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Tom welcomes back his younger brother Andy for this annual episode of previewing the Super Bowl! It’s the Seattle Seahawks vs. the New England Patriots for Super Bowl LX. Before we get to Andy’s top stories of this year’s big game, we catch up on the biggest year of his life with a new baby girl – and also that the Eagles won last year’s Super Bowl. We sneak in some Taylor Swift talk, including her podcast appearance with the Kelce brothers, and her future mother-in-law appearing on this season of The Traitors. Andy answers some silly yet relevant questions from our YOBBERS community, and he gets vulnerable about why football and the lesser things in life stress him out way more than the larger things do. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Who ya got for Super Bowl LX?! PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB Convocast 103 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's blogs Andy's podcasts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT "Feel it All" by sød ven; 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

It’s the start of a new fiscal year for our ministry, including a new board-approved budget that brings some modifications to the YOF content landscape and work duties for Tom and Erin. We'd love your prayers for continuing support beyond the foundation set in 2025 as we strive for 100% funding in 2026! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOF General Giving YOB Membership YOS Membership YOF Newsletter Signup Email Tom: [email protected] you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

We are back with our second YOScast episode with Erin, Lin, and Jericho! Realizing your attraction to women well past puberty is a very common phenomenon amongst our community. Why? When and how did you come to terms with your non-heterosexual identity? Together we highlight the “pros” of coming out later in life, including how this has enriched our faith journeys. We also play bingo, but you’ll have to listen to see who won! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE The Lesbian Masterdoc The sexuality identity development model The Forever 31 SNL sketch COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What was your late bloomer experience? In what ways has your faith been impacted by coming to terms with your sexuality? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOScast 002: Being a "Late Bloomer" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Erin: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOS Giving toward membership in YOB FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOS: Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok MORE FROM OUR CAST Learn more about our YOS contributors! MUSIC CREDIT "Be More" by Linden Hope, used with permission. you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

We conclude our two-part episode on the church with stories of healing from church hurt and growth in the church. We also discuss the notion of building church resiliency amid our frustrations and hang-ups with the church. How have we grown in such resiliency? Despite how the church may still fail us, how can we place our ultimate security in Jesus as we live out the truth that we are the church? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Where have you experienced healing or resiliency in the church? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOBcast 111: Church Healing LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Skillet's demonic filth(?!) version of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" Gay sheep! RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts Matt's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

It’s the premiere episode of Your Other Family Podcast! Or, the YOFcast, as we’ll also be known. Join hosts Tom and Erin for a brief origin story of how Your Other Brothers and Your Other Sisters came to be, along with some amazing topics we would discuss at length on this show – if only we had the full funding to do so! We’re still finding our footing as a nonprofit ministry, and we’re excited about the possibility of this new YOF coed podcast with contributing members of both YOB and YOS, also maintaining our YOB and YOS podcast productions. But we still need help getting to that point! If you’re not already giving in support of our 501(c)(3) organization, would you consider a monthly gift today? Check out the link below for general giving, or shoot us a community inquiry if you’re interested in YOB/YOS membership! There’s always room for one more sparrow in this nest. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOF General Giving YOB Membership YOS Membership YOBcast 047: Intimacy YOBcast 092: Second Adolescence YOScast 001: YOS is a Thing! Subscribe to our YOF newsletter! RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Email Erin: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT Intro/outro theme: “Wilderlove” by John Mark McMillan ft. Joy Williams 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Tom welcomes back Dawson to recap our seventh YOB retreat! We share our perspective about our retreat’s first-ever prayer labyrinth exercise, and we hit some of the other highlights of our weekend together in western Pennsylvania, including a manly calisthenics workout and a mysterious visitor to our lodge porch. Dawson shares his reaction to being crowned our first-ever “Mr. Masculinity,” and Tom shares a profound retreat moment that crescendoed with fifty men huddling around him in prayer. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Have you ever walked a prayer labyrinth? What were your takeaways from this year's YOB retreat? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB Convocast 102 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's blogs Dawson's podcasts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT "Feel it All" by sød ven; 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Where have we experienced hurt in the church, whether from our sexuality or otherwise? How do we continue in spiritual communities after experiencing church hurt? Join Tom, Ryan, and Matt for a raw discussion on our community’s church hurt stories. We’ll dive into the other side of hurt in a follow-up episode, but for now, we want to honor the pain, the loneliness, the frustration, the rejection, the abuse, the trauma, and the injustice of experiencing hurt in a place and with a people where we should have experienced life. If one of us hurts, may we all hurt together. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Where have you experienced hurt in the church? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOBcast 110: Church Hurt LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Kalan's rap remix of "Wood" by Taylor Swift The Carpenter's Son trailer with Nicolas Cage Owen Cooper Finally Meets Jake Gyllenhaal! "Church Hurt" by Hannah Kerr RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts Matt's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Andrew returns to dive deeper into his blog, “A Straight Man Won’t Fix You.” What led him to write this post, and long did he ponder it? Join Tom and Andrew for a discussion on the idolization of friendships with straight men, theorizing why some men in Side B spaces get drawn into the "mythical" realm of straight men. We also briefly recap the third season of “Heartstopper” and lament Andrew’s lack of attendance – and also his felt presence – at this year’s YOB retreat. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE How have you sought healing or "fixing" from a straight man? What happened? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB Convocast 101 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Andrew's blog: "A Straight Man Won't Fix You" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's blogs Andrew's blogs | podcasts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT "Feel it All" by sød ven; 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

