The Women, Murder, and the Bible Podcast https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com This podcast investigates women and murder in the biblical text and in modern culture.

]]> Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:07:50 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Philosophy 1440 episodic womenmurderandthebible womenmurderandthebible No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21624565/IMG_4127.jpeg The Women, Murder, and the Bible Podcast https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com 144 144 Schadenfreude and the Case of the Shady Friend: An Investigation of 1 Samuel 1: 1-19 Schadenfreude and the Case of the Shady Friend: An Investigation of 1 Samuel 1: 1-19 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/schadenfreude-and-the-case-of-the-shady-friend-an-investigation-of-1-samuel-1-1-19/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/schadenfreude-and-the-case-of-the-shady-friend-an-investigation-of-1-samuel-1-1-19/#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:07:50 -0700 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/42600efa-3d25-3eb1-bbb8-a0f50ebd86c1 Dr. Femi Gonsalves examines the relationship between Hannah and Peninnah to explore the moral issue of schadenfreude (delight in another person's misfortunes), and she reflects on how we can overcome it in the modern day.  her.Bible 1 Samuel 1

]]> Dr. Femi Gonsalves examines the relationship between Hannah and Peninnah to explore the moral issue of schadenfreude (delight in another person's misfortunes), and she reflects on how we can overcome it in the modern day.  her.Bible 1 Samuel 1

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 3901 18 full Riffin on Anger: Reflections on Judges 19:1-2 and Audre Lorde with Su Isaac Riffin on Anger: Reflections on Judges 19:1-2 and Audre Lorde with Su Isaac https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/riffin-on-anger-reflections-on-judges-191-2-and-audre-lorde-with-su-isaac/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/riffin-on-anger-reflections-on-judges-191-2-and-audre-lorde-with-su-isaac/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:57:43 -0700 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/8fc9fdcb-acfa-3907-bb7a-a8249f36a6b9 Su Isaac joins us for another conversion on the woman in Judges 19. This time we riff on anger or riff anger, especially concerning women of color and other minoritized groups. We reflect on Her.Bible audio of Judges 19 and Audre Lorde's "The Uses of Anger". Femi gives a brief commentary as an artistic response to the common microaggression statement, "If I should say or do something racist, tell me but be nice." 

]]> Su Isaac joins us for another conversion on the woman in Judges 19. This time we riff on anger or riff anger, especially concerning women of color and other minoritized groups. We reflect on Her.Bible audio of Judges 19 and Audre Lorde's "The Uses of Anger". Femi gives a brief commentary as an artistic response to the common microaggression statement, "If I should say or do something racist, tell me but be nice." 

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 1536 17 full In Service of Black Women: A Radical Shift featuring Dr. Rochelle Johnson In Service of Black Women: A Radical Shift featuring Dr. Rochelle Johnson https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/in-service-of-black-women-a-radical-shift-featuring-dr-rochelle-johnson/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/in-service-of-black-women-a-radical-shift-featuring-dr-rochelle-johnson/#comments Sat, 23 May 2026 08:30:00 -0700 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/6b0f75b4-121c-303f-91b7-7bc62ecf5278 This episode is a discussion with Dr. Rochelle Johnson on her lastest book Systemic Oppression and Depression in Black Women: A Path Forward Through Pastoral and Spritual Care. Prior to listening to this episode, read this brief article describing the Strong Black Woman trope/myth. Also, listen to John 4 at her.Bible and imagine what it would be like to hear the woman's story in her own words rather than hearing ( and believing) what others have said about her. 

]]> This episode is a discussion with Dr. Rochelle Johnson on her lastest book Systemic Oppression and Depression in Black Women: A Path Forward Through Pastoral and Spritual Care. Prior to listening to this episode, read this brief article describing the Strong Black Woman trope/myth. Also, listen to John 4 at her.Bible and imagine what it would be like to hear the woman's story in her own words rather than hearing ( and believing) what others have said about her. 

