Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being

By Matthias Roberts

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What's Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being about?

Named one of the best LGBTQ podcasts by “O: The Oprah Magazine,” Queerology asks how might we live better as queer people of faith. Host Matthias Roberts brings together theologians, psychologists, poets, thinkers, and change makers for conversations around belief and being.

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Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being episodes:

10.03.2023
Kevin Garcia + Matthias on "Holy Runaways"
Matthias is joined by Kevin Garcia to discuss the release of Matthias' new book, Holy Runaways, Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion. In this conversation, they explore expressing trauma online and the importance of self-care in activism. They also...
09.26.2023
Introducing Holy Runaways
Queerology is back for a couple of special episodes about Matthias' new book Holy Runaways: Rediscovering Faith After Being Burned by Religion. In this episode, Matthias shares about where he's been the last year, introduces the book, and reads you...
09.06.2022
Maddie Zahm is an Empty Canvas
For Maddie Zahm, there's nothing more powerful than writing songs that scare her. On her debut EP You Might Not Like Her, the Boise-bred singer/songwriter intimately documents the massive upheaval she's experienced over the last year: a life-changing journey that...
08.16.2022
Fr. Shannon TL Kearns on His Trans Journey with Scripture
Shannon TL Kearns is a transgender man who believes in the transformative power of story. As an ordained priest, a playwright, a theologian, and a writer all of his work revolves around making meaning through story. He's the co-founder of...
07.26.2022
Mace Mooney Believes the Kids are All Right
Mace Mooney is a psychotherapist in training and a leader with Affirming Youth Ministries (AYM), a nonprofit dedicated to ministering to LGBTQIA+ youth and those that love them in the name of radical inclusion, authenticity, and God’s expansive love. They’re the...
07.12.2022
Dianna Anderson on Being Nonbinary in a World of Dichotomies
Dianna Anderson is a nonbinary, queer writer based in Minneapolis, MN. They are the author of several books, including Damaged Goods: New Perspectives on Christian Purity and Problematic: How Toxic Callout Culture is Destroying Feminism. Dianna’s newest book, In Transit:...
06.21.2022
Lucy Dacus is Still Figuring It Out
Lucy Dacus is an acclaimed singer-songwriter and author from Richmond, VA. She has released three studio albums including 2021’s highly lauded Home Video, which earned rave reviews from global outlets such as Variety,The Guardian, NPR, Rolling Stone and many more....
06.07.2022
Edafe Okporo Sought Asylum
Edafe Okporo is a global gay rights activist, the founder of Refuge America, and one of the country’s most visible voices on the issue of displacement, leading an organization with a vision to “strengthen the US as a place of welcome...
05.31.2022
On Break This Week
Just a short update to let you know I'm taking a break this week because I got sick! Queerology will be back next week with a brand new episode for Pride month chatting with Edafe Okporo about his new memoir...
05.17.2022
Rachel Kurtz Makes Music for All of Us
Rachel Kurtz is a Minneapolis-based singer/songwriter who has been touring and singing for almost 20 years. Her powerhouse voice and heartfelt performances have been electrifying crowds in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome, New Orleans’ Superdome, Texas’ Alamo Dome, and hundreds of other...
05.03.2022
Matthew Paul Turner Writes Children's Books
Matthew Paul Turner is a New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including his Children’s books — When God Made You and When I Pray For You. His newest children’s book, I Am God’s Dream released last week. Matthew’s...
04.19.2022
Bridget Eileen Rivera on How the Church Harms Queer People
Bridget Eileen Rivera is a sociologist completing her Ph.D. at the City University of New York Graduate Center. She’s the author of “Heavy Burdens: Seven Ways LGBTQ+ Christians Experience Harm in the Church.” Today she chats with Matthias about the...
04.05.2022
Jo Luehmann is Invested in Liberation
Jo Luehmann is a Colombian-born and raised pastor who moved to the US to get her master's degree in ministry and theology. After 10 years working inside churches, she found in personal and systemic ways how harmful and abusive the...
09.21.2021
Brenda Marie Davies: Live from Wild Goose Festival
Brenda Marie Davies is an author, podcaster and YouTuber. Her channel God Is Grey—a guide to becoming an inquisitive, fearless, SEX POSITIVE, free thinking Christian in the modern world —has over 135,000 subscribers. Her debut book, On Her Knees: Memoir...
09.07.2021
Intersectional Justice with Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder (Encore)
This episode first aired Sep 10, 2019. Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder (she, her), a San Francisco native, has served her call through prophetic action and ministry for justice for over thirty years. This call to “blend proclamation, worship, service...
