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The Protagonistas
by Kat Armas
The Protagonistas is a podcast centered on highlighting the stories and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color among communities of faith. Our conversations sit at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and spirituality.
Episodes
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Living into New Paradigms in 2024
Join Kat and author of A Brown Girl's Epiphany, Aurelia Davila Pratt, as they chat about what it looks like to reclaim your own intuition and live into new paradigms so we can experience individual and collective liberation. Follow Kat: @kat_armas Follow Aurelia: @revaureliajoy
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The Bible and Sexualized Violence
In this episode, Kat reads a reflection from Sacred Belonging on women, the Bible, and sexualized violence. Preorder Sacred Belonging. Follow Kat on social media: @kat_armas Read Kat's newsletter: katarmas.substack.com. Leave a review for The Protagonistas!
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The Cosmic Conversation
In this episode, Kat shares a reflection on the word "logos" and how that connects to our relationship with all things. Preorder Sacred Belonging. Follow Kat on social media: @kat_armas Would you consider leaving The Protagonistas a review?
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Wisdom that Evolves
In this episode, Kat talks about a wisdom that is intuitive and embodied. A wisdom that becomes. Please leave a review if you haven't already! Preorder Sacred Belonging. Follow Kat on social media: @kat_armas
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On Becoming Kin
This week Kat chats with Anishinaabe and Ukrainian writer from Lac Seul First Nation, Patty Krawec about her book Becoming Kin. Patty is the cohost of the Medicine for the Resistance podcast and cofounder of the Nii'kinaaganaa Foundation, which collects funds and disperses them to Indigenous…
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A Chaotic and Balanced World
In this episode Kat chats about how ecologists have claimed that our world is both chaotic and stable- a truth that can change how we engage with each other and the divine. Subscribe to Kat's newsletter: katarmas.com/newsletter Preorder Sacred Belonging:...
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Survival of the Fit
Did Darwin really say survival is of the "fittest"? and what does it mean to be at home in who we are? Perhaps Jesus had some thoughts on this (as we can see from his interaction with the demon possessed man). Subscribe to Kat's newsletter: katarmas.com/newsletter Follow Kat on social media:...
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A Post-Pentecost Reflection
Hola Protagonistas listeners! It's so wonderful to be back! In this episode, Kat gives an update on the near-future of the Protagonistas and gives a post-Pentecost reflection. Sign up for Kat's newsletter: katarmas.com/newsletter Follow Kat on social media: @kat_armas
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Beyond Welcome
We have an exciting new episode today with Karen González about her recent book Beyond Welcome! Karen's new book takes us further into the conversation about immigration, challenging us to go deeper than simply welcoming immigrants. In this conversation, Karen and Kat chat about the myth of the...
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On Disability and The Church
We are back! We took a little hiatus to recuperate after a full Spring and Summer seasons, but Kat is back with an incredible new interview about disability and the church with Dr. Amy Kenny! If you haven't read Amy's book My Body is Not a Prayer Request yet, you 100% should. She is brilliant and...
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How Race Broke the World
We have an exciting episode today with Lisa Sharon Harper about her recent book Fortune! As Harper lights a path through national and religious history, she clarifies exactly how and when the world broke and shows the way to redemption for us all. The book culminates with a vision of…
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Mutual Flourishing in a World of Difference
In this episode, Kat chats with Gail Song Bantum about her and her husband, Brian’s new book, Choosing Us: Marriage and Mutual Flourishing in a World of Difference. Gail rewrites the marriage narrative by highlighting mutual flourishing and the freedom and beauty that comes with that in our...
