We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Revealer podcast! For the past several months we have been thinking about the best way to bring our online publication to even more people. Our podcast has two overarching goals: First, we want to share insights from the Revealer with a broader audience. We know some people prefer podcasts to reading, so we hope to reach those who are interested in religion and society and who enjoy the podcast format. Second, we want to expand what our online publication offers to our regular readers. The podcast will feature conversations that go in new and different directions from what we currently feature in the magazine.

Each episode of our podcast will focus on a particular topic. Our editor, Brett Krutzsch, serves as the host, and our editorial assistant, Anna Donch, serves as the production editor. All episodes will feature conversations with someone who has written for the Revealer. As with the topics covered in our online magazine, the podcast will feature discussions about religion and politics, sexuality, race, gender, and how religion influences our world and people’s lives.

The first episode is on the current state of the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis and acts as a follow-up to our March special issue on religion and sex abuse. In the episode, Brian Clites, who wrote “The Problem with Spotlights: Rethinking Our Response to Clergy Sexual Abuse,”  joins us to discuss how we can support survivors of clergy abuse, what the Catholic Church should be doing to improve the situation, and what he has learned from interviews with more than 70 survivors of clergy abuse.

We hope the discussions we have on the podcast inform and motivate people to join our conversations. We’d love to hear from you! If you have a comment about something we discuss or an idea for something you ‘d like us to cover, please reach out to us at therevealerpodcast@gmail.com.

You can listen to the Revealer podcast on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play. Make sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss any of our monthly episodes.

Without further ado, we are happy to share episode 1 of the Revealer podcast: “The Catholic Church Sex Abuse Crisis and the Problem with Spotlights.”

Happy listening!