08.24.2021
You're A Person! with Jamie Lee Finch
Jamie Lee Finch is a sexuality and embodiment coach, speaker, poet, and author of "You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity". She's coached over 400 people in the past 5 years and sees her...
08.10.2021
Fighting for Wellbeing in Uganda with Samson Turinawe
Samson Turinawe is the Executive Director of Universal Love Alliance (ULA), a Ugandan humanitarian, educator and human rights defender. He believes that "every human being should be respected simply for being who they are, a part of Life's creation." Tolerance,...
07.20.2021
Emily Regenstreif has Supportive Parents
Emily Regenstreif has supportive parents. The best thing that they could do and ever did was to listen and then wanting to learn and know more by asking questions. Emily grew up queer in Portland, Oregon, in a Jewish faith...
07.06.2021
Julie Rodgers Survived
Julie Rodgers is a writer, speaker, and leader in the movement working for full inclusion for LGBTQ people in Christian communities. She played a significant role in shutting down Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, and...
06.29.2021
QYF Day: Don’t Give Up Everything You Believe In and Everyone You Love
How are you celebrating national Queer Youth of Faith (QYF) Day on June 30, 2021? On this episode of Queerology, a panel celebrates the life, creativity, and gifts of queer youth of faith. The panel includes Ameera, a trans-Svengolie American...
06.22.2021
Eating the Forbidden Apple with Melissa Weisz and Pelayo Alvarez
Melissa Weisz and Pelayo Alvarez are hosts of the Forbidden Apple Podcast, which creates space for LGBTQ+ people to reclaim their spirituality—whatever that means to them. Melissa is a former Orthodox Jew. Although she came out as queer, Melissa adores...
06.15.2021
Rev. Debra J. Hopkins Believes There's Still Hope
Rev. Debra J. Hopkins is a native New Yorker and trans woman of color who believes that there’s always hope because words have power and everybody can be a voice for change through action, activism, and community involvement. We can...
06.08.2021
Blair Imani Wants You to Get Smarter
Blair Imani is a critically acclaimed historian, author, educator, and influencer living at the intersections of black, bi-sexual, and Muslim identity. Blair’s viral microlearning series, Smarter In Seconds, demonstrates her signature style of making abstract concepts more concrete in...
06.01.2021
Practical Mental Health with Daniel Howell
Daniel Howell is known for his self-deprecating and sarcastic humor, but he has also spoken and written about his struggles with depression and sexuality. This mix of entertainment with the profound and deeply personal has given Daniel a devoted following...
05.18.2021
Yes, Daddy with Jonathan Parks-Ramage
Jonathan Parks-Ramage is a Los Angeles-based novelist, screenwriter, and journalist. His debut novel, Yes, Daddy, is out today! Yes, Daddy follows an ambitious young man named Jonah Keller, who is searching for a way to get out from under his...
05.04.2021
Tara Teng Believes Justice Must Be Embodied
Tara Teng is an embodiment coach who works in the intersections of spirituality and sexuality. Alongside collaborative work with community stakeholders, lawmakers, and organizations, Tara spent more than 10 years working to advance the socioeconomic status of women to diminish...
04.20.2021
Abi Robins Wants You To Transform
Abi Robins returns to to talk about their brand new book, “The Conscious Enneagram: How to Move from Typology to Transformation.” Abi identifies as a queer, non-binary trans person, parent, fiancée, Enneagram teacher/coach, and Yoga Therapist. Abi trained...
03.16.2021
Living Death with Rachael Ward
Rachael Ward (they/them) is a public theologian and LGBTQ activist. Currently, Rachael is pursuing a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Practical Theology - pastoral care at Columbia Theological Seminary. Rachael is the creator of the Living-Death...
03.02.2021
Grace Semler Baldridge is a Preacher's Kid
Grace Semler Baldridge, who professionally goes by the artist’s name, ‘Semler,’ is a self-identified sad, queer, folk artist. Semler created the docuseries, State of Grace on Refinery29, where she explores what it means to identify as a Christian...
02.16.2021
On Deconstruction and Reconstruction with Crystal Cheatham
Crystal Cheatham is an LGBTQ rights activist, host of Lord Have Mercy, and founder of two projects—Our Bible App and the IDentity Kit, which help people ditch toxic theology to find spiritual wellness. Our Bible App’s The Deconstructionists Playbook...
01.12.2021
Live with Coach Yeamah from QCF Conference 2021!
Recorded live from the Brian M. Eckstein Podcast Stage at the 2021 Q Christian Fellowship Conference (via Zoom). Join Matthias as he sits down with Coach Yeamah, a gifted teacher and coach who serves LGBTQIA+ Christians who struggle to make...
12.15.2020
Queer Mental Health with Candice Czubernat (Encore)
Being brave is not easy, it’s a tough battle—sound familiar? With the holidays and reality of the world we are living in, it’s worth repeating this episode of Queerology with Candice Czubernat. Candice is a therapist and founder of...
