Bubble and Squeak

Bubble and Squeak

Uncanny sounds, funny interludes, & stories—most weird, many true featuring Peterson Toscano, a Quirky Queer Quaker playfully exploring the serious worlds of gender, faith, & climate change.

Episodes

Gravitational Pull: From Period Products to Our New North Star

December 3, 2025 • 52 mins
S4E3 — Personal Connections: Period Products, Climate Poetry, and a Ritual for the Next North Star

In this episode, the threads of community, justice, climate imagination, and art weave through three distinct yet deeply connected stories.

Today’s show comes in three parts: Part One: The Secret World of Diapers and Period Products Part Two: Anthropocene Pastoral — climate-change poetry by Catherine Pierce Part Three: Jump!Star — a l...

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Creation Groaning

August 29, 2025 • 51 mins
What do pasta, polar bears, and the Pope have in common? They all show up in this episode about climate change. Peterson Toscano refuses to preach doom or guilt—instead, you’ll hear Jewish wisdom on acting fast in a crisis, Christian takes on food justice, and a Bronx guy who’s had it with polar bears. Also: coffee is under threat, so now you’re paying attention. And we end on a diesel-fumed bus ride through Quito, Ecuador, where t...
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Sissy Gagged: Sex, Gender, and Jesus

July 9, 2025 • 52 mins
This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus—and what happens when our bodies get wrapped in shame, pleasure, politics, and power. It comes in four parts: 🧕 Part One – Tina Beardsley Revd Dr. Tina Beardsley is a priest, a theologian, and a trans woman who’s been quietly transforming the Church of England from the inside out. Co-author of Trans Affirming Churches and Transfaith, Tina sees transition as a spiritual act. Learn more:...
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Grave Robbers: Father James Martin, Lucas Wilson, and Coming Out Lazarus

April 20, 2025 • 56 mins
We kick off Season 4 with a deep, layered look at resurrection, queer liberation, and spiritual unbinding. Host Peterson Toscano brings together three unique stories—tied together by one enduring biblical moment: Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb. 🕊️ Part One: Peterson talks with Fr. James Martin, SJ, about his new book Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle. They explore how the Lazarus story still speaks to us ...
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Joseph Josephine

May 26, 2024 • 15 mins
Our show today comes in three parts. Part one: J Mase III, a Black/Trans/queer poet & educator, talks about collaboration, reparations, art, and a trans-Bible character. "Art is the imagination tool that allows you to see and make things possible that weren't before." Part two: Mase performing Josephine And Part Three: A Sound Slice of Orthodox Christians from Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection and Chapel of St Innoce...
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Social Mediatrix

October 21, 2023 • 16 mins
Part one: A conversation with public Bible scholar and trouble maker, Dr. Jennifer Bird Part two: Marvin gets a job at a born-again online store Part three: A sound slice from Norway Learn more about Dr. Jennifer Bird at her website www.jennifergracebird.com. You will also find her on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and she is killing it on TikTok. She co-hosts the podcast Wild Olive. It is available wherever you get podcasts. Th...
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Anxiety Blues

September 12, 2023 • 15 mins
Our show today comes in three parts Part one: Singer Songwriter Linda Jay Reed shares her creation process. Part two: Linda Reed sings the song Anxiety Blues Part three: a SoundSlice from an island in the Philippines Part One: Linda Jay Reed wrote her first song on guitar when she was 17 years old. She has continued the practice for decades and has gained a faithful fanbase. After hearing her song, Fallin’ Free, I fell hard for...
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Cracked Ajar

August 23, 2023 • 15 mins
Part one: Writer Wendy Sanford reveals the origins of her memoir about friendship across race and class and her evolving relationship and collaboration with Mary Norman. Part two: Wendy Sanford reads from These Walls Between us https://www.wendysanford-thesewallsbetweenus.com/ Part three: a SoundSlice from Northern London Hear Wendy talk about the groundbreaking women's health book, "Our Bodies, Ourselves" https://soundcloud.com/...
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Unitive State

May 5, 2023 • 15 mins
Part one: Biophilia, an news report from the future. An odd story about a man whose love of nature gets out of hand. Inspired by The Cli-Fi Imaginarium. https://www.withmanyroots.com/cli-fi-imaginarium/ Part two: Lynn Johnson reading from her spiritual memoir Holy Adventure. http://www.meetinghouse.xyz/books-1/holy-adventure-a-spiritual-memoir Part three: A Sound Slice from Dlinza Forest Aerial Boardwalk in KwaZulu Natal, South...
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Female Body

