Christian Feminist Podcast

19/07/2024

Merry almost-Christmas in July, friends! Celebrate the midsummer countdown to the holiday season by joining Sarah Thomas, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and special guest Sophia Kay for a discussion of the film Journey to Bethlehem and its all-ages, theologically-grounded approach to the Nativity narratives.

Knowing Introductions: Sarah Thomas, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and special guest Sophia Kay Journey to Bethlehem as a Christmas/holiday movie – what are our favorite Christmas/holiday movies?…

08/06/2024

ACK, friends! Join Katie, Victoria, and Sarah for an exploration of the aggressively vulnerable Cathy!

Featuring Katie Grubbs, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Sarah Thomas -Introductions -Why discuss Cathy? -What’s your past experience with comics in general and with Cathy in particular? When did you …

12/03/2024

All about the fascinating story of the healing of the woman in the crowd in Mark 5!
https://www.christianhumanist.org/2024/03/christian-feminist-podcast-episode-193-mark-5-the-story-of-the-woman-in-the-crowd/

26/01/2024

Upstairs/downstairs politics✅
Deception✅
Illicit affairs✅
Murder✅
Snarky aristocrat Dame Maggie Smith✅

No, we're not talking about Downton Abbey. Join the Mystery Gang for our discussion of the Robert Altman/Julian Fellowes classic film, Gosford Park!

https://www.christianhumanist.org/2024/01/christian-feminist-192-gosford-park/

13/12/2023

Scully!

We had such a great time discussing Dana Scully, one of the most influential STEM feminist icons of our time! Join us for episode #191. Christina Bieber Lake, Laurie Norris, and Marie Hause joined in. The show notes are here: https://www.christianhumanist.org/2023/12/cfp-191-scully/

12/12/2023

We had such a great time discussing Dana Scully, one of the most influential STEM feminist icons of our time! Join us for episode #191. Christina Bieber Lake, Laurie Norris, and Marie Hause joined in. The show notes are here: https://www.christianhumanist.org/2023/12/cfp-191-scully/

10/11/2023

Thanks for your patience, listeners, as we shuffled this episode around a bit, but we think it's worth the wait!

Join Laurie Norris and special CFP guest, Jay Eldred, as they discuss their experiences with cosplay!

Laurie Norris and Jay Eldred have an lively conversation about what cosplay means to them and how dressing up as someone else helped them both discover who they are. Knowing What is cosplay to you?…

02/11/2023

Our scheduled episode on Cosplay and Gender Expression will go up on 11/10. We’re sorry for the delay ! 📸: mineralblu IG

06/10/2023

The Southern Baptist Convention was in the news quite a bit this past spring and summer. Join the Christian Feminists (including two of our own resident Southern Baptists) for a discussion of some recent votes and what they mean for the women of the SBC.

Show Notes: https://www.christianhumanist.org/2023/10/christian-feminist-podcast-189/

02/09/2023

C’mon, Barbie, let’s go have an existential crisis! Check our new episode on Greta Gerwig’s hit film as we discuss the social purpose of play, Gerwig as religious filmmaker, and Barbie as feminist icon/pariah.

‎Show The Christian Feminist Podcast, Ep Episode 188: The Barbie Movie - Aug 31, 2023

25/08/2023

We're back! And what better way to counteract the blistering heat of late summer than with ... depressing Russian fiction? Join us for our discussion of Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina. Have you read it? Do you love it? Hate it? Neither/both/something else?

https://www.christianhumanist.org/2023/08/christian-feminist-podcast-187-anna-karenina/

25/07/2023

Sorry for the delay, y'all, but episode 186 is up and running now! Which is a pun, you see, because we're discussing the film "See How They Run!"

Laurie, Katie, and Alexis had an absolute blast talking about this film, inspired by Agatha Christie's stage play, so join The Mystery Gang in another murderous adventure!

Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Alexis Neal continue their “Mystery Gang Adventures” by discussing the recent film, “See How They Run” Knowing “What is See How They Run, an…

07/04/2023

The Mystery Gang is back! Pour yourself a cup of bush tea and join us as we discuss Precious Ramotswe and the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

What mystery show, movie, book, or short story would you like to see us tackle next?

(Link to show notes in comments)

24/03/2023

Our latest episode, on the villancicos of the ever-fascinating early modern Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, is now up!

Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Sarah Thomas dive into some of the villancicos of famed early modern Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Topics include Marian villancicos, polyvoca…

11/03/2023

In the first half of this supersized episode, Katie Grubbs, Jessica Hardin, and Sara Klooster discuss the beloved Australian children's animated series Bluey. Look for part two next week!

Reading: Bluey has 3 seasons released in America. We will be discussing a few of the specific episodes related to motherhood specifically. If there were three men on this podcast, they would proba…

24/02/2023

Our newest episode, on Leah Libresco Sargeant’s newsletter Other Feminisms, is up now. Listen to hear a discussion of gendered pedagogy, the consistent life ethic, and what supportive online communities can be.

