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The How-To Heretic

by Mark, Dan, and Doug · English · Devotional & Spiritual

Your user's guide to life on the outside. Leaving religion is the first step into a larger, better world. But it can also be a scary world. Things work differently now. Never fear: that's why we're here! We're your audio uncles, and with help from good friends and experts in all sorts of fiel

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 22 min
Latest: 5 May 2021
Language: English

Latest episode

5 May 2021 · 1 hr 7 min

Gimme a Break - 189

This week! Uncle Mark thinks we need to take a long, hard look at Medusa, Uncle Doug tells us about the most hopeless Pope with Clement VII, and we break the news about a much-needed break.

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Earlier episodes 29 most recent

28 Apr 2021 · 1 hr 21 min
20/20 Revision - 188
This week! Uncle Mark can't see too good with the Urim and Thummim, Uncle Doug chooses to slow rather than fast with Ramadan, and Uncle Dan cracks all things chiropractic.
21 Apr 2021 · 1 hr 36 min
Burnt by the Sun - 187
This week, Mark asks you to wear eye protection with the Miracle of Fatima, Uncle Dan spills the beans on the secrets of the Rosicrucians, and Uncle Doug loses all meaning (or does he?) with Kabbala.
14 Apr 2021 · 1 hr 15 min
Dr. Death - 186
This week! Uncle Mark rolls snake-eyes with Pascal's Wager, Uncle Doug gets into a fishy mystery with the Jesus Fish, and Dr. Terri Daniel joins us to talk about grieving and death from a non-religious perspective. To find the Amazing Dr. Terri Daniel and explore her work and services, check out her website: https://spiritualityandgrief. com/
7 Apr 2021 · 1 hr 32 min
Triangle Talk - 185
This week! Uncle Mark bends belief with spoon bending, Uncle Doug warns against the wrath of the Bermuda Triangle and professor Jim returns to help us understand the theories behind conspiracies.
31 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 32 min
Nate Phelps - 184
This week! Uncle Doug runs wild and lives to regret it with Rumspringa, Uncle Dan tries to explain Easter and fails, and Nate Phelps joins us to talk about waking from his nightmare.
24 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 38 min
The Third Corey - 183
This week! Uncle Mark finds 9 is too many with The Order of 9 Angles, Uncle Dan finds the accidental good guy in the Book of Mormon with Korihor, and Uncle Doug wants you to tell your friends the COVID vaccine is right for them.
17 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 15 min
Snake Saint - 182
This week! Uncle Mark wants the loot from the young Earth creationists, Uncle Doug reviews Murder Among the Mormons and Uncle Dan hopes you enjoy St. Patrick's Day responsibly (and a little more honestly).
10 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 26 min
Bridgertime - 181
This week! Uncle Mark finds a route to the White House with Manly P. Hall, Uncle Dan thinks you're ignoring the 2nd Commandment with political idolatry, and Uncle Doug introduces us to the man who stopped the Mormons with Jim Bridger.
3 Mar 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
666 - 180
This Week! Uncle Mark disturbs your slumber with sleep paralysis, Uncle Doug spins the night away with the Sufis, and Uncle Dan has the wrong number with 666!
24 Feb 2021 · 1 hr 27 min
No Rush - 179
This week! Uncle Mark gazes into the past to find someone that could not see the future, Uncle Dan sends your Valentine a drunk naked bouquet, and Uncle Doug thinks the dead deserve to be remembered for who they were in life.
17 Feb 2021 · 1 hr 13 min
Goa Way - 178
This week! Uncle Doug tells us the sad story of a very lonely island with Makemake, Uncle Dan takes us Christian shopping, and Uncle Mark sets sad sail to the Goa Inquisition.
10 Feb 2021 · 1 hr 33 min
Flat Wrong - 177
This week! Uncle Mark asks "what's in the box?" with Orgone Energy, Uncle Dan puts 3rd Nephi out of our misery, and Uncle Doug makes us all want to jump off the edge of the flat Earth!
3 Feb 2021 · 1 hr 22 min
3 Days of Night - 176
This week! Uncle Dan gives us the damage report with 3rd Nephi part 2, Uncle Mark wonders how many atoms your gold has with the Anunnaki, and Uncle Doug ruins a perfectly good time with Project Blitz.
27 Jan 2021 · 1 hr 22 min
Gimme Some Skin - 175
This week! Uncle Dan makes the Book of Mormon seem kinda dumb with 3rd Nephi part 1, Uncle Mark thinks the story of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle should be rated R, and Uncle Doug does a Q with no A with Heretics in the news!
20 Jan 2021 · 1 hr 14 min
Queen of Heaven - 174
