Best Melissa Weisz Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 27 Tahtianna Fermin 31:45

1y ago31:45

31:45

Hello! Welcome back to a brand new episode of The Queerience! This week I'm joined by Tahtianna Fermin Founder and Ceo of Bridges4Life. Bridges4Life is an organization built on helping the Transgender and Non- conforming Community by providing services to children in the foster care system,young adults and surviving sex workers. In this weeks episo…

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Queerience Episode 26 with Jude Gallegos 21:57

1y ago21:57

21:57

Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Queerience! I`m your host Sarah Brown and this week I`m with a very dear friend of mine Jude Gallegos. Jude is an actor, writer, director from the Inland Empire in SoCal, moved to NY from the Bay Area. Bisexual first generation Mexican American. Her show Bodies Found: Family Stories of Murder and Shame. A …

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The Queerience With Brianne Leeson 27:08

1+ y ago27:08

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Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Queerience! I`m your host Sarah Brown she/her and this week I`m talking with Brianne Leeson Brianne is a writer, voice actor, artist, and autistic advocate from Texas. She’s autistic and ADHD, providing peer support for other late diagnosed people. She’s the writer and showrunner for the supernatural comed…

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A Million Ways to Cry in the West 1:03:56

1+ y ago1:03:56

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Hi heathens! We're going on tour! And we can't think of a better reason to break our nearly 2-year silence. In this episode, get the inside scoop on TWO new albums full of fantastic music, and then come hear it in person. We can't wait to see you, west coast. CryInTheWest.com SAT 3/18 — SAN DIEGO, CA • University Christian Church SUN 3/19 — LOS ANG…

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Becoming an LGBT Global faith leader - Bishop Joseph Tolton (Part II) 1:04:14

2+ y ago1:04:14

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In Part II of this Episode, Bishop Tolton talks about his mission of creating Interconnected Justice (ICJ)- a global racial justice movement in which the continent of Africa and its diaspora build an ecosystem of self-defined and determined advocacy. Bishop Tolton works directly with leaders to build integrated justice movements connecting activist…

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Becoming an LGBT Global faith leader - Bishop Joseph Tolton (Part I) 59:03

2+ y ago59:03

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Bishop Joseph Tolton is a legendary global faith leader and the Founder and President of Interconnected Justice - a global racial justice movement in which the continent of Africa and its diaspora build an ecosystem of self-defined and determined advocacy. Bishop Tolton shares the complexities of growing up in Harlem as a promising preacher kid wit…

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A Queer Feminist Activist - Dr. Stella Nyanzi 1:23:26

2+ y ago1:23:26

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The inimitable Dr. Stella Nyanzi is a Ugandan queer feminist activist, human rights advocate, poet, medical anthropologist, and scholar of sexuality, family planning, and public health. At the time of our recording, Stella speaks to us from Kenya where she is taking refuge due to the current regime in Uganda where she is unsafe as a very vocal oppo…

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Raising the voice of sexual violence survivors with Mary Muthui TW Sexual Violence 30:58

2+ y ago30:58

30:58

Mary Muthui is a human rights activist from Kenya. She shares the stigma and violence she faced being noticeably queer, and what gave her the strength and courage to fight for herself and others. Mary talks to us about the practice of corrective rape- which is unfortunately common practice against LGBTQ individuals specifically lesbians. Mary survi…

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A Media Pioneer from Angola - Coréon Dú 1:04:15

2+ y ago1:04:15

1:04:15

Coréon Dú is an award-winning Angolan recording artist, creative director, designer, screenwriter and producer. Coréon shares how he started creating much-needed entertainment for folks his own age in Angola, and how he became a leading voice on the forefront of change with his revolutionary content. We discuss the far-reaching impact his work has …

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It Feels Good To Be Forbidden- Val Kalende 49:09

2+ y ago49:09

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Val Kalende is an activist and founding member of Uganda's LGBTQ MOVEMENT. Val helped launch Freedom and Roam Uganda-FARUG. She shares how taking the risk to be visible has paid off in advancing LGBTQ rights in Uganda. Val opens up about her journey of going back into the closet after being a vocal LGBTQ activist to undergo conversion therapy. Her …

