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.

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October 17, 2026 • 39 mins
What happens when an everyday person decides they’ve had enough of the machine? In this episode of Bubble and Squeak, we travel from the mountain lakes of Pennsylvania to the ancient chalk hills of southern England, exploring resistance, memory, and the people who put their bodies between sacred landscapes and bulldozers. Our show comes in three parts:
  • Part One: A Sound Slice from Mauch Chunk Lake Peterson brings ...
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In this episode of Bubble & Squeak, Peterson sits down with world-renowned Kenyan entomologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Dino Martins. From field research across East Africa to immersive reflections on biodiversity, Dino shares how studying the smallest lives—insects, pollinators, and decomposers—unravels human exceptionalism, heals ecological grief, and invites us into a deeper, reciprocal kinship with the liv...

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What do the anthracite coal towns of Central Pennsylvania have in common with the historic slate quarry towns of North Wales? Both are places where the earth was cut open, wealth traveled elsewhere, and the people who stayed were left to explain why their home still matters.

In this long-form episode of Bubble and Squeak, host Peterson Toscano travels across the Atlantic to Gwynedd, North Wales, to explore GwyrddNi—a uniquely...

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July 10, 2026 • 20 mins

This episode of Bubble & Squeak comes in three parts: a joke Peterson almost told at an open mic in Sunbury, PA, a true story from Santiago, Chile, and a sound slice from the past.

Peterson begins with one of his father’s best jokes—or at least the story of why he nearly told it in public and then thought better of it. His mother, Anita Toscano, had a crisp, dry wit. His father, Pete Toscano, told jokes that were ri...

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Recorded live at the Accidental Theatre for the Imagine Belfast Festival, this special episode of Bubble & Squeak. Peterson Toscano guides the audience through a four-part journey that is playful but deeply serious beneath the surface, exploring faith, politics, identity, and the power of storytelling.

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  • Part One: A Performance to Relax Peter...

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February 8, 2026 • 15 mins

Part One: Queer author Ryan La Sala and the queer horror story, The Dead of Summer

Part Two: A message from the evil spirit that lives inside Donald Trump

Part Three: A Sound Slice from a political rally in Richmond, Virginia. 

You can see a video version of this podcast over at https://www.youtube.com/@p2son

Ryan LaSala is a bestselling and award-winning queer author. He writes about surreal things happening to queer people. ...

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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 Thre...

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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...
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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 spiritua...
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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 s...
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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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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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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 ha...
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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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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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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....
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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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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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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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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 Phil...
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