Mormon and the Meth-Head

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<p>After Aaron shares the cringiest thing he's ever done, Jessa finally feels comfortable enough to really share her experience with addiction and recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron had one of his worst stand-up experiences right before NYCF and it really messed with his head. He and Jessa discuss the profound psychological effects of the comical phenomenon known as "bombing." Jessa shares her worst bomb and once Aaron is feeling better, they rant against the dangers of "clean comedy." </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>What if tirggers are actually just beacons, pointing us in the direction of the things we need to heal? Also- Adventures in meth labs.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Recorded in NYC the day after "Comics to Watch," we have a chat about finding yourself in the reflection of other people, Jessa's desire for real emoji's and Aaron's fear of commiting to a coats/people!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>While the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, Jessa tells Aaron some ghost stories. And by "ghosts," we of course mean Shadow Aliens who speak Russian telepathically.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron and Jessa weigh the benefits of direct and indirect communication and Aaron confesses to being a cafeteria narc. And Mom, if you're reading this, please stop listening to the podcast. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>In an effort to reconnect with his Mormon heritage, Aaron attempts to retell Book of Mormon stories while on psychedelics. After a little background info on the translation process of the book, he tells Jessa the story of Ammon, his once-favorite example of a faithful missionary and/or arm chopper. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa feels the sensation of switching between alternate timelines which makes Aaron google String Theory. She also explains yet another drug-induced vision that symbolized how our interpersonal relationships help us work through our individual trauma. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>After two stressful weeks of touring that culminated in the taping of a premium cable special last night in San Diego, an exhausted Jessa tells a cheerful Aaron all about her recent struggles with anxiety and how a problem she thought had long been conquered has suddenly come back with a vengence. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Today in "What Else Is New?" we release another episode we were pretty nervous about. In what became a two-part conversation that will be continued on Patreon, Jessa asks Aaron about his abuse and how that affects his sex life. Aaron ends up talking about how messy sex can be, and pushy women that wouldn't take no for an answer. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa abandons her signature empathy for a good old-fashioned rant about her favorite Facebook troll, "The Transformed Wife." Also included are discussions on speaking in tongues, speaking in Italian, and how to walk Jessa straight off a cliff!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>In an impossibly-excellent example of our dynamic, Aaron recalls the first R-rated movies to corrupt his virgin eyes and Jessa lays out the fundamentals of the Reptilian Agenda, as explained to her by Aliens. </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>So we finally watched Nanette (and loved it)! It gave us an opportunity to dive into some of our favorite topics: Comedy born from trauma! The narratives we tell ourselves! Religious shame! Does anger serve any useful purpose? Do straight white men?! All this and more on a fantastic, Hannah Gadsby-inspired episode! </p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>FAQ's for Mormons</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa flails with fans and Aaron finds his inner demon</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Upon joining the Starburns Audio Network, Aaron and Jessa reflect on how the podcast started and what's changed in the last 3 (or 4?) months</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Are all religions cults? Is Mormonism a cult? What about the Boy Scouts?</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Here's the thing about the the voices in your head: You don't have to listen to them.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa and Aaron compare their wildly different approaches to parenting.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa is intrigued by the loss of Aaron's Mormon identity, because she completely reinvents herself every few years.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron isn't sure if God exists, but he's certain that Satan doesn't. Jessa is too, because the Aliens told her so.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron has to accept his son's stepfather, which would be a lot easier to do if he didn't hate him so goddamn much.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron doesn't want to move to LA because he's afraid of losing his son.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>A discourse on the nature of reality following one on the nature of their relationship</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa and Aaron exchange notes on how their lives have changed since becoming friends</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron is caught between Mormon and Ex-Mormon worlds</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa died but it's fine she came back a lot cooler</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa teaches Aaron how to keep his feelings to himself</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa panics at the disco!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron and Jessa share fetishes and formative sex chat experiences!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa gives Aaron the sex talk his father never could.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa preaches the new gospel of free love.</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Jessa and Aaron open up about their childhood sexual trauma</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron tries acid for the first time, and we record a podcast mid-trip!</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron: I almost touched a bra once Jessa: Hold my beers</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>The good and the bad of religion</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron and Jessa compare divorce stories</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

<p>Aaron and Jessa discuss their exits from Mormonism and Meth</p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>