Anthony Magnabosco, the public face of Street Epistemology, joins Jamin Coller to discuss what it means to have conversations that don’t devolve into debates. They explore the evolution of SE, how it differs from traditional apologetics or argumentation, and how curiosity and grace can reshape how we talk about deeply held beliefs. They also discuss the role of personal experience, emotional reasoning, and the challenge of questioning our own certainty. streetepistemology.com YouTube.com/@magnabosco210 RecoveringFromReligion.org More from Jamin: IfImReallyHonest.com JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

Clinical psychologist Dr. Chris Germer joins Jamin Coller to talk about self-compassion, meditation, and learning to “take counsel from the warmth.” They discuss how compassion can coexist with duty, how gratitude transforms daily life (even poopy diapers), and why curiosity heals more than certainty.

In this episode, host Jamin Coller interviews cult intervention veteran Patrick Ryan. We explore the history and ethics of deprogramming, how high-control influence works, and the balance between compassion and accountability in helping someone exit a coercive group. Patrick draws on decades of field work, his association with People Leave Cults, and his contributions to cultic studies via ICSA.

Jim Rutt—technologist, complexity scientist, and former CEO of Network Solutions—joins If I’m Really Honest to talk consciousness, AI, religion, and the mind’s capacity for illusion. From Pascal’s Wager to LSD-induced ego death, from the Washington Monument thought experiment to the “minimum viable metaphysics,” Rutt and Coller wrestle with what’s real, what’s useful, and what it means to believe.

De-programmer and Cult Education Institute founder Rick Alan Ross lays out the playbook of high-control groups: recruitment funnels, “loaded language,” thought-reform tactics, and why some movements with benign origins turn coercive. We connect the dots from Waco to Aum Shinrikyō and discuss practical steps for helping someone exit—without turning every disagreement into “cult!” #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

Michelle Dowd grew up in a separatist religious group and went on to become a college professor, writer, and advocate for those leaving high-control communities. In this candid discussion we unpack her story, her writing process, and how she is helping others tell theirs.

Song Mi escaped North Korea at 17 after years of hunger, surveillance, and propaganda. In this episode she tells Jamin Coller how her mother’s escape opened her mind, the perils she faced crossing China and Laos, and the misconceptions outsiders hold about North Korea.

Dr. Lynn Nadel (co-author of The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map) on memory, maps, and why time belongs in the hippocampus — plus H.M., place/grid/time cells, consolidation, and free will. #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

Tim Mills (The Harmonic Atheist) shares his journey from Bible memorization and missionary work to leaving Christianity at 42 — and why he now helps others heal from religious trauma.

Rabbi Tovia Singer joins to unpack a Jewish view of “the Messiah,” the Passion narratives, the Pharisees, and why Torah is described as life-giving rather than burdensome. Expect points of sharp disagreement—and plenty to learn—presented in a spirit of curiosity without contempt.

Pianist and bridge-builder Darryl Davis joins to talk music history, hard conversations with people in hate-based groups, and practical tools for changing minds—plus the true roots of rock & roll, from Crudup and Little Richard to Led Zeppelin.

Former neo-Nazi leader Jeff Schoep joins If I’m Really Honest to discuss his journey out of hate and into advocacy, highlighting the power of compassion, connection, and truth.

Rabbi Tovia Singer joins to walk through core Jewish readings of the Hebrew Bible: what messianic prophecies actually say, why the first century looks like the opposite of a messianic age, how genealogies and the Jeconiah curse collide with virgin-birth claims, and why Deuteronomy 30 and Ezekiel 18 undercut the idea that forgiveness requires a mediator. We also dig into the order of the Tanakh vs. the Christian Old Testament, “New Covenant” language in Hebrews, what “Chosen People” means, Noahide law, and the Nation vs. State distinction. Links • https://www.youtube.com/@ToviaSinger1 • Let’s Get Biblical: https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Doesnt-Judaism-Christian-Messiah/dp/0615348394 • https://www.IfImReallyHonest.com • Superfans - Join team ”Possibly Wrong”: https://www.JaminColler.com/iirh_Superfans #IfImReallyHonest #TeamPossiblyWrong

In a world divided into teams, If I’m Really Honest dares to slow down, listen, and find truth without the walls of tribalism. This trailer captures the heart of the show: unfiltered conversations where quiet parts get said out loud, and both host and guest are willing to say, “Maybe I’m wrong.” You’ll hear moments from interviews with religious leaders, former extremists, and people living at the edges of belief and identity—each conversation aiming not to win, but to understand. Subscribe now and join the growing group of people who care more about seeing through someone else’s eyes than scoring points for their side.