99. TENSION, RIOTS, AND REVIVAL (A CONVERSATION WITH ROSS JOHNSTON PT 2)
The Handlebar Podcast
Aaron Smith, Sarahbeth Smith, Elyssa Figueroa, Raffi Greco
5.0 • 586 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this two part episode Aaron Smith and Raffi Greco sit down with special guest Ross Johnston and talk about his story of being born through artificial insemination, growing up in a lesbian home and the tension that comes from riots sparked by the preaching of the gospel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome back to the Handelbar podcast. |
| 0:02.1 | This conversation you're about to listen to is one conversation that was cut into two parts. |
| 0:07.9 | If you want to listen to the first part of the conversation, you can go find that at last week's episode. |
| 0:13.2 | This is a conversation with Ross Johnson. |
| 0:15.7 | We're excited to have him. |
| 0:17.6 | Go check that out. |
| 0:24.5 | Oh, dog. have him. Go check that out. Hey guys, this is the Handelbar podcast. We're so glad you were here. As you know, this is a |
| 0:30.3 | conversation type of podcast where we try to answer honestly questions that you've submitted |
| 0:35.2 | and take you through scripture and giving you |
| 0:37.5 | handlebars for your life. If you'd like to submit a question or purchase merch or make a donation |
| 0:42.6 | to the podcast, you can do that through our website, thehand barpodcast.com. Also, you can watch every |
| 0:49.3 | episode on our YouTube channel. For now, let's jump in. I think what you're saying, |
| 0:55.1 | hold on, |
| 0:56.4 | hold on. |
| 0:58.2 | I think what you're saying better, |
| 1:00.7 | hold on, |
| 1:02.0 | hold on. |
| 1:03.2 | I think what you're saying is so beautiful, |
| 1:06.6 | and part of what was striking me when I said your story is so different. |
| 1:11.4 | What I could imagine is that your story could make people uncomfortable. |
| 1:17.6 | And I was particularly thinking about the church. |
| 1:20.2 | I love that Aaron brought up this dynamic where on social media you get attacked by people in that community. |
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