The Yoel Omowale Podcast
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -I have conversations with very fascinating people about the parts of their lives most people wouldn't want to divulge. I like finding out what spirituality means to people personally, figuring out how they are working out their identity in a topsy turvy world. I talk politics and I don't hold back my commentary as a black man in Britain, a creative, a writer, and a physician.
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All things must come to an End.
August 07, 2022 14:33 - 4 minutes - 4 MBThank you for the support, every listen, every like, every share, every sub. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
I&I with Kristine Alicia
July 21, 2022 13:30 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBKristine Alicia, reggae artiste tells her captivating artist development story! She shares insights about her spiritual evolution and her exciting new music that comes out 22/07/22 HERE IS THE PRE-Save link for the single I&I by Kristine Alicia https://song.link/i/1632581400 "Nature always speaks healing words to me. I’ve sat in time, life will give the seed” Spiritual empowerment flows from the experiential roots liberated and translated thr...
All Things Shatter with Kaighla Rises - Part 2
July 10, 2022 19:50 - 1 hour - 84.8 MBPart 2 A former Christian missionary to India has her faith challenged and tells the story of her breath-taking spiritual adventure and deconstruction from two Abrahamic religions. Kaighla Rises Poet | Author | Seeker linktr.ee/kaighlarises Her Memoir: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-That-Shatter-Kaighla-Dayo/dp/1796406333 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
All Things Shatter with Kaighla Rises - Part 1
June 27, 2022 22:45 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBA former Christian missionary to India has her faith challenged and tells the story of her breath-taking spiritual adventure and deconstruction from two Abrahamic religions. Kaighla Rises Poet | Author | Seeker linktr.ee/kaighlarises Her Memoir: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-That-Shatter-Kaighla-Dayo/dp/1796406333 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Blackology with Jeff Hood
June 11, 2022 11:22 - 18 minutes - 17 MBBLACKOLOGY is out NOW! Order the paperback or kindle e-book here: USA: https://buff.ly/3Q7mrS4 UK: https://buff.ly/3H1ttDN Jeff's Bio: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffhood/biography/ https://www.facebook.com/revjeffhood https://thenewtheologyschool.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Divesting from Whiteness with Kina Reed
June 08, 2022 11:53 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBYoel talks to Kina Reed, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Specialist, Community Advocate, Social Media Creator, and Podcaster to understand the work of describing whiteness and why she thinks it is something to be divested of. https://www.jreedconsultingllc.com [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/theantiblacknessreader/ https://www.instagram.com/divestingfromwhiteness/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
The Odyssey of TIE the Oracle
May 23, 2022 21:21 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBYoel talks to TIE the Oracle about his spiritual Odyssey into wholeness. Born Tyson Isaiah, which literally means quarrelsome "Trouble Making Salvation by God", accurately expresses all that his life has been. As a Black Queer Man, living and thriving with HIV, TIE has stood at many intersections in his life and met God at every one of them. Not the God of religion, but the beautiful divinity we discover through deep exploration of self in the fullness of our humanity, while honoring the spir...
Amoge's Odyssey.
May 13, 2022 09:44 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAmoge, AKA Angela, shares her story with me, the highs and lows, the ugly oppressive nature of her religious trauma, but how she managed to hol'on to her peace and joy. Follow her on https://instagram.com/amoge__?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
BlackJoy as the Bridge to Black Liberation with Tina Strawn
May 03, 2022 07:35 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MBTina Strawn is a black and queer activist of pleasure, joy and liberation. She shares with breathtaking passion how she chose to leave the home of her oppression in America, to find freedom, joy and pleasure in the most unsuspecting of places. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Educating the Black Child with Andrea Yankah
March 04, 2022 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBEarly years education researcher Andrea Yankah shares her concerns and dreams about the strategy for education in the African diaspora. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Queer Theology with Reverend Jason Evans
February 18, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 70 MBJason Evans Breaks down Queer theology in its historical context masterfully. Get your notebooks out. Class is in session. Jason is a PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Previously, he earned a Master of Theology from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, a Master of Divinity from Duke University Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Science in speech communication from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He is a Christian intellectu...
The Radical Reverend with Rev. Jide Macaulay
February 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBReverend Jide shares his moving story, of how he reconciled his faith and his gay identity. Reverend Jide Macaulay is the founding Pastor and CEO of House Of Rainbow CIC. Openly gay British-Nigerian born in London, a Christian minister since 1998, a dynamic and inspirational speaker, author, poet, pastor and preacher, HIV Positive Activist, holds a degree in Law, masters degree in Theology and Post-graduate Certificate in Pastoral Theology. Jide focuses his ministry on inclusion and reconci...
