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The Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve32 - Stephen Colbert - Freedom of the PressStephen Colbert - Freedom of the Press Have you heard about the latest scuffle between Stephen Colbert, Paramount, and the POTUS who can't stand freedom of the press?   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires u...2025-08-0557 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve30 - Getting to know JD ForehandGetting to know JD Forehand   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * T...2025-07-2946 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve29 - Getting to know Karl ForehandGetting to know Karl Forehand   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * T...2025-07-2238 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve28 - Getting to know Stuart DelonyGetting to know Stuart Delony   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * T...2025-07-1530 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve27 - Sleazbags, Solidarity, Social Media HazeSleazbags, Solidarity, Social Media Haze   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * T...2025-07-1238 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve26 - How to Be Resilient in the Best WayHow to Be Resilient in the Best Way According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands. A number of factors contribute to how well people adapt to adversities, including the ways in which individuals view and engage with the world, the availability and quality of social resources, and specific coping strategies. Psychological research demonstrates that the resources and skills associated with resilience can be cultivated and...2025-07-0132 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve25 - Setting Your Own Boundaries and Making Your Own ChoicesSetting Your Own Boundaries and Making Your Own Choices For too long, religion taught us what to think, what to do, and where our boundaries should be set. We developed and learned codependence and helplessness that caused all kinds of issues. Learning to make our own decisions and set our boundaries is challenging at first, but we get better at it through practice and when we discover our authentic selves.   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for t...2025-06-2440 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve24 - Doing Your Own Research to Avoid Thinking“I do my own research.” “Do you have a lab? What method did you employ for your double-blind study? Can you reference the peer-reviewed papers you published?” We usually mean that we watched something online, did a Google search, or found some people who agree with us. Although it’s not something new, it does more than cause us to be wrong; it also harms people. The Unlearning Curve Podcast   Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com   While many of us yearn for tr...2025-06-1732 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve23 - Jim Bakker and How Criminals Make the Best GriftersJim Bakker Jim Bakker remains one of the OG's of televangelist grifters. From the PTL ministry's collapse to his many criminal convictions, he has failed himself through his relentless need to grift and make money from well-meaning people. As he nears the end of his life, he continues to beg other people for money instead of doing something more noble. What a huge, embarrassing failure! But we shouldn’t feel sorry for him. We need to stop people like this from taking advantage of our neighbors. After all, aren’t we supposed to love and prot...2025-06-1042 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve20 - Mutual AidMutual Aid   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * The Things We L...2025-06-0338 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve19 - Exposure Therapy and Safe SpacesExposure Therapy and Safe Spaces   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * T...2025-05-2741 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve18 - ShincheonjiThe Shincheonji Church of Jesus - South Korea   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental W...2025-05-2035 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve17 - Franklin GrahamFranklin Graham - Peacemaker, following in dad's footsteps, or just one of the worst ever power hungry, grifter/enablers of toxic theology and right-wing politics?   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects o...2025-05-1337 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve16 - Navigating Love & Fascism16 - Navigating Love & Fascism     The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * The Thi...2025-05-0630 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve15 - Fallout from the Prosperity Gospel15 - Fallout from the Prosperity Gospel   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being 2025-04-2929 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve14 - Prosperity Gospel14 – Prosperity Gospel   The dysfunction and harm caused by the Prosperity Gospel   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxi...2025-04-2333 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve13 - Paula White-Cain13 – Paula Whiote-Cain   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * The Things We Lea...2025-04-1627 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve12 - Advocating for Women and Marginalized Groups12 – Advocating for Women in Marginalized Spaces   The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being ...2025-04-0931 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve11 - What are ACEs and AREs in Trauma Recovery# – Title of Episode   Summary   The Unlearning Curve Podcast   Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com   While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including:   * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangero...2025-04-0234 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve10 - Nominees for Worst Cult-like Organizations10 - Nominees for Worst Cult-like Organizations  The Unlearning Curve Podcast Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com   While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including:   * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Wel...2025-03-2635 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve9 - Nominees for Worst Evangelical Leaders9 - Nominees for Worst Evangelical Leaders   The Unlearning Curve Podcast   Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com   While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including:   * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations 2025-03-1936 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve8 - Good Questions for Deconstruction8 – Good Questions for Deconstruction Karl and Laura have been discussing good questions for deconstruction on The Desert Sanctuary blog and podcast. For this podcast, we decided to grab a few of these, discuss them, and help you start asking good questions and thinking about some of the most common ones we hear in deconstruction. Link to the blogs.  https://wordpress.com/posts/thedesertsanctuary.org Link to podcasts on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@karl4hand42/podcasts Possible Questions: Is God a good father? – He should Be Better Than Me? Is churc...2025-03-1241 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve7 - Understanding the Brain7 – Understanding the Brain  In this episode, we attempt to broaden our knowledge with a basic understanding of the brain. When we understand more of how the brain responds to circumstances in our life and what is really going on behind the scenes, we may be able to address our mental health and understand the way we are a little better. Resources Mentioned Mike McHargue – Science Mike – “Your Brain is a Burrito, and Why it Matters” (in his book, “You are a Miracle and a Pain in the Ass” - chapter 2”) Mike McHargue Play-Doh...2025-03-0539 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve6 - Barbie's Revenge on Greg Locke6 – Barbie Gets Revenge on Greg Locke  After some reflection, I want to suggest that it wasn’t God who destroyed the makeshift home of Global Vision or even the County he resides in that continually has to battle the hate preacher because of noise and parking issues. Even though the insurance company (if there is one) would probably attribute the collapse to an “act of God,” I have another suspect in mind. Most people will remember that last fall, the hate-filled preacher smashed a Barbie House on stage with a Bible taped to a baseball bat. So...2025-02-2637 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve5 - Alpha Male Grifters5 – Alpha Male Grifters I was greatly influenced by men like John Eldridge, Jerry Falwell, James Dobson, and the Duck Dynasty characters. I now realize these men are grifters who realize men have something primal in them left over from their evolution. The men who followed these guys are vulnerable and have a root-brain inclination to be alpha males. The trouble with this line of thinking is that most other animals also feel this need to respond to crisis and to live their lives in this crisis mode of imagining a demon around every corner and a...2025-02-1940 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve4 - Unlearning - What are We Discovering?Unlearning - What are we Discovering? theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com  Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * The Things We Learn on the Journey Regardless of your b...2025-02-1235 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve3 - Mental Health Moment - What is Trauma?What is Trauma? Copyright 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand The Podcast While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we participate in often prevent us from attaining genuine freedom in our everyday lives. As we move away from organized religion, we begin to recognize patterns. We believe that addressing many of these challenges requires us to examine all aspects of our lives, including: * Toxic Leaders * Toxic/Dangerous Organizations * Our Mental Well-Being * The Things We Learn on the Journey Regardless of your belief system, we encourage you to...2025-02-0533 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve2 - Cults & Toxic Systems - The Southern Baptist ConventionThe Southern Baptist Convention. The basic complaint against them is that they keep doubling down on things like racism, misogyny, and toxic beliefs and practices. Noted especially is their defiance of critical race theory, their executive board cover-up of sexual abuse, and their deference to the autonomy of their churches when bad things happen but enforcing their will on their congregation when it suits them. Links consulted https://youtu.be/KWhx3ZiAjzA?si=ejWcjfo8WfTOyVDj https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/06/07/7-facts-about-southern-baptists/ https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand https://www.sbc...2025-01-2944 minThe Unlearning CurveThe Unlearning Curve1 - Deconstructing the Sovereignty of GodCopyright © 2025 - Stuart Delony & Karl Forehand In this episode, we introduce ourselves and share a clip from Tony Lambert, pastor of Picayune First Baptist Church in Mississippi. The clip comes from Facebook, which also has a link to the entire message. For this discussion, Tony is an example of what most SBC pastors would understand and proclaim. In the next episode, we will discuss our feelings about that group in more detail. The Unlearning Curve Podcast theunlearningcurvepodcast@gmail.com  While many of us yearn for truth and understanding, the systems we par...2025-01-2236 min