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Asylum, a manifesto for LGBTQ refugees with Edafe Okporo 45:41

2+ y ago45:41

45:41

Edafe Okporo is a global gay rights activist, the founder of Refuge America, and one of the most visible voices on the issue of displacement. Edafe grew up in Nigeria where religion played an important role in his childhood. Edafe shares how he was guided to pray the gay away and how he became a pentecostal pastor in this effort. An interaction wit…

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African Rainbow Family with Aderonke Apata 38:24

2+ y ago38:24

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Aderonke is a Nigerian LGBTQ Activist and the founder of African Rainbow Family charity- a UK-Based organization that supports LGBTIQ people of African heritage and the wider Black and Asian Minority Ethnic groups. Aderonke was born and raised in Nigeria where being gay is illegal. When she was found to be a lesbian she suffered intense persecution…

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I ran away from God - Luzie from Kenya (TW: suicide, violence, homophobia) 21:48

2+ y ago21:48

21:48

Luzie talks about her struggle growing up as a Lesbian in Kenya. She opens up about the spiritual violence she suffered and being made to believe that it's demonic to be attracted to the same sex. Luzie shines a light on how gay clubs become a safe haven for many LGBTQ folks- drinking to numb the pain- and even more dire, using it as place to sleep…

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Professor of Religious Studies in Zimbabwe - Ezra Chitando 28:01

2+ y ago28:01

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Ezra Chitando is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Zimbabwe and co-author of “Reimagining Christianity and Sexual Diversity in Africa”. Ezra serves as Theology Consultant on HIV and AIDS with EHAIA, the Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy, of the World Council of Churches. Ezra talks about the importance of diversit…

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The story of a Refugee from Cameroon - Cedric Tchante (TW: Suicide,Violence, Homophobia) 54:49

2+ y ago54:49

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Cedric Tchante is an activist, marketing coordinator and blogger from Cameroon, currently living in San Francisco. Cedric talks about growing up in Cameroon where being gay is illegal. He shares how he became a vocal activist and appeared in the documentary “Born This Way”. A first in Cameroon, this documentary showed the faces of LGBTQ folks talki…

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An LGBTQ artivist from Botswana - Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile 49:05

2+ y ago49:05

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Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile is a performance artist, musician, writer and LGBT artivist from Botswana. She is known for being the first public figure from Botswana to openly identify as trans. Katlego is also the first-ever TED Fellow from Botswana. Katlego talks about the biggest misconceptions from the western media about LGBTQ folks in Botswa…

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Life-saving work for LGBTQ folks in Uganda - "Biggie" from FARUG 20:37

2+ y ago20:37

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Ssenfuka Joanita Warry (Biggie) is the Executive Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda FARUG which is a Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer diverse persons and women's rights organization based in Uganda. FARUG’s mission is to strengthen and mobilize the voice, visibility, and collective organizing power of LBQ womxn in order to change the norms, institution…

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Nigerian Gay Rights Activist - Bisi Alimi 49:58

2+ y ago49:58

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Bis Alimi is a Nigerian gay rights activist, public speaker, blog writer, and HIV/LGBT advocate who gained international attention when he became the first Nigerian to come out on television. Bisi shares about how coming out on tv caused him to be driven out of his country and shaped his life and the legacy he is creating. He also opens up about hi…

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The Forbidden Apple around the world series 7:46

2+ y ago7:46

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After two years of exploring the relationship between LGBTQ people and religion, TFA is traveling abroad. In this new season we amplify LGBTQ voices from African countries. We will hear from people who have survived gender-based violence and corrective rape, live with HIV in Africa, and those who risked their lives to work towards legalizing homose…

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Summer Break - with hosts Melissa Weisz & Pelayo Alvarez 18:51

3y ago18:51

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On this final episode of The Nuanced Series, your hosts look back on the lessons learned throughout this season. From listening to others perspectives to giving ourselves permission to think differently, Melissa and Pelayo discuss how to engage in difficult yet meaningful conversations. Thank you all so much for listening. The Forbidden Apple Podca…

