21 Aug 2020

232 Tyler Martin | Finding LGBTQ Religion & Spirituality

Posted in podcast By pjadmin On August 21, 2020

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Here’s the Recap:

Actor, singer, writer and director, Tyler Martin joins the show to discuss his show, Have a Blessed Gay, a weekly spiritual-comedy podcast that explores social norms, current events, mental health, religions, and spirituality from an outcast's perspective. In this episode, Harry and Tyler discuss Tyler’s background in theatre, how he got involved in podcasting and the brand and platform he has built for the LGBTQ community through his podcast.

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What We Covered:

  • 06:00 – Harry welcomes to the podcast, Tyler Martin who shares his creative background in theatre, how he got involved in podcasting and the genesis of his podcast, Have a Blessed Gay
  • 17:46 – Early challenges Tyler had to overcome while starting his web series and podcast
  • 22:40 – Tyler details the amount of preparation and research that goes into each episode and lessons Tyler has learned from the guests he has interviewed
  • 31:09 – Tyler speaks to the reception Have a Blessed Gay has received, the need for conversations around LGBTQ issues and his own coming out experience
  • 42:56 – What is something that Tyler has changed his mind about recently and what is the most misunderstood thing about Tyler
  • 48:40 – Harry thanks Tyler for joining the show, and let’s listeners know where they can follow him

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There’s a ton of spiritual podcasts out there, right? There’s a ton of religious podcasts out there. And even a couple very Christian-centric gay podcasts out there, actually. But none that were doing it in the way that the web…

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I do think coming from a theatre and acting background – being able to access emotions like that and really call upon that empathy tool that you so develop working as an actor – has been really helpful.

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Everyone is so different when it comes to religion and spirituality, especially with the guests that I’ve had. They completely range all over the map. And so, each episode is so different because each of the people is so different…

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A major thing has just been – and I don’t think this is revolutionary – it has meant a lot for people to hear that there is a difference between religion and spirituality.

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Since I could really conceive that I thought the church thought it was wrong, which would have been around nine or ten, I started research at that age trying to figure out if homosexuality was a sin or not. And no ten year old…

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If we are part of the universe and if we are created by something – whatever you believer in – then I think one of the highest forms of worship is to be good to ourselves because we are a part of that. You wouldn’t scoff at a…

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