Gay Ex-Mormon Comedian Ryan Erwin (#274)

Religion on the Mind

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Religion

4.7 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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I’m kicking off a new series exploring the intersection of comedy, religion, and spirituality! My first guest is Ryan Erwin, a gay ex-Mormon missionary turned clean comic. We talk about his idyllic Mormon childhood in Utah, his departure from Mormonism and exploration of other faiths, his introduction to comedy, and how he has ultimately found spiritual fulfillment in nature and everyday activities. I appreciated Ryan’s humor, warmth, and grounded perspective, hearing how he finds meaning outside traditional religious structures, as well as how his comedy can be a vehicle for exploring profound, sometimes uncomfortable truths about faith and identity. Highlights: 08:37 “Religious Residue” 22:12 The Power of Storytelling 33:18 Leaving Mormonism and Pursuing Comedy 45:03 Finding Spirituality in Nature and the Present Moment 57:06 Living in the Here and Now: Embracing New Experiences Ryan's Instagram Ryan's Website Dry Bar Comedy Specials: Dry Bar Comedy - Ryan Erwin ___________________________________________ Get Tickets for Theology Beer Camp 2024 Use Code ReturnofYHP for $50 off your ticket! ___________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Faith deconstruction resources: www.soyouredeconstructing.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia.com -- he is accepting more work!) Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankoch Email about the "sliding scale" for the Patreon: youhavepermissionpodcast@gmail.com YHP Patron-only FB group: tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98 Website: www.dankochwords.com/yhp.html Join Dan's email list: www.dankochwords.com/ Artwork by sprungle.co/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is Sherlock Holmes.
0:02.0	It's an unusual name.
0:03.0	Introducing Young Sherlock, a new Guy Ritchie series.
0:07.0	What game are we playing today?
0:09.0	Discover the origins.
0:10.0	It's cleaving. Those days are surely behind me.
0:12.0	Of crime's most iconic mind.
0:14.0	There has been a break-in.
0:17.0	Astoned. You should be a detective.
0:19.0	Starring Hero finds Tiffin, Donald Finn and Colin Firth.
0:22.5	If you start wearing a hat like that, I will no longer be friends with you.
0:25.9	Young Sherlock, new original series. Watch now only on Prime Video.
0:34.2	Today's episode is a part of a new, ongoing series of conversations with comedians about all
0:40.2	things religious or spiritual. Besides personally loving comedy and being interested in that
0:45.4	particular creative process, my favorite comedians are given permission, you might say,
0:51.0	to dive into profound, uncomfortable, embarrassing, and even existential waters
0:56.6	on a regular basis in a way that most other artists and speakers and public performers are not
1:02.8	given that permission. So I think that this will be a fun way to kind of get another angle
1:08.6	at the kind of stuff that we love to cover on you have permission.
1:11.8	And I'd love any and all feedback.
1:13.6	I'm really excited for you to hear this first one with Ryan Irwin.
1:16.6	I don't think it's going to be hard to understand why I'm speaking with him.
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