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Praises in the Pod

by Alexis Brown · English · Devotional & Spiritual

Welcome to Praises in the Pod, a real, raw, and relatable podcast for Christian girlies. Each week we share testimonies of God’s goodness and faithfulness. We talk honestly about the hurts, habits, and hang ups we have overcome through surrendering our lives to Jesus Christ. Our biggest prayer is th

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 50 min
Latest: 14 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026 · 58 minNew

Episode 111 | It's Not a Reading Plan, It's a Relationship

How do you build a Bible reading habit that actually lasts? Alexis sits down with Eva Kubasiak, who grew up in a pastor's home and gave her life to Christ at nine, but spent years wrestling with depression after she decided she would not follow God unless she could feel Him. Eva shares how she realized she had made her feelings an idol, what changed when she finally read the whole Bible for the first time, and how reading through it in 90 days turned into a consistent habit she now does multiple times a year. They talk about the difference between reading and studying the Bible, what to do…

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7 Oct 2026 · 42 min
Episode 110 | Finding Your Secret Place In Prayer
Alexis and Abby are back in the studio for a real conversation about prayer, what it actually looks like, and why it is so easy to let it become an afterthought instead of the foundation of your walk with God. They talk through what it means to have a secret place, a specific spot where you go to be fully honest and surrendered before God, and why kneeling in prayer can be a posture worth trying even if it feels uncomfortable at first. They get into confession, journaling, praying out loud with strangers, and what it looks like to shift from praying only for yourself to praying for your…
30 Sep 2026 · 48 min
Episode 109 | Learning to Trust God's Timing
Alexis catches up with an old friend Peyton Horton for a conversation about the winding road that brought her back to Jesus. Peyton opens up about a near fatal car accident in college, becoming a single mom in Atlanta, and the moment she felt God clearly tell her to move back to Warner Robins in the middle of an engagement that was not built the way it should have been. She talks honestly about the pruning process that followed, learning to read scripture for herself instead of just hearing about God secondhand, and the season where she finally started shedding things she used to hold onto.…
28 Sep 2026 · 18 min
Episode 108.5 | Your Unique Identity in Christ
What does God actually call you? This episode is Alexis's message from Born Two Praise, the live event celebrating two years of Praises in the Pod. She shares a teaching on identity in Christ and how easily we accept the names the enemy gives us over the names God has already spoken. Alexis walks through her own story of being called fat, hard to deal with, and unqualified, and how a conversation with her mentor Eva led her to actually sit down and ask God what He calls her instead. She breaks down what Scripture says about who you are in Christ, why knowing God has to come before knowing…
23 Sep 2026 · 38 min
Episode 108 | Healing After Abuse
Alexis sits down with Catherine, a salon owner whose life has taken more unexpected turns than most. Catherine opens up about childhood sexual abuse, running from a painful past into an early marriage that ended in divorce, and a wild season that took her from nursing school to cosmetology to becoming the first female firefighter in her county. She shares how she met her husband, the fear she carried into that relationship, and how the two of them ended up healing together instead of one waiting on the other. Catherine gets honest about celebrate recovery, working through the 12 steps…
16 Sep 2026 · 45 min
Episode 107 | The Spiritual Discipline of Fasting
Alexis sits down with Cherrie Burdeshaw, founder of The Potter's House and author of Lord, Change Him or Kill Him, for a deep dive into fasting as a spiritual discipline. Cherrie breaks down what actually happens in your body day by day during a fast, from glycogen depletion to ketosis, and explains why Jesus fasted and why we should too. They talk through the different types of fasts, how long you can safely fast, and the long list of physical and spiritual benefits that come with it. This episode is a practical, no fluff guide for anyone who has wanted to try fasting but did not know where…
9 Sep 2026 · 56 min
Episode 106 | Work Is Worship
Diana wrote in her journal on April 8th, 2003 that God had given her another child and it would not come from her belly. Nine years later, her plane ticket to Uganda to bring home her daughter Esther was dated April 8th, 2012. In this episode Diana and her daughter Laney sit down to share the full story of a faith legacy passed down through generations, a hair loss journey that became a ministry, a business God grew from a ten by ten shop to three states, and a nonprofit called Warrior Wigs that gives free wigs to women and children with cancer and alopecia. This one is for every woman who…
