Episodes: 347
Frequency: Every two weeks
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Listener location: USA
YouTube: 1.5k subscribers
Publicly listed emails
clintheacock@yahoo.com
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Clint Heacock - Host focused on reconstruction after deconstruction and recovery from destructive religious dogma.
Janice Selbie - Cognitive Biases, Cult Dynamics, High-control Groups, Deconversion, Religious Deconstruction, And Rebuilding An Authentic Self.
Josh Foster - Missionary Upbringing, Leaving Evangelical Christianity, Religious Trauma, Narrative Therapy, And Rebuilding Life After Exiting Religious Systems.
Rob Thain Smith - Mars Hill Church, Authoritarian Church Governance, Leadership Failures, Shunning, Abuse Of Power, And The Trial Of Paul Petry.
Paule Patterson - Addiction Recovery, Ministry Collapse, Christian Mysticism, Religious Deconstruction, Church Institutionalization, And Spiritual Paths Beyond Rigid Doctrine.
Beth Granger - Cult Recovery, Religious Abuse, Psychological Control, Historical Abuse Litigation, Memoir Writing, And The Lasting Effects Of High-control Religion.
Faithfully Dissident Daughters: Reclaiming Christian Womanhood Beyond Patriarchy (with Chelsea Kim Long)
October 07, 2026
In this episode, I interviewed Chelsea Kim Long about her forthcoming book, Faithfully Dissident Daughters: Reclaiming Christian Womanhood Beyond Patriarchy. The conversation opens with a discussion of the Southern Baptist denomination's recent ruling restricting women from pastoral roles and the broader rise of Christian nationalism in the United States. Chelsea shares her personal story of growing up in non-denominational evangelicalism in the Midwest, where she was steeped in conservative ...
"There, He Holds Her": Ministry, Mysticism, and Reclaiming a Stolen Life (with Meg Calvin)
September 23, 2026
Author Meg Calvin joins me on the podcast to share her journey from preaching at age 13 in the Methodist church to leaving full-time ministry in 2018. She reflects on how people-pleasing and unhealed childhood wounds drove her pastoral work, and we commiserate about the dysfunctional dynamics of church leadership—pedestals, underpayment, and unqualified boards blocking vision. After leaving ministry, Meg spent eight years exploring mysticism and intuitive development, which culminated in a pr...
The Guru Gene: From Blind Faith to Clear Thinking (with Janice Selbie, MPCC)
September 09, 2026
In this week's episode, I welcome back a returning guest and good friend, Canadian author and former fundamentalist Christian, Janice Selbie. We discuss her upcoming book, The Guru Gene: From Blind Faith to Clear Thinking in an Age of Influence, dropping at the end of August. We explore why intelligent, educated people are just as susceptible to cults, cons, and high-control groups as anyone else. To explain this, we touch on cognitive biases like pareidolia and apophenia, the role of certa...
Healed-ish · Low booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
You Can Be Both · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Honoring the Journey · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast is hosted by Clint Heacock. Its publicly listed email is clintheacock@yahoo.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast: clintheacock@yahoo.com.
Podseeker estimates The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
The Dismantling Doctrine Podcast typically books rising experts. Typical guest background: Authors, therapists, former clergy or ministry professionals, researchers, and people with substantial firsthand experience of religious trauma, cults, spiritual abuse, or deconstruction. Common among recent guests: Published books or memoirs; Professional practice in therapy or religious-trauma recovery; Firsthand experience of high-control religious environments. Recent guests include Janice Selbie, Josh Foster, and Rob Thain Smith.
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