12.01.2020
Chavonn Williams Shen Writes to Heal
Chavonn Williams Shen is a poet, artist, educator, and activist from Minneapolis. Winner of the Still I Rise grant, first runner-up for the Los Angeles Review Flash Fiction Contest, and Best of the Net Award finalist, Chavonn is also...
11.17.2020
Tim Be Told on Love and Happiness
Tim Ouyang is a recording artist, producer, and songwriter. His band, Tim Be Told, is a contemporary Christian music group from the college-town of Charlottesville, Virginia. Tim’s new album, Love and Happiness, focuses on his coming out journey and experiences...
11.03.2020
Collin Martin Came Out to Cary Umhau First
In 2018, Collin Martin came out as gay. At the time, he was the only ‘out’ man in any of the big five American sport leagues or any top division professional men’s national soccer leagues. Today, Collin is a...
10.20.2020
Everybody Now
People have caused a turning point in the Earth’s natural history. Everybody Now is a podcast that focuses on what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and...
10.06.2020
Kyl Myers is Raising Them
When Dr. Kyl Myers and their husband decided to have a child, they came to an unorthodox decision: they would not assign a gender to their baby. Dr. Kyl teaches the world how to raise children without gender-based shame, expectations,...
09.22.2020
Brit Barron Thinks It's Worth It
Brit Barron is a teacher, speaker, and author of the recently released book, Worth It: Overcome Your Fears and Embrace the Life You Were Made For. Brit grew up in an evangelical church and eventually became the pastor of...
09.08.2020
Emily Scott is Dreaming Dreams
Emily Scott is a church planter and Lutheran pastor who believes Christian practice holds out rich possibilities that call us to reach across boundaries in love, learn through discomfort, and build relationships that bring God's realm close. Emily, who identifies...
08.25.2020
Andrea Dalzell is The Seated Nurse
Andrea Dalzell was told she could never become a nurse because of her disability. Never tell Andrea what she can and can’t do. At five years old, Andrea was diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis (TM), a neurological condition that causes...
08.11.2020
Leigh Finke is Queerfully and Wonderfully Made
Leigh Finke is a writer, producer, and editor from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her work focuses on religion and culture and how both intersect with the lives of queer people. She has two new books releasing August 25 titled, Queerfully...
07.28.2020
Chris Sapphire was on The Circle
In January 2020, Netflix released a reality show titled, The Circle. One of the contestants was Chris Sapphire, a gay guy with a huge personality who talked about his faith in the first five minutes of the show. Chris wasn’t...
07.14.2020
Blake Mundell is COURIER
Blake Mundell wanted to be a worship songwriter, but quickly became disillusioned and transitioned to pop music. He now writes and records songs under the name, COURIER. Blake is recording a new album and his new single, Conversion, releases July...
06.30.2020
#QYFDay
How are you celebrating the first-ever national Queer Youth of Faith (QYF) Day on June 30, 2020? On this episode of Queerology, a panel celebrates the life, creativity, and gifts of queer youth of faith. The panel includes Ameera, a...
06.16.2020
On Performative Allyship and Black Joy
Are you afraid to walk in your own neighborhood? Tired of being blocked by white people who think they own the sidewalk? Are you an ally or accomplice? Kashif Andrew Graham steps in as guest host for Matthias Roberts to...
06.02.2020
On Justice
Join Broderick Greer, Brit Barron, Robin DiAngelo, Darren Calhoun, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, and Kenji Kuramitsu for this special compilation episode about liberation and justice. Links & Resources Care by and for Black and Brown folks (white folks, give these orgs money):...
05.19.2020
James Alison is Reimagining Theology
James Alison is a Catholic theologian, priest, and author, who has studied, lived, and worked in Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Spain, America, and England. Known for his firm but patient insistence on truthfulness regarding gay matters as an ordinary part...
05.05.2020
Nadia Bolz-Weber is Trying Compassion
Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran Pastor, founder of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver, and New York Times best-selling author. Nadia’s three memoirs are Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint; Accidental...
04.21.2020
Jeff Chu is a Make-Believe Farmer
Jeff Chu is a writer, reporter, and editor. He’s the author of Does Jesus Really Love Me? A Gay Christian’s Pilgrimage in Search of God in America. Currently, Jeff lives in Michigan with his husband and serves as a teacher-in-residence...
04.07.2020
Cameron Esposito Saved Herself
Cameron Esposito is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor, and writer. She’s the host of the Queery podcast, which features interviews with LGBTQ luminaries. Recently, Cameron released her first book, Save Yourself, a memoir that addresses sexuality, gender, and...

