Important Context
Ryan Sides
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Ryan Sides is a writer with some burning questions. In this limited series, he dives into the issues he's been wrestling with and brings in friends, experts, and fellow overthinkers to unpack them together. Topics range from grief to polyamory and nontraditional dating structures, from navigating faith as a queer person to hearing from Black pastors offering queer-affirming perspectives.
Every conversation is guided by curiosity, the understanding that answers are often a process, not a destination. Join us as we get a little messy, a little uncomfortable, and—if we’re lucky—a lot more informed.
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Recent Episodes
S1E7 Black Gay Dating Kit | with Araya Baker, Dr. Matthew Brinkley, & Erick Nuñez
In this roundtable discussion, Ryan invites 3 Black, queer therapists to get to the bottom of why dating is so difficult for Black, queer men and what can be done about it. They cover kink and sex…
S1E6 Get On With It feat. Fr. Paul Anthony Daniels II
I sat with Episcopal Priest Father Paul Anthony Daniels II to learn about his journey in becoming an out gay priest and the adversity I assumed he had to overcome in achieving that. What it turned…
S1E5 Use Your Brain feat. Pastor Mike Walrond
In this episode of Important Context, Ryan Sides sits down with Pastor Mike Walrond, Senior Pastor of First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, to ask a foundational question: Is there biblical…
S1E4 What Does This Have to Do With God? feat. jarrett hill
Shortly after his year at Harvard Divinity School and just before taking sabbatical in London, jarrett hill discusses his time at HDS, how it's shaped his artistry and re-shaped his relationship with…
S1E3 My Boyfriend's Boyfriend Pt. II
In part two of this conversation on polyamory, host Ryan Sides reconnects with his former therapist, Dr. Karissa Doster-Hoffman, to explore what it looks like to navigate nontraditional relationships…
S1E2 My Boyfriend's Boyfriend Pt. I
We're talking about polyamory! For Black and brown queer people, and queer people in general, polyamory, open relationships and dating in nontraditional relationship structures has been a really…
S1E1 The Dead Dad Club
In the inaugural episode of Important Context, host Ryan Sides sits down with two friends in the Dead Dad Club to explore life after loss and how grief shapes us. Writer and strategist Robert (Rob)…
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Important Context has published 7 episodes since August 2025, covering topics in Health & Fitness, Mental Health.
Important Context is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 1h 22m.
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