Episodes

Elizabeth Gale grew up in the perfect Scientology family. For many years, she and her brother were the organization's poster children. But as she struggled to remain on the one true path, she started to see several cracks in ...

This interview breaks one of my early, probably unnecessarily arbitrary rules. Keyan is an architect who works in New York City. He is an immersive hobbyist who loves motocross. A deep thinker who loves deep, meaningful conve...

What do you do when a traumatic brain injury takes away your health, your personality, and your sense of life's purpose? I first met Pierre in Japan when we were both serving LDS missions. We were companions in the Mission Ho...

Finally, today is part two of the conversation I had with Neal over three months ago. In this episode, we talk about waking up, putting off the pretender within each of us and the necessity and cost of advocating for others. ...

This episode is a testament to the human spirit. Today’s guest talks about overcoming darkness, rejection, and multiple traumatic events. Kauri bravely shares her experiences with racism, sexual abuse, incarceration of a love...

Is life, the universe and everything calling out to you. And are you too anxious or too busy working on your daily to do list to hear it? How would you react if you had spent the last 15 years of your life meticulously achiev...

Welcome back. In part two of my conversation with Meg, we dove a little deeper into her area of expertise, namely relationships, preventative care of relationships, and high-risk factors that challenge relationships. We also ...

First of two parts. It is impossible to summarize any of these amazing conversations into a few, simple paragraphs. My meeting with Meg ran so long that I had to break it into two episodes. And I still feel that we were just ...

In today's conversation, Jed and I talk about the painful, wonderful, lonely, scary journey of deconstruction. Jed was in his fourth of six years serving as bishop of his ward when his faith crisis began. Beginning with his d...

How tightly do we grip our core beliefs and values, and why do we provide any room for intellectual curiosity? How often do we seek to understand individuals and viewpoints that are radically different from our own? How did w...

Today's conversation with Aliyah is the Tenth Episode of the "Strangers You Know" podcast and I am so excited to share her story with you. In this episode, we talk about doubts, cognitive dissonance and deconstruction of her ...

Outside of our recorded conversations, I ask each of my guests to recommend someone who they think would be a good person to have on the show. Today's guest, Meg, comes from one of those blind referrals. Before recording toda...

DeLaney is a native Utahn who has spent the past eight years acting in NYC. (Check out the show notes for a summary of her accolades.) Our conversation covers topics from the personal to the philosophical to the mundane of co...

( Join the Conversation on our Facebook Community Group ) Today, Strangers You Know goes International with my conversation with Santiago García. I spoke with him from the small city of Pergamino, Argentina, where he was rais...

Charlie is an accomplished actor with an impressive list of accomplishments. He currently plays the role of Roger Davies in "Tina" on Broadway and his previous credits include: The Bridges of Madison County (Original Broadway...

How did you discover who you really are and who you really want to be? Or maybe the jury is still out and you are still exploring with an open mind. It's one thing to talk about one's journey from the perspective of the finis...

Amanda joins our conversation from her new home in Argentina. Originally from a small town in Utah, she grew up driven to be the "perfect girl." Devout Mormon, straight A's, and a self-proclaimed tomboy. She tells how a singl...

(CW: SI) Leaving the LDS church can cost people many valuable relationships, including family. Today's guest was actually "excommunicated from her family," which then led to a faith crisis, deconstruction, and her leaving the...

(Join the Conversation on our Facebook Community ) Originally intended to be only a test of sound equipment, my friend Neil got a jumpstart on the podcast by turning the tables and interviewing me. There will be a follow-up i...

(CW: SI, SA) Join our conversation with Jaxon and his experience growing up in a traditional LDS family and attending BYU before coming out as transgender. (Topics include: transgender, LGBTQ+, trans panic, deconstructing re...

Every week we pass by hundreds of people we don't know. Complete strangers. Some of them. We barely notice the guy at the ATM or the woman driving the BMW. Some we may see on a more regular basis. The clerk at the local conve...