About Peterson

Peterson hosts or produces a variety of podcasts.  

• Citizens Climate Radio--A Climate Change Podcast with Citizens Climate Education

• Bubble&Squeak, his audio playground

• Quakers Today, the companion podcast to Friends Journal magazine

• Climate Changed, conversations for spiritual leaders in a climate-changed world with The BTS Center,

• The Seed, conversations for radical hope with Pendle Hill

While the style and content are different for each, as you listen, you will notice an attention to detail, a sensitivity to storytelling, and skill in hand mixing the sound so it sounds highly professional and still warm and intimate. 

Peterson and his team produce podcasts, radio, and video projects. They also provide technical support and mentoring for beginning podcasters. 

These days, Peterson is known for his podcast hosting and production. Still, from 2003 to 2020, he connected with audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Africa through his one-person comedies and lively lectures. His plays and talks humorously explored the serious topics of LGBTQ issues, sexism, racism, privilege,  gender, and climate change. 

Peterson is a recognized scholar who has highlighted gender variance in the Bible. His performance lectures garnered much attention and praise from Bible scholars. He presented Transfigurations–Transgressing Gender in the Bible at academic conferences, seminaries, universities, places of worship, and drag bars. It is now available as a film on DVD from Meetinghouse. xyz and free on YouTube.  You can watch a sample on this page. 

Peterson Toscano, a Quaker, gardener, and lover of all foods, lives in Sunbury, PA, with his husband, the writer Glen Retief. 

Glen is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning book, The Jack Bank, A Memoir of a South African Childhood. He also regularly contributes editorials to American newspapers.  He is currently working on a novel that explores South African history. 

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