2 Sep 2026 · 43 min
Episode 105 | When You Don't Desire God
There are seasons where you do not want to open your Bible, you do not want to pray, and the fire that used to burn so bright is barely embers. Alexis and Abby are talking about it because somebody needs to. In this episode they get honest about what it looks like to stay committed to God when your feelings are not following, why your emotions cannot be the foundation of your faith, and the difference between feeling distant from God and actually being distant. They also talk about what God produced in them through the hardest seasons of their lives and why the crushing is never wasted. If…
26 Aug 2026 · 53 min
Episode 104 | Delayed Obedience Is Disobedience
It's the two year anniversary of Praises in the Pod, and Alexis is celebrating the only way she knows how, bringing her mom back on the mic for real talk about walking closely with God. They dig into why the joy of the Lord is your strength, how comparison can be a sneaky form of lust, and the difference between the enemy attacking you and just plain old flesh. Alexis opens up about taking every thought captive, learning from her mentor Eva, and why she is finally understanding what delayed obedience really costs. This one is honest, a little messy, and full of the kind of conversation you…
19 Aug 2026 · 52 min
Episode 103 | She Did Not Plan for This But God Did
Lindsay Balliew grew up watching her father battle alcohol, protecting her siblings, and painting the picture of a happy family at church on Sundays while everything at home fell apart. She made great grades, became a nurse, moved to Savannah, and found herself 22, single, and pregnant by someone she had already walked away from. She walked into a clinic planning to have an abortion. A stranger prayed over her. And everything changed. In this episode Lindsay shares her full testimony including childhood trauma, a miscarriage, and what it looked like to finally stop running and surrender…
12 Aug 2026 · 52 min
Episode 102 | When God Is Your Business Partner
Chaley grew up with a sister who had a rare muscle disease and a family that showed her what it looks like to open your home and love people well. Chris grew up a preacher's kid who heard the gospel so many times he almost became numb to it until he wasn't anymore. Together they built a business, stepped out in faith, faced a seizure, a type one diabetes diagnosis, a stroke, financial hits, and a brick and mortar they had no idea how they were going to afford. In this episode they get honest about what entrepreneurship and obedience actually look like when God is the one calling the shots,…
5 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 101 | From 0 to 3 Kids in One Phone Call
Chloe knew she was going to adopt since elementary school. Jacob just wanted to date her and figured he would sign up for whatever she wanted. One year and a half into their marriage, at 22 years old, they went from zero children to three in a single phone call they were not expecting. In this episode Chloe and Jacob share the full story of how God orchestrated their foster care and adoption journey, including the biological family they chose to love, the trauma they had no idea they were walking into, the finalized adoption and the biological baby that came two months later, and what it…
29 Jul 2026 · 58 min
Episode 100 | Let's Go There: Biblical Submission as a Wife
One hundred episodes and Alexis, Abby, Mallory and Kim chose the one topic most women click away from: biblical submission as a wife. They asked their husbands to score them, and nobody scored above 72. In this episode they get honest about what submission actually means in scripture versus what culture has made it out to be, what it looks like when your husband is not yet walking with the Lord, how treating marriage as transactional keeps you from the freedom God designed for it, and why submission is a command and not a personality trait. This is one of those conversations that is going to…
22 Jul 2026 · 56 min
Episode 99 | Be Careful What You Pray For
If you heard Kasey’s episode last week, you already know her story. This week she brought Matt in to share his. At 18 years old Matt prayed for empathy and two weeks later hit a man with his car who did not survive. What followed was a full year of depression he hid from almost everyone, a transfer, and a divine appointment that led him straight to Kasey. In this episode they share how two people going through separate rock bottoms ended up finding each other and building a life, a marriage, and a baseball program centered on character and faith. If you missed kasey’s episode, go back and…
15 Jul 2026 · 51 min
Episode 98 | The Quiet Sins We Justify