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On Power, Calling, & Encanto
This episode, Kat chats with author Alyssa Aldape about the new Disney movie that everyone is talking about (or should we say, singing about?): Encanto! Alyssa shares about power, calling and how Encanto’s insightful messages relate to the church. Follow Alyssa on social media @aaaldape Follow…
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Red Lip Theology
In this episode, Kat talks with Candice Benbow about her book, Red Lip Theology. Candice shares about what it looks like to be authentic in our relationships with God and the freedom that comes with that. Candice Marie Benbow is a multi-genre theologian who situates her work at the intersections…
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On Reclaiming and a Ridiculous Hope
In this episode Kat chats with writer, speaker, and singer Sharifa Stevens about reclaiming submission, ridiculous hope, and what it really means to be "awake"- among other things. Sharifa is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, born and raised in New York, and currently residing with her family…
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Abuelita Faith as Embodied Theology
In this episode Kat chats with pastora Inés Velasquez-McBryde about cosiendo and creating- an embodiment of Abuelita Faith. Inés shares about her Abuela Sara (who is featured in Ch. 6 of the book) and about what abuelita theology means to her. Inés was the very first guest on The Protagonistas!…
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The Black Enneagram & Abuelita Faith
In this episode, Kat chats with the face of The Black Enneagram (on Instagram) Dayo Ajanaku! Dayo and Kat chat about enneagram energies found in Abuelita Faith and what we can learn from abuelita theologians. Follow Dayo: @theblackenneagram Follow Kat: @kat_armas
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The Sacredness of the Land
In this episode Kat chats with Mvskoke writer and educator, Mariah Humphries. Through her and her ancestors experience navigating the tension between Native and White American culture, Mariah is an educator to non-Native spaces. With over 20 years of vocational ministry service, she is focused on...
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[RECAP] Theology in El Barrio
In this RECAP episode, Kat highlights a some of her conversation with Dr. Liz Rios.
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Theology in El Barrio
In today's episode Kat chats with Afro-Nuyorican Boricua Dr. Elizabeth Ríos about the Latin@ church, barrio theology, "Progressive Pentecostalism," women in church planting, and so much more. Make sure to follow Dr. Liz on social media: @drlizrios Visit her website: https://www.elizabethrios.com/...
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[RECAP] On Transracial Adoption
In this recap episode, Kat reflects on her conversation with Sarah Williams. Follow Kat on Instagram and Twitter: @kat_armas Preorder Abuelita Faith for exclusive podcast episodes: katarmas.com/book
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On Transracial Adoption
In today’s beautiful and personal episode of The Protagonistas, Kat chats with Korean American writer and seminary student, Sarah Williams, about her experiences as a transracial adoptee. Sarah shares some insight on her transracial adoption and what it means to "come out of the fog" in regard to...
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[RECAP] Our Wild Land Within
In this episode, Kat highlights some key points about silence and contemplation from her conversation with Lisa Colon Delay.
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Our Wild Land Within
In this episode, Kat chats with Puerto Rican author and podcaster Lisa Colon Delay about her new book The Wild Land Within: Cultivating Wholeness through Spiritual Practice Kat and Lisa dialogue about the contemplative life, the difference between Eastern and Western traditions (including…
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[RECAP] Children's Books & Mixed Identities
In this recap episode, Kat highlights some of the key points in her conversation with Quina Aragon. She also includes a short clip of Quina's recent book Love Gave. Follow Quina on social media: @quina_aragon Follow Kat on social media: @kat_armas Join The Protagonistas' patreon:...
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Scripture, Children's Books & Mixed Identities
In this week's conversation, Kat chats with Jamaican, Filipina, Puerto Rican children’s book author and spoken word poet Quina Aragon about her mixed identity, a biblical theology of ethnic identity, why adults need children's books, and a little bit about her recent book "Love Gave." Visit…
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[RECAP] On Taking Up Space
In this recap episode Kat highlights a key part of her conversation with Karla, namely the importance of taking up space. Kat shares about how women in the Bible took up space after their encounters with Jesus and we should too.
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On Taking Up Space
In this episode, Kat chats with Afro-Latina writer and podcaster Karla Mendoza about her story in leaning into joy and taking up space, as well as her journey of decolonizing. Follow Karla on Twitter: @dearkarla_ and Instagram: @dearkarla Also check out her podcast: El Cafecito with Karla
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[RECAP] Power, Abuse, and the Silencing of Women
In this recap episode Kat highlights some of the key points in her conversation with Tiffany Bluhm.
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Power, Abuse, and the Silencing of Women
In this episode, Kat chats with Tiffany Bluhm about her new book, Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up. Tiffany and Kat chat about power dynamics, the silencing of women, sexual assault in Scripture and elsewhere, and how BIWOC are uniquely affected by...
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[RECAP] Writing a New Story
In this recap episode, Kat highlights some of the key points in her conversation with Bianca Mabute-Louie. Check out the Chasing Justice podcast's episode on Anti-Asian Racism with Kathy Khang, Jazzy Johnson, and Barnabas Lin (part 1).
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Anti-Asian Racism (and writing a new story)
Kat chats with Asian American researcher, educator, consultant, and zine-creator Bianca Mabute-Louie about her spiritual upbringing, creativity in justice work, her PhD focus, and ultimately: anti-Asian racism...and how we can imagine a new future together. Bianca conducts research, creates...
