PODCASTS

WITH RYAN AND NATE

Ryan and Nate wrap the season with a live broadcast from the Wild Goose Festival 2022. They reflect on their findings and growth after four seasons of doing Touch Podcast and foreshadow into the new paradigm of masculinity, Christianity, and redefining “purity” for a post Evangelism world.

RYAN AND NATE, FEATURING TRISTAN CHIPMAN AND RYAN PATRCIK

Ryan Clark and Nathan Novero step into the trans conversation with Tristan Chipman and Ryan Patrick. Trans (transgender) denotes or relates to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex registered fro them at birth.

NATE AND RYAN, FEATURING CHARNA CASSELL

Nate and Ryan interview LMFT, and a Trauma-Trained Psychotherapist and Sexuality Coach, Charna Cassell who helps people heal and find pleasure in their bodies. For over two decades, first, as a sex educator and sex toy clerk at Good Vibrations located in San Francisco. Then, as a Master Somatic Coach and bodyworker, and now, a licensed psychotherapist. We talk about trauma and intimacy, especially how it impacts our ability to be in the moment.

RYAN AND NATE, FEATURING ERIC MINTON

A compelling conversation with a psychotherapist and ordained minister, Eric Minton, about his book "It's Not You, It's Everything: What our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life." We discuss how children and youth are expressing their anxieties about living in our frenetic and social media saturated culture. Ryan Clark and Nathan Novero discuss strategies for parenting and coping in a world that is literally killing us.

NATE AND RYAN, FEATURING DR. MONIQUE MOULTRIE

Reflecting on 4.5 with Dr. Monique Moultrie, Ryan interviews Nathan on what it was like to grow up brown in a white town. From skipping dances to becoming a filmmaker, Nathan talks about being treated as white - most of the time.

WITH DR. MONIQUE MOULTRIE

This mini-audio documentary is produced by Nathan Novero and is an interview with co-host Ryan Clark and Dr. Monique Moultrie who is the Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Religious Studies at Georgia State University. She is also the author of "Passionate and Pious: Religious Media and Black Women’s Sexuality". We are deeply grateful for her time to work on our documentary project. Please enjoy this important and fascinating sample where Dr. Moultrie helps listeners distinguish between the "Black" and "White" church purity experience.

RYAN AND NATE

This candid conversation about anger is a result of a mens group that Ryan and Nate started to host. Nate ties his emotions to the Korean Spa Shooting March 2020 in Atlanta, GA, and connects anger to sexuality, a theory he is exploring to manage his own anger.

RYAN AND NATE

Ryan and Nathan talk about confronting your own body and learning to accept it. They discuss Paul and original sin and the deep need to be accepted.

WITH DR. TINA SCHERMER SELLERS

Ryan Clark and Nathan Novero speak with Dr. Tina Shermer-Sellers about sex education with kids and adults. Her new book Shameless Parenting helps parents deal with their own shame to pave the way for great family conversations on intimacy. A shoutout to Max Searle and Fed Savage for Season 1, Episode 3 of The Wonder Years (2021).

Nathan Novero and Ryan Clark are back with Season 4 of Touch Podcast. They talk about Purity, faith, men's groups, movie making, and life during the pandemic.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 24 Inside And Outside The Boundaries Of Your Sexual Playground with Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero, and Shannon Ethridge. Jumping back in from last week, your co-hosts talk about what it means to test the boundaries of your commitment to your partner and possibilities for acting out in holy ways on your fantasies.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast Season 2, Episode 23 Grab Bag of Goodies Juicy Listener Mail (part 1 of 2) goes some crazy places with Christian Polyamory, Swinging and Nude clubs (oh my!) Ryan Clark, Nate Novero, and Shannon Ethridge go into the edgier depths of listener mail and have a super fun time dancing around the edges of our own comfort zones.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

On Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 22 Ryan, Nate, and Shannon talk about Fantasy! Our secret thoughts that turn us on are important pieces of information. Sex in public? Kidnapped by an Amazon woman? What do your fantasies mean? Some of us look to fantasy as hope for sexual fulfillment. Others look at how fantasy informs our understanding of our past.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast Season 2, Episode 21: Authentically Sexual with co-hosts Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Dialog with people who have different views than you can be a challenge but it’s worth it! The team addresses listener critiques and they talk about creating safe places for dialog in relationships and couples. How do we trust so that we can be known and truly intimate with others and ourselves.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Season 2, Episode 20: Sex Search Engine Results with Ryan, Nate, and Shannon. Does your porn search engine terms mean something? Yes! Shanon gives an important interpretation of our porn consumption. Nate discovers how his use of porn mirrored the dysfunction in his marriage relationship (part 2 of 2).