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Queerience podcast featuring Queer Health 37:45

3y ago37:45

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Queerience! This week I`m joined by Sam (he/him) Gaby(she/her) and Richard (he/him) from the Queer Health Podcast. QHP is a power-sharing project. Our end-goal: to expand autonomy by bringing health knowledge directly to sexual and gender minority communities. They take your queer health qu…

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066| Drag and Mindf*ck of Misogyny 1:26:28

3+ y ago1:26:28

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All four heathens are in the house and we're talking about gender, how to destroy it, and the art of drag. Everyone grows up under the massive pressures of the binary gender, and religious folks usually have a few extra layers weighing us down. Drag is one way to expand, fuck with, and blur the boundaries of the binary and help us find a little big…

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The Queerience Featuing Pelayo Alvarez and Melissa Weisz form The Forbidden Apple Podcast 35:28

3+ y ago35:28

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Hello welcome back to another episode of The Queerience! This week I`m joined by Pelayo Alvarez and Melissa Weisz form The Forbidden Apple Podcast! Melissa Wiesz is a former Othorodox Jew and Pelayo Alvarez a Spanish raised Caltholic meet weekly to sink their teeth into " The Forbidden Apple. They interview LGBTQIA+ artists, activists, and clergy f…

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Cops at Pride - with your hosts. 31:22

3+ y ago31:22

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Melissa and Pelayo discuss 2021 Pride and the decision of the organization that runs New York’s Pride to ban cops from the parade. Do you feel safer without cops at the Pride parade? We wanna hear from our community so let us know your thoughts on this via our Instagram @theforbiddenapplepodcast or email info@theforbiddenapplepodcast.com Sink your …

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The Queerience Featuring Lvndrbeauty aka Marly 39:23

3+ y ago39:23

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to a brand new episode of the queerience! This week I`m joined by Marly aka LVNDR BEAUTY is a Black trans woman from Philly, who through it all, is making a name for herself. Losing family didn’t stop her, it filed her beyond imagination to keep the spirit alive and have the willingness to be greater than her struggles.…

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Queerience and the Start of pride 10:20

3+ y ago10:20

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Hello everyone! coming at you with a quick episode about pride and how its changed since its inception. I hope you enjoy this weeks episode as always you can follow me on instagram, facebook and twitter @thequeeriencepodcast. Thanks for listening! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-queerience/support…

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“Homosexual” in the bible 1946 with Sharon “Rocky” Roggio 28:34

3+ y ago28:34

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What if the word homosexual was never meant to be in the bible? Sharon Rocky Roggio, producer and director of the documentary film 1946 joins us to discuss the film that chronicles how the misuse of a single word changed the course of modern history. Rocky also shares her personal struggle and her complex relationship with her dad, a conservative p…

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The Queerience Podcast with Nia and Ness 25:34

3+ y ago25:34

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Hello! Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Queerience Podcast. This week I`m joined by Nia & Ness are a Black, out-lesbian couple and performance-art duo, whose work serves as a visual-auditory diary of their daily lives. They believe that it’s necessary for their specific stories, as Black lesbian women, to be shared, and it is their respon…

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Affirming LGBTQ youth with Ross Murray 34:39

3+ y ago34:39

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Ross Murray from GLAAD, Yass, Jesus! podcast and the Naming Project is back on the pod! His new book ”Made, Known, Loved” shows congregations how to create a program that affirms LGBTQ youth. How can we transform religious spaces into more welcoming environments and guide future leaders? Listen to find out! Order this important book. Find it anywhe…

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065| Pelayo Alvarez & Melissa Weisz: Bragging Rights 1:02:36

3+ y ago1:02:36

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Welcome to the show a couple of our favorite fellow podcast hosts, Pelayo Alvarez and Melissa Weisz. These incredible spacemakers and good friends are building spirituality from scratch after coming out of a Hasidic Jewish upbringing in Brooklyn (Melissa) and a Catholic upbringing in Northern Spain. Now, they explore what it means to be queer and s…

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The Queerience Featuring Uche Onwa 36:38

