australia. We discuss - LGBTQ+ rights - Gay conversion therapy - Victorian Conversion therepy legislation - The Bibles stance on same sex relationships - Teash's journey to becoming a church pastor - What its like being a Queer pastor in a christian world Contacts mentioned in the episode https://www.qlife.org.au/ https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we chat with Paul Anthony Turner, a pastor based in Kentucky. We discuss - What is 'Queerness' - Was Jesus Queer? - Christianity and homosexuality - Over sexualised view of humans - How homosexuality helps heterosexuality - Morality & sexuality - What its like being a gay pastor? Connect with Paul Anthony Turner https://www.instagram.com/paul.anthony.turner/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC77hBxzOGlw08bIKMNhCwGQ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we speak with Youtuber and Author Brenda Marie Davies (God is Grey) about what she descrbies as the "rabbit hole of sexual exploration" she descrbies in her memoir. We discuss - Purity Culture and sexual trauma - A modern christian sexual ethic - Problems of hook-up culture - Female sexual pleasure - Masturbation Connect with Brenda Marie Davies https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Xf6ScN9riYhTOUsvhkhaw https://www.godisgrey.com/ https://www.instagram.com/godisgrey/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we speak with Harmony Grillo, founder of Treasures, an outreach and support group to women in the sex industry and survivors of sex trafficking. We discuss - Harmony's journey into and out of the sex industry - Sexual abstinence & empowerment - The exploitation of the sex & porn industry - Abuse, trauma and exploitation - Why women enter sex work - What harmony thinks of men who go to strip clubs Connect with Harmony https://harmonygrillo.com/ https://www.iamatreasure.com/industry-exindustry-girls https://www.instagram.com/harmonygrillo/ Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImX4WGSDxyk Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we chat with Sheila Gregoire who is an author, speaker and blogger on the the topic of sex and marriage within the christian church. We discuss - The problems with what christians have been taught about sex - How women have been harmed by bad sex ed - The "orgasm gap" - The problems with "hook-up culture" - Re-defining sex - Sex & intimacy - A new Christian sexual ethic - Her book "The Great Sex Rescue" & the research behind it Connect with Sheila https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com/ http://sheilawraygregoire.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sheilagregoire/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode I speak with Dr Tina Schermer Sellers who is an Author and PHD in Clinical Sexology. We discuss; - The history of Purity culture in America - Christianity & politics - How American & christianity ruined sex - Sex before marriage - Sex in Christianity - Masturbation - How to educated your children regarding sex & sexuality - Porn - Divine sex Connect with Dr Tina https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drtinashameless/ Books referenced God, Sex and the Conservative Church Shameless Parenting https://www.tinaschermersellers.com/books Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we speak with Blair an exvangelical content creator behind the instagram account "Talk Purity To Me". We discuss: - Blair's journey growing up in the conservative christian south of America. - The problems with purity culture - Abuse of power in religious structures - What is purity culture & why is it harmful? - Feminism Connect with Blair https://www.instagram.com/talkpuritytome/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we chat with Cinda Banks, an Australian sex and relationship coach who shares about her unique marriage where both her and her husband are openly sexually non-monogomous. We discuss - Polyamory - How a non-monogomous marriage works - Co-dependent relationships - Sexual fluidity - Sex - Traditional marriage and relationships - Sexual morality Connect with Cindra https://www.instagram.com/cindrabanks/ https://www.instagram.com/consciouscouplescoaching/ https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-relationships-show/id1436788411 Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we speak with former pastor & Youth Alive founder Anthony Venn Brown about his life being subject to countless forms of gay conversion practices within christianity. We disucss - Homosexuality and christianity - Is being gay a choice - Harms caused by christian theology - Being married and having kids while gay - Why still be a christian when the church rejects gay people? - Does the bible condemn homosexuality? - Are homosexual relationships unhealthy? - Church leaders and sexual abuse. - Gay conversion therapy and gay conversion practices. Connect with Anthony - Organisation: www.abbi.org.au Autobiography: www.alifeofunlearning.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gayambassador/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a

In this episode we speak with Kim Zember a once gay and how changed woman who found freedom in no longer acting on her same-sex desires. We discuss - The catholic position on same sex relationships - homosexuality, is it a sin? - The harm caused to others when in a same sex relationship - What is identity? - What does the bible say is a sin? - Kim's journey away from a same sex lifestyle - Politics and LGBTQ+ rights Connect with Kim https://changedmovement.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kimzember/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode I speak with Dan & Jo, a married couple who still identify as conservative christians, part of the Seventh Day Adventist Denomination. Dan & Jo current host the Enough Room Podcast. We discuss - Being gay in a conservative christian church - Getting married & having a gay relationship - Stereotypes and judgements they face - Are they over speaking up about their journey - How they read the bible passages relating to homsexuality - Do they still belong in the christian community Connect with Dan & Jo https://www.instagram.com/enough.room/?hl=en https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/enough-room/id1519649071 Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/mes

This episode we speak with Blair a recent YWAM volunteer about his journey growing up in Christian purity culture. We discuss - Christianity - Evangelicalism - Male Sexuality - Purity culture at its best and worst - Deconstruction - "Secular" sexuality at its best and worst Connect with Blair Blair's music https://soundcloud.com/blaircoyle/amiss?ref=clipboard https://www.instagram.com/blaircoylemedia/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message

In this episode we chat with best selling author ex pastor & now branding coach Joshua Harris. Joshua Harris rose to prominance in the evangelical world with his best selling book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. It has been 20 years since he wrote the book and his world view is quite different. We discuss; - Purity culture - Chaging your mind - Sexuality - How change occurs - His journey out of purity culture - His journey our of christianity. Connect with Joshua Harris https://www.instagram.com/harrisjosh/ https://clearandloud.com/ Connect with us Tune in to our live podcast recordings on instagram https://www.instagram.com/ideasdigest/ https://twitter.com/ideas_digest Email: Ideasdigest@gmail.com Find out what we really think https://ideasdigest.substack.com/ Music: Lawson Hull https://www.instagram.com/lawsonhull/ Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ideasdigest/message