Creative Freedom Fighting with Andre Henry
January 21, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBYoel and Andre talk about the link between Liberation and Imagination. When the rallying cry “Black Lives Matter” was heard across the world in 2013, award-winning singer-songwriter Andre Henry was one of the millions for whom the movement caused a political awakening and a rupture in some of his closest relationships with white people. As he began using his artistic gifts to share his experiences and perspective, Henry was aggrieved to discover that many white Americans—people he called fr...
Meet Ally Henny
January 07, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBAlly Henny is a writer and speaker. She holds a Master of Divinity (2020) from Fuller Theological Seminary, with an emphasis in Race, Cultural Identity, and Reconciliation and a B.S. in Psychology from Missouri State University (2008). She hopes to pastor a church someday. Ally has been writing about race, identity, culture, and racial conciliation on Twitter, her personal Facebook profile, and on her blog, The Armchair Commentary, since 2014. She is Vice President of The Witness: A Black C...
Too old to change your mind about God? with Retonia Brashier
December 31, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBRetonia Brashier tells her story. Spent a lifetime in church, raised by preachers, gave her all to an institution that she felt had too small a view of God. Aged 64 Unapologetically Black Mother Wife Advocate for Justice in particular Black lives Grandmother linktr.ee/racetalkwithretonia --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Who is your Neighbour? with Fr. Sean Major-Campbell
December 24, 2021 00:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBRector, JP, and Human Rights' Advocate Fr. Sean shares personal stories about what Christ's teachings demand we consider who our neighbour is, and what it means to love them. Fr. Sean’s Profile linkedin.com/in/fr-sean-major-campbell-33b7258 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Rumors of War with Michael Gonzalez
December 18, 2021 00:59 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBA conversation with a veteran about the moral cost of our fetishization of violence --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
The Cost of Conversion with Usha Reifsnider
November 26, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBGrowing up Hindu in Britain and converting to Christianity as a child, Usha gives a breath-taking account of the costs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
S1 Whitewashed Theology. [BONUS]
November 19, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 32.4 MBShould theological cultural diversity matter? Should POC still ask for this to be prioritized even in the face of apparent indifference from mainstream seminaries? I reflect on the significance of the book of Revelation and its sociopolitical and historical footprint and why cultural theological diversity matters to nuance this contextually! What do you think? Subscribe and Share! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Sex and the Spirit Sundays with Leah De Shay
November 12, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWhether you consider yourself churched, or unchurched, spiritual, or not, chances are you have heard about sex, had some good sex, had a lot of bad sex, had sacred sexual experiences, had traumatic sexual experiences or have no desire for sex. Maybe you have worked out your sexuality, maybe you still don't know how you are wired when it relates to sex, maybe you have hang-ups or you feel like a pro. Sex and the Spirit Sundays is the show for you! Leah De Shay @famdoulala believes that no on...
S1 E8 The Odyssey of TIE the Oracle
November 12, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBYoel talks to TIE the Oracle about his spiritual Odyssey into wholeness. Born Tyson Isaiah, which literally means quarrelsome "Trouble Making Salvation by God", accurately expresses all that his life has been. As a Black Queer Man, living and thriving with HIV, TIE has stood at many intersections in his life and met God at every one of them. Not the God of religion, but the beautiful divinity we discover through deep exploration of self in the fullness of our humanity, while honoring the sp...
S1 Deconstruct or Decolonize? [BONUS]
November 12, 2021 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBJoin Yoel as he shares his thoughts on the controversy of Religious Deconstruction and why Decolonization is necessary. Would you like to share your story of deconstruction and decolonization? Send us an email at [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
S1 E6 Marcus Cole's Evolution
November 05, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBBorn in Saginaw, Michigan, Marcus Cole grew up singing in the family group. His early memories of music were fueled by soulful greats like Donny Hathaway, Rance Allen, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke among a select few. It was in Utica, NY in the late 70’s where Cole also developed his love for artist like Toto, James Taylor, Chicago and Sting which can be heard respectively in his music. After an 8 year stint as one of the lead singers of the seminal gospel group Commissioned, Cole began honing is ...
S1 E7 Lystra Omar's Journey
October 29, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBIn this episode, Yoel talks to Lystra about his spiritual journey into recognizing his own personal relationship with the divine. Lystra has an interesting background, nurtured in the Caribbean, and from early recognized a sense of spiritual direction but found himself struggling with serious questions and very few answers. He has started a spirituality and life group for seekers described below. ElevateWi - Spirituality & Life Group This group was created to provide a safe space for free...
Grandma's Legacy
October 21, 2021 23:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBYoel shares a heart-touching account of how losing his Grandmother helped him discover who he was, his purpose, and how much he had grown. Background music in the podcast was composed by Yoel Omowale. To support the podcast monthly head on over to https://yoelomowale.supercast.com/ Free 7 days trial - cancel anytime Start your free trial Help support the podcast and get: AD-FREE episodes every two weeks including back catalog Exclusive BONUS episodes 20% off all Merch Exclusive pre...
