What do pasta, polar bears, and the Pope have in common? They all show up in this episode about climate change. Peterson Toscano refuses to preach doom or guilt—instead, you’ll hear Jewish wisdom on acting fast in a crisis, Christian takes on food justice, and a Bronx guy who’s had it with polar bears. Also: coffee is under threat, so now you’re paying attention. And we end on a diesel-fumed bus ride through Quito, Ecuador, where the future smells like electricity. Juicy Quotes “The climate crisis calls our bluff about being individuals—we are interdependent, whether we like it or not.” —Joelle Novey “We’re the first generation to live through the climate crisis—and the last generation that can do anything about it.” —Derek Weston “Polar bears? They’re the raccoons of Alaska. Coffee going extinct? Now that’s the apocalypse.” —Tony Buffuzio “Combustion cars will be remembered like typewriters—legacy tech we finally grew out of.” —Peterson Toscano Guest Links Joelle Novey – Interfaith Power & Light DC/MD/VA: http://www.ipldmv.org National Interfaith Power & Light: https://interfaithpowerandlight.org Derek Weston – Creation Justice Ministries: https://www.creationjustice.org Derek Weston’s book (The Just Kitchen): https://broadleafbooks.com/products/the-just-kitchen Food and Faith Podcast: https://www.foodandfaithpodcast.org

This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus—and what happens when our bodies get wrapped in shame, pleasure, politics, and power. It comes in four parts: 🧕 Part One – Tina Beardsley Revd Dr. Tina Beardsley is a priest, a theologian, and a trans woman who’s been quietly transforming the Church of England from the inside out. Co-author of Trans Affirming Churches and Transfaith, Tina sees transition as a spiritual act. Learn more: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Beardsley 👑 Part Two – Panda Dulce Kyle Casey Chu, aka Panda Dulce, is a drag queen, writer, youth librarian, and survivor of a Proud Boys ambush at Drag Story Hour. We talk about sacred drag, queer disappointment, and how to live when the fantasy of queer community doesn’t match reality. Website: www.kylecaseychu.com ✝️ Part Three – Rev. Bev Rev. Dr. Beverly Dale—Rev. Bev to her friends—is a poet, preacher, and the founder of the Incarnation Institute for Sex & Faith. She challenges purity culture and insists that pleasure is holy. She also reads from her new book, Who Told You That You Were Naked? Website: www.beverlydale.org 💃 Part Four – Sound Slice Let me set the scene for you: I’m at a Quaker gathering in Florida. After the silent worship, the serious talks, and the ice cream debates—we push the tables aside and start square dancing. Boys in skirts. Grandmothers in wheelchairs. Men dancing with men. The Spirit moves. 🎙️ Bubble and Squeak is written and produced by me, Peterson Toscano. I mostly make this show for myself. Oh—and for John Casey, who taught me how to journal again. Thank you for listening. Until next time—stay curious. Be weird. And make room for yourself to shimmer, sparkle, and shine.

We kick off Season 4 with a deep, layered look at resurrection, queer liberation, and spiritual unbinding. Host Peterson Toscano brings together three unique stories—tied together by one enduring biblical moment: Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb. 🕊️ Part One: Peterson talks with Fr. James Martin, SJ, about his new book Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle. They explore how the Lazarus story still speaks to us today—through art, personal growth, and the quest for freedom. 📖 Buy the book 📱 @jamesmartinsj on Instagram | FrJamesMartin on Facebook 🎭 Part Two: Peterson shares an excerpt from his acclaimed solo performance Doin’ Time in the Homo No Mo Halfway House, a comedic and deeply honest reflection on his own years in conversion therapy. 📺 Watch on YouTube www.youtube.com/p2son 📚 Part Three: Scholar and writer Lucas Wilson discusses his new anthology Shame, Sex, Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of Conversion Therapy. These unflinching, sometimes humorous, often raw narratives expose the long-term effects of these practices—and the courage it takes to reclaim life afterward. 📖 Buy the book 📱 @lukeslamdunkwilson on Instagram | @wilson_fw on X 🌴 Part Four: In a haunting sound slice from María la Gorda on the western edge of Cuba, Peterson reflects on Che Guevara’s early forced labor camp there—an ideological prelude to the UMAP camps that targeted gay men, Jehovah’s Witnesses, artists, and others during the Cuban Revolution. Whether you're LGBTQ+ and faith-rooted, someone recovering from religious trauma, or simply curious about stories of survival and transformation—this episode offers depth, humor, and insight. 🕯️ "Take off the grave clothes, and let him go." It’s not just a command—it’s a calling.

