Aug 7, 20261h 2m
Episode 115: In the last episode of our series on non-coercive community, we ask the question: what if Christianity is actually just coercive? If that's the case then all this talk of non-coercive community is just...
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In the Shift
Hosted by Michael Frost · religion · EN
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A podcast for when life and faith go off script. Hosted by Michael Frost.
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Who hosts In the Shift?
In the Shift is hosted by Michael Frost. The show has published 116 episodes to date.
What has In the Shift covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Non-coercive community Pt 6: Is Christianity actually just coercive?" (7 August 2026, 62 minutes), "Non-coercive community Pt 5: Belonging" (9 June 2026, 60 minutes), and "Non-coercive community Pt 4: The religion of capitalism" (3 March 2026, 64 minutes).
How often does In the Shift publish?
In the Shift publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 116 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on In the Shift?
Booking probability for In the Shift is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. In the Shift requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. In the Shift's contact route on record: verified email.
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About the host
Michael Frost hosts In the Shift, a religion podcast with 116 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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Episode #114
Non-coercive community Pt 5: Belonging
Jun 9, 20261 hourEpisode 114: We're back and talking about the challenges and possibilities of non-coercive community. In this conversation, Shane and Michael dive into the complexity of what happens when the forces of capitalism and...
Mar 3, 20261h 4mEpisode 113: In the Shift is back for 2026, and so is Shane – and we’re continuing our conversations about non-coercive community and how we build communities of care in a world shaped by capitalist individualism. In...
Dec 4, 20251h 13mEpisode 112: In this episode Shane Meyer-Holt returns for another conversation about the journey of engaging in and building non-coercive communities. We talk about how individualism and capitalism have profoundly...
Episode #111
Why Church - with Petra Bagust
Nov 15, 202557 minEpisode 111: In this collab episode between In the Shift and Sunday Sanctuary, I’m joined by Petra Bagust to discuss “why church?” In this conversation we chat through a bunch of reasons why church communities and...
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Oct 19, 20251h 18mEpisode 110: We continue our series on non-coercive community - a bunch of conversations in which we are exploring the possibilities and challenges we experience in building sustainable non-coercive collectives and...
Episode #109
This is not revival
Oct 3, 202534 minEpisode 109: Evangelicalism is having a moment.... some are calling it revival - but I think something else is going on here. This is a shorter episode (rather unplanned) on the contemporary Christian worship movement...
Episode #108
Gender Expansive Faith - with Steff Fenton
Sep 18, 20251h 14mEpisode 108: Steff Fenton is author of the new book "Gender Expansive Faith: How Trans Lives are Illuminating the Divine, Transforming Feminism and Ending Christian Patriarchy." In this conversation we talk about...
Sep 10, 20251h 1mEpisode 107: This is the first in a series of conversations with Shane Meyer-Holt about the possibilities and challenges in building non-coercive communities and collectives. In particular, we're interested in what...
Episode #106
Holy Hell - with Elise Heerde
Aug 28, 20251h 24mEpisode 106: Elise Heerde (she/her) is author of the recently published book "Holy Hell: Saved so hard I needed therapy" . In this conversation we talk about Elise's experience of growing up within a...
Aug 11, 20251h 21mEpisode 105: Dr Andrew Shepherd is a Senior Lecturer in Theology and Public Issues at the University of Otago, with a particular interest in climate and ecological issues and the wider polycrisis that relates to the...
Jun 8, 20251h 11mEpisode 104: James Beck works with an organisation called A Rocha Aotearoa NZ ( https://arocha.org.nz/ ) which is a Christian environmental conservation organisation. In this conversation we discuss the trajectory of...
Episode #103
On making it to 100 - Part Two!
May 18, 202557 minEpisode 103: Shane has recovered from his table-saw inflicted injury and is back to continue our conversation reflecting on the journey to 100 episodes of the pod - and more specifically, on where our spirituality...
May 5, 202547 minEpisode 102: One of the predominant causes of our problematic relationship with the environment is the belief that humans are superior over, distinct from and independent to the rest of nature. We think this way partly...
Apr 21, 202559 minEpisode 101: This is the first in a series of 4 episodes exploring the intersection of spirituality and a response to the climate crisis. This reflection explores how Christians have often thought about the 'end of the...
Episode #100
On making it to 100 - Part One!
Mar 20, 20251h 4mEpisode 100: This is it! We've gone and done it. We've made it to episode 100... and this means that we've ascended the mountain of success and significance and will finally get all the credit and recognition we...
Episode #99
This disruptive moment
Feb 23, 202543 minEpisode 99: In the Shift is back for 2025 - and we kick off this year's pod by looking at what is going on in the world right now. In many respects, the social, political and economic disruption we're experiencing is a...
Dec 11, 20241h 29mEpisode 98: Thomas Jay Oord joins the pod for a great conversation on how we might start to think about God in the wake of deconstruction. We talk about his and Tripp Fuller's 2024 book "God After Deconstruction" and...
Nov 18, 202443 minEpisode 97: This episode explores the language of faithfulness to the way of love (of self, neighbour, other and enemy) along with the subversion of "power over" as being at the core of a certain kind of Christian...
Oct 24, 20241h 5mEpisode 96: This conversation explores what it might mean to make meaning on the other side of Fundamentalism/Evangelicalism. As we "leave" one world behind (even as we carry many aspects of it with us - both seen and...
Recent guests
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Michael Frost
child neurologist and epileptologist, Frost Swirls / Frost Guitars
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Elise Heerde
Religious Trauma Collective
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Andrew Shepherd
senior director of industry programs and executive director, {"name": "Palo Alto Networks", "role": null, "entity_type": "organization"}
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Olivia Jackson
Director of women’s coaching, Gospel Coaching Network
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