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Anne McNamee Keels

Join host Anne McNamee-Keels as she chats with guests about growing up Catholic: the hilarious, the horrifying, the heartwarming, the HolyChristWTF. It's like we're KonMari-ing our Catholicism and you're along for the ride. (And also with you.)

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33:23

Saint Deep Dive: Saint Blaise!

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2024/02/20

Anne surprises Steph with a deep dive into Saint Blaise whom, as it turns out, Steph has literally never heard of. Listen in as the hosts talk throat blessing, wool combing, pig stealing and more. (#SaintBlaisePrayForUs)COLLECTION BASKET: This week we invite you to donate to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.CONNECT:WE HAVE PATREON! http://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at lapsedpodcast@gmail.com or at www.lapsedpodcast.com or call us and leave

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55:13

Jesuits Are My Invisible Boyfriend: An Interview with...

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2024/02/06

Eliana La Casa is a real life apostate! She’s also a bilingual Argentinean stand up comedian who has been featured on Comedy Central Latinoamerica, as well as BBC Radio 4. She was voted Best Stand Up Comedian of 2021 by the Chicago Reader. She moved to the US in 2021 and has since fallen in love with Storytelling. She affirms she moved to pursue comedy, but her real goal is to try every single vegan restaurant in Chicago. Listen in as she regales Anne and Steph with tales of living as an atheist in

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65:10

BEST OF LAPSED: Father Anne

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2024/01/23

Today’s episode is throw back to the BEST OF LAPSED. Relisten to our Season 1 episode where the hosts welcome their first Catholic priest onto the show…and she’s a woman! Fr. Anne Tropeano is a Roman Catholic Womanpriest who is committed to seeing women welcomed into the priesthood within her lifetime. She has a deep love of the Society of Jesus, earned a Master of Divinity from Jesuit School of Theology, and has worked in multiple parishes in the Jesuits West Province. While many have

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36:43

The Pope talks gay marraige (kind of)

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2024/01/10

Anne and Steph hash out their thoughts on the headline-making news of Pope Francis allowing Catholics priests to bless same sex couples. Radical change for the better, or too little too late? The hosts have Feelings. Listen in.Special collection: choose your own adventure! Donate time or money to a local cause and then let us know about it! Please! CONNECT:WE HAVE PATREON! http://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at lapsedpodcast@gmail.com or at

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56:12

What's in Your Advent Calendar?

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2023/12/23

It’s irritatingly cold and dark outside, so Anne and Steph are fully embracing all things Advent. Steph walks us all through the surprisingly sordid history of Advent calendars. The hosts quiz themselves on their Catholic Advent knowledge. Steph’s cat has some thoughts. Grab of mug of hot chocolate and tune in!Special collection: Community of Congregations Migrant ResponseCONNECT:WE HAVE PATREON! http://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at

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33:19

[TEASER EPISODE]: Racy Vatican Acrobats and other...

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2023/12/05

::::::This is a shorter version of a longer exclusive video episode that can be viewed in full on our PATREON.::::::This episode has EVERYTHING: scorned conservative Cardinals, inclusive Papal dinners, slightly racy circus performers at the Vatican. Listen in!LINKS:Video of the Benedict circus performance Video of the Francis circus performance REACH OUT:WE HAVE PATREON! http://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at lapsedpodcast@gmail.com or at

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73:26

Natalia Terfa & Emmy Kegler of Cafeteria Christian

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2023/11/21

Four baptized-Catholic women walk onto a podcast…and two of them are Lutheran pastors! Listen in as Anne and Steph get alllll the Christian deets from Cafeteria Christian co-hosts Natalia Terfa and Emmy Kegler. Topics include biblical translation nerdery (the hosts are so here for this), differences and similarities between Catholicism and Lutheranism, and that time Natalia drank holy water (gasp). There’s also a #HarryPotter interlude for those who partake. Listen in…and then go check out Natalia

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62:28

Buttresses and Bone Chapels: Talking Catholicism &...

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2023/11/07

Did you know that early Christian basilicas were repurposed Roman court buildings with the door in a new location? Or that there’s a chapel in Rome built from human bones? Tune in as the Anne and Steph talk all things early Christinity and art history with lapsed Catholic art historian Heather Bowling! (Also hear the moment when Anne realizes she may be one of the tiktok husbands.)And don’t forget: we have a new PATREON! Head to https://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast to contribute and get access to

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45:32

Season 3: We're back! (And also with you.)

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2023/10/24

Steph and Anne dive headfirst into season 3 with some major catching up on #CatholicismInTheNews! Listen in as they talk bogus bankruptcy claims, priest-related relationship drama, and mutinous nuns! ANNNNDDDD…..the podcast has a new PATREON! Head to https://www.patreon.com/LapsedPodcast to contribute and get access to exclusive content, Q&As, and more!LINKSBaltimore Archdiocese Files for BankruptcyHelp! My Priest Told Me He’s Leaving His Priesthood For Me.Having Nun of ItPope Hears Young

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14:45

Go Now in Peace

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2023/07/01

School’s out for the summer (and so are we)! The hosts say “go in peace” and “see you in the fall” and things like that, but not before hearing a listener story about making a pit stop at Mass on the way to the ER (because #priorities). Have a great summer, lapsed friends!SPECIAL COLLECTION: Full Spectrum Community OutreachWE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at lapsedpodcast@gmail.com or at www.lapsedpodcast.com or call us and leave a message at

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65:50

Gen Z Catholic Schoolgirls and Women Deacons:...

