New Kinship is a podcast where we are exploring and renewing ideas of desire, ethnicity, sexuality, and being a neighbor in the Kingdom of God. Together we are pursuing the communion and shalom of the church and the world. Pull up a chair and join the conversation!
We gladly situate our lives and work within Side B, post-liberal, localist, and multi-ethnic perspectives.
In our show, we have particular interest in thinking about how queer/ LGBT+/ SS(S)A/ etc. Christians can flourish in the Church and the apostolic and orthodox Christian sexual ethic. Additionally, we are eager to talk about roots and place in a way that can be of use to all people in our late-modernist capitalist age.
How This Happened
We (TJ and David) have been friends and colleagues for many years. After some prodding by TJ, we embarked on starting a podcast in 2021 to tackle topics that don’t get much nuanced airtime. In 2025, we were joined by Tyler who joins us in cultivating great conversations around desire, ethnicity, sexuality, and community.
About TJ Espinoza
TJ Espinoza (he/him) is a queer/same-sex attracted (q/ssa), mestizo man who has homes and family in Mexico, the US Midwest, and sub-Saharan Africa. He is an Anglican Christian of the Anglo-Orthodox variety with a keen interest in ecumenical engagement. Beyond New Kinship, he is a social scientist by profession with a background in theology. In his life, he is particularly eager to use theological and socio-cultural lens in tandem to discern how to best walk with the Triune God. He is perpetually thinking about the good life, human flourishing, kinship, heritage, and the goods of (chastely celibate) committed, same-sex love. He also loves books, conversation, exercise, language learning, RPGs, story generator sims, and board games, and he is an aspiring writer and gardener.
About David Frank
David Frank is a home-grown Mennonite from Arizona who now finds himself in Minnesota as a semper reformanda Christian. He serves in his local church and neighborhood community, lives in a Minneapolis intentional Christian community house, and helps cultivate a regional Side B network. He is a great lover of nuanced discussion on complex topics, and he hopes for conversations that will help all of us pursue the interdependent life God calls us to in Jesus Christ.
About Tyler Parker
Tyler Parker is a campus minister at Harvard College, where he studied government and filmmaking during his undergraduate studies. He is a follower of Jesus, is bisexual, and is filled with a deep passion for LGBTQ+ people to experience the lives of flourishing that are borne out of radical encounters with the love of Christ. He also helps lead a growing Revoice chapter in the Greater Boston area and serves on staff at Aletheia Church, Cambridge.
And what are post-liberal, localist, and multi-ethnic perspectives?
We gladly situate our lives and work within Side B, post-liberal, localist, and multi-ethnic perspectives. And what does that mean? Sometimes I (David) forget and have to ask TJ (or the evil AI that will take over the world). Here’s what we mean.
Post-liberal: We lean into conversation with those who embrace community, tradition, and moral values. We seek to move past secular liberalism, which emphasizes individualism (speaks for itself), capitalism (systems that prioritize capital and market freedom over other goods), and secularism (the false neutrality that squashes religious values and true pluralism).
Localist: Emphasizes local economies, relationships, and stewardship instead of distant or overly-centralized systems (think parishes and neighborhood stores, rather than virtual church and Amazon shopping).
Multi-ethnic: We listen to diverse voices and cultures from around the globe, bringing with us an ethno-awareness that resists cultural homogenization.
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Audio Engineer: Carl Swenson (www.carlswensonmusic.com)
Podcast Manager: Elena F.
