Nomad Podcast

Nomad

For more than 15 years, Nomad Podcast has been an independent, listener-supported space for open-hearted conversations about faith, doubt, and belonging, offering a British perspective shaped by voices from across and beyond the Christian story.

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411 episodes
Updated July 24

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Mar 24, 2023 · 1 hr 45 min
Pete Enns - Curveballs, the Bible and Finding a Bigger God (N293)
We speak with Bible scholar and author, about his new book , and how he allowed his crisis of faith and deconstruction to open him up to new ways of engaging with the Bible, and to a God who was bigger and more mysterious than he could have...
Mar 10, 2023 · 1 hr 54 min
Carmen Acevedo Butcher - Practice of the Presence (N292)
In this episode we speak with award-winning translator . Carmen’s latest work is a new, inclusive translation of Brother Lawrence’s classic . Brother Lawrence was a poor, uneducated, disabled monk who worked in a monastery kitchen, who found the...
Feb 24, 2023 · 2 hr 1 min
Gareth Higgins - The Stories We Tell Ourselves (N291)
Growing up during the northern Ireland Troubles, author experienced some of the devastation stories can effect on individuals and communities. He joins us to talk about his subsequent development and growth, reflecting on the role of story telling...
Feb 10, 2023 · 1 hr 48 min
Katelyn Beaty - Celebrities for Jesus (N290)
In this episode we chat with journalist and editor Katelyn Beaty about Christian celebrity. After distinguishing between celebrity and fame, Katelyn explores the ways celebrity has shaped the church and Christian faith in unhealthy ways, how it has...
Jan 24, 2023 · 2 hr 10 min
Mark Vernon - Spiritual Intelligence (N289)
Psychotherapist and philosopher Mark Vernon chats with us about his evolving faith journey, and his conviction that nurturing our spiritual intelligence is crucial if we are to survive and thrive in these troubled times. Known by many names, spiritual...
Jan 9, 2023 · 1 hr 34 min
Jo Dolby & Azariah France-Williams - When Leaders Deconstruct (N288)
In this episode we listen in on a conversation between Jo Dolby, Hub leader of Oasis Church Bath, and Anglican Priest Azariah France-Williams. Together they reflect on their faith shifting experiences alongside navigating church leadership roles. With...
Dec 22, 2022 · 54 min
The Christmas Episode (N287)
Since the world has all been a bit much lately, here are your loving Nomad hosts talking about Christmas songs and films, weird dreams, family gatherings, the smell of tinsel and other varying shades of Christmas nostalgia, with songs and jingle bells...
Dec 9, 2022 · 1 hr 40 min
Kyle Roberts - Born of a Virgin? (N286)
Christmas is just round the corner, so we’ve invited Professor Kyle Roberts to help us ponder the idea of Jesus’s virgin conception. Kyle helps us wrestle with questions like, where did Jesus get his Y chromosome from? What’s so great about...
Nov 24, 2022 · 1 hr 59 min
Kathy Escobar - Shifting Faith in a Weary World (N285)
Passionate about creating safe spaces for people on the margins of faith and life, Kathy Escobar talks to us about the values and practices that help us to connect with ourselves and others at difficult times. Through shifting faith and traumatic...
Nov 10, 2022 · 1 hr 51 min
Hillary McBride - The Man Box (N284)
Therapist, researcher and writer is back on the show, this time to talk about toxic masculinity. Hillary takes us through some of the various characteristics and manifestations of toxic masculinity, reflects on why it has become so pervasive in...
Oct 23, 2022 · 1 hr 36 min
Joy, Nick and Tim Read The Bible (N283)
Having read the Gospel of John, Nomad hosts Joy Brooks, Nick Thorley and Tim Nash get together for a chat about the Bible. They reflect on the view of the Bible they inherited, the role it played in their deconstruction, how it felt reading the Bible...
Oct 10, 2022 · 1 hr 58 min
Heather King - The Little Way (N282)
We chat with author about how the faith she inherited was profoundly reshaped both by recovery from addiction to alcohol and the discovery of the 19th Century French saint Thérèse of Lisieux. After the interview, Nomad hosts Tim Nash, Anna...
Sep 23, 2022 · 1 hr 34 min
Lisa Miller - The Spiritually Awakened Brain (N281)
We chat with professor, researcher and clinical psychologist Dr. Lisa Miller about her fascinating research into the benefits of spirituality. Dr. Miller’s groundbreaking research has revealed that humans are universally equipped with a...
Sep 9, 2022 · 1 hr 43 min
Robyn Henderson-Espinoza - Body Becoming (N280)
We chat with activist and scholar about their journey towards reconnecting with their body, and the role bodies play in dismantling oppression. Robyn inhabits a non-binary, autistic, trans, Latinx body, and we ask if they were able to find a safe...
Aug 24, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Catherine Keller & Mark Maslin - The Anthropocene (N279)
The last two decades have seen a growing consensus that we have entered a new geological epoch, triggered solely by human behaviour. The anthropocene is an idea with huge implications for how we see ourselves as part of the living planet. Mark Maslin...
Aug 10, 2022 · 2 hr
Alastair McIntosh - Reflections from a Quaker (N278)
Writer, academic and activist became a Quaker as a young adult. In this interview he reflects on how the Quaker tradition has shaped his life and his practice, how it intersects with mystical experiences, and where Jesus sits amidst his own generous...
Jul 25, 2022 · 1 hr 44 min
Brian McLaren - Do I Stay Christian? (N277)
We welcome back to Nomad author, activist, and public theologian . This time we talk with Brian about his new book , in which he helps us reflect on the pros and cons of holding onto a Christian identity and, more importantly, what kind of human...
Jul 11, 2022 · 1 hr 51 min
John Bell - Finding Celtic Faith (N276)
We talk to the hymn-writer John Bell, who is a member of the , about the roots and traditions of Celtic Christianity, which took shape in the British Isles and modelled a very different way to the Roman church that followed shortly after. After the...
Jun 24, 2022 · 2 hr 5 min
Karen O’Donnell - The Dark Womb (N275)
Feminist and trauma theologian Karen O’Donnell shares her experiences of repeated reproductive loss. Describing the physical, emotional and spiritual impact, she explores the complexity of faith from the perspective of the miscarrying person. Karen...
Jun 10, 2022 · 1 hr 40 min
Philip Carr-Gomm - The Druid Way (N274)
is a Druid, psychologist and writer, who has a particular interest in combining psychological understanding with spiritual perspectives to help people lead richer, more fulfilled lives. Although his spiritual practice is rooted in Druidry, he believes...