Jerry's Kids
Claim This Podcastby Violet Elderflower Kauffman Smith
Podcast Overview
<p>An ex-vangelical / deconstruction podcast dedicated to exploring the Falwell dynasty in Lynchburg, Virginia, presenting a transgender person’s insider view of the religious trauma she continues to unpack from her own upbringing in the culture of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University. Reach us at jerryskidspodcast@proton.me!</p><p>Violet's other creative work can be found on<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/Violet_Kauffman_Smith"> her poetry website</a> .</p><p>Her first poetry chapbook (2nd edition forthcoming) Buckling in the Bible Belt: A Queer Coming of Age can be found on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Buckling-Bible-Belt-Audience-Chapbooks-ebook/dp/B0CFM6TG3D">Amazon.</a></p>
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10/29/2022
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Recent Episodes
June 8, 2026
This Past and Present Darkness, Part 2
<p><strong>Content warning: </strong>This episode contains a brief reference to childhood sexual assault.</p><p>There is also (to me) a fun jump scare.</p><p></p><p>I had some troubles with the audio quality on this one so my apologies!</p><p></p><p>In this 2-part episode, Violet and Annette talk demons, spiritual warfare, Frank Peretti, patriarchy, and how sexual abuse and child abuse are enabled by the church.</p><p></p><p><strong>Links (an interesting collection today):</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/3XtCxy8S2m5oaqpzZL8x8UYj-06WOIuJR7qpCPKS4D4/">Bok Choi Survey</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/18775787-Before-Christ--The-Animal-by-Violet-Kauffman-Smith-adult">Poem: Before Christ, the Animal</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/18844525-Hexed-with-the-Cross-by-Violet-Kauffman-Smith">Poem: Hexed with the Cross</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65519689/chapters/168655345">Bob and Larry Erotica</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aQbu69vCk&list=WL&index=4">The Cum Preacher</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVshuWSm3G4&pp=ygUQZXNjYXBlIGZyb20gaGVsbA%253D%253D">Escape from Hell, the movie</a></li></ul><p></p><p>I unfortunately cannot find the video of Jonathan Falwell talking to Thomas Road Baptist Church about Sergio Guardia, but if I do, I will post it.</p><p></p><p><strong>A couple of small corrections:</strong></p><ul><li>This Present Darkness was published in 1986, not 1989.</li><li>There are five (five!) God's Not Dead movies. The vibe is this (from Wikipedia):</li></ul><p>"In the fall of 2013, Josh Wheaton, a college student and evangelical Christian, enrolls in a philosophy class taught by Professor Jeffrey Radisson, a renowned atheist. On the first day, Radisson demands that his students sign a declaration stating "God is dead" in order to bypass what he calls the "tedious" theological debate...Radisson reads a letter from his late mother and is moved to reconcile with Mina. On his way to find Mina, Radisson is struck by a car and fatally injured. A pastor waiting at the intersection tends to Radisson and helps him come clean of his sins and regain his religious faith as he dies."</p><p></p><p>As always, you may contact me at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:jerryskidspodcast@proton.me">jerryskidspodcast@proton.me</a> and support me spending more time on this podcast by sending me some rent money at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://paypal.me/jerryskidspodcast">https://paypal.me/jerryskidspodcast</a>!</p><p></p><p><3 Violet</p><p></p><p>Theme song and interludes by my dear friend Grant Bloom (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.grantbloommusic.com/">http://www.grantbloommusic.com/</a>).</p>
May 8, 2026
This Past and Present Darkness, Part 1
<p><strong>Content warning: </strong>This episode contains a fair amount of discussion around sexual assault/abuse, including of children in the church, so please care for yourselves if you listen to this, it's a heavy episode <3.</p><p></p><p>In this 2-part episode, Violet and Annette talk demons, spiritual warfare, Frank Peretti, patriarchy, and how sexual abuse and child abuse are enabled by the church.</p><p></p><p><strong>Links (an interesting collection today):</strong></p><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/3XtCxy8S2m5oaqpzZL8x8UYj-06WOIuJR7qpCPKS4D4/">Bok Choi Survey</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/18775787-Before-Christ--The-Animal-by-Violet-Kauffman-Smith-adult">Poem: Before Christ, the Animal</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/18844525-Hexed-with-the-Cross-by-Violet-Kauffman-Smith">Poem: Hexed with the Cross</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65519689/chapters/168655345">Bob and Larry Erotica</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aQbu69vCk&list=WL&index=4">The Cum Preacher</a></li></ul><p></p><p>I unfortunately cannot find the video of Jonathan Falwell talking to Thomas Road Baptist Church about Sergio Guardia, but if I do, I will post it.