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Queerology: A Podcast on Belief and Being episodes:

Kevin Garcia + Matthias on "Holy Runaways"

Introducing Holy Runaways

Maddie Zahm is an Empty Canvas

Fr. Shannon TL Kearns on His Trans Journey with Scripture

Mace Mooney Believes the Kids are All Right

Dianna Anderson on Being Nonbinary in a World of Dichotomies

Lucy Dacus is Still Figuring It Out

Edafe Okporo Sought Asylum

On Break This Week

Rachel Kurtz Makes Music for All of Us

Matthew Paul Turner Writes Children's Books

Bridget Eileen Rivera on How the Church Harms Queer People

Jo Luehmann is Invested in Liberation

Brenda Marie Davies: Live from Wild Goose Festival

Intersectional Justice with Rev. Dr. Yvette Flunder (Encore)

You're A Person! with Jamie Lee Finch

Fighting for Wellbeing in Uganda with Samson Turinawe

Emily Regenstreif has Supportive Parents

Julie Rodgers Survived

QYF Day: Don’t Give Up Everything You Believe In and Everyone You Love

Eating the Forbidden Apple with Melissa Weisz and Pelayo Alvarez

Rev. Debra J. Hopkins Believes There's Still Hope

Blair Imani Wants You to Get Smarter

Practical Mental Health with Daniel Howell

Yes, Daddy with Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Tara Teng Believes Justice Must Be Embodied

Abi Robins Wants You To Transform

Living Death with Rachael Ward

Grace Semler Baldridge is a Preacher's Kid

On Deconstruction and Reconstruction with Crystal Cheatham

Live with Coach Yeamah from QCF Conference 2021!

Queer Mental Health with Candice Czubernat (Encore)

Chavonn Williams Shen Writes to Heal

Tim Be Told on Love and Happiness

Collin Martin Came Out to Cary Umhau First

Everybody Now

Kyl Myers is Raising Them

Brit Barron Thinks It's Worth It

Emily Scott is Dreaming Dreams

Andrea Dalzell is The Seated Nurse

Leigh Finke is Queerfully and Wonderfully Made

Chris Sapphire was on The Circle

Blake Mundell is COURIER

#QYFDay

On Performative Allyship and Black Joy

On Justice

James Alison is Reimagining Theology

Nadia Bolz-Weber is Trying Compassion

Jeff Chu is a Make-Believe Farmer

Cameron Esposito Saved Herself