Season 1
IT IS WHAT IT IS NOW with Rich
June 17, 2021
Join Janice and her friend, former church planting pastor, Rich, for some honest talk about happiness, vulnerability, living the dream and then risking it all to fully live a real life as your whole self. Friend of the week:…
CREATIVE, CHARMING AND UNPROBLEMATIC with Faye
June 3, 2021
Join Janice and her friend, Faye, for some bodytalk. Get ready to exercise (and maybe exorcize?) some of the ways you think about the body in general and your body specifically. Friend of the week: Faye // @yourbodyisgood @g…
HOW IS IT FUNCTIONING? with Greg
May 20, 2021
Join Janice for a feast of food for thought with her friend, Greg - one of her favorite thinkers. Get ready for a deep dive into Christianity as an institution and an exploration of how it functions. Friend of the week: Greg…
INSTITUTIONS PROVOKING US with Elizabeth
May 6, 2021
Join Janice for a trip down under with her friend and fellow Hillsong College survivor, Elizabeth. Listen in as they reminisce about the lessons learned and revel in how much they have unlearned. @godhasnotgiven // godhasnot…
FRIENDSHIPS ARE IMPORTANT (PERIOD) with Aramis
April 25, 2021
Join Janice for a conversation about friendship with her longtime acquaintance, Aramis (relationship maven and host of the podcast, Deliberdating). Follow along as they both dig into the importance of friendship and Aramis d…
THE UNGETTABLE GIRL (A Bonus Episode!)
April 20, 2021
Join Janice for a bonus episode featuring one of her most popular past guests ( @ohwetalkintalkin ) and a guest appearance by some random character ( @deliberdating ) as they take on Christian Art during A Week Away. @godhas…
I'M NOT HERE FOR CRUMBS with Libby
April 8, 2021
Join Janice for a good, honest conversation with her friend Libby, as they talk trash (as trash) about the trash that is white supremacy and how to be better allies in spite of it all. Friend of the week: Libby // @elisabeth…
BOTTOM RUNGS with Adrian
March 20, 2021
Join Janice for a good chat with Adrian Gibbs (one of the Dirty Rotten Church Kids) as they go wide and get self-reflective to talk about the white supremacist terror targeting AAPI folx, tensions between Asian and Black com…
JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE with Kristin Du Mez
March 14, 2021
Join Janice for the podcast’s first author interview (!!) as she talks “Jesus and John Wayne” with historian, scholar and author Kristin Du Mez. Come for the evangelical slander and stay for the empathy. Friend of the week: …
IT BE YOUR OWN with Janay
March 4, 2021
Join Janice and her friend (slash-better-stronger-bolder-version-of-her-Hillsong-self) Janay, as they discuss skinfolk, credentials, how to starve at a feast and the truth or fiction of one of Janice's least favorite catchph…
THE VERSION OF ME THAT LOOKED LIKE YOU with Jo
Feb. 21, 2021
Join Janice and the brilliant Jo Luehmann as they discuss the effects of parenting. How much does the way we were raised have to do with the religious spaces we end up in? Do parents always know best? And what do you do when…
THE JOB THEY DO IN HELL with Ajanet
Feb. 11, 2021
Join Janice and her long-standing friend, Ajanet, as they reminisce about the adventures of Rocketpack and Builda, from doing time in Sydney to doing time upstate, it may take longer than it should, but they always escape. F…
ARE YOU ABLE TO LOVE THIS GOD? with Charis
Jan. 31, 2021
Join Janice and the immensely talented Charis Vaughn as they talk worship, validation and how keeping it all righteous can lead to all kinds of wrongness. Friend of the week: Charis Vaughn // @charisvaughn // charisvaughn.co…
THE NEED with Wes
Jan. 21, 2021
What do you need? Seriously. Join Janice as her friend Wes meets her in the middle of trying to make sense of the past for the sake of the future by being aware of what we need right now. (spoiler alert: you probably need to…
KEEP, KILL, NEGOTIATE with The Black Joys
Jan. 14, 2021
Elections, insurrections and impeachments, oh my! This wasn’t supposed to happen. 2021 was supposed to end 2020. Flipping the senate was supposed to fix it. January 6th was supposed to be purely ceremonial. And this podcast …
LEVELS TO THIS with Tiffany
Dec. 24, 2020
Megachurches abuse the concepts of honor, leadership and servanthood to break a lot of people down, but no two rebuilds look the same. Join Janice and Tiffany for part two of a journey that started in faith and is now.... el…
I'M GONNA SAY WHY with Tiffany
Dec. 17, 2020
After years of serving in the same church (in different areas), attending the same Bible college (at different times) and working with the same pastor (in different locations), Janice and Tiffany have finally landed on the s…
IT'LL DO IT TO YA with Jessica Ray
Dec. 10, 2020
It's the second half of the Jessica Ray two-parter and it's good. So buckle up and get ready for many thoughts on many things including (but not limited to) equality, Trumpvangelicals, Candace O and why Janice doesn't want t…
Y'ALL PIMPIN' with Jessica Ray
Dec. 3, 2020
We're going going back back to Cali Cali (and Oklahoma!) to retrace the steps of Janice and Jessica Ray, to find out how their church histories helped shape their current unchurched her-stories. Friend of the week: JESSICA R…
CHURCH COVID with Daniel
Nov. 26, 2020
As COVID is ramping up again, Janice has her fingers crossed that the era of the megachurch is winding down. Join in as she sits down with Daniel, (the boy version of herself) to talk the structures, systems and sicknesses t…
MARRIAGE MATERIAL with Clown Town
Nov. 19, 2020
While y'alls president still hasn't conceded his loss, five single women consider whether or not they're losing out on marriage. Join Janice as she sits down with her friends Alicia, Sadiqa, Joanna and Aramis** as they rambl…
DISCONNECTION with Emily
Nov. 12, 2020
Started in connect group, now we here... in two different states, literally and metaphorically. Join Janice as she zooms up on her friend Emily to talk about the complications of Christian connections. Friend of the week: Em…
LONG LINES with Sadiqa
Nov. 5, 2020
Between the delayed results of the 2020 Presidential Election and the sudden dismissal of Pastor Carl Lentz from Hillsong, November 4th was a wild day. Even for 2020. So join Janice as she sits down with her friend Sadiqa as…
DOING THE DAMNED THING with Janice
Oct. 29, 2020
This is just an intro. I am Janice Lagata and this is a story about how and why I can't tell you the story of how I got here. GET AT ME @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com
GOD HAS NOT GIVEN... A Trailer
Oct. 24, 2020
A brief intro to the who , why and what of this podcast. We'll start figuring out the how soon... Subscribe and stay tuned! GET AT ME @godhasnotgiven // godhasnotgiven.com // @jani_the_cat // janicelagata.com