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 3206 16 full WMB Presents: A Meditation for the Parentified Child, Session 1 WMB Presents: A Meditation for the Parentified Child, Session 1 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/wmb-presents-a-meditation-for-the-parentified-child-session-1/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/wmb-presents-a-meditation-for-the-parentified-child-session-1/#comments Sat, 02 May 2026 08:00:00 -0700 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/23c6e22f-f7e2-399c-8c69-9f2109c01c5a This 7 minute meditation is for those who have experienced and survived a parentified childhood. See Parentification, Psychology Today article

Parentification Article, National Library of Medicine

]]> This 7 minute meditation is for those who have experienced and survived a parentified childhood. See Parentification, Psychology Today article

Parentification Article, National Library of Medicine

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 431 15 full Bathsheba Revisited as Modern Nuance: The Crown and the Shield as Weapons of Power Bathsheba Revisited as Modern Nuance: The Crown and the Shield as Weapons of Power https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/bathsheba-revisited-as-modern-nuance-the-crown-and-the-shield-as-weapons-pf-power/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/bathsheba-revisited-as-modern-nuance-the-crown-and-the-shield-as-weapons-pf-power/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:07:52 -0700 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/1bcb1c67-fb37-36e8-abc2-642343758287 Phd candidate and Bathsheba scholar, Anne Maire Foster joins us for a deep dive into the trauma of sexual abuse and power differentials in 2 Samuel 11-12

Check out Anne Marie's essay "Silence and Survival: Re-Reading Bathsheba Through Womanist and Feminist Lenses"

Anne Marie’s Recent Essay on Bathsheba and Mental Health

]]> Phd candidate and Bathsheba scholar, Anne Maire Foster joins us for a deep dive into the trauma of sexual abuse and power differentials in 2 Samuel 11-12

Check out Anne Marie's essay "Silence and Survival: Re-Reading Bathsheba Through Womanist and Feminist Lenses"

Anne Marie’s Recent Essay on Bathsheba and Mental Health

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 1701 14 full A Conversation on Jephthah's Daughter with Dr. Jeremy Hunt A Conversation on Jephthah's Daughter with Dr. Jeremy Hunt https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/a-conversation-on-jephthahs-daughter-with-dr-jeremy-hunt/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/a-conversation-on-jephthahs-daughter-with-dr-jeremy-hunt/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/ba56d080-af83-3fd4-8939-be78dcabcd4d Join us for a conversation of lament. Jeremy Hunt, a father of five daughters, shares his thoughtful reflection on Jephthah's daughter. We intersect Judges 11 with bell hooks' essay on children and love called "Justice." This chapter is featured in hook's book All About Love. 

]]> Join us for a conversation of lament. Jeremy Hunt, a father of five daughters, shares his thoughtful reflection on Jephthah's daughter. We intersect Judges 11 with bell hooks' essay on children and love called "Justice." This chapter is featured in hook's book All About Love. 

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 4695 13 full Bathing-In Bathsheba: A Conversation with Jenny Steinbach, Producer of her.Bible Episode 5 Bathing-In Bathsheba: A Conversation with Jenny Steinbach, Producer of her.Bible Episode 5 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/bathing-in-bathsheba-a-conversation-with-jenny-steinbach-producer-of-herbible/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/bathing-in-bathsheba-a-conversation-with-jenny-steinbach-producer-of-herbible/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/5b4fd3b3-ba73-3bac-bc5b-7d5b8636a4f2 womenmurderandthebible false No 4973 12 full Tracing Jezebel's Footprints Episode 4 Tracing Jezebel's Footprints Episode 4 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/tracing-jezebels-footprints-episode-4/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/tracing-jezebels-footprints-episode-4/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:13:10 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/57a5bda9-1644-38fd-8ac8-472a989525b0 Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins once more for our discussion on Jezebel. How did the biblical Jezebel morph into one of the tropes commonly used to devalue and dismiss the Black woman in the American context? Listen to her.bible 1 Kings 21

