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Jenai Auman & Being on the Lookout for Power and Control Dynamics
May 4, 2026
59m 39s
Erica Smith & The Purity Culture Dropout Guide
Feb 23, 2026
52m 37s
We Talk About Spotlight (yep the 2015 film starring Mark Ruffalo)
Feb 9, 2026
53m 04s
Purity Culture is Pedophile Culture
Jan 12, 2026
1h 04m 01s
HOPECORE with DL: Wake Up Dead Man, A Knives Out Mystery
Dec 18, 2025
1h 00m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/4/26 | Jenai Auman & Being on the Lookout for Power and Control Dynamics✨ | power dynamicsabuse dynamics+3 | Jenai Auman | The Reclamation Collectivestrongwilledproject.com+1 | — | power dynamicsabuse+3 | — | 59m 39s | |
| 2/23/26 | Erica Smith & The Purity Culture Dropout Guide | Trigger warnings: religious trauma regarding purity culture throughout, allusions to pedophilia around 15:00, mention of sexual abuse around 49:00.We were so grateful to have a conversation with Erica Smith, sex educator and author of the incredibly helpful new bookThe Purity Culture Recovery Guide: The Shame-Free Sex Education You Deserve. You can also follow Erica on instagram.Krispin talked with Erica about dating after purity culture, feeling like an imposter in queer spaces when you come out late in life, lifelong impacts of being disconnected from your own sense of desire — as well as the top five things Erica found surprising (and disturbing) about purity culture as an outsider who learned about it as an adult.You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com or strongwilledproject.comYou can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 52m 37s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | We Talk About Spotlight (yep the 2015 film starring Mark Ruffalo) | Krispin and DL discuss the movie Spotlight, about the team of journalists who broke the story about abusive Catholic priests in Boston, and eventually, around the world. The powerful movie is about how systems protect abusers. We originally recorded and released the episode last summer for our paid subscribers, but felt that it was relevant to current times, following another Epstein Files dump, and as a society, we’re discussing how abusers operate — and how those around them enable. If you enjoyed this episode, you can join our patreon community or become a paid subscriber on substack to get these extra episodes. We just released one yesterday titled Dobson in the Epstein Files, Boundaries with Parents & Evaluating the Doctrine of Forgiveness.You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com or strongwilledproject.comYou can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILLED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 53m 04s | ||||||
| 1/12/26 | Purity Culture is Pedophile Culture | TW: childhood sexual abuse, CSAMThis episode, DL gives an overview of their research on Dobson's knowledge and failure to use that knowledge to protect kids, and instead promoted ideas within purity culture that parallel and affirm childhood sexual abusers. It's a long one, and it's tough content, but we feel it's incredibly important. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com or strongwilledproject.comYou can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 04m 01s | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | HOPECORE with DL: Wake Up Dead Man, A Knives Out Mystery | Here's another Hopecore episode! DL talks about why the latest Knives Out Mystery gives them hope. We discussed the way it approaches different types of Christianity, as well as asking whether Christianity itself is helpful, as well as what happens to true believers when they become calcified in institutions. We appreciate your continued support and engagement. As always, this is a survivor-led and survivor-supported publication. If you appreciate our work (and our ad-free podcast!) please consider supporting us financially or sharing about the podcast on your social media channels.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. | 1h 00m 41s | ||||||
| 10/13/25 |  James Dobson's Worst Nightmare Part 2 | TW: eugenics, racism, forced sterilization, gendered violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse materials, and homophobia/conversion therapy.This episode, DL talks about Dobson's political career (including helping Putin come to power in Russia), and how Dobson's purity culture is pedophile culture. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com or strongwilledproject.comYou can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 04m 11s | ||||||
| 10/6/25 |  James Dobson's Worst Nightmare Part 1 | TW: eugenics, racism, forced sterilization, gendered violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse materials, and homophobia/conversion therapy.This episode, DL gives an overview of the beginning of Dobson’s career prior to founding Focus on the Family, including his eugensistic beginnings, his role on the Meese Commission and the ways he ushered in the religious authoritarianism we’re living under right now.You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com or strongwilledproject.comYou can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 53m 18s | ||||||
| 9/15/25 | HOPECORE with DL Mayfield: Derry Girls | This is our second Hopecore episode! It's a special series where we take a break from talking explicitly about religious authoritarianism, and talk about something we like. DL talks about why Derry Girls gives them hope during such difficult times. We discussed why it feels like an important story, our favorite characters and why Krispin is a Derry girl. This fall, we’ll be releasing a substack series of writing and podcasts focused on Dobson and his impact on children in religious communities — so we also wanted to make room to talk about things that are life giving and more fun to focus on. Looking ahead, most of this content will for our patreon/subscriber community, but we wanted to share it with the broader community today. You can listen to the audio on the main podcast feed — just search STRONGWILLED wherever you find your podcasts. We appreciate your continued support and engagement. We know that much of our content take enormous emotional energy to process — we feel the same. So we’re very glad to switch it up this week and have a little fun!As always, this is a survivor-led and survivor-supported publication. If you appreciate our work (and our ad-free podcast!) please consider supporting us financially or sharing about the podcast on your social media channels.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. | 48m 08s | ||||||