This week! Uncle Mark traces some insurrectionist DNA back to the Mormon Council of 50, Uncle Doug stinks up the place with Moxibustion, and Uncle Dan introduces us to Mrs. God with the Queen of Heaven!
13 Jan 2021 · 1 hr 33 min
Mom, is that you? - 173
This week! Uncle Mark says ass a lot with Balaam's Ass, Uncle Dan talks about your mom with Heavenly Mother, and Uncle Doug challenges us to find common cause in uncommon times!
6 Jan 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
Super Duper Spreader - 172
This week! Uncle Mark explores maybe too much alien life with Panspermia, Uncle Dan concludes that church music might be a bad thing, and Uncle Doug shows us bloody mercy by concluding the Book of Joshua!
30 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 32 min
UFOH? - 171
This week! Uncle Mark spins off into silly space with UFO cults, Uncle Dan gazes into your eyes for cult recruitment, and Uncle lets loose torrents of blood with Joshua part 1.
23 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 22 min
Choose the Right - 170
This week! Uncle Dan continues his exploration of spirituality and the brain with chemical enhancements, Uncle Doug gets his wings with It's a Wonderful Life, and Uncle Mark thinks Mormonism might have a serious problem on its right.
16 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Superdope - 169
This week! Uncle Doug examines a marginal Mormon menace with Superdell Schanze, Uncle Mark marvels over miracles and machetes with St. Peter of Verona and Uncle Dan discusses profound spiritual experiences and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
9 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 23 min
Three Unwise Men - 168
This week! Uncle Dan wonders about the point of 3 weird dudes with the Magi, Uncle Doug "Discovers" something some people have known about for thousands of years, and we discuss the horror of the BYU "conversion therapy" program (CONTENT WARNING!)
2 Dec 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
#NoThanks - 167
This week, Uncle Mark leads police to a body of bullshit with psychic detectives, Uncle Dan introduces us to the Aristocracy of Hell, and Uncle Doug finds yet another religious leader offering less than nothing for what ails us.
25 Nov 2020 · 1 hr 20 min
Evil Problems - 166
This week! Uncle Mark introduces us to a liar for laughs with Mike Warnke, Uncle Doug wonders if Evil is a problem with theodicy, and Uncle Dan asks our friend Eli Bosnick about our dumb brains.
18 Nov 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
The Ends of the World - 165
This week! Uncle Mark lists the apocalypses that weren't, Uncle Dan tries to take your money with NLP, and Uncle Doug examines a life without meaning in Ecclesiastes.
11 Nov 2020 · 1 hr 19 min
The Big Factory - 164
This week! Special guest Audio-Auntie Lauren O'Neal joins us to blab about the beasts of the Bible, Uncle Dan shows us that knowing nothing has a long tradition in America, and Mitch Shira joins us to give some horrible old men what they richly deserve! Find our special Guest Auntie Lauren O'Neal on Twitter @laureneoneal and you can pick a copy of the excellent anthology Empty the Pews that she coedited with our friend @C_Stroop and why not submit an essay of your own for their second here: [email protected] Find the very talented Mitch Shira on TikTok @genie_man
4 Nov 2020 · 1 hr 33 min
Uncle Frank! - 163
This week! Uncle Mark shows us the inky horrors of Jack Chick, special guest Uncle Frank talks about teen suicide issues in Utah, and Uncle Dan ponders whether to kid or not to kid!
28 Oct 2020 · 1 hr 21 min
The Pain of Purity - 162
This week! Uncle Doug takes a much-needed break, Uncle Dan fulminates on the foundations of faith, and we're joined by purity culture expert Linda Kay Klein!
21 Oct 2020 · 1 hr 30 min
Strangers with Candy - 161
This week! Uncle Mark says we should chill out about the Halloween Candy Panic, Uncle Dan introduces us to the OG witch Ursula Soothtell, and Uncle Doug wants more atheists in office!
14 Oct 2020 · 1 hr 16 min
Spooky Bible - 160
This week! Uncle Doug tries to describe Biblically accurate angels and fails, Uncle Mark puts you to sleep in the twinkling of an eye with Mormon Conference culture, and Uncle Dan scares the children by reading directly from the Bible!

About The How-To Heretic

The How-To Heretic is a English devotional & spiritual podcast from Mark, Dan, and Doug. 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: Mark, Dan, and Doug
Language: English
Category: Devotional & Spiritual
New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 1 hr 22 min
Latest episode: 5 May 2021
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