Another Exvangelical Podcast

The comedy queen with the blistering voice, Flamy Grant is a gospel & roots musician from the Bible Belt who will move you, soothe you, help you heal some trauma and always leave you laughing.

Flamy’s 2022 debut record Bible Belt Baby is the world’s first full-length contemporary Christian album by a drag performer — and a 2023 San Diego Music Award nominee for Best Pop Album.

Whether telling irreverent, hilarious stories of religious trauma in her one-woman show “Godless Sheathen” or filling a room with her iconic voice and original music, Flamy drags you into a therapeutic, theatrical mix of music, comedy and storytelling. Armed with a bold lip and a big lash, Flamy will convince you that:

Bio from flamygrant.com https://www.neverthelessshepreached.com/

https://open.spotify.com/album/2D7jJO9e71QFrHu2J9TqjV?si=IrIcnaD7QwGMdAYmEN3Jrw

This week I am interviewed by our friend, Carrie Holly-Hurt! I am the host and founder of Another Exvangelical Podcast, and I wanted to wrap up season 1 with an interview from yours truly. We will navigate through my of where my religious experience started, till now. I am currently a student at Austin Theological Seminary, pursuing a Masters in Divinity. I have a wife, 2 kids, with one on the way, and 6 dogs! Please enjoy this interview and follow us on Instagram and Facebook! Don’t forget to subscribe!

Kevin Garcia is a spiritual recovery coach, a mystical theologian + practitioner, an author / speaker, and a wild lover of life based in Atlanta, GA. After coming out in the fall of 2015 as a queer Christian, Kevin has reached thousands of individuals across the globe with messages of God’s unending love for all people. regardless of who they are, what they profess, or what they actually believe. Kevin’s the author of Bad Theology Kills: undoing toxic beliefs and reclaiming your spiritual authority, published Janurary 2020. Kevin’s work also appears in several anthologies by queer people of faith.

Through their work as a digital creative and public theologian, Kevin has used their writing, podcast, and YouTube Channel to help foster communities of authentic spiritual seeking, pulling apart the bad theology and beginning to reconstruct sustainable spiritual practices. Kevin believes that by telling our stories, we set others free to tell their own.

Kevin holds a Masters of Arts in Practical Theology from Columbia Theological Seminary (2020) and a Bachelors of Music in Choral music education from Christopher Newport University (2013).

In addition to LGBTQ advocacy and spiritual awakening, Kevin’s passions include good music, tacos, and really horrible dad jokes.

SOMETIMES A CHRISTIAN.
OFTEN A WITCH.
ALWAYS A MYSTIC.

Bio borrowed from thekevingarcia.com.

Mike Maeshiro is the founder of Numa, a spiritual intelligence organization that equips people in theology, spirituality, and faith. Mike is gay, an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and a queer theology enthusiast. He is the author of the book #themikeboard and also travels the world teaching on queer theology, emotional health, and redemptive deconstruction. He is a social media influencer and thought-leader. Mike loves Japanese food, watching movies, playing volleyball with friends, and has a depth of useless knowledge of X-Men lore.

Bio from MikeMaeshiro.com

For Mike’s book resources click below.

https://www.mikemaeshiro.com/lgbtq-resources

You can follow Mike on Instagram.

The Rev. Yadi Martínez-Reyna  (M.Div.) is bilingual Latinx gender non-binary artist, a borderlander, and founder of Color Splash Out, a non-profit organization dedicated to creating safe and brave spaces for LGBTQ+ Youth and their ally friends. Rev. Yadi serves as a Pastor at First UCC in 2nd Life,United Church of Christ. A real life church with standing in the Nevada Southern California Conference of the United Church of Christ.

You can check out Color Splash at colorsplashout.org.

Jody is a Trans singer and songwriter who advocates for the Queer community. In her previous life she was a worship leader. She is an all around lovely human being and such a delight to talk to and get to know. Please check out her new album Chrysalis and her band, Public Universal Friend.

Sarah and I met through one of Glennon Doyle’s posts on Instagram where we both shared how much Doyle’s book Untamed wrecked us. It led us both through a journey of coming out and divorce. Sarah comes from a Pentecostal background who is well versed in Purity Culture. She is a late bloomer Lesbian, who is now married to her amazing wife. Sarah also works in education.

Susan is an alum of the seminary I am currently at and I interviewed her as I was deciding if going to school later in life was for me. This interview was kind of a full-circle experience for me. Susan is an amazing person with and a wonderful mothering heart, she and her husband Rob have an organization called Freedhearts.
“Founded in 2013, FreedHearts reaches into hurting communities with a message of love, inclusion, belonging, and hope — for parents, LGBTQ+, educators, therapists, and the church. We help people deconstruct their faith to free their heart to love and be loved. FreedHearts is in the trenches, providing safe spaces, inspiration, and encouragement. We have dynamic, transformational live, podcast, print, and film resources for LGBTQ+, parents, families, allies, and communities—to free hearts that change the world.” Freedhearts.org. You can also check out Susan’s Tedtalk on Youtube.

Once upon a time Rick was a pastor and a seminary professor. Now he’s a spiritual coach, artist, free soul who continues to cause holy trouble from time to time. He is unorthodox in just about every thing he does, and it’s great! Check out his artwork and keep an eye out for his book.

I know Marian from a time when many folks from 220i, an internship at Bethany World Prayer Center in Baton Rouge Louisiana, came together and told our stories of abuse and mistreatment. Marian has come along way and is now thriving in her photography and videography ventures. Please look her up and give her some love on instagram @Marian Gbaiwon Productions and on Facebook at Marian Gbaiwon.