Kasey Hopkins has been saved for 30 years, has been at the same church her whole life, and will be the first to tell you she still has junk to deal with. In this episode she gets honest about tying her worth to achievement from a young age, losing herself completely in a relationship at 16, spiraling into depression and anorexia after it ended, and spending decades justifying people pleasing, anxiety, and control as personality traits instead of calling them what they actually are: sin. She shares what happened when she finally started therapy at 40, how God is literally rewiring her brain…
8 Jul 2026 · 58 min
Episode 97 | Are We Ever Going to Get Back to That Place?
Logan and Micah are back and this time they are holding nothing back. Micah grew up as a pastor's kid and grandson, gave his life to Christ at six, and has wrestled with lukewarm Christianity and the weight of a reputation he had to live up to his entire life. Logan came to faith later, partied through her early years, and had to learn what it meant to actually follow Jesus. In this episode they talk about what dating looked like with two totally different backgrounds, the breakup nobody saw coming, an emergency C-section, a NICU baby, postpartum anxiety, postpartum rage, and what happened…
1 Jul 2026 · 45 min
Episode 96 | Thankful for What We Prayed For
Alexis and Abby are back and this one goes deep. From washing bottle parts at 5am with a grateful heart to wrestling with spiritual pride, they get honest about what it actually looks like to stay rooted in God during the heavy seasons of life. They talk about the difference between getting sober and getting delivered, why an empty house is more dangerous than a messy one, what it means to walk by the Spirit and not feed your flesh, and why so many Christians are full of information about Jesus but have never actually been transformed by him. If you are in a hard season right now and…
24 Jun 2026 · 48 min
Episode 95 | My Story Isn't Meant Just for Me
Anna Grizzle was adopted from Guatemala as a baby, grew up in the church, and thought she knew God until life started falling apart. In this episode she shares her full testimony including a traumatic firework accident on the 4th of July that shattered her eye socket, a pregnancy she was not ready for, and the rock bottom that finally drove her all the way into her faith. She talks about finding real community, changing her path, and how God orchestrated every detail including her husband from a prayer warrior, a Facebook DM, and a church she almost did not walk into. If you have ever felt…
17 Jun 2026 · 53 min
Episode 94 | What God Did With Her Worst Years
Amy Gaylor spent decades in addiction, in and out of rehabs, and walking through two broken marriages before she finally encountered God at the Potter's House. In this episode, she shares her full testimony of recovery, sobriety, blended family heartbreak, and how God rebuilt her life completely. She is now a certified addiction counselor, counseling women and teaching at a men's rehab every Friday. If you think you are too far gone, this one is for you.
10 Jun 2026 · 50 min
Episode 93 | When God Carries You Through
Rachel Fowler grew up in a home where emotions were not welcome, ran to relationships, parties, and alcohol trying to fill that void, and knew who Jesus was without ever truly following him. In this episode she shares her full testimony including breaking generational cycles, surviving one of the hardest seasons of her marriage, and how God never left even when she could not feel him. Plus she gets real about growing a TikTok platform, using content creation as ministry, and why consistency is everything. If you grew up in church but never had a real relationship with God, or you are walking…
3 Jun 2026 · 50 min
Episode 92 | Restoration Is Possible
In this episode, Alexis and Abby get raw and real about one of the most requested topics yet, marriage restoration. From unequally yoked seasons and two years of fighting for a husband who didn't know Christ, to divorce, darkness and starting over, they hold nothing back. Abby shares what it actually looked like to stay in a broken marriage while running hard after God, including the bathroom floor prayers, the moments she almost filed for divorce, and the one song that gave her peace when nothing made sense. Alexis opens up about how her first marriage never had a chance without Christ at…
1 Jun 2026 · 37 min
Episode 91.5 | Chasing Success or Chasing God?
Alexis is turning 31 and giving a full life update on burnout, doing too much, and finally learning to say no. She gets honest about chasing success over purpose, falling into a transactional relationship with God, battling legalism without even realizing it, and what God revealed through it all. Plus, the Praises in the Pod live event sold out in four days and Born to Praise is coming. If you have ever felt spiritually exhausted, overwhelmed, or like you are running on empty trying to do it all for God, this episode is for you. ** Egypt not Israel.. oops. real, raw, and relatable right?"
27 May 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 91 | When God Interrupted Our Darkness
