The Glorious Mess
The Glorious Mess is a podcast for the ones who grew up in chaos and still became something. Hosted by Raymond Jordan Johnson-Brown — a social worker-in-training and multi-hyphenate creative — the show is rooted in the power of our stories: the ones we lived through, the ones we were told to hide, and the counter-stories we’re claiming for ourselves now. Every season brings a new guest host as we talk healing, identity, and all the messy, brilliant ways people rebuild their lives.
The Glorious Mess
The Echo and the Other | Can We Really Live With the Far Right?
In The Echo and the Other, Raymond and Carla sit down for a light but honest conversation about radical pluralism — the idea that we can live together across deep difference.
Can we really coexist with those whose beliefs cause harm? From the far right to influencer culture, this episode explores how social media turns opinion into certainty, and how we might still find ways to listen, reflect, and stay human in the noise.
A little messy, a lot real.
New episodes every month. Recorded at Virage Studios.