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[RECAP] A Practical God
In this recap episode, Kat highlights some of the key points in her conversation with Dr. Quanny Ard. Included is a clip from an earlier conversation with Marlena Graves.
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On Black Maternal Discrimination (and a Practical God)
In this episode Kat chats with Dr. Quantrilla Ard about her spirituality and faith, and the importance of believing in a practical God. This practical God is what led her to receive her PhD which centers research on Maternal Discrimination Stress and Negative Birth Outcomes among Black women and...
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[RECAP] On Naming and the Power of Place
In this recap episode, Kat highlights some of the key points in her conversation with Morgan Lee. Included in a clip from an earlier conversation with Tamisha Tyler.
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On Naming and the Power of Place
Welcome to the Protagonistas 2.0! In this episode, Kat chats with Morgan Pomaika’i Lee. Morgan is Christianity Today’s global media manager and the cohost of their podcast, Quick to Listen. In this episode, Morgan and Kat talk about the power of naming, as well as being a mixed race person, and…
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On Recentering Power
In the last interview episode of 2020 Kat chats with author, speaker, pastor (and so much more) Sandra Van Opstal! Kat and Sandra chat about Sandra’s upbringing: being the daughter of immigrants and how that has influenced the way she teaches and leads others in navigating their place in the…
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Anti-Racism as Spiritual Formation (Ally Henny Pt. 2)
In this second part of the conversation, Ally and Kat chat about pentecostalism, gender and the expectations of women in the church: how racism and sexism are so intertwined that it’s oftentimes hard to pick to the two apart, and how women of color are often seen as suspect just for existing.…
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Dreams & Our Ancestors (Ally Henny Pt. 1)
Discussion questions: What are some ways the Divine has communicated with you, whether through dreams or visions? What are some things you have learned from the faith of your ancestors? What does the “cloud of witnesses” mean to you?
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Cultural Identity, Liminality & Folklore
Follow Michelle on Twitter: @drmichellereyes Instagram: @michelleamireyes
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On Praying with Our Legs
Visit Marlena’s website: https://marlenagraves.com/ where you can find links to her book and her social media handles.
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White Peacemakers and Holistic, Sustainable Restoration
You can follow her on Instagram at @oshetamoore And here for links to more of her work: https://linktr.ee/oshetam Questions to reflect on: What are some ways you cultivate peace in your daily life? In what ways, or how can you “reach back” or “look back” to knowledge gained in the past and bring…
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On Living in the Tension of Both/And
follow Irene on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram: @irenemcho
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Citizenship, Language & Belonging
Kat chats with Mexico City native, and director of campaigns and mobilizing at Sojourners, Sandy Ovalle. Sandy leads the SojoAction team, which is building a community dedicated to putting its faith in action for social justice. Together they develop the tools and training needed to activate...
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Theopoetics, Community & Embodiment
Visit Tamisha’s website. To learn more about theopoetics, visit ARC.
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On the Power of Listening
Visit Mini’s website: minipalmer.com Her podcast, "The Ocean in a Drop with Mini Palmer," available on her website and the Apple iTunes Store. Her chapter, "The Voices That Shape Us", is available in "Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding and Restoring Hope in the City" from Servant Partners…
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On Disability and Faith
In today’s episode of The Protagonistas, Kat has an important, honest and vulnerable conversation with Christian scholar and disability advocate, Elizabeth Staszak on Disability and Faith. Elizabeth chats about her own disability, her journey of disclosure, and converting to Coptic Orthodoxy.
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Storytelling as Survival
In this episode Kat chats with Robyn, Claudia, and Teresa—three contributing authors to Voices Rising: Women of Color Finding & Restoring Hope in the City. Robyn, Claudia and Teresa are three women of color from diverse backgrounds who share their stories of mission, hope and survival.
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On Mexico and Representation
Music by Lee Rosevere from FMA.
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Unlearning and Relearning the Bible
Kat chats with writer, campus minister, and justice program director, Brandi Miller. Kat and Brandi chat about Jesus, theology as it pertains to race, and what it looks like to unlearn and relearn the Bible. Brandi is on staff with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, advocating for the dignity of...
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The Protagonistas is a podcast centered on highlighting the stories and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color among communities of faith. Our conversations sit at the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and spirituality.
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Kat Armas
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