Choose Your Own Religion Podcast
1) Reformed and Always Reforming
In the last episode of Choose Your Own Religion, my mom and dad come on the show to talk about the long, strange trip of my faith journey and what it means for me to be back in the religion I grew up ...Show More
2) The Second to Last Supper with Ryan Middledorf
Ryan Middledorf, founder of the Campfire Media network, comes on the second to last ever CYOR to talk about the five year journey this podcast has taken. We talk about Christianity, community, partici...Show More
3) Revisiting the Good Friday Experiment with Rick Doblin
Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), comes on to talk about the famous “Good Friday Experiment”, an experiment run at Boston...Show More
4) Talking With My Dad About Easter
I check in with my dad, Presbyterian minister Rev. Dr. Jody Welker, to talk about this year’s surreal Easter. We work our way through Passover, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter ...Show More
5) Closing the Distance with Molly Silverstein
In the first episode of a new series called “Closing the Distance,” poet, writer, and Harvard Divinity School student Molly Silverstein (also my partner) helps talk through our emotions and feel our w...Show More
6) Burning Man Blessings with Rev. Dr. Brian Baker
Rev. Dr. Brian Baker chooses his own religion! Brian is an Episcopalian priest, veteran, and co-founder of Camp Religious AF, a Christian theme camp that lives at Burning Man. He came on the podcast t...Show More
7) Spiritual Spaces with Khadija Ali
Khadija Ali chooses her own religion! Khadija is a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Harvard Divinity School and in this episode she told me her spiritual biography growing up as a Muslim in ...Show More
8) Loud Silences with Cody Hooks
Cody Hooks chooses his own religion! Cody is a writer, editor, gardener, journalist and Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School, and he came to tell me about life as a rural journalist...Show More
9) The Poetics of Healing with Jason Adam Sheets
Jason Adam Sheets chooses his own religion! Jason is a poet, a Master of Theological Studies candidate at Harvard Divinity School, and author of the book The Hour Wasp. In this episode we talk about t...Show More
10) Embodied Discernment with Jessica Young
Jessica Young chooses her own religion! Jessica is a yoga teacher, writer, storyteller, and Master of Divinity candidate at Harvard Divinity School. She came on the pod to talk about the intersection ...Show More