Our show today comes in three parts. Part one: J Mase III, a Black/Trans/queer poet & educator, talks about collaboration, reparations, art, and a trans-Bible character. "Art is the imagination tool that allows you to see and make things possible that weren't before." Part two: Mase performing Josephine And Part Three: A Sound Slice of Orthodox Christians from Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection and Chapel of St Innocent of Irkutsk, in a Good Friday procession on East Second Street in NYC. Learn more about J Mase III at his website www.jmaseiii.com. The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the album Bang and Whimper. To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com

Part one: A conversation with public Bible scholar and trouble maker, Dr. Jennifer Bird Part two: Marvin gets a job at a born-again online store Part three: A sound slice from Norway Learn more about Dr. Jennifer Bird at her website www.jennifergracebird.com. You will also find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and she is killing it on TikTok. She co-hosts the podcast Wild Olive. It is available wherever you get podcasts. The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the album Bang and Whimper. To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com

Our show today comes in three parts Part one: Singer Songwriter Linda Jay Reed shares her creation process. Part two: Linda Reed sings the song Anxiety Blues Part three: a SoundSlice from an island in the Philippines Part One: Linda Jay Reed wrote her first song on guitar when she was 17 years old. She has continued the practice for decades and has gained a faithful fanbase. After hearing her song, Fallin’ Free, I fell hard for both the warmth and the weariness that she exudes through her voice. Every inch of her personal journey is etched the sound she creates. She is honest without being bitter. The music and the moods she creates draw me in. Right before she moved from New York City to California, in the midst of a mountain of moving boxes, Linda took some time out to tell me about her music. MUSIC: Part Two: MUSIC Sound Slice: Let me set the scene for you. I am on the shore of Pandan Island in the Philippines. It is a short boat ride from the city of Sablayan. This was the beginning of a 5 week trip to see some of the islands and some of my Aunt Rolla’s family. But first this stop on an island surrounded by a coral reef and teaming with sea turtles. A small shark swam near the shore, and looked so playful, I had to go snorkeling around the island again. CLOSING Bubble&Squeak is written and produced by me, Peterson Toscano. I mostly make the show for me and fellow artists like Linda Jay Reed. You can find her music on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music and Amazon Music, which actually pays independent artists better than the other services. Just search for Linda Jay Reed. “The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music.” You also heard maskros by BOMULL To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com Feel free to say hi on to me X. @p2son the letter p the number two son @p2son Oh, and thanks for listening.

Part one: Writer Wendy Sanford reveals the origins of her memoir about friendship across race and class and her evolving relationship and collaboration with Mary Norman. Part two: Wendy Sanford reads from These Walls Between us https://www.wendysanford-thesewallsbetweenus.com/ Part three: a SoundSlice from Northern London Hear Wendy talk about the groundbreaking women's health book, "Our Bodies, Ourselves" https://soundcloud.com/peterson-thomas-toscano/female-body?si=6d70fddacd444dd19a0a20097fccb038&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Like One of the Family by Alice Childress https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100105640;jsessionid=0E3320BF5ACFAC24E87D4B10EB60ED19 The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music. To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com Feel free to say hi to me Twitter. @p2son Praise for The Walls Between Us: “These Walls Between Us is a powerful book with an important lesson that we all must learn in trying to understand others.” —Reverend John Reynolds, author of The Fight for Freedom: A Memoir of My Years in the Civil Rights Movement “A tender, honest, cringeworthy, and powerful read.” —Debby Irving, Author of Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race "I've never read a memoir that is so consistently courageous." —George Lakey, Author of Dancing with History: A Life for Peace and Justice “Wendy Sanford is doing the work that only she can do!” —Byllye Avery, Founder, Black Women's Health Imperative.

