In this episode, the first of the interview sessions, I talk with the author of Lost Rites: Leaving Church Land. That would be ... me. I just want to say, talking to oneself is highly underrated. Your personality begins to disintegrate as different parts step forward for their moment on the stage. But that's not the point. The point is that this is a look behind the writing of the memoir that has been the centrepiece of this podcast for the past almost four months. Why did I write it? What does it mean that I've left the church? What are my plans now? And when are we going to hear a voice other than mine? All important questions as we transition to The Mystic Cave: the Interviews.