This is a special episode in conversation with a member of our community, author and public theologian Damon Garcia on 06/16/26, entitled Why You Don't Need a Calling. In this episode, Damon and Tim chat about the scope of Damon's work, and what led him to write his forthcoming book: You Don't Need a Calling: An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto for a Life of Purpose. They also discuss the effects of late capitalism on human meaning, how grounding in dignity and creativity offer us a way out, and what we can learn from disentangling from the vicious cycles of self-improvement and commoditization. Thanks for tuning in!

Order Damon's latest book, You Don't Need a Calling, HERE!

Grab ticket's to Damon's book release event with Way Collective on 06/22, HERE!

Damon Garcia is an author, speaker, content creator, and public theologian, trying to inspire radical imagination in people’s spirituality and politics. Inspired by liberation theology and anti-capitalist politics, Damon is passionate about developing a liberative spirituality for a disillusioned generation of spiritual misfits and radicals. He is the author of The God Who Riots: Taking Back the Radical Jesus (Broadleaf Books, 2022) and You Don’t Need a Calling: An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto for a Life of Purpose (Broadleaf Books, 2026). He lives in Santa Maria, California.

Follow along with his work at www.damongarcia.com.