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Haystacks & Hell
Haystacks & Hell
41 episodes
6 months ago
Stories about growing up Seventh-day Adventist, leaving faith behind, and building new, fulfilling lives.
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Stories about growing up Seventh-day Adventist, leaving faith behind, and building new, fulfilling lives.
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Christianity
Personal Journals,
Religion & Spirituality,
Society & Culture,
Religion
Episodes (20/41)
Haystacks & Hell
S3:E3 - More Adventist Music Drama
This re-upload of Abby and Ami's original show SDAP dives into the complex and often contradictory relationship between music and the Seventh-day Adventist faith. Abby, Ami, Alex, and friends talk about their experiences with church music, worldly music, hypocrisy, destroying CDs, and just plain weirdness.
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6 months ago
59 minutes 30 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S3:E2 - The Devil's Tunes: SDA Views on Music
Did you ever get scolded for the music you played in church? We're diving into traditional Seventh-day Adventist attitudes toward music and talking about my own personal experience with music while growing up in the church. We'll also cover historical Protestant views on organs, early Adventist resistance to musical instruments, and the silly debate around Christian Contemporary Music. -Santiago
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7 months ago
36 minutes 39 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S3:E1 - The Next Four Years
Santiago discusses the current political climate, especially the continued rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States, while reflecting on his personal journey from right-wing authoritarian beliefs to greater empathy and understanding. Listeners are encouraged to stay informed, participate in local elections, maintain hope for justice and positive change.
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8 months ago
31 minutes 40 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E15 - From Faith & Fear to Freedom: Dee - Pt. 2
Part 2 of Santiago's interview with Dee. We discussed his questioning of Adventism and Christianity in general, Satanic Panic, his evolving perspectives on religion, and having empathy for believers. We also talked about Dee's move to Sweden, his childhood connection to Dr. Ben Carson, and how the Ben Carson on TV is not the same man Dee once knew.
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1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes 24 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E14 - From Faith & Fear to Freedom: Dee - Pt. 1
Part 1 of Santiago's interview with Dee, a fourth-generation Seventh-day Adventist, about his SDA background, early baptism, education, and what led him out of the church. In our wide-ranging conversation, we discussed racial issues in Adventist schools, the Civil Rights Movement, and more.
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1 year ago
1 hour 12 minutes 6 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E13 - Rosei Quartz: Pastor's Kid turned Content Creator - Pt. 2
Part 2 of Santiago's interview with Rosei Quartz, a former Seventh-day Adventist pastor's kid, content creator, and Twitch streamer. In this episode, we cover more of Rosei's deconstruction, finding contentment and a new outlook on life, complementarianism, consent, mental health, becoming a content creator, and more.
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1 year ago
58 minutes 1 second

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E12 - Rosei Quartz: Pastor's Kid turned Content Creator - Pt. 1
Santiago interviews Rosei Quartz, a former Seventh-day Adventist pastor's kid, content creator, and Twitch streamer. Rosei shares her Adventist upbringing, the pressures of parasocial relationships, and the high expectations placed upon her as a pastor’s kid. We cover her journey out of Adventism and how studying psychology played a big role.
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1 year ago
1 hour 14 minutes 53 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E11 - Future of the Show + Listener Stories
Santiago shares some personal news, updates on the future of the show, and listener stories.
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1 year ago
45 minutes 24 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E10 - From Youth Rusher to Ex-Adventist - Pt. 2
Part 2 of Santiago's interview with Andres Pichinte (They/Them), a Gen Z ex-Adventist who went from fundamentalist Adventism and going door to door for Youth Rush (for two summers), to exploring esotericism and now Orthodox Christianity. We talk about growing up Adventist, being surrounded by conspiracy theories, and moments that made them question their Adventist faith.
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1 year ago
48 minutes 52 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E9 - From Youth Rusher to Ex-Adventist - Pt. 1
Santiago interviews Andres Pichinte (They/Them), a Gen Z ex-Adventist who went from fundamentalist Adventism and going door to door for Youth Rush (for two summers), to exploring esotericism and now Orthodox Christianity. We talk about growing up Adventist, being surrounded by conspiracy theories, and moments that made them question their Adventist faith.
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1 year ago
1 hour 4 minutes 3 seconds

