Ep. 280 | "Psycho Mormon"

Join Mike in the studio late at night, where he asks why he was such an a-hole to a nice young Mormon on his own turf. This snark-by-default has deep roots, perhaps, in growing up in the Southern Baptist MLM groove, where every interaction was a sales pitch, a chance to earn posthumous perks.Hear about what it was like growing up a Jesus Brat; how it was so hard to sell salvation in the South — a territory that had already been covered long before you got there. Also, why “cool” Jesus was another reason it was terrible to grow up in the 90’s, and how prayer protocol — or a lack thereof — continues to inflame my OCD to this very day, long after I stopped doing it.Thanks for Listening to The Midnight Citizen! 🎧A New Podcast Every Saturday Night🎧🎴Listen on Spotify and Apple Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...📼 Watch The Midnight Citizen Vlog every Monday here on the Substack. 📼 Also on Youtube | @the_midnightcitizenpodcast…and be sure to join the Facebook page and find me on Instagram! …”Ain’t nobody gonna call Jesus ‘Jean’…”Check out The Birmingham Pizza Review with me and Chad Bowers | Also all the other great hosts I know at The Overnightscape Underground | onsug.comMusic for Tonight's Episode: "The Stevie Shuffle" by Mr. Smith; "Beer Blues" by Koi Discovery | These two tracks were played under a Creative Commons License (Attribution, noncommercial, no derivatives) and are available at the Freemusicarchive.org. | All other backing tracks copy-freeThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike US License. Attribution by Mike Boody. Released March 2025 on mikesbonfire.substack.com and The Overnightscape Underground.Thanks for reading Mike's Bonfire! I’m all free and prolific ‘round these parts. So please share with your friends…and enemies if you wanna! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikesbonfire.substack.com