Episodes

Aug. 8, 2018

#67: Joel Hollier is such a Fucking Christian

Y'all for real, there are moments when I realize when like... folks are a better Christian than me, not that it's a game to win, but seriously... Joel is such a fucking Christian in the best way possible. He was a pastor for…
July 26, 2018

#66- Brit Barron: Recovering Mega Church Pastor

Let's go to church y'all. Brit Barron is a pastor, a spiritual director, a speaker, and a recovering mega church pastor. She spends her time exploring what it looks like to reclaim Christianity as a queer woman of color. And…
July 11, 2018

#65: Outside The Lines w/Mihee Kim-Kort

Mihee Kim-Kort is a pastor, a mother, a wife to a wonderful man, and she's queer. And she didn't discover this till later in life. In her new book, Outside the Lines: how embracing queerness can transform your faith, Mihee d…
June 27, 2018

#64: Jen Hatmaker is Totes an 8

If you don't know who Jen Hatmaker is... honestly, you might not be frequenting Christian subculture, which is fine! But! Jen is a writer, author, pastor, speaker, and all around dope woman of God who is navigating her way t…
June 18, 2018

#63: Reclaiming My Worship, w/ SueAnn Shiah

My first return guest ever! SueAnn is back to talk about her new album, "A Liturgy for the Preservation of the Saints," which drops June 22. We talk about reclaiming our worship, about gendered language in worship songs, abo…
June 13, 2018

#62: Undivided, w/ Vicky Beeching

Vicky Beeching is a writer, speaker, and LGBTQ equality campaigner based in London. After a career as a very well known Christian worship leader, her career in the evangelical church was stripped from her when she came out a…
June 11, 2018

#61: On White Cis Gay Dudes, w/ Garrett Schlichte

Like most of my fantastic online relationships, Garrett and I have never met IRL. It's the perfect millennial relationship. We see each other on the twitters, we write stuff, we both a queer and Christian, and we both can ho…
May 28, 2018

#60: What if the Whore of Babylon is Actually a Drag Queen? w/ Rachel Held Evans

If you don't know who Rachel Held Evans is, you probably are living under a rock (or perhaps you don't live in progressive Christian land). Today, we chat about living in TN, the Bible, her new book, and we have an incredibl…
May 21, 2018

#59: Living in Liminal Spaces, w/ Angie Hong

Angie Hong is a worship artist, a writer, and woman called to lead in the church as an Asian American woman. She currently serves as the creative director for Chicago's Willow Creek campus and works in along the lines of rac…
May 14, 2018

#58: Ex-Ex-Gay Pastor, w/ Hannah Parks

Start your journey towards better mental health and more happiness today. Sign Up for BetterHelp today: http://tryonlinetherapy.com/kevingarcia ... Hannah Parks was an ex-gay poster child among evangelical circles, travelin…
May 7, 2018

#57: Austin Channing Brown is Still Here

Y'all wanna talk about going to CHURCH! Author and activist joins me on the podcast to talk about her upcoming book, "I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness," along with how justice intersects for queer …
May 2, 2018

#56: Anime is SO Gay w/ Jonah Ven

Queer anime, toxic masculinity, femme dude realness today on the podcast! Jonah Venegas is a queer Asian Christian, poet, and blogger currently working on an M.A. to be a mental health therapist. He likes to talk and write …
April 25, 2018

#55: We're Embodied for A Reason, w/ Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche

Rev. Tuhina Verma Rasche is incredible. Hands down one of the most fun and smart folks I've ever sat down with. She was raised in a Hindu household, is ordained in the ELCA, and pastors at an AME church. I mean, if that's no…
April 16, 2018

#54: Drugs, Deception, and Double Lives, w/Tina Alexis Allen

Tina Alexis Allen is an actor, playwright, screenwriter, writer, and so much more. She's written about growing up in a conservative Catholic home in her spellbinding new memoir, "Hiding Out: a memoir of Drugs, Deception, and…
April 9, 2018

#53-The One Where Jamie the Very Worst Missionary Cries

Jamie (The Very Worst Missionary) Wright was a normal evangelical soccer mom, then became a missionary, and immediately after showing up in Costa Rica, realized that the world of missions is, in her words, "a clusterfuck." …
April 2, 2018

#52: Alicia Johnston is a Bisexual Spy

Alicia Johnston was a Seventh Day Adventist pastor until she announced the world in a viral video that not only was she affirming of queer identities, but that she's bisexual. This forced her out of her career in her denomin…
March 19, 2018

#51 - Maybe We're All Going to Hell, feat. Exvangelical's Blake Chastain

Blake Chastain is very serious about his faith. And that's why he's no longer an evangelical. In this conversation we'll talk about what led him away from the tradition of his youth, and what started as a podcast has turned …
March 12, 2018

#50 - Accidental Activists, w/ Caitlin J. Stout

Coming out is hard. Coming out on a campus where you're one of the only visibly queer folks? That's a whole different beast. Caitlin J. Stout has fallen into the role of accidental activist at Spring Arbor University, creati…
March 5, 2018

#49 - I Believe the Children Are Our Future (& Other Things), feat. Anna Skates

Welcome to the Road Back to You... I mean A Tiny Revolution. Wherein, Anna Skates and I are talking all the things. From divorce to enneagram, to her work with a new spiritual community- Imaginarium, to passion for children,…
Feb. 19, 2018

#48 - Petty and/or Prophetic, feat. Alicia Crosby (Encore Episode)

INFO COMMENTS Spirituality, #conversation, #lgbtq, #petty What is the purpose of Church? What is a holy text? There are some incredible conversation points covered today when Kevin sits down with Alicia Crosby, co-founder o…
Feb. 12, 2018

#47- Spirituality vs Religion w. Crystal Cheatham (encore episode)

Welcome to another week of #BlackHistoryMonth encore episodes! Crystal Cheatham is a writer, worshiper, and creator of the new and fantastic Our Bible App. With a story like many of our own, Crystal journeyed out of conserv…
Feb. 5, 2018

#46 - Theology as Survival feat. Rev. Broderick Greer (Encore Episode)

Welcome to Black History Month! This month you'll be hearing encoore episode from some of my favorite black guests who have brought incredible stories with them. Hope you enjoy! ... Unapologetically black, queer, and an Ep…
Jan. 29, 2018

#45 - What it's Like Being Gay at Liberty University w/ Nathanial Totten

Liberty University is arguably the most conservative evangelical schools in the United States. With Trump fanatic Jerry Fallwell, Jr. at the helm, Liberty has been a symbol of MAGA Christianity for the past few years and has…
Jan. 15, 2018

#44 - Frat Boys Gone Mild

Fraternities generally have a not so great reputation in the public eye. Between hazing practices, horrible sexist and mysogynistic attitudes towards women, racist attitudes towards people of color... I mean it's all true. A…