Working on my current playmobil project I fell into a rabbit hole about the botanist, nutritionist, inventer and all around genius George Washington Carver. I convinced my friend Avery to record an episode about him and his theology.
What do Jesus’ parables, Black and disabled civil rights movements, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine all have in common? Probably more than you’d think — but for this episode, Laura and Avery focus on their joint uses in imagining a more just future into being. Some of the places we go in this winding episode: Womanist midrash & sanctified imagination; AutScape & Crip Camp’s modeled possibilities; and in-depth discussions of two Deep Space Nine episodes (“Past Tense” and “Far Beyond the St...
Once again my friend Michi has joined me for an episode. (0:00) Mark 10:35-44 — James & John's request to be at Jesus' right and left hand — wrong way of understanding leadership, power (6:15) Summary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Drum Major" sermon; how privilege impacts who is given the great authoritative roles & letting go of that desire to be the "drum major" (17:50) Connecting sermon more deeply ADHD & other neurodivergence — desire to fix wrongs; impulsiveness, burnout, envy, ...
My Guest is Pastor Felix Weise. Timestamps: (0:00) Introducing Felix, good news vs. nice news, Greek evangelion (3:30) Looking at verses using the Greek word ekpléssó — Jesus’ good news shocks and disrupts (13:00) Complexities in the connection between German Church and State; Felix’s roles within the German Church (22:00) Felix is on the inside, seeking to bring progressive theologies; Laura is on the outside, doesn’t feel safe in church settings where their very presence disrupts the “nice” en...
After a long break I am joined again by my friend Michi for a rather whiney episode where I try to relate my own frustration about the role I get pushed into over and over again with no lesser leader than Moses. Special thanks go again to my friend Avery who edited this episode. 1:00 – 10:00 – topic intro – feeling like an ornamental hermit 10:00 – Moses readings: he can’t go with the people into the promised land; why not? 16:30 – “God is his closest kin now” – Moses is never fully of the peopl...
I know, I have announced and teasered this episode for probably over a year now... So, finally, here it is! Peter interpreted through an ADHD lense. My friend Michi and I have had a lot of fun talking about our ADHD experiences, feeling for Peter and laughing at his and our own troubles with the neurotypical world. I hope you'll enjoy this episode as much as we did.
The last part of our Neuroqueer nerd indulgence. We talk about trauma, family, reconsiliation... sounds fun, right?? Timestamps: 0:00 - Summary of the previous two parts 2:00 - How Joseph’s brothers and father are suffering during the famine; they’d rejected the neuroqueer gifts that could have saved them 5:35 - Joseph forced to face their past trauma. Punitive vs. restorative justice — the latter requires a shift in power dynamics, security for the wronged 27:10 - Second trip to Egypt: Joseph c...
Part II of one of our favourite topics: Neuroqueering Joseph!🐂🌾✨🎉🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Timestamps: (0 - 7:52) Any power Joseph gains while enslaved is precarious; vulnerable to sexual harassment (starting 7:53) Nevertheless, Joseph manages to thrive; marginalized communities take shunned spaces & make them sanctuary spaces (12:47) Queer & autistic experiences abroad; the toll certain stereotypes take (16:53) Meaning-making: God's presence in pain; Dreamcoat song emphasizes how human violence c...
For quite a while now my friend Avery and I have been looking forward to recording an episode about THE queer autistic Bible character. Naturally we couldn´t contain the excited infodump to anything near 60 minutes... So I proudly present the first part of a 3-episode-special on our neuroqueer sibling Joseph!
This is a really melancholy and earnest episode. My friend Avery is joining me to discuss the right to grieve and to experess our fear and pain. We also take on Mary of Bethany's perspective of being unable to see a loved one in pain and fear and not being able to take that away, yet validating and comforting them in their experience. If you need some somberness for Holy Week, you've come to the right address. Also, Avery - in addition to editing the episode - has provided some time stamps for o...
For the third time I am joined by my fried Felix. We start out at the broad topic of hierarchy and biblical narratives of reversing or subverting hierarchies. We then wander off to examine anarchy, power dynamics and the autistic urge to speak the truth regardless of consequences. It is, again, a long and possibly chaotic episode but we manage to get back on track in the end… :)
This is an episode that Avery and I have really been looking forward to. Jesus and John the Baptist, autistic cousins and weirdos with mutual understanding and love for eacht other. We divided the episode in three parts that keep leaking into each other: Parents as allies to queer and neurodivergent children Mutual recognition and neuro-attraction between neurodivergent people = Magnautism Isolation and frustration when people don´t get us Have fun with this one! We certainly did =)...
It's finally here! The episode where my guest Avery and I establish the concept of Abel-ism. I'm really excited for y'all feedback and hopefully will be doing some more episodes with this exegetic lense.
For the second time Felix joins me for an episode. This time we talk about parent-child-relationships, trauma and healing and we examine how the concept of God as a parent can help to make us understand that our parents are also vulnerable children. I know my episodes keep getting longer. We always knew this would happen…
I'm so excited! My queer autistic fellow podcaster Avery Smith and I have finally recorded one of our usual zoom nerd fests and y'all can benefit from our info dumps. Our starting point is autistic masking and being closeted trans and somehow we end up talking about Jesus being frustrated with Peter and God making godself tiny and fragile for Elijah. This was great fun! We'll definitely do a cross-over episode again.
This is a long one, but bear with us... My friend Felix and I tried to connect the story of Cain and Abel with the Holy Communion. On our journey we managed to collect some topics along the way.
Together with my guest Jonas I take - Luke 19, - the Christmas narrative - and an icon from a French monastry and stir them all together in a big bowl to get this Christmas episode.
In the fourth episode of Autistic Liberation Theology Corni and I are takimg a closer look at two iconic New Testament stories - Jesus walking on water and Jesus calming the storm. Listen once again how I force my autistic projection onto the Son of God.
In this Episode I talk to Jan-Niklas about Balaam (Bileam in German) and his talking donkey and try twist this already confusing narrative into an analogy about executive functioning and lack thereof. Bear with me...
In this, my second episode I am zooming with Michael Streib who is currently in Yale studying Theology. We are discussing whether the story of the Tower of Babel can be read as the creation of diversity and empathy instead of simply God wanting to restrict human creativity.
In this, my first episode of Autistic Liberation Theology my guest Jonas Lauter and I are discussing Luke 2,40-52 where the 12 year-old Jesus is found by his parents in the temple, infodumping at scholars.
I am a queer autistic theology enthusiast with no formal training. In my podcast episodes I will sit down with future pastors and present to them the theological theories that have formed from accumulated knowledge. personal experiences and pop culture, all filtered through the prism of my mysterious, trauma-informed autistic brain. I will ask my guests wether my ideas are boring mainstream opinions, radical groundbreaking new theology or just plain heresy. Should be fun! :-)...