Part one: Biophilia, an news report from the future. An odd story about a man whose love of nature gets out of hand. Inspired by The Cli-Fi Imaginarium. https://www.withmanyroots.com/cli-fi-imaginarium/ Part two: Lynn Johnson reading from her spiritual memoir Holy Adventure. http://www.meetinghouse.xyz/books-1/holy-adventure-a-spiritual-memoir Part three: A Sound Slice from Dlinza Forest Aerial Boardwalk in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa https://eshowe.com/dlinza-forest-aerial-boardwalk/ The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music. To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com Feel free to say hi to me Twitter. @p2son

Part one: Writer Wendy Sanford shares the origins and the evolution of the groundbreaking women’s health book, Our Bodies Ourselves. www.ourbodiesourselves.org Part two: A sound slice with a story about caring for somebody’s body. Wendy Sanford recently published a memoir of friendship across race and class. It is called These Walls Between Us. In an upcoming episode, Wendy will read for us from the book. https://www.wendysanford-thesewallsbetweenus.com/ Bubble&Squeak is written and produced by me, Peterson Toscano. I mostly make the show for me and for my nephews Jesse & Lee. “The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music.” You also heard Solving It by Frank Jonsson, Pacific by Shiruky, Locked on by Apollo, Vogue by Blue Steel, and Box Full of Blue Sky by William Harris. You can find these as www.epidemicsound.com To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com Feel free to say hi to me Twitter. @p2son Oh, and thanks for listening.

Part One: The worst 911 Emergency Operator Every Part Two: Basil and his cat Fika overcome loneliness in the midst of a district heating failure. A story from 2062. Part Three: A sound slice from Laudium, South Africa, an Indian township. To learn more about the cli-fi imaginarium, check out https://withmanyroots.com/ The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music. You also heard "It's Not Me" by Arthur Benson and "No Sugar Coated Love SLCT Remix" by Tape Machines and Jowen. They are available on epidemicsound.com

Part one: musician Scott Fowler talks his evolving identity Part two: Scott Fowler performs his song The One Part three: A Sound Slice from NYC's N train Bubble&Squeak is written and produced by me, Peterson Toscano. I mostly make the show for me and for my friend Tammy who, who is a survivor. The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music.” You also heard The One by Scott Fowler. Hear more of his original music and sign up for his refreshingly simple newsletter. scottfowlermusic.com/ You can follow my friend, the performance artist George Ferrandi on Instagram. @jumpstartlove To find more great music and new podcasts visit www.rockcandyrecordings.com Find me on TikTok or walking around Sunbury Pennsylvania. Oh, and thanks for listening.

Part One: My first time having sex with a woman was on my wedding night and it was her first time too. We were virgins. We knew nothing. My pastor gave me a book to break it down. I tell this story as if I am at a Stand-Up comedy club open mic. Part Two: Seeing the Paul Taylor Dance Company today brought back a flood of memories from when I first saw them in NYC in the late 1980's. At that time I was deep into gay conversion therapy trying to become straight. What would have happened if I didn't go down that path? Part Three: A Sound slice of audio recorded in my study in Sunbury Pennsylvania. My husband and I live in a renovated passenger railroad station that was designed in the late 1880's by famed architect, Frank Furness. I heard it was the first railroad station to be lit by electrification, set up by Thomas Edison and his crew. Music: The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the Bang and whimper album. You also heard Know Your Lies by Water Mirrors and I Will Remember Everything Forever by Ave Air. Both are available on EpidemicSound.com

Writer Philip Sorenson tells us about his book of poetry Solar Trauma. He also reads excerpts. To accompany Philip Sorenson’s Solar Trauma, Peterson Toscano used portions of the songs Astral Roar by LAMA HOUSE and Who's There by PETER SANDBERG. You also will hear the trailer from the 1982 movie, The Thing. Solar Trauma is published by Rescue Press rescuepress.co. Also visit thejournalpetra.com the online poetry journal Philip Sorenson runs with Olivia Cronk. There you will find more wonderful poems. To learn more about Solar Trauma, get your own copy, and leave a review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38920089-solar-trauma The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless by The Jellyrox from the album Bang and whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music. To find more great music and new podcasts visit rockcandyrecordings.com

