Episodes

June 16, 2021

#145: 2 Spirit Fire, w/Jay iiwaa Mercado

Part 4 of our Pride series with Beloved Arise, featuring the artists on the new album, Serenade! Follow Jay Mercado @queen_iiwaa . Check out the tour coming to LA, PDX, Seattle, Minneapolis, Nashville, and Atlanta! Learn m...
June 11, 2021

#145: God Delights in Queerness, w/ Ella Kat Sharp

Part 3 of our limited series with Beloved Arise, featuring Ella K Sharp, one of the artists from the Album, SERENADE! Available wherever you stream your music. CLICK HERE to listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
June 2, 2021

#144: You Don't Have to Be Okay, w/ Brian Falduto

What was it like to go from School of Rock to nothing, to learning to find your way back to yourself? Brian Falduto joins to talk about his journey, his story, and the amazing work he's doing with queer men to help end stigma...
June 1, 2021

#143: A Dose of My Own Divinity, w/ Blake Mundell

PreSave Serenade by Clicking HERE This is number 2 in a special series of podcasts with Beloved Arise, the only group dedicated to celebrating and empowering queer youth of faith. Learn more at BelovedArise.org . Follow Blake...
May 18, 2021

#141 You CAN Talk To God Like That, w/ Abby Norman

Preacher, teacher, and literaly neighbor and friend of mine, Abby Norman joins me IRL! We got to sit down at my coworking space in ATL to talk about her new book, You CAN Talk To God Like That, out everywhere Tuesday May 18, ...
May 12, 2021

#140: Yes, Daddy w/ Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Author writer weirdo and all around good human Jonathan Parks-Ramage joins me today to talk about his new book, about being queer and a person of faith, and summer fun. Follow @ JPRampage Follow @ thekevingarcia Tour, the boo...
May 4, 2021

#139: WTF is Deconstruction? w/ Phil Drysdale

ya know we've never outright talked about "deconstruction" as a topic on this show because... well we were doing it before the term was relevant. But! it doesn't hurt to have some data and language about it, and! It doesn't h...
April 28, 2021

#138: Adult Sex Ed, w/ Erica Smith, M.Ed

If you grew up Christian, you probably had some form of purity culture in the water you were drinking. So many of us as adult with religious trauma carry shame around sex from simply not knowing a lot about it, and perhaps fr...
April 20, 2021

#137: Queer Mom Energy, w/ Rachel Kurtz

Rachel Kurtz is a musician, a momma, an incredible force, and one hell of a woman. In this episode, we talk about her discovering her queerness later in life, and how she experiences her faith coming from Christian world. Str...
April 13, 2021

#136: #ChurchToo, w/ Emily Joy Allison

Emily Joy Allison is a bisexual icon. A poet, writer, yoga teacher and now AUTHOR of the book #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing. Buy the book everywhere you get bookzzzz. Follow @EmilyJoyPoe...
April 8, 2021

#135: After the Band, w/ John Steingard

If you didn't listen to the last episode, go back to the last one and get into it. Follow @jonsteingard follow @ theKevinGarcia . Follow @irrevereng_FM across social media and be sure to get on our LIVESHOW coming up April 18...
April 6, 2021

#134: Emergent Properties, pt 1. w/ Jon Steingard

Jon Steingard was the lead singer of Christian rock band, Hawk Nelson, for a long ass time. When he finally made the announcement that he actually had a shift in faith, the usual things happened. In this first part of a two p...
March 30, 2021

#133: F*ck Shame, w/ Coach Yeamah

Christian sexuality coach and badass b*tch, Coach Yeamah Logan joins me to talk about her work, helping queer Christians overcome their shame and reconnect with God. It's super churchy and yummy and I hope you enjoy it. Follo...
March 24, 2021

#132: All Along You Were Blooming, w/ Morgan Harper Nichols

Artist, poet, and reluctantly admittant writer Morgan Harper Nichols joins me on ATR to talk about her shit she's been learning thru Covid quarantine, creativity, getting diagnosed with Austism as an adult, and a shit ton mor...
March 10, 2021

#131: The Author of Confusion, w/ Vi La Bianca

Athiest cyborg cat. @AuthorConfusion across social media, and ViRoseLaBianca.com . Join us for the live stream show with me and Vi, March 13 2021 on Patreon . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb. 16, 2021

#130: Champagne is My Religion, w/ Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs

The Emmy Award-winning digital pastor, sex-positive, womanist, spiritualist preacher is here with us to give us the GOOD word.  Connect with Lyvonne across social media @lyvonnep and at LyvonneP.com GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE LIVESHOW FEATURING SEMLER HERE. --- Support this podcast:
Feb. 3, 2021

#129: The Deconstructionist's Playbook

Crystal Cheatham is back back back again! The creator of Our Bible App and the editor of the new an upcoming anthology, THE DECONSTRUCTIONIST PLAYBOOK! Featuring over 60 authors across the progressive Christian spectrum on EVERYTHING. Including yours truly

Jan. 25, 2021

#128: Decolonizing Our Faith w/ Jo Luehmann

Lady pastors don't fuck around.

Learn more and connect with Jo at Patreon.com/JoLuehmann.

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Jan. 11, 2021

#127: Queer. Spiritual. Questioning. w/ Micah J Murray (LIVE AT QCF 2021)

We did it big last week with our call on the QCF Podcast Stage. Such a lovely time. Thank you to QCF for having me, and thank you to my friend Micah J Murray who got real vulnerable in front of a room of folks. Well... a podc...
Dec. 22, 2020

#126: There are Angels in Your Angles, w/ Kyle Gray

A conversation from WAY back at the beginning of pandemic and lockdown with world renown spiritual teacher, Kyle Gray. We goof off a lot, but when am I not just kikiing with the girls. 

Connect with Kyle's work at KyleGray.co.uk, and across social medi…

Dec. 3, 2020

#125: Unchurchable, w/ Kit Kennedy

Kit and I go back a few years, when her then-husband became a Patreon supporter, and then connected me with his wife who was an editor and ghost writer. She suggested I publish on my own. I said UR CRAZY. But she was right. And she's also begun a journey of her own, which we get into on the pod.…

Nov. 24, 2020

#124: Gay at Liberty University 2: Electric Boogaloo, w/ Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson is a PhD candidate in Toronto and he went to LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. The unhappiest place on earth, especially if you are a queer. 

Me and Luke get into the dirt of going to Liberty, and ask what it takes for us to truly understand who we are, break free, and move on from tox…

Nov. 18, 2020

#123: Rage Against the Minivan, w/ Kristen Howerton

Back with the BLM marches really ramped up earlier this year, Kristen Howerton joined me on the pod to share bout her journey on deconstruction. She shares her journey around pregnancy and how shallow Christian faith didn't cut it. AND! How God is there in our suffering. 

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