S1 E5 David Jackson's Journey
October 15, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBDavid talks to Yoel about his ongoing journey with the Divine Presence into embracing discovery, leaning into blackness, blossoming with creative freedom, and living the limitless life in the loving embrace of God. Song featured in Episode is Here by David Jackson which you can purchase here Follow David on social media here --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
The Church, and the Famine of Grace with Rev Jarel Robinson-Brown
October 01, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBYoel sits down with Jarel to talk about his faith, his queerness his blackness and calling. Jarel is a British-Born Jamaican and grew up in West London where, with his elder sister he was raised by his Grandmother. Sensing an early call to ordained ministry, Jarel began preaching in the Ealing Trinity Circuit of the Methodist Church in 2006 and later trained for ordination at Wesley House, Cambridge from 2010-2013. He has served Methodist Churches in Cardiff, South Wales and South East Lond...
S1 E4 Darren Calhoun's story
September 17, 2021 05:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBDarren Calhoun is a justice advocate, worship leader, and photographer based out of Chicago. He works to bridge connections between people of differing perspectives through story and relationship. Intersectionality is his primary lens when facilitating dialogue and education about justice and inclusion for people marginalized based on race, gender, and/or sexuality. Darren Calhoun is currently the Worship Leader at Urban Village Church – South Loop and previously served as a volunteer worsh...
Black Trans Visibility with Nic Dawes
September 03, 2021 05:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBThe middle-child of a Pentecostal preacher, Nic always felt incredible pressure to conform. After finding their own liberation and self-acceptance in breaking away from traditional family and societal structures, Nic made it their personal mission to support as many queer people of colour in their journey to self-discovery as they can. Nic is the Founder and Creative Director of RealQeers, whose mission is: Create a welcoming space within the LGBTQ community for people of colour. Bring que...
S1 E3 Eleanor's Better Story - Part 2
August 20, 2021 05:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBPart 2 where Eleanor continues her story of navigating the hills and valleys of religious life, from a memorable teenage encounter with Christ to traveling the world as a missionary, then starting to struggle with the meaning of it all! This is the second and last part, watch the first episode here first! Check out her information here! https://www.instagram.com/liveabetterstory_/ Live A Better Story - Podcast and Training. An engaging, uplifting and thought-provoking weekly podcast. We a...
S1 E2 Eleanor's Better Story - Part 1
August 06, 2021 05:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MBEleanor tells her story of navigating the hills and valleys of religious life, from a memorable teenage encounter with Christ to traveling the world as a missionary, then starting to struggle with the meaning of it all! This is the first part, but the second will follow! Check out here information here! https://www.instagram.com/liveabetterstory_/ Live A Better Story - Podcast and Training. An engaging, uplifting and thought-provoking weekly podcast. We also run workshops to assist and in...
S1 E1 Intro
August 01, 2021 15:46 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBA brief intro to the rebrand of this Podcast. Reintroducing: The Yoel Omowale Podcast. Visit www.yoelomowale.com and sign up to the mailing list to get my new essay called Soot & Stench. Check out my other podcast with Korofa Kofe at anchor.fm/unleavenedbread --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yoelomowale/message
Renovate My Life S1E5
October 09, 2020 21:25 - 37 minutes - 60.6 MBI interview my inspiring friend about his similar journey with his health. Part 1
Renovate My Life S1E4
September 20, 2020 13:45 - 21 minutes - 33.7 MBMy relationship with exercise: I'm running my first 5k in November 2020, click this link to sponsor my charity run. It is for Movember, a male charity committed to raising funds and awareness for men's health issues. https://movember.com/m/14260214?mc=1 Eufy P1 smart scale https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bluetooth-Measurements-Composition-Analysis-Tempered/dp/B07PZ6B5YP/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F36HPLPNI6DR&dchild=1&keywords=eufy+p1&qid=1600609257&sprefix=eufy+p1%2Caps%2C297&sr=8-1 Couch to 5K app ht...
Renovate My Life S1E3
September 05, 2020 15:53 - 25 minutes - 40.3 MBA Life Coach saved my life: What is a life coach? I interview my life coach Action Jackson who got me going on this life transformation. Action Jackson is a motivational speaker and a life coach who has worked with a vast range of people, from students across the UK, management teams of major corporations to individuals from different walks of life. His seminars are described as mind-blowing, entertaining and life-changing. He combines passion, energy, humour, and inspiration to equip you...
Renovate My Life S1E2
August 24, 2020 13:13 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBMy relationship with food and this week's performance!
Renovate My Life S1E1
August 17, 2020 15:41 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MBI am a medical doctor who has embarked on a journey of renovating my life, I let you in on a front-row seat to witness the why and how behind this construction project, you will hear from me regularly!