Our show today comes in three parts 1. Poet Craig Santos Perez read Thanksgiving in the Plantationocene. It appears in his book of poetry Habitat Thresholds. http://craigsantosperez.com 2. Mentoring Session #4 An original radio play written by Peterson Toscano for Climate Change Theatre Action. The play takes place more than 100 years in the future. Characters are Elder performed by Peterson and Younger performed by Max Currie. Max recently graduated from Emerson College, receiving a BFA in Musical Theatre and currently lives in New York City. http://www.climatechangetheatreaction.com Max Currie on Instagram @maxccurrie 3. The premiere of a new song by taXda. It is Undercover from the brand new album Kuvaka Muchina. Look for it on Spotify or wherever you stream music. https://orcd.co/xopk5vb Smart link for the music https://www.instagram.com/_taxda https://www.facebook.com/taTENdaGOAT The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the Bang and a whimper album. You also heard ELFL performing Temple of Runha. It is available at Epidemicsound.com

This show comes in one part: A Sound Slice in a bird hide in the center of Pretoria, South Africa mixed with free form personal reflection.

Part one: Canadian actress Sadie Fay on being a professional patient and training to be an intimacy coordinator Part two: Speaking Afrikaans in Pretoria Part Three: a sound slice from a raucous burlesque drag show at The Milton Art Bank featuring Wang Newton. https://miltonartbank.com/ http://www.wangnewton.com/ Sadie Fay (she/her pronouns) is a mixed race, queer, body hair-positive cis woman. She studied Acting for Film and Television at Niagara College, and is also a graduate of The Second City’s Conservatory program. In addition to being an actor and improviser, Sadie is a certified intimacy coordinator. She lives in Toronto, which is her fourteenth city, in her twenty-fifth house. Sadie is also a writer and performer with the sketch troupe Cookie Biscuits, and through them is currently in development for a web series. Sadie collects coloured paperclips and has about two thousand of them hanging on her wall. www.sadiefay.com The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the Bang and a whimper album. You also heard Cookie Eleventyseven and A Moment of Bliss by Clarence Reed You can find all this music on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to music.” Peterson on Twitter @p2son Bubble&Squeak on Instagram: @BubbleSqueaker Logo design by Christine Bakke Bubble&Squeak is part of the Rock Candy Network www.rockcandyrecordings.com Learn more about Peterson at www.petersontoscano.com

Part one: Sexologist Dr. Jallen Rix shares some of his journey from shame to sex positive author, therapist, and performer. www.doctorrix.com https://onlyfans.com/jallenrix https://twitter.com/JallenRix https://www.mixcloud.com/jallenrix/ Part two: A rediscovered recording from 90 years ago: gospel song, "I Got Jesus Up in My Puter." and Part three: A sound slice from Manila, Philippines. “The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the Bang and a whimper album. You also heard Cookie Eleventyseven and A Moment of Bliss by Clarence Reed You can find all this music on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to music.” Peterson on Twitter @p2son Bubble&Squeak on Instagram: @BubbleSqueaker Logo design by Christine Bakke Bubble&Squeak is part of the Rock Candy Network www.rockcandyrecordings.com Learn more about Peterson at www.petersontoscano.com

Our show today comes in one part. Poet tessa micaela reads an extended excerpt from their book of poetry entitled where bells begin. tessa and I collaborated on this audio treatment of their poem. After conversing then recording tessa reading, I collected sounds, mostly in wild parts of South Africa and in the town of Waterval Boven in Mpumalanga province. I mixed these sounds with tessa’s reading. You will hear a variety of birds and other wild and domesticated animals. where bells begin immerses the reader and listener into a world that is both foreign and familiar. The main character, who simply goes by the single letter, O, walks through this world, interacts with it, is ignored by it, and endures in it. The only piece of music in this audio treatment is the bass track of Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen’s song Never Forget. The episode ends with the track Dreamaway by Dreem and is available on Epidemicmusic.com For the best experience, I suggest you use headphones or ear buds as you listen to this audio treatment of tessa micaela’s where bells begin. Tessa Micaela is the author of where bells begin (Rescue Press, November 2019), there are boxes and there is wanting (Trembling Pillow Press, 2016), and the chapbook Crude Matter (ypolita press, 2016). Tessa writes poems, essays and letters, some of which have appeared in jubilat, ELDERLY, Make/shift, and Dusie. Tessa was born and raised on the Lenni-Lenape land of Philadelphia, and resides on the unceded Abenaki land of central Vermont. Tessa is a midwife, a clinical and community herbalist, care-worker and educator. More information can be found at tessamicaela.com and moonrootmedicinals.com. Peterson on Twitter @p2son Bubble&Squeak on Instagram: @BubbleSqueaker Logo design by Christine Bakke Bubble&Squeak is part of the Rock Candy Network www.rockcandyrecordings.com Learn more about Peterson at www.petersontoscano.com

