Episodes

April 8, 2020

David Congdon and David Roberts: Did Jesus Really Resurrect?

David Congdon and David Roberts are here again to talk about the resurrection of Jesus. Did it literally happen or is it a metaphor? Guests Info/Bio: David Congdon is an author, speaker, and scholar working in the area of th…
March 16, 2020

Kerry Connelly: Anti-Racist Theology

My good friend Kerry Connelly joins me to share about her brand new book, Good White Racist: Confronting Your Role in Racial Injustice. We talk all about how white people need to confront racism and what a white liberation t…
March 4, 2020

Linn Marie Tonstad: Queer Theology

Get your dancing shoes on, because Linn Marie Tonstad is here to throw us onto the queer theology dance floor. She talks all about her recent book, Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics. Guest Bio/Info: Linn Marie Tonstad is As…
Feb. 19, 2020

Wess Daniels: Resistance in Revelation

Wess Daniels is here to set the record straight on the book of Revelation. He talks his book Resisting Empire: The Book of Revelation as Resistance and all about the resistive and liberative themes in the book. Guest Bio/Inf…
Feb. 5, 2020

Christy Bauman: Theology of the Womb

In this episode Christy Bauman talks about her new book, Theology of The Womb: Knowing God through the Body of a Woman. She talks about all the ways in which we can learn about God from the the experience of being a woman. G…
Jan. 22, 2020

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: Activist Theology Pt. II

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is here to talk about their newest book, Activist Theology. They talk all things about taking theology to the streets and how activist theology can make theology a meaningful conduit for social chang…
Jan. 8, 2020

Brian McLaren: Theology of the Earth

In all his wisdom and generosity, Brian McLaren is here to talk about his most recent book, The Galápagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey. He talks all about his journey to the Galápagos Islands and the spiritual and theologica…
Dec. 25, 2019

Emmy Kegler: Theology from the Margins

On this Christmas special, Emmy Kegler talks about her recent book, One Coin Found: How God's Love Stretches to the Margins. She also chats about her relationship with the Bible and her faith journey. Guest Bio/Info: Emmy Ke…
Dec. 11, 2019

Kutter Callaway: Radical Theology and Culture

Get radical with Kutter Callaway and I as he talks about his newest book with Barry Taylor, The Aesthetics of Atheism: Theology and Imagination in Contemporary Culture. We chat all things radical theology, culture, and (a)th…
Nov. 27, 2019

Michael Vazquez: Queering Theology

Michael Vazquez bursts in to share how theology ought to not simply affirm LGBTQ+ people but to queer theology itself. We also chat about Michael’s faith journey and Marcella Althaus-Reid. Guest Bio/Info: Michael Vazquez is …
Nov. 13, 2019

Crystal Cheatham: Our Bible App and LGBTQ+ Activism

In this episode Crystal Cheatham chats with me about Our Bible App, a progressive Christian app consisting of devotionals, podcasts, and other resources for progressive Christians. She also chats with me about her work in LG…
Oct. 30, 2019

Rob Saler: Radiohead and Theology

Radiohead and theology: the crossover you didn’t know you wanted! In this episode Rob Saler talks with me about his newest book, All These Things into Position: What Theology Can Learn from Radiohead. Guest Bio/Info: Robert …
Oct. 16, 2019

Lenny Duncan: A Black Preacher in the Whitest Denomination

Lenny Duncan is the first guest on the newly rebranded, A People’s Theology. He chats about being a black preacher in the whitest denomination in America. He also talks about how Lutheran theology is important to his faith. …
Oct. 2, 2019

Melissa Florer-Bixler: Fire by Night and the Old Testament

Torah-pen those Bibles (#BibleJokeFail), because Melissa Florer-Bixler is here to talk all about her book Fire By Night. We chat all things Old Testament, including how Christians ought to read the Old Testament and how it c…
Sept. 18, 2019

Tim Burnette and Dan Rosado: Transpantheism

Be prepared to pick up brain matter, because your mind is about to be blown. Tim Burnette and Dan Rosado chat with me about transpantheism. What is it and why does it matter? Guests Bio/Info: Tim Burnette is a graduat…
Sept. 4, 2019

Laura Beth Buchleiter: Being Trans and Christian

I hope your fragile heart is ready, because you’re about to fall in love with Laura Beth Buchleiter. In this episode Laura Beth talks about what it means for her to be both transgender and Christian. We also talk about her t…
Aug. 21, 2019

Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros: Theopoetics and Decolonizing Theology

Take a bow before the 2019 Rubem Alves Award winner, Carolina Hinojosa-Cisneros, as she talks about theopoetics, decolonizing theology, and her most recent chapbook, Becoming Coztōtōtl. It’s a delightful conversation with an…
Aug. 7, 2019

Anthony Mako: Postmodern Liturgy

Did someone say deconstruction? In this episode I chat with Anthony Mako about his podcasting and writing project, Postmodern Liturgy. We also chat about the emergent church, all things postmodernism, and The Sandlot. …
July 24, 2019

Shelley Yael Dennis: A Political Theology of Food

Dinner’s ready and so is this episode with Dr. Shelley Yael Dennis. In this episode Dr. Dennis talks about her new book, Edible Entanglements: On a Political Theology of Food. We talk about how our theology and climate chang…
July 10, 2019

Edward Vidaurre: Poetry and Liberation

Wordsmiths commence! Edward Vidaurre is here to talk about his newest poetry collection, JAZzHOUSE. We also talk about location and liberation as impetuses for poetic expression. Guest Bio/Info: Edward Vidaurre is the…
June 26, 2019

Karen Gonzalez: Immigration and the Bible

Karen Gonzalez is here to talk about her newest book, The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong. She talks about her story as an immigrant and the stories of immigration in the Bible. Guest Bi…
June 12, 2019

Grace Ji-Sun Kim: The Holy Spirit

Prepared to be descended upon, because Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim is here to chat about the Spirit. We chat about her book, The Homebrewed Christianity Guide to the Holy Spirit: Hand-Raisers, Han, and the Holy Ghost and all things…
May 29, 2019

Michael Wright: Faith and Art

Take a swig of your creative juice, because Michael Wright is here to chat about the intersection of faith and art. Michael and I converse about how art can foster theological formation, the relationship the church has with …
May 15, 2019

Jamie Lee Finch: You Are Your Own

Disappoint your mother by listening to Jamie Lee Finch chat about her newest book, You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity. We converse about how Evangelicalism traumatizes, the he…