Touch Podcast is produced by Ryan Clark and is available anywhere podcasts are found.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

On Touch Podcast Season 2, Episode 19, Ryan, Nate and Shannon dive into the difficult topic of Christianity and Pornography. Join these three distinct perspectives on the cons and pros of erotic content and what it means for our faith and relationships. (part 1 of 2).

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast Season 2, episode 18 is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. This trio continues their riveting conversation about toxic masculinity and some of our religious traditions that have held us back from offering and receiving love. What can learn about God’s gifts when we strip away some of the institutional baggage

WITH THOMAS JAGGERS

Touch Podcast Season 2, episode 17 is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. How can we recover masculinity? Co-host Nate Novero speaks with mediator and facilitator, Thomas Jaggers who is the co-founder of True Masculine (truemasculine.org). He is a practitioner of spiritualized martial arts, MogaDao Gongfu, Yoga, and meditation where he helps men live more embodied, connected, playful and focused lives.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Season 2 Episode 16Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. On Season 2, Episode 15, Ryan speaks with his father and sister about how his parents met, their sex life and Ryan’s dad evolving beliefs about sex and dating. Shannon and Nate join the conversation and we discuss the uneven expectations and unintended consequences of our sex lives.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Today’s episode continues the conversation around children and sexuality. From honest conversations with our children about where babies come from to masturbation, this conversation puts a whole lot on the table.

WITH LEANNE GARDNER

Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. What do you do when you sense your child is being manipulated by a boyfriend or girlfriend? How do we help our kids through breakups? Ryan speaks with LeAnn Gardner about the Harvard Study, “Making Caring Common and how a parent can create an environment where their child can come to them or another trusted adult when they don’t know what to do? LeAnn talks about how to start talking to your kids even if they’re already a teen.

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. The ABC’s of Love, Intimacy, Relationships and Dating with special guest Dr. Charlie Myers In this episode you will hear over 100 activity ideas for you and your mate. Shannon has a very special announcement and Nathan invents some new words.

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WITH LEANN GARDNER

Touch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. How do we talk about our kids about intimacy, breaking up, gaslighting, controlling, consent, mutuality, and bystander intervention? We usually talk to kids about genitals and intercourse. LeAnn Gardner advocates for wrap around sex education that goes far beyond the “sex talk.” What do you say to a kindergartener about sex? Responsibility? Joy? Pleasure? Nothing? Then you’re already behind. But don’t worry, you can catch up!

LeAnn Gardner is on the faculty at the Garland School of Social work and is a therapist in Charleston, SC.

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RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Sex Advice: On this episode, did we rob a generation of their ability to trust themselves sexually? Will the California movement of women coming together to meditate on their genitals catch on in other places in the U.S.? We’ll talk about Giving sexually and contextually appropriate pastoral counsel around sex: We don’t tell 15-year-olds the same thing as 51-year-olds.

WITH REV. ANGIE MCCARTY

Methodist pastor Rev. Angie McCarty speaks with longtime friend Shannon Ethridge about their shared history in teaching “Biblical” marriage and abstinence-only sex education to teens. Instead, what about a biblical view of covenant? What will happen when United Methodists vote next month on same-sex marriage? In this episode, we also challenge the “crushed” flower metaphor and begin a look at what makes folks sexually frigid.

Rev. Angie McCarty pastors at the UNited Methodist Church of the Resurrection and directs their Crossroads Program.

WITH BROMLEIGH MCCLENEGHAN

Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 9: Shameless Sex (part 2 of 2) with Bromleigh McCleneghanTouch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, we continue our interview with Bromleigh McCleneghan about her book Good Christian Sex. In part 2, we discuss what makes sex sacred and ethically sourced pornography comes up again. We also pick back up with Bromleigh at the Just Sex conference where she talks about being the sex expert on church staff.

Why is it important for women to be sexually shameless? Shannon, Nate, and Ryan speak to reducing shame in relationships and question whether virginity is a valid concept.

WITH BROMLEIGH MCCLENEGHAN

Touch Season 2 Episode 8: Good Christian Sex with Bromleigh McCleneghanTouch Podcast is co-hosted and produced by Ryan Clark along with Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge. Is Chastity the only option? How difficult is it for a woman to publish a book on sex when she’s not ashamed of the actual sex? In this episode, we speak with Bromleigh McCleneghan about her Book Good Christian Sex at the Just Sex Conference Sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists, at the Baptist Beer Garden which was sponsored by Eden Theological Seminary and The Carpenter Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School.

This is part one of two - In part two, We hear more fascinating and fun conversation about shame and intimacy and the pitfalls of hook-up sex.