3+ y ago36:38

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to this weeks episode of the Queerience. This week I`m joined by Uche Onwa Co- Director of The Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP) as we discuss the prison industrial complex, ICE and we why they need to be abolished as well as the work QDEP is doing to help. Listen to his story here on Queerience.QDEP assists fol…

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The Queerience Podcast Ft Sabine Maxine Lopez 26:15

3+ y ago26:15

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Hello Everyone! Welcome back to another episode of The Queerience! This week I`m joined by founder and owner of A Tribe Called Queer Sabine Maxine Lopez (she/they) Sabine is a queer Black, Indigenous hard femme from Los Angeles, California. A natural born multi-hyphenate, Sabine dabbles in many different areas of creativity. You can find her expres…

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Comedy for social change with Carolyn Bergier 39:24

3+ y ago39:24

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Today are joined by our favorite comedian Carolyn Bergier host of the podcast "Dyking Out". We discuss all things comedy: The limits, the pitfalls, and how smart comedy can be used for social change. Carolyn breaks down how to broach difficult topics with humor. Listen for a good time and expert advice. www.theforbiddenapplepodcast.com www.patreon.…

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The Queerience Featuring Annette Covrigaru 21:38

3+ y ago21:38

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Hello Everyone!Welcome back to this weeks episode of The Queerience! I`m so excited this week to have on Annette Covrigaru(they/them) on the show this week! Annette Covrigaru is a gay/bigender American-Israeli writer and photographer from Long Island, NY. A Pushcart and Best of the Net nominated @LambdaLiterary Fellow and @HaifaHolocaustStudies M.A…

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On the Catholic Church statement on Same-Sex Unions (BONUS) 3:33

3+ y ago3:33

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Pelayo brings you a rant on the Catholic Church statement on same-sex unions and their impossibility to bless them. An answer to their "unjust discriminations" and being "unable to bless sin". This statement comes shortly after Pope Francis mentioning homosexuals are children of God and have a right to a family, If you have enjoyed this feel free t…

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The Queerience with Gabriel Harlan 34:51

3+ y ago34:51

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Hello and Welcome to this weeks episode of The Queerience! This week I`m joined by Gabriel Harlan (he/him/she/her). Gabriel has spent the last three summers, on the gay beaches on the east coast. He’s the only person of color, in recent history, to work full-time on fire island and in Provincetown, consecutively. What started as a survival strategy…

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Time for a religious reformation with Rev Liz Edman 33:35

3+ y ago33:35

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Your hosts are joined by Rev. Liz Edman, queer priest, and author of “Queer Virtue”, to discuss the latest statement from the Vatican on Same-sex Unions. Liz explains the cycle of reformation of religious institutions every 500 years and shares her personal experience on creating change within orthodox institutions. Spotlight of the day: Minoritea …

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064| Brenda Marie Davies: The Spirit of Jezebel 57:37

3+ y ago57:37

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We doubt we’re the first to introduce you to the phenom behind the very popular, very powerful platform God Is Grey, but if this does happen to be your first time encountering Brenda Marie Davies, we’re excited for you. Brenda is, in her own words, a sex-positive, LGBT+ affirming, science-believing, intellectual Christian. She’s also an author and …

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063| Suandria Hall: Mistakes Make Us 1:05:23

3+ y ago1:05:23

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We've been massive fans of Suandria Hall since we first started following her on Instagram @mychoicemypowercounseling. Based in Denver, CO, Suandria is a life transitions and religious trauma coach—dolls, meet our absolute favorite certified Heathen counselor! Anissa and Karyn sat down with Suandria to talk about deconstructing as cis het females, …

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The Queerience Featuring Brandon Smith 24:07

3+ y ago24:07

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Hello! Welcome back to another episode of the Queerience podcast! I`m your host Sarah Brown (she/her) this week I`m joined by Brandon C Smith an NYC Actor,singer,producer and co/owner of Golden Boi Productions a queer owned production company in Brooklyn. Brandon believes in the idea of telling your own stories especially in a world trying to silen…

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Your spiritual toolbox - Appreciation vs Appropriation with your hosts 20:05