]]> Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins once more for our discussion on Jezebel. How did the biblical Jezebel morph into one of the tropes commonly used to devalue and dismiss the Black woman in the American context? Listen to her.bible 1 Kings 21

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 3668 11 full The Case of the Killer Queen: Athaliah Episode 3 Part 2 The Case of the Killer Queen: Athaliah Episode 3 Part 2 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-case-of-the-killer-queen-athaliah-episode-3-part-2/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-case-of-the-killer-queen-athaliah-episode-3-part-2/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:18:00 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/b8b3ee60-3b2e-329e-a01d-4fe11ae08f05 Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins is for part 2 of our discussion on Athaliah, the only female to take throne as King of Judah. Listen to her.bible 2 Kings 11

]]> Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins is for part 2 of our discussion on Athaliah, the only female to take throne as King of Judah. Listen to her.bible 2 Kings 11

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 2347 10 full Case of the Killer Queen: Athaliah Episode 3 Part 1 Case of the Killer Queen: Athaliah Episode 3 Part 1 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/case-of-the-killer-queen-athaliah-episode-3-part-1/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/case-of-the-killer-queen-athaliah-episode-3-part-1/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2026 18:18:14 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/4e36fc15-ee22-380e-9a19-78b36c8961fa Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins us for a discussion on Athaliah, the daughter of Jezebel and Ahab. To listen to her.bible NLT click this link 2 Kings 11

]]> Dr. Kelsey Westbury joins us for a discussion on Athaliah, the daughter of Jezebel and Ahab. To listen to her.bible NLT click this link 2 Kings 11

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 1903 9 full The Determined Woman in Judges 19 Episode 2 Part 2 The Determined Woman in Judges 19 Episode 2 Part 2 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-determined-woman-in-judges-19-episode-2-part-2/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-determined-woman-in-judges-19-episode-2-part-2/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2026 12:32:03 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/86fce537-f300-3bc7-b7fa-31bd7b038bc6 Part 2 of the conversation on the woman in Judges 19 with Su Isaac. 

]]> Part 2 of the conversation on the woman in Judges 19 with Su Isaac. 

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 2149 8 full The Determined Woman in Judges 19, Part 1 The Determined Woman in Judges 19, Part 1 https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-determined-woman-in-judges-19-part-1/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/the-determined-woman-in-judges-19-part-1/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:55:22 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/2dbd13a4-c98e-3110-9cf3-200022db3b55 Su Isaac joins Femi for a deep dive into the traumatic tale of the woman in Judges 19. See Judges 19 Her.Bible

]]> Su Isaac joins Femi for a deep dive into the traumatic tale of the woman in Judges 19. See Judges 19 Her.Bible

]]> womenmurderandthebible false No 2151 7 full Women Murder and the Bible: Jael Part 2 with Dr.Melanie Howard Women Murder and the Bible: Jael Part 2 with Dr.Melanie Howard https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-jael-part2/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-jael-part2/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:26:15 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/fad1fbee-3d2e-565c-9455-ba837e05ed3c womenmurderandthebible false No 2097 6 full Women Murder and the Bible Jael Part 1 with guest Dr. Melanie Howard Women Murder and the Bible Jael Part 1 with guest Dr. Melanie Howard https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-jael-part-1-with-guest-dr-melanie-howard/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-jael-part-1-with-guest-dr-melanie-howard/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:00:15 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/75a1b217-2596-52b6-bbb0-1249c4af7ce4 womenmurderandthebible false No 2642 4 full Women Murder and the Bible Introduction Women Murder and the Bible Introduction https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-introduction/ https://womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/e/women-murder-and-the-bible-introduction/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:00:51 -0800 womenmurderandthebible.podbean.com/5e740b99-48d4-53b6-aeae-93c0e1a019bf womenmurderandthebible false No 150 2 full