Episodes

June 22, 2022

Brian McLaren: Should You Stay Christian?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology In this episode Mason chat…
June 8, 2022

Cole Arthur Riley: Why Embodied is Essential to Spirituality

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology In this episode Mason chat…
May 25, 2022

Jonny Rashid: Why Jesus Takes a Side

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Jonny Ras…
May 11, 2022

Andre Henry: Why You Shouldn't Debate Racists

Mason chats with Andre Henry about his new book, All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope–and Hard Pills to Swallow–About Fighting for Black Lives . We chat about why you should debating racists and why we need revolution…
April 28, 2022

Victoria Loorz: Why You Should Pray to Trees

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Victoria …
April 13, 2022

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza: How Embodiment Can Change the World

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Dr. Robyn…
March 30, 2022

Chichi Agorom: How Can the Enneagram Be a Tool for Black Liberation?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Chichi Ag…
March 16, 2022

Krispin Mayfield: What Attachment Style Do You Have to God?

This episode of A People's Theology is sponsored by United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Receive a $1,000 scholarship when you apply and are admitted: unitedseminary.edu/apeoplestheology Mason chats with Krispin M…
March 2, 2022

Christena Cleveland: Why God is a Black Woman

Mason chats with Christena Cleveland about her new book, God is a Black Woman . They chat about what the white male God and black woman God mean and why black woman God can lead to liberation. Guest Bio/Info: Christena Cleve…
Feb. 16, 2022

Thomas Cathcart: Do You Have to Believe in God to be a Christian?

Mason chats with Thomas Cathcart about whether you have to believe certain doctrines to be a Christian, religionless Christianity, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Thomas Cathcart is a New York Times best-selling author and th…
Feb. 2, 2022

Tom Oord: What is Open and Relational Theology?

Mason chats with Tom Oord about his book Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas . They chat about what open and relational theology is, why it matters, and how it can be liberating. Guest Bio/In…
Jan. 19, 2022

Yolanda Pierce: The Faith of Black Women

Mason chats with Yolanda Pierce about her book, In My Grandmother's House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit . We chat about the faith and life of her grandmother and how her grandmother has shaped her theology.…
Jan. 5, 2022

Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link: Ex-Evangelical Theology Fantasy Draft

In this episode Mason hangs out with Adrian Gibbs and Josh Link from the Dirty Rotten Church Kids podcast. They do an ex-evangelical theology fantasy draft, picking from the the dumbest creationist science to what Calvinist …
Dec. 22, 2021

Miguel De La Torre: Can Christianity Be Decolonized?

Mason chat with Dr. Miguel De La Torre about his new book, Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers. They chat about the history of Christian nationalism and whether or not Christianity can be decolonized. Guest …
Dec. 8, 2021

Lenny Duncan: Is There Hope for America?

Mason chats with Lenny Duncan about Lenny's new book, United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope. We chat about Lenny's story and whether or not there is hope for America. Guest Bio/…
Nov. 24, 2021

Jes Kast: Should Queer Christians Stay In Conservative Churches?

In this episode Mason chats with Jes Kast (and the occasional appearance of her puppy) about whether queer Christians should stay in conservative churches or not. We also talk about why I should become a Calvinist and much m…
Nov. 11, 2021

Dante Stewart: Why Jesus Is Black

Mason chats with Dante Stewart about his new book, Shoutin' in the Fire: An American Epistle. We chat about how infectious white supremacy is and why Jesus is Black, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Dante Stewart is a writer a…
Oct. 27, 2021

Hillary McBride: How To Be More Embodied

Mason chat with Hillary McBride about her new book The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living. They chat about what science is learning about the body, why embodiment is impor…
Oct. 13, 2021

Angela Parker: The Oppressive History of Biblical Inerrancy

Mason chats with Dr. Angela Parker about her new book, If God Still Breathes, Why Can't I?: Black Lives Matter and Biblical Authority. We chat about the oppressive history of biblical inerrancy, how the Bible ought to shape …
Sept. 30, 2021

Elle Dowd: How To Go From Being a White Moderate to Abolitionist

Mason chats with Elle Dowd about her new book, Baptized in Tear Gas: From White Moderate to Abolitionist. We chat about how you can go from being a white moderate to an abolitionist and why people of faith should be committe…
Sept. 15, 2021

Brenda Davies: How Sex Can Shape Your Theology

Mason chats live at the 2021 Wild Goose Festival with Brenda Davies about her book, On Her Knees: Memoir of a Prayerful Jezebel. We chat about her journey through purity culture, how sex can shape our theology, and much more…
Sept. 1, 2021

Melissa Florer-Bixler: How to Have an Enemy

Mason chats with Melissa Florer-Bixler about her new book How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and the Work of Peace. We chat about who are enemies, how we are to love them, and much more. Guest Bio/Info: Melissa Florer-Bix…
Aug. 19, 2021

Keegan Osinski: What Can The Church Learn from Queer People?

Mason chats with his friend Keegan Osinski about her new book, Queering Wesley, Queering the Church. We chat about what the church can learn from queer people, circumcision, how process theology is super queer, and much more…
Aug. 5, 2021

Jarel Robinson Brown: Why Black, Queer, Christian Lives Matter

Mason chats with Jarel Robinson-Brown about his new book, Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the Famine of Grace. We chat about why Black, queer, Christian lives matter and Jarel even admits that he's a pr…