The Progressive Christians Podcast

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We're the love your neighbor kind of Christians, not the storm the capitol kind. So, if you're curious about what a socially and politically progressive Christianity looks like, this podcast is for you! In each episode we discuss politics, pop culture, and anything else we find interesting from the perspective of progressive Christianity.

Eradicating The Myth Of Anti-Christian Bias
Last Friday at 12:49 AM

Surprise bonus episode! There is a lot going on right now that deserves our attention, and we can’t get through it all in a one-hour podcast. For the next few weeks, we will be dropping a few bonus episodes to keep up with the news! 

At the National Prayer Breakfast President Trump announced that he was creating a task force to “eradicate anti-Christian bias” in the government and in institutions who receive federal funding. In this episode we discuss Trump’s remarks during the prayer breakfast and the eradicating anti-Christian bias executive order.

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Project 2025: A Progressive Christian Analysis
02/07/2025

We read (a lot) of it so you wouldn’t have to. In this episode, we discuss the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, the 900-page document that Trump “had nothing to do with” but accurately describes almost everything that his administration has been doing during his first few weeks in office. We examine the four pillars that inform their political ideology, how these pillars are rooted in half-truths and outright lies, and how Trump is using the executive branch to subvert congressional power to implement his agenda. 

We planned on covering more than we were able to get to in thi...


Women, Patriarchy, & the Bible with Claire McKeever-Burgett
01/31/2025

“Without women we don’t have Jesus. We don’t have Christianity. We don’t have any of it,” writes Claire McKeever-Burgett, theologian and author of “Blessed Are The Women: Naming and Reclaiming Women’s Stories from the Gospels.” In this episode we speak with Claire about her amazing book, what inspired her to write it, and the importance of women’s stories in the story of Christianity. Claire’s newest book, "In The Beginning Were The Women: Matriarchs, Mystics, Wise Women, and Warriors in the Hebrew Bible", will be available on October 21, 2025. 

You can learn more about Claire’s work o...


Trump 2.0 - How Should Progressive Christians Respond To The Second Trump Presidency
01/24/2025

It is not worse than we thought—it is exactly what we thought it would be! During our conversation, which felt a bit like our post-election analysis, we examined the first few days of the Trump presidency and discussed how progressive Christians might respond and resist. We also discussed former president Joe Biden’s legacy and what’s going on with TikTok and Meta. 

In this episode, Rev. Dr. Carter mentions creating a Discord server as a way to cultivate community for Progressive Christians to meet, learn, and grow together. Is that something you all might be interes...


MAGA Evangelicalism vs. Jimmy Carter’s Progressive Evangelicalism
01/17/2025

In today’s episode we discuss the impact of the LA fires on our community and dissect the conservative conspiracy theories about the origin of the fires and how they have been handled. We then discuss the legacy of President Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist and the first Evangelical president of the United States. We compare and contrast his progressive evangelicalism with what we see in the MAGA movement today. A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was announced while we were recording, and we touched on it briefly and plan to cover it in more detail in the co...


L.A. - Where We All Live - Is On Fire
01/11/2025

Los Angeles is suffering from a historical fire. Thankfully, Julia, Westley, Rev. Blair, and Dr. Carter are safe, but we are thinking about and actively working on ways to support our local community. If you are interested in supporting, please check out the links below.

In this episode, Rev. Dr. Carter is solo, recording from San Diego, where he and his family have evacuated from the Pallisades and Sunset fires. He discusses the difficulties that lie ahead for their community and what the root causes of the fire really are, and what they are not (hint: it...


A Feminist Vision of Evangelism
01/04/2025

Evangelism is a word you rarely hear in progressive Christian spaces. In this episode, we discuss why that is the case (hint: trauma) and what a progressive Christian vision of evangelism could look like.

This episode is part of our Progressive Christianity 101 “What Is” series. At least one episode per month will examine topics from within the Christian tradition from a progressive Christian perspective.

Authors and books we referenced in the episode

Alice Walker’s definition of womanism Human Liberation in a Feminist Perspective - Letty Russel Sexism and God-Talk- Rosemary Radford Ruether Evangelism After...


Our Favorite Christmas Traditions
12/28/2024

Merry Christmas! In this "minisode," the Progressive Christians podcast crew discusses our favorite Christmas traditions. We close the show discussing how grateful we are for each other and for y'all, our amazing listeners.  Our goal is to create a platform for Progressive Christians to discuss topics that are important to us in a way that reflects the radical love that we see in our tradition. It is exciting to see this come to fruition!

And while we celebrate the growth of our community we know that there is much work to be done. The next few years w...


Netflix’s Mary & A Progressive Christian Christmas
12/20/2024

In this episode, we discuss what we each have learned about Christmas as a progressive Christian that opened up the Christmas story in new and meaningful ways. We end with a discussion about the Netflix film, Mary, and how paying closer attention to the social and political circumstances that Jesus’ mother faced should move Christians towards a feminist (i.e., anti-sexist) analysis of the story of the birth of Christ.


Can Murder Be Just? Luigi Mangione & Healthcare In America
12/13/2024

In this episode, we discuss the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the public reaction to it. While we believe that violence is not the solution to the healthcare crisis in America, we discuss how certain forms of violence, i.e., the violence of denying people the health coverage they have paid for, are the root cause of so much suffering in our country. We conclude by discussing what a progressive Christian vision of healthcare looks like for each of us.

Articles referenced:

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/slain-healthcare-ceos-life-airbrushed?utm_source=multiple-personal-recommendations-email&utm...