ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Raw. Unfiltered. Outrageously honest.
Mel grew up in a world where private jets met hay bales, where religion meant control, and where silence was expected — until she burned the whole script. From Mormon housewife raising five kids with her husband in the bishopric, to walking away from the church, to rebuilding life with scandalous stories no one else dares to say out loud… this is where the “did she really just say that?” moments live.
Every episode is a shot of truth with no chaser — sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, always unapologetic.
New episodes drop weekly.
Mel grew up in a world where private jets met hay bales, where religion meant control, and where silence was expected — until she burned the whole script. From Mormon housewife raising five kids with her husband in the bishopric, to walking away from the church, to rebuilding life with scandalous stories no one else dares to say out loud… this is where the “did she really just say that?” moments live.
Every episode is a shot of truth with no chaser — sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, always unapologetic.
New episodes drop weekly.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
72 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
49 episodes
since Sept. 1, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Who gets to decide what happens to a woman’s body?
In this episode of Blame It on Mel, I sit down with Kerry Fuller to discuss Idaho Proposition 1, the Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act, Idaho’s abortion ban, and the real people affected by restrictions on reproductive healthcare.
I share my p…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Why did I go to Burning Man-and what happened when I finally let myself experience it? In this episode of Blame It on Mel, I’m sharing my first Burning Man experience in Black Rock City: the freedom, the unexpected adventures, and what you need to know before going yourself.
I went from dressing m…
What happens when you burn the Mormon playbook… but your kids still remember the rules? 🔥
Katie, my very first podcast guest, is back on Blame It on Mel! One year later, we’re catching up on leaving Mormonism, personal growth, parenting, dating, and everything we’ve learned through our ups, downs,…
John Moyer wrote some of the most recognizable movies in Mormon culture, including The Singles Ward, The RM, and Mormons and Mobsters. Now John and his wife, Rachelle, have taken their Mormon deconstruction and turned it into something completely different: 20 original songs for their new project, …
The Mormon script tells women to obey first, question later, and call it faith. Audra Phelps reveals what happens when you finally step back, see the conditioning clearly, and realize the life you built was never fully yours. After 13 years overseas and a decade of questioning, Audra shares the dee…
What happens when the beliefs that shaped your entire identity no longer align with your lived experience?
In this powerful episode of Blame It on Mel, Amy shares her deeply personal journey of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a convert, rising into leadership, and ultima…
What happens when a returned missionary, temple-married seminary teacher, and Church employee starts reading the very documents meant to defend the LDS Church—and discovers they raise more questions than answers?
In this episode of Blame It on Mel, we sit down with a former LDS seminary teacher wh…
Mariama grew up a Black Mormon in the UK. Served a mission. Defended the LDS Church.
Then she started asking questions.
This week on Blame It On Mel, Mariama shares her journey out of Mormonism after reading the CES Letter, the trauma from having a racist mission trainer, confronting the Church’s…
Annie Marie became a viral sensation by turning the quirks, contradictions, and awkward moments of Mormon culture into comedy gold. Raised in the LDS Church by a Spanish mother who met her father on his mission, Annie grew up feeling like an outsider after her parents divorced—a reality that carrie…
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