One theme that we really want to explore more deeply on the Literature Podcast is the

intersection of mental health and spirituality.

Specifically, the kinds of emotional impacts that an upbringing in a fundamentalist religious

tradition can have on human psychology.

It's something that I know I've struggled with a great deal, learning to regulate my

own emotions and cope with, gosh, old theological beliefs that my brain no longer accepts but

my soul if I have one.

Still seems to adhere to.

I mean, we get emails all the time from people who say they no longer believe the Bible

literally and they're afraid that they're going to hell because of that.

This is a problem common to most of our audience.

And so we asked Hillary McBride, host of the Literature Podcasts, and practicing therapist

and PhD candidate to have a conversation with our dear friend Audrey Asad about mental

health and faith.

If you don't know Audrey, she's an award-winning singer-songwriter, and after a five-year hiatus

she's just released a new album called Evergreen, which reflects on how her faith has evolved.

It's a really beautiful conversation, and I think you'll find something you identify

with, and I think you'll learn how screwpillosity intersects with our religious identities and our

life experiences, and most of all, what the hell screwpillosity is in the first place.

I'm Science Mike.

Welcome to the Literature Podcast.

I hadn't heard the terms screwpillosity until I listened to a podcast with Audrey Asad,

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