Our show today comes in three parts Part one: A Voicemail from my friend, Jane Brazell Part two: A Deep Dive into the World of Walt Whitman and Part three: A sound slice of an outdoor fire with my cousin Dennis. Bubble&Squeak is a podcast with uncanny sounds, funny interludes, and stories—most weird, many true. Created by Peterson Toscano. He mostly creates the sow for himself, and his mother-in-law, Dee Retief. “The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Worthless by The jellyrox from the Bang and a whimper album. You also heard "Moody 1" and th "Vape Juice" and they were composed by Scott Cary, who also helms Brat Sounds. Learn more about the film, Ringolevio, see trailers, still photos and more. Visit www.ringoleviofilm.com You can find all this music on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to music.” Peterson on Twitter @p2son Bubble&Squeak on Instagram: @BubbleSqueaker Logo design by Christine Bakke Bubble&Squeak is part of the Rock Candy Network www.rockcandyrecordings.com Learn more about Peterson at www.petersontoscano.com

1. Performance artist George Ferrandi tells us about intimate work that has emerged in spite social distancing https://www.georgeferrandi.com 2. Four Voicemails from Peterson's Dad, Pete Toscano 3. A sound slice from an incomplete temple in Mexico Bubble&Squeak is a podcast with uncanny sounds, funny interludes, and stories—most weird, many true. Created by Peterson Toscano. He mostly creates the show for himself, and his dad, Pete Toscano, who died in 2012 “The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify, of wherever you listen to music.” You also heard Aurelian by S.A. Karl. and Our Waters by Isobel O’Conner. They are available at Epidemic Music. George Ferrandi is an American artist whose work ranges in form and scale from a simple gesture–like leaning on someone on the subway, to a giant spectacle–like parading with hundreds of people through the streets of South Philly. Sculpture usually plays a role in her work, as does humor. It’s often a collaborative experiment in story-telling, with participants becoming performers in the narrative or even creating it. George’s work has been presented at the International House of Japan in Tokyo, Abrons Arts Center and the Kitchen in New York, Cinders Gallery and Booklyn in Brooklyn, Brunnenpassage in Vienna, the MAC in Dallas, the Wexner Center in Columbus, the Harn Museum in Gainesville, Harvester Arts in Wichita, and Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. Her projects have been supported by the Franklin Furnace Fund, Brooklyn Arts Council, Mid Atlantic Arts Council, Kindle Projects and Pratt Institute. She was a Japan-US Friendship Commission Fellow, and her Jump!Star initiative in Kansas was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts "Our Town" Grant. George was the founding director of Wayfarers Studio Program and of Cloud Seeding: Circus of the Performative Object. She currently publishes George’s Lovely Variety, a monthly newspaper of thoughts and drawings. George's Lovely Variety is pulpy and wonderful subscription-based newspaper featuring legit science, Covid-era existentialism and cute animals. Jump!Star Constellates are collaborative dreamtanks for organizations and institutions interested in collectively imagining the future. Visit: georgeferrandi.com jumpstar.love brooklynwayfarers.org Peterson on Twitter @p2son Bubble&Squeak on Instagram: @BubbleSqueaker Logo design by Christine Bakke Bubble&Squeak is part of the Rock Candy Network www.rockcandyrecordings.com Learn more about Peterson at www.petersontoscano.com