Upside Down Podcast
Upside Down Podcast is an ecumenical podcast at the intersection of justice, spirituality, and culture. Join us for conversations about God's Upside Down Kingdom. No topic is off limits. Upside Down Podcast is a collaborative Christian podcast co-founded by Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace. Some of our most popular guests have included Christena Cleveland, Dr. John Perkins, Shane Claiborne, Jo Saxton, Father Greg Boyle, Shannan Martin, and Dominique Gilliard. Popular episodes have featured the enneagram, gentrification, nonviolence, vocations and callings, immigration, and more. Upside Down is proud to be an ecumenical podcast, bridging the gap between Catholic and Protestant thought. Visit www.upsidedownpodcast.com or follow us on Instagram at @upsidedownpodcast.
Episodes
110 episodes
Season 6 | Episode 107: Persistence in Embracing Growth
How do you honor the ways in which you’ve grown while having grace for your past self? Lindsy Wallace interviews Kayla Craig, the “Day One” of the Upside Down Podcast, along with fellow co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Alissa Molina for our ...
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Season 6
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Episode 107
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37:38
Season 6 | Episode 106: Persistence in Knowing Your Truest Self
What happens when you step into your truest self? Kayla Craig interviews fellow Upside Down Podcast host Patricia (aka Patty) Taylor with Alissa Molina and Lindsy Wallace in our second-to-the-last episode. In t...
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Season 6
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Episode 106
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51:18
Season 6 | Episode 105: Persistence in Love in Society
How does being in an ecumenical space expand and enrich our spiritual lives, within and beyond the walls of the church? Patricia Taylor, along with Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace, put Upside Down Podcast co-host Alissa Molina in the hot ...
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Season 6
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Episode 105
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44:58
Season 6 | Episode 104: Persistence in the Gift of Expanse
What happens when our view of God becomes more expansive, and what does it reveal to us about ourselves and others? Lindsy Wallace is the first Upside Down Podcast host in the hot seat, as she’s interviewed by fellow co-hosts Alissa Moli...
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Season 6
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Episode 104
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33:22
Season 6 | Episode 103: Persisting Beyond the Podcast
We’ve got a special announcement to share. Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Lindsy Wallace, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor come together to bring you an important update about the future of the Upside Down Podcast. News, Notes, a...
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Season 6
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Episode 103
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3:22
Season 6 | Episode 102: Persistence in Hope with Andre Henry
What does hope mean to you, and how do you practice it? Lindsy Wallace talks with award-winning musician, writer, and activist Andre Henry about sustaining hope, translating it into action, and how art can help dismantle empires.
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Episode 102
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47:30
Season 6 | Episode 101: Persistence in Belonging with Cole Arthur Riley
How do we know when we are in a space of true belonging, where our whole person can be welcome, present, and safe? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor, Kayla Craig, and Lindsy Wallace talk with writer, liturgist, and speaker Cole Arthur Riley about...
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Season 6
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Episode 101
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48:12
Season 6 | Episode 100: Persistence in God's Upside Down Kingdom (A Celebration & Special Cameos to Celebrate 100 Episodes!)
It’s our 100th episode! Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, and Lindsy Wallace celebrate this milestone by looking back on where they’ve been, what they’ve learned, and what they hope for this little podcast that could and the...
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Episode 100
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Season 6 | Episode 99: Persistence in Learning and Unlearning with Jonny Craig
How do you break up with American Christianity and meaningfully make space for those in deconstruction? Co-hosts Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, and Kayla Craig talk with Jonny Craig, Kayla’s husband, our podcast editor, and the host of The Dig...
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Season 6
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Episode 99
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54:28
Season 6 | Episode 98: Persistence in Grace with Kirsten Powers
Have you ever considered just how paradigm-shifting grace is? Co-hosts Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace have a conversation with New York Times bestselling author, USA Today columnist, and CNN Senior Political Analyst Kirsten Powers about her new...
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Season 6
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Episode 98
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56:19
Season 6 | Episode 97: Persistence in Truth Telling with Jemar Tisby
How do we talk with young people about fighting racism when we’re struggling with it ourselves? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor, Lindsy Wallace, and Kayla Craig talk with Dr. Jemar Tisby—the founder of The Witness, Inc., cohost of the Pass the Mic pod...
