RetroFitted: Recent Episodes

Rebecca Godlove

RetroFitted follows the life of an average Xennial - mistakes made, lessons learned, and both faith and childhood completely re-examined.

I expect hate mail for this one. We discuss...colonization.

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I get very metaphorical but it's for the greater good.

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When kids say no...it's a good thing. Sometimes.

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I get a li'l fired up about verses being taken out of context IJS.

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Under the influence of allergy meds, I monologue about absolute truth. It's...something.

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Talking about a dirty "d" word for the next several weeks. Don't worry, it's safe for work.

We conclude our deep dive into toxic purity culture and how its rippling effect continues to damage marriages today.

Trigger warning: this is the miscarriage episode. It's a tough one. It's also the longest one I have ever recorded. Because it's important.

We explore purity culture as it affected 90's kids, inside and outside the church.

We explore purity culture as it affected 90's kids, inside and outside the church.

Readings of "The Masque of the Red Death", "Silence - A Fable", and "Ulalume"

We explore purity culture as it affected 90's kids, inside and outside the church.

It's tough to reconcile God's Old Testament wrath with his New Testament patience, but we're gonna try anyway.

We have been taught that Eve was The Absolute Worst, but what if that isn't really the case? Why has her reputation been so tarnished? And what does King James I of Scotland have to do with any of this?

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A Brief Update

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

Classic 80's tunes meet heroes and villains of Biblical proportions!

A tasty treat of nostalgic news and a fast fix for fun facts. Released every Friday. Patrons receive an ADDITIONAL episode weekly!

An Irish guy and a legalistic Pharisee walk into a bar...

Review of the first anti-smoking ad aired on US television.

A discussion of the creation of the song "I Won't Back Down", by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and how the lyrics apply to the life of Joshua, a Biblical figure from the Old Testament.

The "second death" of Anastasia Romanov.

In the season-opener, we look at how a harmony-filled light rock ballad applies to one of the wives of King David.

In which we conclude 2020 with a warning not to chat with demons.

In which I address some beloved but inaccurate beliefs about angels.

In which I share the messed-up faith of my childhood.

In which I dredge up details about some lesser-appreciated cartoons.

In which I regale with stories of my childhood pets.

In which I cringe a bit at a popular social media trend among Christians - and why.

In which I conclude our series on mental health. For now.

In which I lament the tendency of the church to ignore mental health conditions.

In which I remind listeners that anxiety and anxiety disorders are NOT the same thing.

In which I list enough reasons for any human to be anxious, but also begin a larger conversation about the xennial struggle for proper mental health care.

In which I discuss the earliest movies I remember, and how I am a die-hard Nintendo fan only because my parents would not buy us a Sega.

In which I continue to fondly remember my 80's era fictional heroines.

In which I describe a heroine of my formative years, and how she relates to Biblical femininity. Kind of, not really.

In which I discuss my affinity for artificially-flavored snack foods, the challenges of dressing a plus-size figure, and a decades-long crush on LeVar Burton.