After a couple years of discussions, spreadsheets, form submissions, and more legal fees than you could imagine, Your Other Family is now a government-recognized nonprofit organization! The IRS approved our nonprofit, and all membership dues and donations to our ministry are officially tax-deductible, including all amounts given retroactively on our new giving platform. We still have a journey yet ahead of us to close our remaining funding gaps, but this is a huge step forward. Tom recounts our recently held YOB retreat, which focused on God’s call for Abram to “go” – and so, we too are going. Will you pray with us for God's provision, also taking action wherever He prompts? 200 + 200 = LIFE LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOF General Giving YOB Membership YOS Membership YOF Newsletter Signup Tom's email: [email protected] you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

What draws us to the beauty of men? Do we engage it or run far from it? Join Tom, Ryan, and Matt for a discussion on masculine beauty! Learn why this topic has become something of Ryan’s “brand,” including a perspective shift that’s helped many members of our YOB community. We talk about navigating the tension between admiration and lust, gratitude and envy, and participation and insecurity in our interactions with the beautiful men around us. How do we direct our observations of masculine beauty back to the Creator? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What do you find beautiful about men? What's difficult about the beauty of men? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOBcast 109: Masculine Beauty LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE From The Christian Post: "Forrest Frank calls out fellow artists for mocking his accident..." Tom's blog: "The Masculine Uncertainty of Being Uncircumcised" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts Matt's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Welcome to our debut episode of the YOScast! Johana-Marie and Ashley join Erin to discuss the Life on Side B podcast episode on women's inclusion in Side B spaces (S3Ep14). As listeners, Erin and Johana-Marie talk about our big takeaways from this conversation, and Ashley recalls her experience co-hosting this episode. It’s been four years since it aired, so what has changed? Has anything stayed the same? We reflect on what gaps we still see in the Side B world, discuss how YOB has impacted us as women, and build up excitement for what Your Other Sisters will add to our movement. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Life on Side B's podcast: Johanna on Female Inclusion in Side B (w/ Ashley and Sarah) Janelle's blog: "Can I Be Real for a Second?" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What ways have you been impacted by women’s contributions to Side B spaces or the Church in general? What topics would you like to hear discussed from a woman’s perspective? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOScast 001: YOS is a Thing! RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Erin: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOS Giving toward membership in YOB FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOS: Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok MORE FROM OUR CAST Ashley's blog: "Standing in the Doorway" Johana-Marie's personal website Johana-Marie's pieces on A Side B Collective Learn more about our YOS contributors! MUSIC CREDIT "Be More" by Linden Hope, used with permission. you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Tom here, and it's my monthly "State of the Sparrow" for Your Other Family! It feels good to say I am now executive director of this new ministry. This month we finally made the switch away from Patreon to our new ministry giving platform. I actually got emotional deactivating our old way of supporting YOB. But I'm excited for what's to come as I update y'all on the resumption of regular blog/podcast content, as well as our next YOB+YOS membership call and our 7th YOB retreat this month in Pennsylvania. I'll share more about the numbers in my next update pod, but we would love to gain some additional support from outside our existing YOB+YOS membership. If you've been following our content and/or partaking in our community for a while, would you please prayerfully ponder this? Is there a married couple, parent, sibling, friend, elder, pastor, or even church who knows your story, and maybe even knows about your involvement in YOB or YOS, who you might consider asking to support YOF? 200 + 200 = LIFE LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOF General Giving YOB Membership YOS Membership YOF Home Tom's email: [email protected] you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

