I love serendipitous podcast guest recruiting. This one starts over coffee
with my longtime blog-turned-IRL friend Rachael King, who recently founded
a company called PodPeople to connect new shows with creative teams.

When I told her about themes I had been exploring on the Pivot Podcast she
said, "You HAVE to talk to Jonathan Parks-Ramage." She had just helped
produce a new podcast for Medium where he read his article aloud, Jesus,
Mary and Joe Jonas: A Journey Into LA's Hippest Evangelical Church. I was
captivated by his story, and by his intention to research and write about
topics at the intersection of faith, LGBTQ advocacy and the entertainment
industry. A man after my own unique pivot intersection heart! 

I hope you enjoy this week's conversation on what it was like to come out
with two parents who are ministers, the colliding life crises that sparked
his decision to pivot from Sundance as a television executive to freelance
writing, and his unique perspective studying the quirks of the
entertainment industry and the religious institutions that crop up around
it.