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S2:E8 - Charli: Escaping her Adoptive SDA Parents - Pt. 3
3rd and final part of Santiago's interview with Charlotte Hayes (Charli), a Gen-Z ex-Adventist. After escaping her abusive home, Charli discovered she didn't have proof of her U.S. citizenship, so she had to get a green card and worried about possibly being deported. We also discussed her journey of healing and leaving the faith she grew up in.
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1 year ago
50 minutes 15 seconds

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S2:E7 - Charli: Escaping her Adoptive SDA Parents - Pt. 2
Part 2 of Santiago's interview with Charlotte Hayes (Charli), a Gen-Z ex-Adventist. She was adopted from Russia and brought to the U.S. as a baby by an Adventist couple. Growing up, Charli experienced horrific things at home. The police and Child Protective Services investigated, but nothing happened, so she ran away from home at 18. She now has over 500k people on TikTok who have been following her life story.
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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes 44 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E6 - Charli: Escaping her Adoptive SDA Parents - Pt. 1
Santiago interviews Charlotte Hayes (Charli), a Gen-Z ex-Adventist. She was adopted from Russia and brought to the U.S. as a baby by an Adventist couple. Growing up, Charli experienced emotional, physical, and sexual abuse at home. The police and Child Protective Services investigated, but nothing happened, so she ran away from home at 18. She now has over 500k people on TikTok who have been following her life story.
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2 years ago
1 hour 50 minutes 38 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S2:E5 - Adventist "Halloween" or Nah?
Santiago and Saoirse discuss their very different childhood experiences with Halloween and read some stories from the ex-Adventist subreddit. Abby, Ami, and friends talk around a bonfire (bone fire?) about their experiences with Halloween. That last part of the episode is a little loud, but there's some fun stuff if you're patient.
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2 years ago
1 hour 6 minutes 52 seconds

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S2:E4 - Meet Will: ex-SDA Husband, Dad, Lawyer - Pt. 2
Part 2 of 2: Santiago interviews Will James, an ex-Adventist husband, dad, lawyer, and TikToker based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. We discuss writing wills for SDA church members, Will's deconstruction from Adventism, telling his parents, and navigating his own parental responsibilities, having deconstructed at just the right moment.
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2 years ago
1 hour 40 minutes 1 second

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S2:E3 - Meet Will: ex-SDA Husband, Dad, Lawyer - Pt. 1
Part 1 of 2: Santiago interviews Will James, an ex-Adventist husband, dad, lawyer, and TikToker based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. We discuss his parents' conversion to Adventism (along with 30 of their friends?!) when he was two years old. Will grew up with a very literal interpretation of the Bible and Ellen White's writings, and eventually deconstructed everything.
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2 years ago
57 minutes 46 seconds

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S2:E2 - From SDA Student Missionary to Agnostic: Morgan Clae
Santiago interviews Morgan Clae, an ex-Adventist director, producer, and singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. We discuss purity culture, her time at Walla Walla University, being a student missionary, deconstruction, and becoming agnostic. We also explore the meaning behind the lyrics of Wilder Things, Morgan's song on deconstruction and coming out.
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2 years ago
2 hours 6 minutes 3 seconds

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S2:E1 - Meet Erika: ex-SDA Teacher, Mom, Survivor of Abuse
Santiago interviews Erika Miller, an ex-SDA teacher, mom, and survivor of abuse. As a young child, Erika was abused by a deacon's son at her home church. She shares her amazing story of resilience, attending Newbold College in the UK, and eventually leaving the Adventist church.
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2 years ago
1 hour 36 minutes 23 seconds

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S1:E20 - The Amalgamation of Man and Beast!? Season 1 Finale
For the final episode of Season 1, Santiago does a deep dive on the "amalgamation" quotes. Abby and Ami talk about bigotry in the Seventh-Day Adventist church and particularly in the southern United States culture of the church. The conversation covers racism, homophobia, dating, trans issues, segregated conferences, and "the amalgamation of man and beast."
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2 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes 31 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
S1:E19 - Race, Slavery, and Racism in Christianity and Adventism
Santiago covers a brief history of race, slavery, and racism in the context of Christianity and Adventism. We look at the Bible, Ellen White's writings, and the history of how the Adventist church created a segregated conference system in the United States.
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2 years ago
1 hour 1 minute 44 seconds

Haystacks & Hell
Stories about growing up Seventh-day Adventist, leaving faith behind, and building new, fulfilling lives.