The How-To Heretic

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 fields, we're going to share the stories and seek the knowledge we all need for building a great life! After all, you only get one (that we know of), so you'd better make the most of it!

Gimme a Break - 189 05/05/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18975995

20/20 Revision - 188 04/28/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18865343

Burnt by the Sun - 187 04/21/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18777479

Dr. Death - 186 04/14/2021

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: /episode/index/show/howto/id/18692369

Triangle Talk - 185 04/07/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18615863

Nate Phelps - 184 03/31/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18509498

The Third Corey - 183 03/24/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18423353

Snake Saint - 182 03/17/2021

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). /episode/index/show/howto/id/18330488

Bridgertime - 181 03/10/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18234611

666 - 180 03/03/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/18139322

No Rush - 179 02/24/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/18046037

Goa Way - 178 02/17/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17953424

Flat Wrong - 177 02/10/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/17867186

3 Days of Night - 176 02/03/2021

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17772953

Gimme Some Skin - 175 01/27/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/17680094

Queen of Heaven - 174 01/20/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/17592539

Mom, is that you? - 173 01/13/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/17501837

Super Duper Spreader - 172 01/06/2021

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/17429387

UFOH? - 171 12/30/2020

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17359706

Choose the Right - 170 12/23/2020

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17279651

Superdope - 169 12/16/2020

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17177390

Three Unwise Men - 168 12/09/2020

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!) /episode/index/show/howto/id/17087072

#NoThanks - 167 12/02/2020

#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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/17006852

Evil Problems - 166 11/25/2020

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/16920434

The Ends of the World - 165 11/18/2020

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. /episode/index/show/howto/id/16827245

The Big Factory - 164 11/11/2020

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 /episode/index/show/howto/id/16738886

Uncle Frank! - 163 11/04/2020

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/16668110

The Pain of Purity - 162 10/28/2020

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/16550735

Strangers with Candy - 161 10/21/2020

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/16459658

Spooky Bible - 160 10/14/2020

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! /episode/index/show/howto/id/16367018

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