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In the Shift

by Michael Frost

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Cults, Coercion and Control - with Anke Richter

October 5, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

Episode 116: In this episode, we’re joined by journalist and author Anke Richter, author of the book "Cult Trip: Inside the world of Coercion and Control" and founder/director of Decult, New Zealand’s cult awareness conference. This…
Non-coercive community Pt 6: Is Christianity actually just coercive?

August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

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 pushing against the…
Non-coercive community Pt 5: Belonging

June 9, 2026 · 60 min

Episode 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 individualism and/or…
Non-coercive community Pt 4: The religion of capitalism

March 3, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

Episode 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 this episode we look…
Non-coercive Community Pt 3: The limitations of self-reliance and "opportunity"

December 4, 2025 · 1 hr 13 min

Episode 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 shaped so many of us in…

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Why Church - with Petra Bagust

November 15, 2025 · 57 min

Episode 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 collectives can be both…
Non-coercive Community Pt 2: When capitalism shapes everything

October 19, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min

Episode 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 communities. In this…
This is not revival

October 3, 2025 · 34 min

Episode 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 and the way it…
Gender Expansive Faith - with Steff Fenton

September 18, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min

Episode 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 Steff's journey of coming…
Non-coercive Community Pt 1: Is there a way forward?

September 10, 2025 · 1 hr 1 min

Episode 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 church looks like for…
Holy Hell - with Elise Heerde

August 28, 2025 · 1 hr 24 min

Episode 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 high-demand/high-control pentecostal…
Poly-crisis, climate-crisis, and the need for a moral imagination

August 11, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min

Episode 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 convergence of current…