</p><p></p><p><strong>A couple of small corrections:</strong></p><ul><li>This Present Darkness was published in 1986, not 1989.</li><li>There are five (five!) God's Not Dead movies. The vibe is this (from Wikipedia):</li></ul><p>"In the fall of 2013, Josh Wheaton, a college student and evangelical Christian, enrolls in a philosophy class taught by Professor Jeffrey Radisson, a renowned atheist. On the first day, Radisson demands that his students sign a declaration stating "God is dead" in order to bypass what he calls the "tedious" theological debate...Radisson reads a letter from his late mother and is moved to reconcile with Mina. On his way to find Mina, Radisson is struck by a car and fatally injured. A pastor waiting at the intersection tends to Radisson and helps him come clean of his sins and regain his religious faith as he dies."</p><p></p><p>As always, you may contact me at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:jerryskidspodcast@proton.me">jerryskidspodcast@proton.me</a> and support me spending more time on this podcast by sending me some rent money at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://paypal.me/jerryskidspodcast">https://paypal.me/jerryskidspodcast</a>!</p><p></p><p><3 Violet</p><p></p><p>Theme song and interludes by my dear friend Grant Bloom (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.grantbloommusic.com/">http://www.grantbloommusic.com/</a>).</p>
March 9, 2026
A Conversation with Annette, Part 2 - the Southern Baptist Love of the "Antebellum" and A Unique Youth Group
<p>In this 2-part episode, Violet talks with her childhood friend (and long-lost Amish cousin!) Annette about coming out of Christianity, growing up in Lynchburg, the Falwells and their influence on Lynchburg, mental illness, the Charismatic church, rural life, Jerry Falwell Sr. and his commitment to upholding the white supremacist cisheteropatriarchal Southern "way of life", a unique youth group we attended in high school, theobros, and YWAM (Youth With A Mission). </p><p></p><p>Note: We didn't comment on this in the podcast, but when discussing the commitment to "Southern culture" of Jerry Falwell Sr. and his ilk, it's noteworthy that he designed his church just like one of Thomas Jefferson's plantations. Take a look at the cover art.</p><p></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><strong>Falwell Corruption</strong><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://julieroys.com/liberty-universitys-executive-windfalls-lavish-salaries-raise-eyebrows/">Jonathan Falwell nets $822,573 salary from part-time job at Liberty University in FY 2024</a></li></ul></li><li><strong>Queer Appalachia</strong><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.southerncultures.org/article/well-fabulous-appalachians-fabulachians/">“Well, We’re Fabulous and We’re Appalachians, So We’re Fabulachians”</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.berea.edu/gravy/queer-appalachia-where-we-belong">Queer Appalachia: Where We Belong</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://queerkentucky.com/queer-communion-religion-in-appalachia-faith-identity-survival/">Queer Kentucky</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://southernreviewofbooks.com/2022/09/12/yall-means-all-z-zane-mcneill-interview/">Y'all Means Y'all</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/62e4b30bd1e04dbdac4681f6d832c396">Queerness and Identity Within Appalachia by @fatfemmefrogs</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_Appalachia">Queer Appalachia Zine</a></li></ul></li><li><strong>Rural Intentional Communities in Virginia</strong><ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.twinoaks.org/">Twin Oaks</a></li><li><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thefec.org/Acorn/">Acorn Community</a></li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p><3 Violet</p><p></p><p>Theme song and interludes by my dear friend Grant Bloom (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.grantbloommusic.com/">http://www.grantbloommusic.com/</a>).</p>
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<p>An ex-vangelical / deconstruction podcast dedicated to exploring the Falwell dynasty in Lynchburg, Virginia, presenting a transgender person’s insider view of the religious trauma she continues to unpack from her own upbringing in the culture of Thomas Road Baptist Church and Liberty University. Reach us at jerryskidspodcast@proton.me!</p><p>Violet's other creative work can be found on<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://allpoetry.com/Violet_Kauffman_Smith"> her poetry website</a> .</p><p>Her first poetry chapbook (2nd edition forthcoming) Buckling in the Bible Belt: A Queer Coming of Age can be found on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/Buckling-Bible-Belt-Audience-Chapbooks-ebook/dp/B0CFM6TG3D">Amazon.</a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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