After 2+ years, we’re back with a new YOBcast! OGs Tom and Ryan welcome new YOBcast regular Matt as we catch up on the last couple years of our nonprofit journey. Fittingly, with the formation of Your Other Sisters alongside YOB under our nonprofit ministry of Your Other Family, we discuss the topic of WOMEN. How well have we connected with women from childhood to today? Did we genuinely experience adolescent crushes on girls or even try dating women? How has our sexuality impacted our friendships with women in adulthood, and how have we honestly felt about the formation of this Your Other Sisters community? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Tell us a story about your relationship with girls in childhood or women in adulthood. Where have relationships with the opposite sex been easy, life-giving, and/or difficult? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOBcast 108: Women LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Guys calling their male friends to say "good night" "Gay Men, Heterosexual Women and the Pain of Platonic Intimacy" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts Matt's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOFline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Family / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOF General giving (for non-members) Giving toward membership in YOB Giving toward membership in YOS FOLLOW YOF YOF: YouTube | Facebook | Instagram YOB: Facebook | Instagram | TikTok YOS: Facebook | Instagram MUSIC CREDIT Intro/outro theme: “Borderland” by John Mark McMillan Benediction theme: "Feel it All" by sød ven 100% clearance through Musicbed you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Introducing our new Your Other Family Podcast Network: a podcast channel for all YOF, YOB, and YOS podcast productions. In our first YOF Update pod, Tom shares the latest organizational updates about Your Other Brothers and Your Other Sisters under our new pending nonprofit ministry of Your Other Family! Tom shares the tentative upcoming podcast schedule, along with the financial situation as we pivot away from YOB’s Patreon page to our new giving platform with YOF. In short: we need your help to launch successfully with Tom and Erin on staff next month. Would you consider supporting our efforts? GIVE NOW to our general fund. INQUIRE NOW for membership in YOB or YOS. To close the episode, Tom shares about this week’s Revoice conference in Seattle and our first officially-as-YOF hangout time! We’d love to see you there. And finally, CHECK OUT our shiny new websites: https://yourotherfamily.org https://yourotherbrothers.org https://yourothersisters.org you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home

Ryan returns! We catch up on his life over the last couple years, including his VERY COOL new earring. We also celebrate our 100th ConvoCast by dusting off the oft-neglected “YOBcast Topics” spreadsheet to talk about what we WOULD talk about if we were talking about it (but we're not). Do you follow? Potential YOBcast topics like robosexuality, nudity, cuddling, arousal, and much, much more. Thanks friends for 100 conversations! COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What topics should we discuss on the YOBcast? What stands out from the options mentioned on this episode, and what other ideas do you have? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB Convocast 100 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Ryan's Enneagram Nine ConvoCast RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts Spotify FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email Tom: [email protected] Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed. you are not alone; even the sparrow finds a home