Micah has the pleasure of hosting community advocate and colleague, Cornell Gorman, in Episode 29 of the Pray for Micah Podcast. Cornell has spearheaded remarkable increases in clientele and revenue, making a positive impact everywhere he goes. As the Operations Manager at LitFitness, he oversaw a remarkable increase in clientele, leading to a 30% revenue surge. His entrepreneurial spirit led him to establish Fit City, where he attracted over 150 clients during its first summer. He became a content creator, generating content that has reached over 4 million organic views. In addition to this w ..read more

In Episode 28, Micah hosts Ingrid B. and they delve into breath work, mindfulness, and meditation practices that help us heal personal wounds and find ourselves through self-love. Ingrid was born in Mexico but raised in Kansas City with dreams to explore the world. Since her documentation status didn't allow her that privilege, she explored as much of the country as she could instead. Her corporate career took her to the NE, West, and PNW. Where she found healing and space to explore her spirituality. She began her spiritual journey in 2016 and has since found inner freedom, self-love and has ..read more

Micah interviews local creative, Diosselyn Tot, in Episode 27 of the Pray for Micah Podcast. Diosselyn was born in Guatemala but has made Kansas City, Kansas her home. She came to the U.S. at 6-years-old and began volunteering in her community at the age of 12. She is one of the founders of the Art Squad, which teaches art classes on street corners, in parks, and at Urban Station. Since its inception, they have painted over 50 murals in alleyways to abate gang graffiti and beautify neighborhood spaces. Today, Diosselyn sits on various boards in the Latino community with a focus on the arts, vo ..read more

Micah and Lucy share a lot of laughs in Episode 26 as they discuss a range of topics like marijuana legalization in Missouri, the limitations of science and understanding consciousness, and the nature of God and reality. Lucille Cody is the host of the High & Doing Things Podcast, which is a real-time, unedited, unscripted show where you can hear some funny conversations about herself and other interesting humans. It’s also full of singing, interviews, field trips, & random commercials for things that do or do not exist in real life ..read more

Micah celebrates the 25th episode of the Pray for Micah Podcast by hosting poet Jen Harris. She is a writer based in Kansas City, Missouri. A sought-after performance artist, Jen is the founder and host of The Writing Workshop KC, whose mission is to nurture creative curiosity and inspire confidence within prompt-based writing workshops. She hosts weekly classes and offers creative coaching to private clients. Jen is a nationally-certified Recovery Coach and Peer Support Specialist. Through an aggressively vulnerable, trauma-informed lens, she unites strangers who share an interest in creative ..read more

Micah starts off the new year by interviewing Justice Gatson, a Kansas City activist and founder of the Reale Justice Network. The nonprofit is a Black-led group advocating for a range of political and social justice issues that directly impact Black and Brown communities like birth justice, survivor support, participatory defense teams, community housing, "buy the block", and the community bail fund. In the episode, Micah and Justice discuss her upcoming documentary, DocuCourse: A Changemaker's Story—Bails & Bonds, which features her life's work and is set to release in March 2023. They a ..read more

Micah hosts Katharine Strange in Episode 22 of Pray for Micah and they discuss issues like "in" and "out" groups, political and religious radicalism, and the need for empathy and human connection. Katharine is a writer and activist based in Seattle, Washington. Her writing focuses on questioning received wisdom, particularly around marginalized groups and experiences. Her new Substack, Heretic Hereafter, focuses on spiritual next steps for those transitioning away from Evangelicalism ..read more

In Episode 21, Micah hosts Tim Rymel, author of Going Gay, which is about his personal journey from evangelical minister to self-acceptance, love, and meaning. Tim also authored Rethinking Everything, which examines the foundation on which American evangelical Christianity is based and explains how the relationship between this 300-year-old Christian sect and conservative politics began. He's also a contributor to the academic publication Negotiating Spiritual Violence in the Queer Community. He’s written hundreds of articles on the confluence of religion, politics and sexuality for HuffPost ..read more

To celebrate the 20th episode of the Pray for Micah Podcast, Micah hosts a longtime friend, Sharaden Staten, and they discuss his psychology research on the "Sandwich Generation" and the excitement of cultivating a lifelong learner's mentality. Sharaden is a local educator and musician. He's the creator of the Black Stacey band, which brings the spirit of "Electric Church" to the Midwest and pairs subtle notes of R&B, funk, soul, and rock, dramatically blending it into a raw, eclectic mix. At the end of episode, listeners will have the pleasure of sampling Sharaden's music as the two perfo ..read more

Micah hosts a new friend to the show, Dr. Kristin Peterson, who is an assistant professor in the department of communication at Boston College and teaches courses related to the intersections of media and religion. Kristin's research focuses on religious expression in digital media, specifically examining how young people engage with online media sites, images, videos and creative projects as spaces to develop meaning and for feminist activism. She is the author of Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists (Rutgers University Press, 2022), as well as articles and boo ..read more