Life Unwasted

Erin

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Erin grew up moving between a Kalinga village, the mission center, Faith Academy dorm life, and later the United States, always trying to choose one p...

Alicia

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alicia grew up in Mexico inside a family that knew how to look composed in public while doors slammed at home. A fall from a backyard swing set, a sco...

Beth

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

She did everything right—faith, marriage, obedience—and still ended up in an abusive home. That’s when she realized: no one was coming to save h...

Jonathan

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan was seven when his family moved to Madrid and settled in a neighborhood overwhelmed by heroin use. What began as his parents’ calling turne...

LIVE SHOW—Holly Berkley Fletcher: The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism

31 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I was just working on the summary - this is where I landed but maybe you have additional thoguhts. I haven't had the chance to listen through: This li...

Terri

25 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A phone line crackles, and Terri laughs through tears, remembering how goodbye always came before she was ready.

0: Beginnings

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This was our very first recording. It has been remastered with the help of our MK friend Justin and now it's ready for your listening pleasure.

Mary: Relearning Home and Belonging

12 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Mary recounts growing up in Kenya, Tanzania and the Philippines—where corporal punishment, neglect, and unsafe dorms shaped her childhood. She speak...

Anna

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Authenticity

Becky

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go live your life!

Joy (Season 4 Finale)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We see you. Hope is a beautiful thing.

Josh

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go live!

Khup

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Home is where our people are /home is where you make it

Claire (feat. Hannah)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Ruins. The in-between.

Season 2 Finale

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A big thank you to all of our guests. You make everything possible.

On turning 40

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Birthdays. Heartaches. Tears. Growth. Breakthrough.

Rachel

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're enough. We love you just as you are.

Anna

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Life is complicated. Embrace the good, the dark, the bad, the hard, the joy.They all mean something. Life is worth living when you're living all of it...

Adam

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Life gets better; it really does.

Season 1 Finale

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're all phenomenal individuals. Thank you to our guests and also our listeners who've all joined us in this fascinating journey. We will be back in...

Meg

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

High school crushes. 20 years later. Everything comes back full circle.

Matt

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Forgiveness is mine to give. The journey from 'hurt' to 'heal'.Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions related to sexual assault. 

Dan

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

adjusting. strategy. seeing life as-is. life is generally beautiful.

Ben

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A rebel at heart. Humanity breaking through. The perpetual outsider.

Ian

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

authentic presencesharing traumasYou're much better than you think you are.You're a good person.

Jim

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An MK childhood in the Philippines collides with a rough return to Texas. Dorm chaos, depression, and purity rules set the fuse. Years later, working ...

Clare: From Faith Academy to a Faith of Her Own

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this conversation, Caleb and Kyumin sit down with Clare, whose story stretches from Faith Academy in the Philippines to Lancaster, England, where s...

Micah: From Boarding Schools to a Life Unburdened

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Life Unwasted, Kyumin and Caleb talk with Micah, a Brazilian missionary kid who grew up between West Africa and South America, in d...

S8 E2 – Josh: When You Get to Rewrite the Script

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Season 8, Episode 2 of Life Unwasted, Kyumin and Caleb talk with Josh about the long, messy work of making sense of your story when faith, family, ...

What We Pass On: An Interview with Ben Between Africa’s Ari Ali

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

SummaryCaleb and Kyumin, both former missionary kids, sit down with filmmaker Ari Ali, creator of Ben Between Africa. Ari tells the story of trying to...

Rachel

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode centers on Rachel’s deeply personal story of survival, recovery, and breaking generational cycles of abuse within a fundamentalist mis...

Beka/Nicole (Season 7 Finale)

03 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go family!

Joel

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Durian!

Ian

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Toss salad!

Karli

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're welcome here!

Claire 2.0

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cool Nerds!

Geoff

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Go MKs!

Amy

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm free to be me!

Sherilyn

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The venture continues!

Nadyia

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I am proud

Chloe

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cry more

Tracey

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blaze

Matt 2.0

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We can grow Trigger Warning: Episode contains mention of sexual assault and suicide/self harm.

Sofia

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sleeping on the library roof

Sarah (Season 6 Finale)

12 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go Vanguards

Joseph

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go be!

Jason

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Be curious

Daniel

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sterilize

Allison and Kristen

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

F*** sharks!

Tiffera

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I belong

Bernard

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go dad!

Annie

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Incomplete

Rebecca

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm enough.

Becky 2.0

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Be brave!

Greta

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Be honest

John (Season 5 Finale)

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Take the power back!

Fletch

11 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go Vanguards

Katrina

04 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go lioness Katrina!

Sara & Adam

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go Riley. Go grief.

Becca

20 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You're stronger than you think you are.

Philip

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go Vanguards!

Luke

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Living on a prayer

Cy

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Yebezal

Daniel

16 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go be kind to yourself!

Jessi

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go gay!

Matthew

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go be reasonable.

Colette

25 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Go run!

Nicole

18 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sure why not?

Kyumin

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is Kyumin. From the bottom of my heart, thanks for listening. No, really, thank you.

Caleb

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're main characters of our stories.

Preston

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You belong

Paul

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Life takes you places. Enjoy the ride.

Miksu

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's worth it.

Sarah

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You deserve to be loved, at all ages, at all times. Go love.

John

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bold, true, authentic.

Ben 2.0

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Check your feelings. It's good for you.

Beka

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Give yourself grace. You're new to this.

Tyler

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Who's your favorite clown?

Abbey

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What's your favorite movie line?

Jen

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

No regrets. Life Unwasted. Trigger Warning: Episode contains mention of sexual assault. Please listen with discretion.

Daniel

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We have our differences but we can still talk to each other.

Tim (Season 3 Finale)

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Care to join for a Palo Cortado sherry?

Leeman

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are the stories that we tell ourselves

Hannah

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I'm broken. But I don't want to be unbroken.

Kevin

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You don't have to be stuck.

Holly

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Breath-taking. Heart-wrenching. Life's like a coin. Heads or tails.

Keith

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What's your favorite tree?

Byron

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lean into the present. Don't waste any of the precious moments with your loved ones.

Jarhed

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It was worth it. Make every moment count.

Dalaina

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Permission to play.

Season 3 Preview

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back with Season 3. Episodes will start dropping next Wednesday.

Pami

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You're seen. You're loved.

Julie

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's okay to cry. No, you're supposed to cry.

The Mango Jellies

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Be free to be  you. It's never too late to discover who you are.

Christine

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's in your suitcase?

Rob

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Life's shorter than you think. Live it while you can.

Sex Ed revisited

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Promise ring. Yes, it's okay to talk about sex.

Lem

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Life's not that bad, not that bad at all.

Tim

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Passing tones: living life as a master jazz musician. Chateauneuf-du-Pape: struggles that produce rich fruit.

Mini Preview

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Taste of what's to come in Season 2