February 17, 2023 • 15 mins
Part one: Writer Wendy Sanford shares the origins and the evolution of the groundbreaking women’s health book, Our Bodies Ourselves. www.ourbodiesourselves.org Part two: A sound slice with a story about caring for somebody’s body. Wendy Sanford recently published a memoir of friendship across race and class. It is called These Walls Between Us. In an upcoming episode, Wendy will read for us from the book. https://www.wendysanford...
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Naughty Kitty

December 9, 2022 • 14 mins
Part One: The worst 911 Emergency Operator Every Part Two: Basil and his cat Fika overcome loneliness in the midst of a district heating failure. A story from 2062. Part Three: A sound slice from Laudium, South Africa, an Indian township. To learn more about the cli-fi imaginarium, check out https://withmanyroots.com/ The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it ...
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Heavy Space

November 18, 2022 • 15 mins
Part one: musician Scott Fowler talks his evolving identity Part two: Scott Fowler performs his song The One Part three: A Sound Slice from NYC's N train Bubble&Squeak is written and produced by me, Peterson Toscano. I mostly make the show for me and for my friend Tammy who, who is a survivor. The Bubble&Squeak theme song is Worthless. by The jellyrox from the album Bang and a whimper. You can find it on iTunes, Spotify,...
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Improper Acts

October 30, 2022 • 15 mins
Part One: My first time having sex with a woman was on my wedding night and it was her first time too. We were virgins. We knew nothing. My pastor gave me a book to break it down. I tell this story as if I am at a Stand-Up comedy club open mic. Part Two: Seeing the Paul Taylor Dance Company today brought back a flood of memories from when I first saw them in NYC in the late 1980's. At that time I was deep into gay conversion the...
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Solar Trauma

March 29, 2022 • 15 mins
Writer Philip Sorenson tells us about his book of poetry Solar Trauma. He also reads excerpts. To accompany Philip Sorenson’s Solar Trauma, Peterson Toscano used portions of the songs Astral Roar by LAMA HOUSE and Who's There by PETER SANDBERG. You also will hear the trailer from the 1982 movie, The Thing. Solar Trauma is published by Rescue Press rescuepress.co. Also visit thejournalpetra.com the online poetry journal Philip Sor...
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Shits Brutal

November 12, 2021 • 15 mins
Our show today comes in three parts 1. Poet Craig Santos Perez read Thanksgiving in the Plantationocene. It appears in his book of poetry Habitat Thresholds. http://craigsantosperez.com 2. Mentoring Session #4 An original radio play written by Peterson Toscano for Climate Change Theatre Action. The play takes place more than 100 years in the future. Characters are Elder performed by Peterson and Younger performed by Max Currie....
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Bird Hide

October 17, 2021 • 15 mins
This show comes in one part: A Sound Slice in a bird hide in the center of Pretoria, South Africa mixed with free form personal reflection.
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Multiple Ultrasounds

September 22, 2021 • 15 mins
Part one: Canadian actress Sadie Fay on being a professional patient and training to be an intimacy coordinator Part two: Speaking Afrikaans in Pretoria Part Three: a sound slice from a raucous burlesque drag show at The Milton Art Bank featuring Wang Newton. https://miltonartbank.com/ http://www.wangnewton.com/ Sadie Fay (she/her pronouns) is a mixed race, queer, body hair-positive cis woman. She studied Acting for Film and Te...
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Self Pleasuring

August 29, 2021 • 15 mins
Part one: Sexologist Dr. Jallen Rix shares some of his journey from shame to sex positive author, therapist, and performer. www.doctorrix.com https://onlyfans.com/jallenrix https://twitter.com/JallenRix https://www.mixcloud.com/jallenrix/ Part two: A rediscovered recording from 90 years ago: gospel song, "I Got Jesus Up in My Puter." and Part three: A sound slice from Manila, Philippines. “The Bubble & Squeak Theme song is Wo...
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Bells Begin

August 21, 2021 • 20 mins
Our show today comes in one part. Poet tessa micaela reads an extended excerpt from their book of poetry entitled where bells begin. tessa and I collaborated on this audio treatment of their poem. After conversing then recording tessa reading, I collected sounds, mostly in wild parts of South Africa and in the town of Waterval Boven in Mpumalanga province. I mixed these sounds with tessa’s reading. You will hear a variety of bird...
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Probed Deepest

May 2, 2021 • 14 mins
Our show today comes in three parts Part one: A Voicemail from my friend, Jane Brazell Part two: A Deep Dive into the World of Walt Whitman and Part three: A sound slice of an outdoor fire with my cousin Dennis. Bubble&Squeak is a podcast with uncanny sounds, funny interludes, and stories—most weird, many true. Created by Peterson Toscano. He mostly creates the sow for himself, and his mother-in-law, Dee Retief. “The Bubble...
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