Beyond the Page

Beyond the Page


Latest Episodes

Loving Disagreement: A Conversation with Matt Mikalatos
January 14, 2024

Matt Mikalatos is one of my favorite people that Ive never met in person. His online presence exudes love and hes always kind, but that doesnt mean hes a pushover or lacks conviction. While most social media spaces can be toxic, Mikalatos has created

Saving Grayson: A Conversation with Chris Fabry
November 21, 2023

Chris Fabry is the host of Chris Fabry Live and a five-time Christy Award winner. His latest novel is Saving Grayson. Listen in as Josh and Chris talk about the book. The Conversation | Chris [...]

The Ballot and the Bible: A Conversation with Kaitlyn Schiess
August 20, 2023

The ConversationThis transcript excerpt has been lightly edited for clarity and conciseness.Josh Olds: Give me your elevator pitch for this book. What’s it about? Why should people read it?Kaitlyn Schiess: Yeah, so this book is most simply a book

We’ll All Be Free: A Conversation with Caroline Sumlin
August 20, 2023

The ConversationThe following is an interview excerpt that has been lightly edited for the sake of conciseness and clarity.Josh Olds: Now I want to start and I hope this doesn’t sound confrontational, because I don’t mean it that way. But th

The Libyan Diversion: A Conversation with Joel Rosenberg
June 01, 2023

Joel Rosenberg is back! After a year without a new Marcus Ryker novel, Rosenberg return with The Libyan Diversion. Its Marcus Rykers fifth adventure and the third time weve had Joel on the podcast

The Art of the Tale: A Conversation with Steven James
October 02, 2022

Storytelling is much more than writing. In fact, for most of human history, storytelling has come through the spoken word. How can we get back those oral storytelling roots in modern communication? In The Art of the Tale, storyteller Steven James and spee

The Road Away from God: A Conversation with Jonathan Martin
September 14, 2022

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, it accelerated something that I had been seeing in churches. People were leaving and they werent coming back. When COVID forced people out of the normal routine, they were able to step back from church and found thatwel

Gender Identity and Faith: A Conversation with Julia Sadusky
September 13, 2022

Gender identity has recently become part of the culture war battles that play out in the media, in our culture, and in our churches. How should Christians respond? How should we talk about the concept of gender identity? How do we have substantive and h

Dead Sea Conspiracy: A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins
August 23, 2022

Its been over a decade since the Left Behind series concluded, but #1 NYT bestselling author Jerry Jenkins has continued to write, with his latestDead Sea Conspiracybeing the sequel to his 2018 nov

Jesus Takes a Side: A Conversation with Jonny Rashid
July 25, 2022

Its not normal for books that I read to be the subject of conversation before I read them. When I shared on social media that I was reading Jonny Rashids Jesus Takes a Side, reaction was swift. Isnt it amazing that Jesus is always on your side? (Umm