{"podcast":{"title":"The Unbound Podcast with Dr. Tony Evans","slug":"the-unbound-podcast-with-dr-tony-evans-7667203","podcast_index_feed_id":7667203,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.subsplash.com/vydtqpn/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://tonyevans.org/contact/","image_url":"https://images.subsplash.com/base64/L2ltYWdlLmpwZz9pZD03ZjllNjE1NS02YjkyLTQxODEtYWY0Yy1iZWE5ZjNkZGJiZGQmdz0zMDAwJmg9MzAwMCZhbGxvd191cHNjYWxlPXRydWU.jpg","author":"Dr. Tony Evans (abledsoe@tonyevans.org)","episode_count":20,"summary":"In a world of noise, we need conversations shaped by curiosity and clarity. Join Dr. Tony Evans for The Unbound Podcast, featuring unhurried reflections with influential voices like Lecrae, Amanda Bible Williams & Raechel Myers (She Reads Truth), and Dan Wallace. Some guests you may recognize. Others you’ll be glad to meet here. All of them bring something worth listening to. This isn’t just another teaching series; it’s an invitation to engage with podcast guests through open dialogue about purpose and pressure, missteps and mendings, and culture and conscience. These are unhurried conversations shaped by curiosity, attentiveness and a willingness to sit with meaningful questions rather than rush to answers. These podcasts explore what it means to live free—and to identify what’s been holding you back. For those familiar with Dr. Evans’ teaching, this podcast offers another way to engage with his voice — through open conversation, shared reflection, and thoughtful dialogue. For new listeners, it’s an invitation into conversations that value depth and clarity without pretense. The Unbound Podcast offers something increasingly rare: a place to slow down, lean in, and let thoughtful…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T20:20:27.851391+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unbound-podcast-with-dr-tony-evans-7667203"},"episode":{"title":"From Dropout to Doctorate: The Story that God Turned Around | The Unbound Podcast","slug":"from-dropout-to-doctorate-the-story-that-god-turned-around-the-unbound-podcast","published_at":"2026-02-17T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unbound-podcast-with-dr-tony-evans-7667203/from-dropout-to-doctorate-the-story-that-god-turned-around-the-unbound-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unbound-podcast-with-dr-tony-evans-7667203","url":"https://t.subsplash.com/r/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uc3Vic3BsYXNoLmNvbS92aWRlb3MvSDRKVDZRL2I3YTA0MzRhLTMzZDgtNGJkNi1hYzM4LTU5ZWJhMmFiMmQ3NS92aWRlby5tcDQ.mp4?k=H4JT6Q&s=3&sapid=769qtyk","audio_url":"https://t.subsplash.com/r/aHR0cHM6Ly9jZG4uc3Vic3BsYXNoLmNvbS92aWRlb3MvSDRKVDZRL2I3YTA0MzRhLTMzZDgtNGJkNi1hYzM4LTU5ZWJhMmFiMmQ3NS92aWRlby5tcDQ.mp4?k=H4JT6Q&s=3&sapid=769qtyk","summary":"There are moments in life when you realize you’ve been carrying more than anyone ever knew. Stories you never told. Labels you never chose. A version of yourself shaped by loss, instability or simply being unseen. This episode of The Unbound Podcast is for anyone who knows that feeling. Dr. Tony Evans sits down with Terence Lester, whose life didn’t follow a straight line. Before the degrees or the leadership roles, there were seasons marked by homelessness, fracture and being overlooked. Those years didn’t disappear. They became the ground where something deeper took root. What unfolds here isn’t a résumé or a success story wrapped in neat conclusions. It’s an honest conversation about pain that lingers, dignity that has to be reclaimed, and what it means to let your past inform your purpose without being trapped by it. Terence talks about forgiveness that doesn’t rush, growth that tells the truth, and why truly seeing people is more than compassion—it’s an act of justice. Today, his work spans city streets, classrooms and communities across the country. He leads Love Beyond Walls, teaches public policy and social change and writes about poverty, race and human dignity from lived experience, not theory. His life’s work is shaped by a simple conviction: no one should be invisible. If you’ve ever wondered whether your story disqualifies you or whether the parts of your life you try hardest to forget might actually hold meaning, this conversation meets you there. Not with easy answers, but with clarity, humility and hope that feels earned. Freedom doesn’t always come from escaping the past. Sometimes it begins when we stop hiding from it and move forward, unbound. ——————————— Learn more about Dr. Terence Lester: https://terencelester.com/ Love Beyond Walls: https:// www.…","meta_description":"There are moments in life when you realize you’ve been carrying more than anyone ever knew. Stories you never told. Labels you never chose. 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