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Episode 97
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Season 6 | Episode 96: Persistence in Advent with Kat Armas
Have you ever considered that Jesus is who he is because of a woman? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Kayla Craig talk with writer Kat Armas about this bigger, expansive, abuelita faith—one that persists, resists, and survives.In this epi...
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Season 6
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Episode 96
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47:03
Season 6 | Episode 95: Persisting Through Grief with J.S. Park
How do we navigate grief ourselves and with others? Co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Alissa Molina have a conversation with J.S. Park, who is a teaching pastor, writer, and interfaith hospital chaplain about persisting through grief and the ministr...
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Season 6
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Episode 95
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57:43
Season 6 | Episode 94: Persisting in Boundaries
How do you live an open-handed life while protecting your peace? Co-hosts Lindsy Wallace, Alissa Molina, and Kayla Craig explore the topic of boundaries: what they mean and why they’re crucial in our lives, relationships, and the spaces we exis...
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Season 6
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Episode 94
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49:11
Season 6 | Episode 93: Persistence in Disability with Dr. Amy Kenny
What’s missing when we fail to see the fullness of humanity in the disabled community? In this episode, co-hosts Lindsy Wallace and Kayla Craig talk with Dr. Amy Kenny about persisting in disability, healing versus fixing, and much more.<...
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Season 6
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Episode 93
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Season 6 | Episode 92: Persisting in Curiosity with Shannon Evans
What is our first inclination when we hear or see something that stretches the way we see things? Do we reach for fear? Do we shut down? Or do we remain curious, asking ourselves questions about our thinking? In this episode, Alissa...
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Season 6
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Episode 92
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47:24
Season 6 | Episode 91: Persistence in Prayer
What comes to mind when you think of prayer? In this episode, Patricia Taylor, Alissa Molina, and Lindsy Wallace interview co-host Kayla Craig about her upcoming book, To Light Their Way: A Collecti...
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Season 6
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Episode 91
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46:08
Season 6 | Episode 90: Nevertheless, We Persisted
What does it mean to persist these days, and what do we desire to persist toward? Co-hosts Lindy Wallace, Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor kick off our sixth season with a conversation about the long game of persistence and why w...
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Season 6
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Episode 90
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50:00
Season 5 | Episode 89: The Necessity of Rest
What brings you rest? Is it something that’s easy for you to embrace, or do you find yourself struggling with it? Co-hosts Kayla Craig, Alissa Molina, and Patricia Taylor talk about the need for rest—to nourish ourselves and to love one another...
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Season 5
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Episode 89
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52:17
Season 5 | Episode 88: The Necessity of Connection
How do you begin to reconnect with your community after over a year of wading through the collective heaviness of a global pandemic? Co-hosts Lindsy Wallace, Alissa Molina, and Kayla Craig gather to connect and reflect on where we are and where...
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Season 5
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Episode 88
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53:11
Season 5 | Episode 87: The Necessity of Accountability with Tiffany Bluhm
“Silence is not spiritual, and action is not optional.” Author, speaker, and podcast host Tiffany Bluhm talks with host Patricia Taylor about accountability and abuse—particularly in faith spaces—and the hard questions we must ask.
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Season 5
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Episode 87
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46:03
Season 5 | Episode 86: The Necessity of (Kingdom) Economics
Is there truly enough for everyone, and do we really believe there is abundance? Hosts Alissa Molina, Patricia Taylor, Kayla Craig, and Lindsy Wallace discuss what it means to live out of a posture of abundance in a world that has condit...
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Season 5
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Episode 86
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52:48
Season 5 | Episode 85: The Necessity of Liberation with Danté Stewart
What does a liberated faith look like? Writer and speaker Danté Stewart talks with co-hosts Patricia Taylor and Lindsy Wallace about the meaning of liberation and how it impacts how we view God, ourselves, and the world.In this episod...
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Season 5
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Episode 85
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50:32
Season 5 | Episode 84: The Necessity of Growth with Justin McRoberts
How do you know when you’ve grown, and how does that growth show up in other parts of your life? Speaker, author, musician, curator, and previous podcast guest Justin McRoberts talks with co-hosts Kayla Craig and Patricia Taylor about what grow...
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Season 5
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Episode 84
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55:00
Season Five | Episode 83: The Necessity of Lent
What would it look like if we experienced the Lenten season as a time in which we find God in all things, including the suffering? Writer Cameron Bellm and co-host Alissa Molina have a rich conversation about “the ministry of beautiful h...
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Season 5
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Episode 83
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