The Christian Feminist Podcast

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 . 

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Christina Bieber Lake, and Marie Hause talk about Teresa of Avila. Knowing Why this episode and a bio of St. Teresa Our experience with her work Reading Interior Castle Metaphors for the soul Medieval worldview Some tricky bits of the text Let nothing disturb you How the prayer frames our relationship to God Other prayers central to our religious practice Autobiography Pr...

Alexis Neal, Sarah Thomas, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer talk about the recent Apple+ series  Schmigadoon . 

Sara Klooster, Christina Bieber Lake, and Laurie Norris, talk about the animated television series  Arcane , an adaptation of the video game  League of Legends . 

Christina Bieber Lake, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Katie Grubbs talk about Roxane Gay's memoir  Hunger . 

Katie Grubbs, Alexis Neal, and Laurie Norris talk about Agatha Christie's great woman detective, Miss Marples. 

Marie Hause and Victoria Reynolds Farmer talk to Amy Frykholm about her recent book  Wild Woman: A Footnote, the Desert, and My Quest for an Elusive Saint . 

Kim Feldman talks to Christina Bieber Lake and Blake Miller about the struggles of being a pastor's wife. 

Carla Godwin talks to Victoria Reynolds Farmer and guest panelist Reverend Emily Payne about the role of women in the ministry. 

Knowing Why this episode Our past with the Biblical text A bit of historical background A bit of interpretation history (including  Christine Yoder  and  Jacqueline Vayntrub ) Reading Proverbs 31:10-30 Notable bits of the passage The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible  and Proverbs 31 Passing On The January chapter of  The Year of Biblical Womanhood Truth’s Table: How Black Christian Women Resi...

Sarah Thomas, Laurie Norris, and special guest Joe Cerniglia discuss Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time and the first season of the Amazon television adaptation released in November 2021. Topics include the novel's universe/cosmology, Jordan's inspirations for the series, and ways to put the series in conversation with a Christian anthropology.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer talks with Mary DeMuth about her recent book "The Most Misunderstood Women of the Bible."

Laurie Norris, Christina Bieber Lake, and Sara Klooster discuss the amazing characters of Mythic Quest in a show that became our new favorite and should become yours too.

Alexis Neal, Kim Feldman, and Christina Bieber Lake discuss Daphne du Maurier’s classic gothic novel. NOTE: Due to technical and scheduling difficulties, episodes #163 and #164 are being released out of order. Episode #163, on the series Mythic Quest, will be released next week, followed by our episode on Mary deMuth’s Misunderstood Women of the Bible as scheduled.

The Christian Feminists talk about the women of Sherlock Holmes.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer leads Carla Godwin and Christina Bieber Lake in a discussion of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible.

Alexis Neal, Sara Klooster, and Katie Grubbs discuss the recent podcast from Christianity Today and what it means for complementarians.

Ilia Danner Grubbs, Carla Godwin, and Kim Feldman discuss women’s issues raised in The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Podcast.

Kim Feldman and Christina Bieber Lake interview Victoria Reynolds Farmer about her essay "Mary’s Song: What my journey with disability taught me about a God who raised up the weak and brings down the mighty."

Sara Klooster, Christina Bieber Lake, and Sarah Thomas discuss season one of Shonda Rhimes's hit Netflix Regency romance Bridgerton in anticipation of season 2's debut in 2022.

The Christian Feminists talk about the series "The Chair."

Katie Grubbs, Marie Hause, and Laurie Norris explore the worlds of The Expanse and take deep dives into gendered power and the fervency of political belief across the books and TV series.

Katie Grubbs welcomes cross-network guest Michial Farmer and cohost Sarah Thomas to talk about Edgar Allen Poe's story "Bereneice."

Laurie Norris, Ilia Danner Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer examine the accusations of toxic behaviors leveled against Joss Whedon by former co-workers and discuss ways to model Christian justice and forgiveness in situations like this

Ilia Danner Grubbs, Christina Bieber Lake, and special guest Brian Grubbs discuss the female characters in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.