Reality Rules
Check your certainties about reality at the door and enter into a complex web of what ifs and wonders. My guests and I question beliefs, value awe over answers, and seek to communicate the beauty of the universes that we each uniquely perceive. Regular intersecting topics may include: philosophy, religion, ethics, moral values, sex & sexuality, intimacy & relationships, mental & emotional health, addiction & recovery, quantum physics, psychedelics, the law of attraction/manifestation, etc., and also Bigfoot.
Episodes
14 episodes since 2022
Dave & Sarah: Are We In A Simulation?
Dave Testa & Sarah Sekoa discuss (BS about) the unknowability of the fundamental nature of reality. Recorded at Dave Testa's home recording studio on April 16, 2023, at the end of a 10 hour marathon of conversation.
October 03, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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24:59
Part 2: Let's Catch Our Breath - Addiction Recovery and Mental Health with Dave Testa
Part 2: Dave & Sarah discuss experiences of addiction, mental illness, recovery, and learning how to care for & ground ourselves and deal with the inevitable pains of life in sustainable ways.Recorded at Dave Testa's home recordi...
October 03, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:00:26
Part 1: Let's Catch Our Breath - Addiction Recovery & Mental Health with Dave Testa
Dave & Sarah discuss experiences of addiction, mental illness, recovery, and learning how to care for & ground ourselves and deal with the inevitable pains of life in sustainable ways.Recorded at Dave Testa's home recording stud...
June 22, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:00:00
Chuck Swindoll - Son of a Preacher, Author of Elucidating Christianity
Chuck and Sarah discuss Chuck's book: Elucidating Christianity, A Heretic's Dissent: Triangulating Dysfunctional Religion (get the Kindle book on Amazon here: https://shorturl.at/knrA7, or listen to the audio version read by Chuck on his YouTub...
April 24, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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2:02:33
Leaving Christianity - David Testa's Experience
A conversation with former Christian worship band member, David Testa, as he shares insights about his journey into and out of Christianity. The conversation touches on problems with Christian concepts of hell and salvation, connections between...
March 28, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:33:15
Art Life & The Evolution of Self - w/filmmaker Antero Alli
A conversation with filmmaker, theater producer, author, astrologer, and musician, Antero Alli, on wisdom from his life as an artist. We discuss ideas around self-delusion, ego, shadow work, and the inner child, and how to live the artist's lif...
March 21, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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54:51
Leaving Christianity - Marcus Lawrence's Experience - Live Zoom Recording
Marcus Lawrence, a former Christian worship leader, shares his story of going from being a full-blown Christian who worked for a church and for Christian organizations, to becoming an optimistic nihilist who still wants to believe there is some...
March 15, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:45:23
Leaving Christianity - Thomas Schnaars' Experience, recorded live at Edgefield
(Recorded live at Edgefield McMenamins) Sarah interviews Thomas Schnaars about his experience of converting to Christianity in his early twenties, becoming a church leader and teacher, and then leaving the religion in his late thirties and step...
February 20, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:17:19
Divorce & Deconstructing Religion with Macie & Emily
Macie LaRae and Emily Jameson and I walked closely through a season of our transitions out of marriage and out of conservative Christianity. In this episode, we explore some of the core truths we've learned on our journeys.Subjects-...
January 30, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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50:22
Exploring Bisexuality & Open Marriage - Part 3 of 3
Sarah and Yvette get candid about personal experiences in the realms of bisexuality and polyamory, aka ethical non-monogamy and open relationships in a three part series. This is part 3.-Experiencing group sexual energy...
December 23, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:05
Exploring Bisexuality & Open Marriage - Part 2 of 3
Sarah and Yvette get candid about personal experiences in the realms of bisexuality and polyamory, aka ethical non-monogamy and open relationships in a three part series. This is part 2.-Yvette and her husband’s unique and ...
December 23, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:28
Exploring Bisexuality & Open Marriage - Part 1 of 3
Sarah and Yvette get candid about personal experiences in the realms of bisexuality and polyamory, aka ethical non-monogamy and open relationships in a three part series. This is part 1.-Sarah’s experiences of growing up in Christian...
December 23, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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40:31
Synchronicities and Subjective Reality
-a personal synchronicity story: how my dead grandmother named my daughter Nina-what do synchronicities mean?-where do synchronicities come from?-is the reality we perceive an interactive subjective feedback loop of our consciousnes...
May 29, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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37:28
How I Let Go of Christianity and Embraced the Mystery of Love
I share about some of the gradual shifts in thought, conversations with God, and poignant moments in the deconstruction of my former Christian faith, and about my current working theories on faith.Why can't God "save" everyone?...
April 26, 2022
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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40:40