We’re a community of curious minds with a shared mission: to create a space where voices that have been traditionally marginalized in religious spaces can be heard. Though Alycia Erickson and Christine Mendoza come from different backgrounds and experiences, they share a common goal: to explore religion beyond rejection.
The FBI Watched Dorothy Day. Now She Could Be a Saint? | Ep. 29
The FBI considered her dangerous. The Catholic Church is considering her for sainthood. Dorothy Day spent her life making powerful institutions uncomfortable, all while insisting that faith meant more than words.
Journalist, activist, pacifist, and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, Day challenged the Church to actually practice what Jesus preached: feed the hungry, shelter the unhoused, stand with the marginalized, and love your neighbor without conditions.
In Episode 29 of Religious Rejects, Alycia and Christine explore the extraordinary, complicated, and unapologetically radical life of Dorothy Day. From her unconventional beginnings and fierce commitment to social justice to FBI surveillance and her unlikely path toward sainthood, her story raises an uncomfortable question:
What if the saints of tomorrow are the very people the Church is rejecting today?
Was Dorothy Day a radical troublemaker, a model of Christian faith, or exactly the kind of person the Church needs more of?
What are you keeping, rethinking, or rejecting? We'd love to hear your thoughts.
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3 Sept 2026
The Second Coming of Jesus… Was a Woman? | Ep. 28
It starts with an illiterate English woman who said no to sex, no to marriage, yes to unrestrained shaking, and became the center of a movement where people believed the Second Coming of Jesus had shown up as a woman. In Episode 28 of Religious Rejects, Alycia and Christine get into Mother Anne Lee, founder of the Shakers: jail, persecution, chosen family, celibacy, dancing, screaming, pacifism, equality, and the tiny logistical flaw in building a religion around nobody reproducing. Also, somewhere in all of this, the furniture got very good. Shake it. New episodes of Religious Rejects continue throughout Season 2.
19 Aug 2026
The Witch Trials Weren’t Really About Witches | Ep. 27
Did you know...? If enough people were scared, angry, or interested in your property, “witch” could become a legal strategy. In Episode 27 of Religious Rejects, Alycia and Christine dig into the history behind the witch trials, from impossible “tests” of innocence to the religious and political systems that made persecution possible. Witch, please! New episodes of Religious Rejects continue throughout Season 2.
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