{"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":"Prayer After Deconstruction: Letting Go of the Cosmic Vending Machine","slug":"prayer-after-deconstruction-letting-go-of-the-cosmic-vending-machine","published_at":"2026-01-18T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/prayer-after-deconstruction-letting-go-of-the-cosmic-vending-machine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208","url":"https://unbeliefpodcast.com/episodes/prayer-after-deconstruction-letting-go-of-the-cosmic-vending-machine-qobqm7pB","audio_url":"https://afp-13455-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd/episodes/d7c15d6a-8939-48b5-8dde-77ef804f737c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd&awEpisodeId=d7c15d6a-8939-48b5-8dde-77ef804f737c&feed=dHXZnHby","summary":"If prayer has ever felt like a spiritual performance review, this episode is for you. Jeremy talks with Wes Ellis, author of Abide in Amen, about why prayer gets weaponized into guilt, why “spiritual discipline” often turns into self-blame, and how the church trained a lot of us to treat God like a cosmic vending machine. Wes offers a different frame: prayer as God moving toward you, not you climbing toward God. Less control, less shame, more resonance.","meta_description":"If prayer has ever felt like a spiritual performance review, this episode is for you. Jeremy talks with Wes Ellis, author of Abide in Amen, about why pray…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2458,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unbelief-7067208/episodes/prayer-after-deconstruction-letting-go-of-the-cosmic-vending-machine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/prayer-after-deconstruction-letting-go-of-the-cosmic-vending-machine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}