WITH MARVIN ELLISON

Touch Podcast Season 2 Episode 7: Holy Eroticism with Marvin EllisonAre you planning on having sex in 2019? Then you must join co-hosts Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and Shannon Ethridge in another conversation at the Just Sex Conference. This time with Dr. Marvin Ellison.What does it mean to live a principled life? Dr. Marvin Ellison speaks to the failures of the institutionally impotent stance of “Celibacy in singleness and sex only in marriage” because it says too little and because too much happens in [heterosexual] marriage that is unethical.

Also, Is our preoccupation with sexuality driving us crazy?

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WITH DR. DAVID GUSHEE(REPRISE)

Touch Conversations Season 2 Episode 6: The Vulnerable Masculine (part 2 Of 2)Touch Podcast is produced and co-hosted by Ryan Clark along with co-hosts Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge. In continuing our conversation about homosexuality and the church, Co-host Nate Novero models beautiful vulnerability when he tells the whole story of his sexual experience with another man. Shannon gives a wonderful word of coaching about homoerotic fantasies and Ryan talks about King James’ boyfriends and institutional destruction.

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WITH DR. DAVID GUSHEE(REPRISE)

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E5: Monumental Shifts (1 of 2). How do you start a conversation about Desire, Gay Sex, and God?  Ryan Clark, Nate Novero and Shannon Ethridge give it a shot as they reflect on the Ethics of Sex with David Gushee episode (4). Nathan and Shannon have a heart to heart about God and homosexuality.  Shannon expresses her evolving views and Nathan comes clean about his same-sex sexual experience.

Nathan realizes how much he allowed his fears of God’s judgment to direct his path and tells of his discovery that he can still love himself.  And, kissing someone with a beard can be nice.  Also, Ryan might be a complete narcissist.

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DR .RYAN CLARK & DR. DAVID GUSHEE

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body S2 E4: Ethics of Sex with David GusheeTouch Podcast Season 2 is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nate Novero, and Shannon Ethridge. This episode is a reboot from season 1 where Ryan speaks with Dr. David Gushee about the Ethics of Sex. They also venture into gay and lesbian marriage and how to ethically reconsider beliefs from our fundamentalistic church teachings.

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Dr. David P. Gushee is Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University. Widely regarded as one of the leading moral voices in American Christianity, he is the author or editor of 21 books and hundreds of articles.

We observe how easy it is for many people to come to a point where the moralistic sexual ethic from church youth group isn’t sufficient and respond by abandoning all our sexual boundaries. So, how do we build a sexual ethic that has a Scriptural basis and is consistent with our religious values? The response doesn’t have to be chaos, it can be human flourishing.

WITH DR. BILL STAYTON @ JUST SEX CONFERENCE

Touch Conversations of Spirit And Body Season 2 Episode 3 with Dr. Bill Stayton At Just SexIgnorance Is Not BlissTouch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Nate and Shannon interview Dr. Bill Stayton at the Just Sex Conference sponsored by the Alliance of Baptists. Listeners know every conversation with Dr. Stayton is a trek into the sexual unknown and this show is no exception. From spontaneous erections to the difference between the cervix and clitoris, Nate and Shannon will take you on a fun ride toward honestly and authenticity. Ryan learns he’s been pronouncing the word clitoris wrong his whole life.This interview was made possible by Alliance of Baptists, The Carpenter Program of Vanderbilt Divinity School and Eden Theological Seminary.

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WITH LINDA KAY KLINE

Touch Conversations of Spirit and Body Season 2 Episode 2 With LINDA KAY KLEINTouch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. In this episode, Ryan speaks with author Linda KayKlein about her book PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free.Ryan and Linda explore the evangelical purity movement, the impact on relationships and what hope the church might be able to offer. Ryan, Nate and Shannon discuss ways couples and individuals can move forward after purity.PURE follows Linda Kay Klein’s journey to heal from sexual and gender-based shame after having grown up in the American Evangelical Christian Church. Throughout her youth, she was taught to be submissive, repress her sexuality, and avoid becoming a “stumbling block” for men—that is, tempting them in any sexual way. The church emphasized a girl’s sexuality as the most important mark of her spiritual standing with God.

sex, shame, evangelicals, Jesus, church, love, relationships, self-help, healing, America, Christianity, sex,

RYAN, NATE & GUEST HOST SHANNON ETHRIDGE

Touch Podcast is hosted by Ryan Clark, Nathan Novero and is joined in season 2 by Shannon Ethridge. This episode looks at our major theme, "Desire" this season and all the topics we plan to cover including Relationships, sex toys, fantasy, arousal, lust, sexual addiction, porn, aging, sex talk with kids and more!