On Empathy Revolt!, religion journalist Liz Charlotte Grant and comedian and activist Jeremy Alder are making empathy great again with their weekly politics show for the Christian Left and their friends. Each week they're joined by a guest (authors, activists, comedians, journalists, faith leaders, and scholars) to unpack one political story and one religious story from the news. It's earnest, irreverent conversation for anyone who still believes loving your neighbor is the point.
This week, three pro-choice Christians talk abortion bans. The bad news: we’ve entered the alternate universe of The Handmaid’s Tale. The good news: advocates of reproductive rights are fighting back in the courts, including using the “religious freedom” argument against the pro-lifers. ('Cause not every religion believes that life begins at conception, Allie Beth Stuckey!) Plus, to lighten the mood, we’re stanning for Ms. Rachel’s advocacy for children, and we’re encouraging EVERY CELEBRITY ...
21 Oct 2026
Clergy Protests in Black and White w/Andre Henry
This week, organizer and musician Andre Henry joins Liz and Jeremy to talk about the surging white Religious Left protest movement against ICE deportation efforts in cities like Minneapolis and Chicago. What makes this moment unique, and how will we sustain the power we’re building for change? (And why didn’t white Christians react the same to BLM? Hint: starts with r-, ends in -ism…) Plus, we talk about a unique solution one Silicon Valley African American pastor found to the problem of “too...
14 Oct 2026
Unmanifesting Destinies: Talking Dirty Europeans and Trans Lions w/Fr. Joash Thomas
Happy Columbus Day to all who celebrate? Oh wait, that’s only MAGA because Columbus was a ACTUALLY colonizer who raped and pillaged indigenous communities in Bahama? Yeah, he’s not our best American ancestor. And Trump’s obsessed with him, having now installed two statues of the pirate explorer in D.C., including on the White House lawn. So, on this Indigenous Peoples' Day, Liz and Jeremy discuss Columbus’s place in the current American administration with Fr. Joash Thomas, the Canadian antic...
7 Oct 2026
Letting our Talafreako Flag Fly with Zach Lambert
Pastor and author Zach Lambert joins Liz and Jeremy to discuss the midterms, with a close focus on the Texas Senate race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico. (Or, as Zach calls him, Jimmy! That’s right! They’re friends!) Can Texas really flip any race blue? Or is it all media hype? What makes this year’s race different? We also discuss the role theology has played in the two campaigns, including the difference between Paxton’s Christian nationalist legal theory and Talarico’s “love thy neig...
30 Sept 2026
An Exvangelical Author and a Deconstructing Comedian Walk Into a Pod: Introducing Your Hosts and Why They're Like This
Meet the co-hosts, Liz Charlotte Grant and Jeremy Alder! We’re political Leftists (socialists?) and also progressive Christians. (Yes, we are walking oxymorons, thanks for noticing!) This episode, you, the listener, have a chance to “speed date” the hosts in a rapid fire q&a addressing the topics that you wish you could make every pastor answer over email without having to “go out to coffee” to learn that he either hates gay people or thinks women shouldn’t be voting. We talk favorite/lea...
23 Sept 2026
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On Empathy Revolt!, religion journalist Liz Charlotte Grant and comedian and social worker Jeremy Alder are making empathy great again with their weekly politics show for the Christian Left and their friends. Each week they're joined by a guest (authors, activists, comedians, journalists, faith leaders, and scholars) to unpack one political story and one religious story from the news. It's earnest, irreverent conversation for anyone who still believes loving your neighbor is the point. Follow...
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