• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by The Quollective. We are a collective team of writers, poets, musicians, mystics, and cultural commentators who refuse to let injustice go unchecked.
• In this episode we chat with Gloria Beth Amodeo
• Gloria Beth Amodeo’s fiction, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews have appeared in Publishers Weekly, The Literary Review, Carrier Pigeon, American Atheist and H.O.W. Journal, where Mary Gaitskill selected a short story of hers as the winner of a fiction contest. Gloria received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School, and currently works at an advertising agency in New York City. In 2020, she was featured in the documentary, People You May Know, on Amazon Prime, where she discussed her experiences with Campus Crusade for Christ (Cru) and how the organization is now using big data to convert vulnerable college students. God's Ex-Girlfriend is her debut work. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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• In this episode we chat with Mary Terhune
• Mary Terhune, R.N., has been involved in the healing arts for over 40 years, journeying from allopathy to homeopathy, body-centered massage, Reiki and energy medicine. She studied at the Renaissance Institute of Classical Homeopathy and has a degree in sociology from Boston College. After practicing in Western medicine in different settings, she discovered natural medicine out of the need to heal herself.
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by The Subversive Soul by Phyllis Mathis. Published by Quoir and available soon
• In this episode we chat with Keith Giles and Matthew Distefano
• Keith Giles is the best-selling author of the Jesus Un series. He has appeared on CNN, USA Today, BuzzFeed, and John Fugelsang's "Tell Me Everything." Keith and his wife currently reside in El Paso.
• Matthew J. Distefano is the author of multiple books, including The Wisdom of Hobbits, winner of the 17th annual National Indie Excellence Award for best philosophy book. He is an audio engineer, the producer of the Heretic Happy Hour podcast, cohost of Apostates Anonymous, and is a regular columnist for Patheos. He holds an undergraduate degree in Education from California State University, Chico, and has been in social work for over a decade, currently working as a Professional Service Coordinator in Butte County, California. In addition to his professional life, Matthew enjoys gardening, bicycling, and European football. He is a huge Tolkien nerd who one day hopes to live in Bag End with his wife and daughter. You can find his work at allsetfree.com.
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by How To Not Suck As A Christian by Jeremy Steele. Published by Quoir and available now.
• In this episode we chat with Lucas Wilson
• Lucas is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto Mississauga and was formerly the Justice, Equity, and Transformation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Calgary. He is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy, and he is the author of At Home with the Holocaust: Postmemory, Domestic Space, and Second-Generation Holocaust Literature, which received the Jordan Schnitzer First Book Publication Award. His public-facing writing has appeared in The Advocate, Queerty, LGBTQ Nation, and Religion Dispatches, among other venues. He is currently working on two interrelated monograph projects that examine evangelical homophobia and transphobia in the U.S.
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• In this episode we chat with Hannah Dulaney
• Born in Southern California to a journalist and an English teacher, Hannah Dulaney doesn’t remember a time when words weren’t it for her. From a young age she was writing short stories and essays about her experiences with faith and family before beginning to explore the realm of poetry more seriously in 2018. When she’s not writing she spends most of her time reading Louise Glück and coming up with new recipes in her home in Portland, Oregon.
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by Epilogue: A Novel by K.D. McCrite. Published by Quoir and available April 29, 2025 
• In this episode we caht with Jeremy Steele
• Jeremy Steele is a pastor and writer. He also sucks as a Christian. Jeremy helps people find spiritual beliefs that help them be the best version of themselves and help them find a purpose greater than themselves. His progressive and engaging approach to spirituality has attracted a loyal following of over 100K on social media and a thriving community of members in the Discord group affectionately dubbed 'Not Church.'
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by Peelakiiyankwi: Processing Liberation Through an Indigenous American Lens by Ryan Remington. Published by Quoir, and available now.
• In this episode we chat with Shannon TL Kearns
• A former fundamentalist who became the first openly transgender man ordained to the Old Catholic priesthood, Shannon TL Kearns 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. His book In the Margins: A Transgender Man's Journey With Scripture is published Eerdmaan's books. No One Taught Me How To Be A Man: What a Trans Man's Experience Reveals About Masculinity is published by Broadleaf Books. Shannon is a co-founder of QueerTheology.com. His work there with Brian G. Murphy has reached more than a million people all over the world through videos, articles, and online courses and community. They have the longest running LBGTQ+ Spirituality podcast in the world. Shannon is a Humanitas New Voices Fellow for 2022 and was a recipient of the Playwrights' Center Jerome Fellowship in 20/21 and he was a Lambda Literary Fellow for 2019 (in playwriting) and 2022 (in screenwriting) and a Finnovation Fellow for 2019/2020. He is a sought after speaker on transgender issues and religion as well as a skilled facilitator of a variety of workshops. Shannon's plays include Laughing, Flexing, Dying, Stories We Tell At the End of the World, Body+Blood, in a stand of dying trees, Line of Sight, Twisted Deaths, The Resistance of My Skin, and Who Has Eyes To See. Shannon's television pilots include: The Family Unit, Transformed, and Freedom, Kansas. Selected recognition: Winner of the ScreenCraft Pitch competition, finalist for Bull City Film Festival for his pilot Transformed, a playwright in residence at the Inge House, Seven Devils' Playwright Conference, Great Plains Theatre Commons, a semi-finalist for the O'Neill, and a finalist for the Blue Ink playwriting award.
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by How To Not Suck As A Christian by Jeremy Steele. Published by Quoir and is available now.
• In this episode we chat with Rikki West
• Rikki West is a former spiritual seeker and UC Berkeley–trained scientist who spent decades trying to reconcile scientific explanations of existence with her ordinary, real-life awareness. One adventure at a time, she found her way to a peace and beauty that changed all the questions. Her book Rootlines, a memoir of family healing, was published by She Writes Press in 2020. Mother of Noli and Godmother of Morgan, Rikki loves being outside in the alpine desert of northern New Mexico, where she lives with her wife Jill and and an old Yamaha.
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• In this episode we chat with Charlotte Dalwood
• Charlotte Sophia Dalwood is a Student-At-Law at Prison & Police Law in Calgary, AB, and a Master of Laws student at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, ON. She holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law. Her journalistic reporting and commentary has appeared in CBC News, Xtra Magazine, rabble.ca, and Sojourners. Until At Dawn We Wake is Charlotte’s first book.
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• This Quoircast podcast episode is brought to you by Better Living Through Literature by Robin Bates. Published by Quoir and is available now
• In this episode we chat with Dillon Naber Cruz
• Dillon Naber Cruz is an author, permaculture enthusiast, speaker, and occasional podcast guest. He holds a B.A. in history from Millersville University, an M.A. in religion from Lancaster Theological Seminary, and an Advanced Permaculture Design Practicum certificate from Oregon State University. Dillon’s work is multidisciplinary bringing in history, theology, Biblical studies, and a permaculture inspired lens to his writing and teaching. He can often be found hiking near his home in Lancaster County PA, watching sports, or grabbing a beer at The Fridge, his favorite Lancaster pizza place.
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