{"podcast":{"title":"They Talk Sex","slug":"they-talk-sex-4113072","podcast_index_feed_id":4113072,"rss_url":"https://www.theytalksex.com/episodes?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.theytalksex.com/episodes/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60fce3f99bd62a2b2898da9e/1717046039637-9R38GM0GT3PH1SQBSOSB/ELLETHEYQ.png?format=1500w","author":"Elle Stanger,  CSE","episode_count":123,"summary":"Certified Sex Educator and adult entertainer Elle Stanger hosts weekly guests to discuss common sexuality topics, including non-monogamy, STI’s, sex education, jealousy, pleasure, relationships and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T16:17:53.317223+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072"},"episode":{"title":"The Ex-Seventh Day Adventist and Sexuality Episode","slug":"the-ex-seventh-day-adventist-and-sexuality-episode","published_at":"2026-03-31T01:40:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072/the-ex-seventh-day-adventist-and-sexuality-episode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072","url":"https://www.theytalksex.com/episodes/f3t5jyjy77lyl3p-3g8xw-sf5fa-dmmyc-p3ekl-t2kc9-f8bsl-gsxa7-kpzw2-l5ety-s33w8-rldkd-7k692-jpr5f-2dtnh-2m4c3","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60fce3f99bd62a2b2898da9e/t/69c9a42ec21ace1aad3d2a4e/1775534876508/gloryholefinished.mp3","summary":"Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shaped Melissa Duge Spiers before she learned that her father was a serial child predator shielded from the church, and thus began another stage in her reconstruction of self. Let’s talk about her memoir; called “Holy Disobedience - Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows”. 2:00 leaving the church  4:00 leaning into the violent things 7:00 family predators and patterns 9:00 what is a “mass tort”? 13:00 how SDA primed her for abusive relationships 16:00 humor about sexual assault 20:00 a book event in Portland? 25:00 how to deal with social isolation 30:00 how to handle sex-repulsion feelings 34:00 opposition to her  37:00 “Adventist Risk Management” 40:00 abusing a weiner dog! James Dobson 44:00 SDA vs Catholics 47:00 who owns the eatery? 50:00 atheism today and sex tips FIND YOUR GUEST: TT & IG @the.glory.whole & @melissadugespiers_writer FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows This episode was sponsored by our friends at Nethe rlandsWax.com Co ndomania.com - THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order! and Love-Blanket.com - 10% OFF with code THEYTALKSEX Please rate and review this podcast :)","meta_description":"Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shap…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3180,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/they-talk-sex-4113072/episodes/the-ex-seventh-day-adventist-and-sexuality-episode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/they-talk-sex-4113072/the-ex-seventh-day-adventist-and-sexuality-episode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}