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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Jul 22, 2021 · 2 hr 1 min
Liz Pattison & Jim Robinson - Surviving Death (N253)
On this episode we’ve invited Liz Pattison and Jim Robinson to have a conversation around their experiences of death. Jim lost both his parents at quite a young age, and Liz recently lost her partner. They share their experiences of grief and loss,...
Jul 9, 2021 · 1 hr 42 min
Miles Irving - Foraging and the Kindness of Creation (N252)
Miles Irving has been foraging since childhood. Having journeyed through Pentecostalism, he returned to his first passion for wild foods, and began to discover that our relationship to what we eat bears deeply on our relationship to everything. In...
Jun 23, 2021 · 1 hr 42 min
Bruce Greyson - Life After [Near] Death (N251)
Many of us inherited a faith that had a lot to say about life after death. But as our faith shifted and evolved we were left increasingly unsure whether these beliefs had any basis in reality, or were just fairly tales. Well, it turns out science has...
Jun 11, 2021 · 1 hr 19 min
Jemimah McAlpine - The Power of Embodiment (N250)
In this episode Jemimah McAlpine talks about her transformative experience of dance and her thinking about the theological significance of dancing. She and David Blower discuss dualism and embodiment and how reconnecting with our bodies can lead to an...
May 23, 2021 · 1 hr 39 min
Brian McLaren - Faith After Doubt (N249)
It’s always a pleasure to have author, activist, and public theologian on Nomad. This time we talk with Brian about the vital role that doubt plays in our faith development. Brian breaks down the faith journey into four stages - simplicity,...
May 10, 2021 · 1 hr 27 min
Samantha Lindo & David Blower - The Friendship of Music (N248)
In this podcast, converses with musician, podcaster and activist on the subject of music: music as a wisened friend, music as a gatherer of people and radical energies, and music as a kind of prayer that can halt the Powers that Be, even just for a...
Apr 21, 2021 · 1 hr 57 min
Damon Garcia - The God Who Liberates (N247)
In this episode we speak with author of , . Damon talks to us about how he found meaning in the God of liberation theology after questioning his beliefs and leaving the faith he inherited. We explore the importance of embodiment and community in...
Apr 3, 2021 · 38 min
Ched Myers - Roll Like a River (N246)
Ched Myers is a theologian, and author of the explosive . We asked Ched to reflect on the theology and ecology of rivers for this extended devotional podcast. He takes us on a journey down the Ventura river, where he lives in California, and goes on...
Mar 23, 2021 · 1 hr 39 min
Gail Bradbrook - The Spirituality of Protest (N245)
Before the October Rebellion of 2019, we interviewed Dr , co-founder of , for the Everybody Now podcast. However, the whole conversation was so utterly fascinating that we wanted to upload it in its entirety, especially at a time when...
Mar 10, 2021 · 1 hr 40 min
Richard Rohr - The Cosmic Christ (N244)
In this episode we talk about Jesus with Franciscan friar, founder of the and author of , Richard Rohr. Fr. Richard believes Jesus is the personification of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. Consequently, he sees faith as being less...
Feb 24, 2021 · 1 hr 46 min
Christiana Peterson - Awakened by Death (N243)
We live in a death and grief averse culture. Aided by modern medicine and the funeral industry, we’ve created an ever-increasing distance between us and our mortality. So we ask author of Christiana Peterson what psychological and spiritual impact...
Feb 10, 2021 · 1 hr 28 min
Jennifer Kavanagh - The Quaker Way (N242)
Having left behind the Anglican roots of her childhood, discovered the Society of Friends - better known as Quakerism - as an adult. We spoke to her about how to be a practical mystic, how to subvert hierarchies by being silent, how to be part of a...
Feb 1, 2021 · 26 min
Anna Robinson - Julian of Norwich (N241)
Following on from our conversation with Matthew Fox, in this episode Anna Robinson leads us in a meditation that explores the spirituality of the remarkable 14th Century mystic Julian of Norwich. Anna gives us a short introduction to Julian and how...
Jan 25, 2021 · 2 hr 4 min
Matthew Fox: Julian of Norwich - Prophets, Pandemics & Patriarchy (N240)
Matthew Fox is an American priest and spiritual theologian and an activist for gender and eco-justice. His work on creation spirituality and mysticism has given him the reputation of being one of the most challenging religious-spiritual teachers...
Jan 11, 2021 · 2 hr 9 min
Adele Jarrett-Kerr - Revillaging (N239)
is a writer and podcaster on compassionate living. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, she now lives in Cornwall where her family is unschooling and working on a small regenerative farm. We talk to her about her journey towards counter-cultural...
Dec 22, 2020 · 32 min
Eve Pitts - A Messy Christmas (N238)
Merry Christmas, beloved listeners! In this episode we hear from Revd Canon Eve Pitts. Having missed Christmas in their church last year, due to repairs, the residents of Birchfield were looking forward carols and candles in their building. But...
Dec 10, 2020 · 1 hr 42 min
Lisa Gungor - Opening Your Eyes to Wonder (N237)
Singer-songwriter and author Lisa Gungor’s life was all coming together. She’d married her college sweetheart and was establishing herself as a successful musician. But cracks began to form when her husband told her he no longer believed in God...
Nov 23, 2020 · 1 hr 48 min
Joy Brooks & Justin Marsh - Surviving Spiritual Abuse (N236)
Therapists Justin and Joy get together for a conversation about spiritual abuse and how it can present in a church environment. Reflecting on their personal experiences, they explore the impact of spiritual abuse, describing how they learnt to...
Nov 10, 2020 · 2 hr 22 min
Azariah France-Williams & Natalia Nana - Black Aliens and White Allies (N235)
In this episode David speaks with priest and author Azariah France-Williams about his new book . Azariah reflects on his experience of racism within the church, and how sticking plasters won’t suffice, but instead a wholesale change in structure and...
Oct 14, 2020 · 1 hr 44 min
Everybody Now - Climate Emergency and Sacred Duty
We’ve caused a turning point in the Earth’s natural history. Everybody Now is a podcast about what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and runaway pandemics. Scientists, activists,...