| 8/31/25 | HOPECORE with DL Mayfield: Superman (2025) | We’re trying something new this week! Instead of talking about religion authoritarianism, we took some time for DL to talk about something they love and that is giving them some hope: The 2025 Superman movie that released this summer.This fall, we’ll be releasing a substack series of writing and podcasts focused on Dobson and his impact on children in religious communities — so we also wanted to make room to talk about things that are life giving and more fun to focus on. Looking ahead, most of this content will for our patreon/subscriber community, but we wanted to share it with the broader community today. You can listen to the audio on the main podcast feed — just search STRONGWILLED wherever you find your podcasts. We appreciate your continued support and engagement. We know that much of our content take enormous emotional energy to process — we feel the same. So we’re very glad to switch it up this week and have a little fun!As always, this is a survivor-led and survivor-supported publication. If you appreciate our work (and our ad-free podcast!) please consider supporting us financially or sharing about the podcast on your social media channels.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 48m 09s | ||||||
| 8/4/25 | Interview with Ryan Stollar | TW: childhood sexual abuse, child sexual abuse imagesThis episode, DL talks with RL Stollar about threats to children’s safety in child-centric organizations like churches or the Scouts, as well as what statistics say about which demographic are most likely to sexual abuse kids.RL is a child liberation theologian and an advocate for children and abuse survivors. The author of a book on child liberation theology, "The Kingdom of Children." Ryan has an M.H.S. in Child Protection from Nova Southeastern University. He has served on the board of and run numerous social media campaigns for child advocacy organizations, including the Child-Friendly Faith Project, the Coalition for Responsible Home Education, and Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out. He authored the first and only comprehensive curricula on child abuse awareness and suicide prevention specifically tailored to homeschooling families and communities. Co-founder of the viral website Homeschoolers Anonymous, his advocacy work on behalf of homeschooled children and alumni has been featured in national and international media. You can find out more about RL’s work and social media links at his website. This episode focuses on the risks of sexual abuse of children by adults, so please take care as you listen. If you find this triggering because of your own experiences, rainn.org is a good place to look for support. We recently released an episode discussing the 2015 film Spotlight, talking through how abusive systems protect abusers, and the religious themes that uphold those systems. Head over to patreon to join and listen.We’re hosting an IN-PERSON book club in Gresham, OR at Maggie Mae’s bookstore: September 28 @ 5:15pm. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 14m 27s | ||||||
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| 7/23/25 | Mocking Jay Part 2 (Hunger Game Series) | Krispin & DL recap and discuss the fourth movie of The Hunger Games, wrapping up the series and discussing picking up the pieces after trauma -- and a lot more. We’d love for you to take our survey examining the impacts of growing up in a religious authoritarian environment: click on this link to take it! So many thanks to all of you who have taken it so far, we’ve had over 500 responses! Plus, you all have left so many kind words in the open comment section and it’s been incredibly encouraging as we continue in this work!We just released an episode discussing the 2015 film Spotlight, talking through how abusive systems protect abusers, and the religious themes that uphold those systems. Head over to patreon to join and listen.We’re hosting an IN-PERSON book club in Gresham, OR at Maggie Mae’s bookstore: September 28 @ 5:15pm. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 14m 31s | ||||||
| 6/22/25 | Christian Zionism 101 (Again) | Today, we’re re-playing an episode from early 2024 about the origins of Christian Zionism — with an updated introduction (actually, two updated intros). Krispin & DL discuss the origins of Christian Zionism and how Christian publishing has shaped the course of history, including US foreign policy. The series originally had three episodes, and you can go back and listen to the other two episodes: one episode withJosh P. Hill and one episode with Kelley Nikondeha.Also, you can hear DL’s story about growing up in the midst of this kind of prophecy in this episode titled DL’s StoryYou can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 05m 46s | ||||||
| 6/9/25 | Mocking Jay Part 1 | TW: Homophobia, corporal punishment / spanking, drug overdose.Krispin & DL recap and discuss the third movie of The Hunger Games and talk about the reality of devastating violence of authoritarian governments. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 19m 16s | ||||||
| 5/26/25 |  Catching Fire Part 2 (Hunger Games Series) | TW: Homophobia, corporal punishment / spanking, drug overdose.Krispin & DL recap and discuss the third movie of The Hunger Games (which was a difficult watch).You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 48m 59s | ||||||
| 5/15/25 |  Catching Fire Part 1 (Hunger Games Series) | Krispin & DL recap and discuss the second book/movie of The Hunger Games and talk about strategies of authoritarian governments. If you want to hear Part 2 of this episode earlier than the regular schedule, you can become a patreon subscriber and listen to part 2 today!Krispin mentions researchers who see corporal punishment as a symbol of devotion to God; he's referencing Susan B. Ridgley's journal article, "When pain becomes symbolic of commitment"You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com.You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 41m 29s | ||||||