Knowing IntroductionsFirst impressionsBackground on Other Feminisms and Leah Sargeant Reading How is the newsletter structured? What sort of community and what sort of thought does that structure e…

17/02/2023

This week, Katie Grubbs, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Marie Hause had a great time exploring the weird and wonderful Anniversaries, aka John Donne's elegies for Elizabeth Drury. We hope you enjoy this early modern treat!

-Introduction -Why discuss these poems? Knowing -Background on Donne -Background on these specific poems -The genre/structure of the poems Reading -What is an elegy, particularly one like this for …

01/02/2023

We apologize for the lateness of this post—travel and illness coincided unfortunately—but we hope you have taken a moment to listen to our recent episode on Lectio Divina. Do you perform this practice in your spiritual life? Let us know in the comments!

Knowing What is lectio divina? What are our experiences with this form of interpretation? How has it helped us think differently about Biblical texts or our own religious practices? Reading W…

16/12/2022

Our latest episode, on the ever-fascinating Christine de Pizan, is now up!

Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Leah Flenniken discuss medieval proto-feminist Christine de Pizan’s Book of the City of Ladies.

25/11/2022

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all our listeners!

Our new episode on Middlemarch is up; we hope you enjoy it!

Alexis Neal, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Kayla Beth Moore discuss George Eliot’s classic novel. INTRODUCTIONKNOWINGBackground information on the novelOur experiences with MiddlemarchREADING …

11/11/2022

Join Laurie, Katie, and Victoria as they talk about what it means to be an auntie these days. From old stereotypes and our own experiences as aunts, to some of our "favorite" aunts from pop culture, y'all won't want to miss any of this episode.

Stream or download this episode. Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer discuss changing views of what it means to be an ‘auntie’ these days, as well as some of their…

28/10/2022

Victoria and Christina joined Danny Anderson from The Sectarian review to discuss The Fog in the last episode of the network series on the films of John Carpenter.

In this year's Halloween crossover episode, Christina Bieber Lake, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Danny Anderson talk about John Carpenter's 1980 film The Fog. 

14/10/2022

Our new episode on St. Teresa of Avila is up! We hope you enjoy it. If you're a devotee of hers, share your experiences in the comments.

Knowing Why this episode and a bio of St. TeresaOur experience with her work Reading Interior Castle Metaphors for the soulMedieval worldviewSome tricky bits of the text Let nothing disturb you How…

30/09/2022

Any musical theater fans out there? Check out our new episode on Schmigadoon!

20/09/2022

Three of the nerdier CFP hosts discuss the Netflix animated series Arcane. It manages to be a great adaptation of a video game. It's beautifully animated and really tries to say something about capitalism and class structure.

https://episodes.castos.com/62606055986397-20842277/40489/143af753-7825-4a0f-bd9f-e21fef60eda3/CHRN-Drop.mp3

03/09/2022

Listen in as we discuss one of the most raw memoirs ever written: Roxane Gay's Hunger: A Memoir of (My) body.

http://www.christianhumanist.org/2022/09/the-christian-feminist-podcast-episode-172-hunger/

Listen in as Christina Bieber Lake, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Katie Grubbs discuss this raw and powerful memoir by Roxane Gay. Show notes: the group discusses several discussion questions inclu…

10/07/2022

Check out this lovely analysis from friend of the show Liz Essley Whyte. It’s a really great examination of professional ethics from a Christian perspective, as well as proof of the importance of positive representation of people of faith in pop culture.

Liz Essley Whyte reviews the Netflix series Unbelievable.

08/07/2022

In Episode 170, guest Amy Frykholm joins us for a discussion of the intriguing St. Mary of Egypt and Frykholm's recent book about her, Wild Woman.
http://www.christianhumanist.org/2022/07/st-mary-of-egypt/

10/06/2022

Join Kim, Christina, and Blake for this conversation about the unique challenges of being a pastor's wife. I was so grateful for this conversation--much to think about in how we view, interact with, and support Pastor's Wives. http://www.christianhumanist.org/2022/06/the-christian-humanist-podcast-episode-169-the-pastors-wife/

UPDATE: The audio was distorted in the original upload but it is now fixed! If your podcast app automatically downloads new episodes, please discard the original and download the corrected file when available (otherwise, I sound even more like a chipmunk than usual! 😂).

In this episode we apply our Christian Feminist lens to the role of Pastor’s Wife to consider how that lens might help us to better understand both the blessings and challenges of being a pastor’s …

07/06/2022

http://www.christianhumanist.org/2022/05/the-christian-feminist-podcast-episode-168-women-in-ministry/

Christian Feminist Podcast Episode 168: Women in Ministry Moderator: Carla Godwin Panelists: Rev. Emily Payne, Victoria Reynolds Farmer Intro: Hello and welcome to Episode #167 (oops! It’s re…