3+ y ago20:05

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Continuing with our "nuanced series" we discuss how to build your own spiritual toolbox.' Your hosts Pelayo and Melissa unpack the difference between appropriation vs appreciation. The question of the hour is " how do we learn from others and apply it in a respectful way to our lives? We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Remember to leave us a…

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The Queerience featuring Sonny Oram from Qwear Fashion 30:05

3+ y ago30:05

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Welcome back to another episode of The Queerience Podcast I`m your host Sarah Brown (she/her) This week I`m joined by Sonny Oram (they/them/he/him) from Qwear Fashion. Qwear Fashion is a community platform raising LGBTQIA+ voices in fashion. Follow Qwear fashion! Instagram/twitter/facebook/ Qwear Fashion https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu9gLMeBOhu…

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062| Westerlight: The Old Magic 1:05:10

3+ y ago1:05:10

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Westerlight is an Indie-Americana duo made up of Oklahoma singer-songwriters Rachel and Jonny Hupp. We talk with them about their shift from being worship leaders, how they quit church on accident, and what it’s been like to make music during a pandemic. You’ll love this deconstruction conversation with Westerlight (and your two newest co-hosts, An…

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“The Nuanced series": Ex-gays. With your hosts. 30:20

3+ y ago30:20

30:20

Melissa and Pelayo talk about the phenomenon of the “ex-gay’ and the effects it has on LGBTQ+ community. Can we live our truth without judging others or does our truth affect our humanity as a whole? How do we have nuanced conversations around things we are ideologically opposed to? We discuss this and more in this episode. More questions than answ…

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061| Erin Burnett: The Bible Belt of Europe 55:05

3+ y ago55:05

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Erin Burnett is an absolute delight of a human—her perspective, her incredible 21-year-old wisdom, and the ease of her laugh. Before reaching legal US drinking age, she’d taken a deep dive into fundamentalist Calvinism, published an Evangelical young adult novel, tumbled into a deconstruction arc she tried to curb by enrolling in seminary, started …

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060| Raising Hell: Parenting After Religious Deconstruction 1:16:00

3+ y ago1:16:00

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Welcome to the first episode of our new series we're wink-nudge calling Raising Hell!* Anissa and Karyn are taking on the complicated work of parenting through and beyond religious deconstruction. In Raising Hell episodes, we'll connect with experts, good books, and each other about what's working (and what isn't) for raising our little ones outsid…

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059| Blair: Talk Purity to Me 1:21:36

3+ y ago1:21:36

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You've probably seen her Instagram or TikTok accounts. Meet Blair, the internet phenom who is shaming purity culture and helping us all have the sex life we want. She's using social media to skillfully expose the damage purity culture does, dismantling it one deluded, destructive lie at a time. Follow Talk Purity to Me on Instagram and TikTok. Here…

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The Queerience W/ Revered Rhina Ramos 20:55

3+ y ago20:55

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Hello! Welcome back to a brand new episode of The Queerience in this weeks episode I`m joined by Reverend Rhina Ramos from Ministerio Latino, Rev. Rhina Ramos leads Ministerio Latino in Oakland, CA. Her call to ministry was to create a space where Latinx LGBTQI immigrants are welcomed and loved and thus she began this faith community in December 20…

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058| Be Mad, But Maybe Not Forever (Season 5 Premiere) 48:04

3+ y ago48:04

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Welcome back, heathens! There are four of us now. Meet your two new hosts, Anissa Nishira and Ben Grace, as they join Karyn and Flamy (formerly Matthew!) for a rousing round of catch up, sneak peek, and reflections on where we are a few years into this journey of deconstruction. Support Heathen: Patreon.com/HeathenPodcast Instagram • Facebook • Twi…

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The Queerience Featuring Mike Johnson and Kyle Getz of The Gayish Podcast 28:59

4y ago28:59

28:59

Hello Everyone, Welcome back to this Weeks Episode of the Queerience I`m your host Sarah Brown (she/her) and this week I`m joined by The boy of the Gayish Podcast Mike Johnson and Kyle Getz. This week we talk about the pandemic, the election and being queer. CW/TW: Mentions of Sucide, depression and anxiety happen in this weeks episode. Featured in…

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