You Know I
You Know I is a new podcast inspired by my desire to understand the world more and make sense of some of the ideas impacting our culture. Each week I interview a different guest to gain an insight into their life in order to expand my worldview and hopefully yours too! Music by Markvard• https://soundcloud.com/markvard
Episodes
64 episodes
#062 - Storm Hassett - Faith & Identity
Storm is a Queer Christian and the founder of The Identity Clinic—Australia’s first mental health organisation exclusively supporting the LGBTQIA+ community.We met at my very first gay wedding and immediately started talking about God, s...
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#061 - MaryB Safrit - Queer, Christian & Unlearning Shame
MaryB. Safrit is a NYC-based relationship coach, author, host of the Found Family podcast, and maker of slightly unhinged merch. MaryB is also bisexual and Christian—so I wanted to get her on the podcast to talk about her j...
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#060 - Salomé Sibonex - Has Wokeness Peaked?
Salomé Sibonex is an artist, speaker, and advisor who advocates for individual freedom and freedom of expression in the arts.In this episode, we explore her political shift, the divisive aspects of the social justice movement, her passi...
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#059 - Brandan Robertson - Being Queer Is Not A Sin
Brandan Robertson is a fellow Gay Christian, author, and minister well-known for creating LGBT affirming theological content on TikTok.In this interview, we explore how he reconciles his faith with his sexuality, how he began preaching ...
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#058 - Zoe Booth - Why My Politics Changed
Zoe Booth is the Community Engagement Manager at Quillette and the Quillette Cetera podcast host.Zoe was one of my first podcast guests, and I wanted to bring her back to explore how her political views have evolved. Initially immersed ...
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#057 - Kevin M. Young - Deconstructing Evangelicalism
Dr. Kevin M. Young is an author, pastor, coach, and weightlifter. He has pastored several evangelical churches but has since become disillusioned with evangelicalism. He now runs his own ministry, Christ's Table, providing resources for those d...
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#056 - Karen Pack - Confronting Anti-Gay Bible Beliefs
Dr. Karen Pack is a religious historian, ordained Christian minister, and marriage celebrant. Her doctoral research examines the marginalisation and erasure of women and LGBTQ+ Christians from Australian religious histories.In this conversa...
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#055 - Frankie Fearce - Exploring Identity, Faith, and Politics
Frankie Fearce (she/they) is a queer comedian, storyteller and social media personality.In this conversation we discuss Frankie’s religious upbringing, why they left Christianity, coming out as Non-binary/Trans, making comedy and how to mai...
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#054 - Scott Parker - Why I Left Hillsong Church
Scott Parker is a theatre-maker and creative director of his own theatre company, Matriark Theatre. He also created a theatre show called ‘Hillsong Boy’, which recounts his experiences as a worship leader at Hillsong Church.In this conv...
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#053 - Claire Lehmann - Why I Challenge Left-Wing Dogma
Claire Lehmann is the founder and editor of Quillette, an online magazine promoting free thinking and the open exchange of ideas.In this conversation, we explore the decline of mainstream media, delve into Claire’s critiques of the femi...
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#052 - John Rainey - Why I Walked Away From Christianity
John Rainey is an ex-Christian pastor who creates content on Instagram where he shares his thoughts about God, the self, and spirituality, with a particular focus on why he left Christianity.In this episode, we explore John's journey into C...
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#051 - Matthew Vines - Can You Be Gay And Christian?
Matthew Vines is a Gay Christian, a proponent of affirming theology and has dedicated his career to advancing LGBTQ inclusion in the church. He’s also the Founder of The Reformation Project and the author of God and the Gay Christian: The Bibli...
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#050 - Maria Witlof - Why I Decided To Detransition
Maria Witlof is a content creator and detransitioner aiming to spread Gender Dysphoria awareness. In this conversation, we talk about when Maria first felt like she might be the opposite sex, what her experience was like transitioning and w...
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#049 - Taylor Draper - God Called Me To Love People
Taylor Draper served as a pastor at a church in the United States for 10 years. However, she was fired after coming out as a Lesbian.In this conversation we speak about Taylor’s experience as a pastor, getting fired for being gay, trying to...
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#048 - Graham Linehan - Why I Spoke Up About Transgender Activism
Graham Linehan is an Irish comedy writer who co-created the sitcoms Father Ted, Black Books, and The IT Crowd. He is also very outspoken about transgender activism and the conflict he sees between trans rights and women's rights. In this ep...
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#047 - Austin Crute - Growing Up As A Gay Christian Pastor's Kid
Austin Crute is an actor and musician, best known for his roles in the Netflix series Daybreak and the film Booksmart. Austin is also Gay and Christian and is the son of a pastor.In this episode, we talk about what it was like for Austin gr...
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#046 - Is Same-Sex Attraction Sinful?
This episode's guest is Autumn. Both Autumn and I identify as Christians and experience attraction towards women. However, while I acknowledge and act on this attraction, Autumn has chosen not to. In this conversation, we delve int...
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#045 - Richie Hardcore - Rethinking Progress: Moving Beyond Social Justice Radicalism
Richie Hardcore is an educator, speaker and mental health advocate. He works in sexual violence prevention and advocates for a healthy approach to masculinity. He’s also a Muay Thai boxing trainer and uses his own lived experience to try and cr...
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#044 - Brad Polumbo - Has LGBT Activism Gone Too Far?
Brad Polumbo is an independent journalist and a YouTuber. He covers all the craziest things on the internet, in our politics, and in the LGBT community, from a centre-right, moderate perspective.In this conversation, we discuss how Brad got...
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#043 - Dara Macdonald - The Importance Of Freedom Of Speech
Dara Macdonald is a free-speech enthusiast and the director of the Free Speech Union Australia.In this episode, we explore Australia's free speech laws, discuss its importance in a functional society, does limiting speech prevent violence, ...
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#042 - Traidy Naidoo - The Politicisation Of Christianity
Traidy Naidoo is a Gay Christian friend of mine who started his Christian ministry when he was living in South Africa. He is a solicitor in NSW who has worked extensively in the not-for-profit sector and currently, he works at his disability an...
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#041 - Brent Morden - Promoting Fairness In The Arts
Brent Morden is a New York-based music director, composer, and vocalist and is the managing director of Fair In The Arts - an organisation promoting Fairness, Understanding and humanity in Arts.In this conversation, we discuss how liberal v...
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#040 - David Bennett - Being A Celibate Gay Christian
Dr. David Bennett has a doctorate in theology and is a postdoctoral research fellow in Oxford University's Theology and Religion Faculty. He is an author and theologian covering various topics, including theology, desire, beauty, gender, theodi...
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#039 - Melody Rachel (Me) - Why I Started The Podcast
For the final episode of the year. I thought I would do a solo episode and recap of what I’ve learned so far!I discuss why I started the podcast, the 3 main themes I talk about, the biggest things I've learned so far, overcoming procrastina...
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#038 - Lincoln Russ - Are Fornicators Going To Hell?
Lincoln Russ is a fundamentalist Christian, evangelist and street preacher.In this episode, we talk about Lincoln’s ministry, fornication, why he believes having sex outside of marriage is so bad, his thoughts on sexual promiscuity and what...
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