Vox Podcast With Mike Erre

How spoken word can confront injustice, build bridges of understanding, and bring healing to a broken church. In this inaugural conversation in the Art of Race series, Mike and Andy sit down with acclaimed spoken word artist and culture critic Micah Bournes to explore how race, faith, and art intersect in powerful, transformative ways. Micah brings compelling storytelling, prophetic insight, and grace-filled truth-telling about what it's like to grow up Black in America, walk through predominantly white institutions as a young man of faith, and still keep hope in Jesus's vision for a unified church. From personal encounters with systemic injustice to unflinching critiques of evangelical theology and culture, Micah challenges listeners to think deeply about white privilege, structural racism, and performative diversity in the church. Through it all, he models a radically honest but hope-filled path forward—one rooted not in tokenism or superficial unity, but in consistent community, shared power, and a theolog