{"podcast":{"title":"Unbelief","slug":"unbelief-7067208","podcast_index_feed_id":7067208,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/dHXZnHby","website_url":"https://unbeliefpodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5aaf7ce8-98a0-41c9-886e-6af646ee92ff/306f6b98-bee4-4994-8722-71fe3a145251/3000x3000/unbelief-podcast-logo-plain-rev-4.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Quoircast","episode_count":122,"summary":"The Unbelief Podcast is your space to question, explore, and release the beliefs that no longer serve you—or maybe even caused harm. Hosted by Jeremy Steele, the Skeptic Pastor, this podcast dives deep into deconstruction, offering progressive and thoughtful insights on ancient spiritual texts like the Bible. Through interviews with leading scholars and candid conversations with those navigating their own faith journeys, the Unbelief Podcast invites you to rethink, rediscover, and rebuild your spirituality on your own terms. If you've ever felt disillusioned by what you were told to believe, this is the podcast for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:19:10.908682+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208"},"episode":{"title":"Brainwashing Techniques Used by Evangelicals to Teach Hell","slug":"brainwashing-techniques-used-by-evangelicals-to-teach-hell","published_at":"2026-03-08T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/brainwashing-techniques-used-by-evangelicals-to-teach-hell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208","url":"https://unbeliefpodcast.com/episodes/brainwashing-techniques-used-by-evangelicals-to-teach-hell-WHm0IYOs","audio_url":"https://afp-13455-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd/episodes/536a4397-dc04-46e7-8f69-47a085c6f522/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd&awEpisodeId=536a4397-dc04-46e7-8f69-47a085c6f522&feed=dHXZnHby","summary":"Evangelicals did not need to take a masterclass in brainwashing. They just built a culture where fear, shame, and thought-stopping clichés do the job for them. In this episode, we unpack how teachings about hell get wired into people through sacred science, loaded language, purity culture logic, fear-based altar calls, and the constant demand to distrust your own gut. We also dig into the Bible passages they love to weaponize and why those verses do not actually support the modern evangelical version of hell. If you have ever felt your nervous system light up just hearing the word “salvation,” this one may help you finally name what happened. This is an episode you don’t want to miss.","meta_description":"Evangelicals did not need to take a masterclass in brainwashing. They just built a culture where fear, shame, and thought-stopping clichés do the job for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unbelief-7067208/episodes/brainwashing-techniques-used-by-evangelicals-to-teach-hell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/brainwashing-techniques-used-by-evangelicals-to-teach-hell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}