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2023/06/13

The hosts try something new this episode as they each share a ***top secret*** (or maybe not-so-secret) interview with the other. Stephanie gets all the deets from real live Gen Z Catholic school girl Maeve. Anne interviews a fellow alum of her own Catholic high school, Katie Owens Mulcahy, whose recent article about the potential for women deacons in the Catholic church was featured in America Magazine. The episode includes some bad ass nun stories as well as possibly the greatest ever description

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48:58

What the heck is Kairos?

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2023/05/30

The first rule of Kairos is that you don’t talk about Kairos….and today the hosts are rule breakers! Listen in as Anne recounts her experience with this widespread Catholic senior retreat program. References include Cindy Lauper and the Indigo Girls. NOTE: See below link for a (more or less) positive update on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence/Dodgers situation since we recorded!LINKS:Vatican withdraws World Youth Day 2023 stamp after criticism in PortugalUPDATED info on Sisters of Perpetual

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51:04

Reading While Lapsed: A Conversation with BookTok...

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2023/05/16

Show up for some awesome queer Latine BookTok gossip, stick around for the excellent #catholicgrandma content. Curl up with your beverage of choice and listen in as literary enthusiast and TikTok-er Lupita Aquino spills the tea about skipping out on catechism classes for the thrills of the mall, the trials and tribulations of celebrating your birthday on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe (and sharing her name!), and what it means to sometimes feels like a Secret Catholic. WHERE TO FIND

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36:22

Moon Bishops And Other Actual Headlines

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2023/05/02

Listen in as Steph and Anne catch up Catholicism in the News. Topics include limbo, the devil holding Jesus ransom, a song that cuts down on Purgatory time, the AI-generated papal puffer coat that launched a thousand tweets, diocese on the Moon, and Jesus’s DNA. Weirdly, this episode includes two references to the decidedly non-Catholic British Royal Family. Links:The Catholic Church can never admit that something it taught for centuries was dumbRansom Theory of SalvationSinging This Song on Holy

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42:58

Queer. Catholic. Artist: A Conversation with Dani of...

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2023/04/18

Anne and Steph chat with Dani, (she/they) a writer, illustrator, Costa Rican, femme lesbian, and devout catholic who spends most of her time reminding everybody of those last two facts. Dani runs the blog and subsequent store “And Her Saints”, which seeks to illustrate the holy in an affirming and inclusive way. Topics include accidentally denying the virgin Mary as a child (omglol so sorry Our Lady!), surviving a hellish Catholic education experience, and finding queer Catholic community through

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49:47

Saint Patrick, patron saint of...shapeshifting?

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2023/04/04

Beyond the green beer and corned beef, what is the actual deal with Saint Patrick? Grab a pint of Guinness and listen in as Anne and Steph learn the truth (maybe?) about shamrocks, banished snakes, and the true origins of corned beef of St. Paddy's Day. There’s also some deer-related pagan-esque magicky stuff which they totally did not expect. #themoreyouknow 🌈 🍀🦌Links:Rabbi & 11-year-old son testify against anti-trans legislationFrancis on his BS about “idiolotical colonization” and

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57:30

Trans Day of Visibility Special Edition: A...

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2023/03/21

As #transdayofvisibility approaches, we are honored to share our conversation with @comebacktocare founder Nat Vikitsreth, a dot connector, norm agitator, and lover of liberation who supports social justice curious parents to practice social justice in their parenting while re-parenting their inner child. Listen in as Nat talks about what it was like attending an all boys' #catholicschool as a Catholic-Buddhist trans kid growing up in Thailand. Highlights include altar boy Spice Girl fashion

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50:48

The Anarchy of Ash Wednesday

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2023/03/07

Anne quizzes Stephanie on Ash Wednesday facts. Spoiler alert: as far as Catholic stuff goes, this may be the most loosey goosey day of the liturgical year! The hosts also talk Catholic toxic masculinity (gross) and about how the Sisters of Mercy are actually kind of rad when it comes to social justice stuff. Sidebars include 80’s Ballroom drag culture and recreational squirrel feeding.LINKSPope Francis’s Ash Wednesday HomilyCatholic Bishop Shot and Killed in Los Angeles Home Lentformen.com

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53:02

The Pope's Middle Finger & Other News

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2023/02/21

Steph and Anne engage in a much needed catch-up session on ***Catholicism In The News*****. College students are sharing dorms with nuns. The FBI is targeting Catholics (but in a needed way). Francis extolls the virtues of....flipping the bird (?!??!). The hosts know an embarrassing number of lyrics to Billy Joel’s “Only The Good Die Young.”LINKSNeumann University needed housing. A local convent had space. Now, nuns and students share a 'dorm’The FBI has their eye on radical traditionalist

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Lapsed Special Edition: Live Storytelling

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2023/02/07

This week we bring you something a little different: a story Anne recently performed live at A Very Serious Gallery in Chicago. Listen in as Anne grapples with the question of whether you really can’t go home again. (Related: Are the Bill Swerski’s Superfans of early ‘90’s SNL fame Catholic? Discuss. Write in and tell us. Anne has thoughts.)Share your stories, thoughts, and questions with us at lapsedpodcast@gmail.com or at www.lapsedpodcast.com or call us and leave a message at

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