Alexis sits down with Drew and Jessie Graham as they share their powerful testimony of redemption, healing, and the life-changing power of Jesus. Drew opens up about living a destructive life chasing drugs, money, and status before an almost fatal incident changed everything. Jessie shares about walking through depression, suicidal thoughts, and mental health struggles before finding healing and freedom in Christ. Their story is a reminder that no one is too far gone, no situation is too dark, and Jesus still restores, delivers, and changes lives.
20 May 2026 · 43 min
Episode 90 | Breaking the Stigma Around Mental Health
Robin Payne shares her story of battling depression, anxiety, medication addiction, bipolar disorder, and the toll it took on her marriage, motherhood, and everyday life. From hiding her struggles behind closed doors to reaching a place where she could not even pray for herself, this episode is a real reminder that healing is possible and that asking for help is not weakness. We also talk about breaking the stigma around mental health in the church, what it looks like to seek both spiritual and practical help, the power of accountability, restoration in marriage, and how God can redeem even…
13 May 2026 · 39 min
Episode 89 | Chase God Like You’re Chasing the Promise
Madyson Bradshaw shares her story of walking through infertility, the heartbreak of unanswered prayers, and what it looked like to keep trusting God in the middle of the waiting. From doctor appointments and difficult diagnoses to surrender, healing, and ultimately the miracle of Hudson, this episode is a powerful reminder that God is still working even when we cannot see it. If you are in a season of waiting, grief, or wondering if God hears your prayers, this conversation will encourage your heart.
6 May 2026 · 43 min
Episode 88 | Where Do I Even Start With God?
This week, Alexis and Abby sit down for a real and honest conversation about what it actually looked like when they first started walking with Jesus. From where to begin reading the Bible, to devotionals, worship music, marriage, love languages, habits, and the practical things that helped strengthen their faith, this episode feels like sitting across the table with friends. Alexis also opens up about Greg reaching one year sober and the hope God can bring into situations that once felt impossible. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed in your walk with Christ, unsure where to start, or stuck…
29 Apr 2026 · 44 min
Episode 87 | Overcoming Guilt and Shame
This week on Praises in the Pod, Alexis sits down with Anisa Driggers. Anisa shares her story of growing up through family brokenness, abandonment and heartbreak while still being drawn to Jesus from a young age. She opens up about young marriage, divorce, deep wounds from her past and the struggles that nearly destroyed her future. Through counseling, community, surrender and the grace of God, Anisa experienced true healing and watched the Lord restore what once felt impossible.
22 Apr 2026 · 42 min
Episode 86 | Saved, Now What?
Last week we heard from Lindsay Walker, and this week her husband Joey joins her as they share their story of faith, intentional dating, and building a marriage centered on Jesus. From one invite that changed everything to practical wisdom on boundaries, communication, and keeping Christ first, this episode is full of truth, laughter, and encouragement.
15 Apr 2026 · 44 min
Episode 85 | Relationship Beyond the Checklist
What happens when you grow up knowing all the right things about God… but don’t actually know Him? In this episode, Lindsay Walker shares how a life that looked “perfect” on the outside was actually rooted in performance, people pleasing, and pressure. From surrendering her life to Jesus at just 10 years old, to walking through seasons of uncertainty, career changes, marriage, motherhood, and stepping into ministry, her story is a reminder that following God isn’t about checking boxes… it’s about relationship. We talk about what it looks like to stop striving, trust God when things don’t…
8 Apr 2026 · 1 hr
Episode 84 | Finding God in Silence
Rosa Bryant shares a powerful testimony of survival, redemption, and the undeniable hand of God on her life. Born in one of the poorest regions of Peru, Rosa’s story begins in the middle of violence, fear, and brokenness. From nearly losing her life as a baby to growing up in a home marked by addiction and instability, her story could have gone in a completely different direction. But God. From a life-changing moment through a simple gift box to watching her father’s transformation and her family restored, Rosa’s story is a reminder that God sees, God pursues, and God redeems.

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Praises in the Pod is a English devotional & spiritual podcast from Alexis Brown. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

Publisher: Alexis Brown
Language: English
Category: Devotional & Spiritual
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 50 min
Latest episode: 14 Oct 2026
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