| 5/11/25 | Hunger Games: Authoritarianism & Violence Against Children | Krispin & DL recap and discuss the first book/movie of The Hunger Games and talk about how James Dobson and President Snow use the same methods of control. Download Pranksters vs. Autocrats by Sophia McClennen and Srdja Popovic for free! You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon community or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 16m 47s | ||||||
| 4/14/25 |  When Your Partner Comes from a Religious Authoritarian Family | DL and Krispin discuss what it’s like when you start to notice your partner’s family is dysfunctional, as well as what it’s like when you’re the one in the enmeshed family — and your partner starts to point it out to you. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 53m 54s | ||||||
| 3/17/25 | Wild Faith: An Interview with Talia Lavin | TW: child abuse, corporal punishment DL interviewed Talia Lavin, author of the phenomenal book Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America. You can follow Talia on bluesky and buy her book here. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED on Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 1h 03m 53s | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | Estrangement in Nazi Germany? | TW: Holocaust denial, homophobia, transphobia, and misogyny, religious trauma DL took some time during their estrangement story to do a deep dive into the intergenerational aftermath of Nazi Germany, and how younger generations talked with their parents about their support of Hitler -- plus, a run down of what seems to be driving estrangement in the US among adult children and their religious, conservative parents. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 29m 25s | ||||||
| 2/17/25 | DL' s Story of Estrangement | TW/CW: denial of structural racism in the US, COVID denial / death, transphobia, homophobia, fatphobia. DL shares their story about going no contact with their parents, and in line with our recent post on substack, discusses how oppressive politics and ideology can do incredible harm in personal relationships. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity or join our substack to support this podcast and join our discord community. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 45m 51s | ||||||
| 2/3/25 | Focus on the (Estranged) Family | TW/CW: physical abuse, corporal punishment, emotionally abusive caretaker Krispin & DL discuss the second part of the the Adventures in Odyssey episode, a follow up to our podcast episode Spanking on Christian Radio released last fall. This Adventure's in Odyssey episode focuses on Mr. Whitaker’s troubled relationship with his adult daughter. Honestly, we couldn’t have written an episode that is so perfect at describing what it is like to try and be in relationship with religious authoritarian parents if we tried. You can check out show notes and more STRONGWILLED content at strongwilled.substack.com You can join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access extra episodes, our discord community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here. | 53m 31s | ||||||
| 12/9/24 | Krispin's Story of Estrangement | TW/CW: sexual abuse, spanking, religious trauma Krispin shares his story about going no contact with his parents. This is a heavy one, and has an ongoing theme about sexual abuse and a family system that enabled abuse, so please take care in listening. You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access extra episodes, our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here and DL on Instagram here. | 1h 15m 12s | ||||||
| 11/25/24 | How Do You Set Boundaries in a Family Like this? | TW/CW: corporal punishment, spanking, mention of sexual abuse Krispin & DL discuss the factors that make setting boundary in religious authoritarian families so difficult. We talk about how trauma responses make it difficult for us to speak up, the negative responses to setting boundaries, and more. D.L. mentions the Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents series by Lindsay Gibson. You can register for Krispin's workshop for therapists & helping professionals at his website: https://www.krispinmayfield.com/ You can read about religious authoritarian parenting and also find the transcript for this podcast at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access extra episodes, our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here and DL on Instagram here. | 59m 51s | ||||||
| 10/21/24 |  Corporal Punishment & Brain Development with Tori Williams Douglass | TW/CW: physical abuse, corporal punishment Krispin & DL interview Tori Williams Douglass about corporal punishment and their experience working in a neuroscience lab. You can follow Tori on IG and check out their website here. You can check out our recent post at STRONGWILLED about the research about spanking and corporal punishment here, and the rest of our STRONGWILLD content (and the transcript for this epsiode) at strongwilled.substack.com. You can join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access extra episodes, our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here and DL on Instagram here. | 1h 03m 11s | ||||||
| 9/22/24 | Spanking on Christian Radio | TW/CW: physical abuse, emotionally abusive/aggressive caretaker, sexual abuse, animal/pet death. Krispin & DL discuss a Christian radio drama about spanking/corporal punishment. We're digging into an episode of Adventures in Odyssey (produced & distributed by James Dobson's organization, Focus on the Family) from 1988 that talked about why it was so important. We're discussing "A Member of the Family Part 1" which debuted in the early years of the program, talking about the importance of spanking. Even if you didn't grow up listening to this radio show, it's an important look into how spanking was practiced and the emotional dynamics surrounding it. You can check out show notes and more STRONGWILLED content at strongwilled.substack.com You can join our patreon comamunity to support this podcast and gain access extra episodes, our facebook community, as well as the backlog of patreon-only episodes covering evangelical media, spiritual abuse, and more. You can follow STRONGWILED Instagram. You can follow Krispin on Instagram here and DL on Instagram here. | 59m 23s | ||||||
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