About

Divcast is a podcast of the Admissions Office that gives you an inside look into the Duke Divinity School community. Listen and subscribe if you are interested in learning more about theological education at Duke.
  • Series 3: Students Engaging in the Field is a student hosted series that spotlights stories of current Duke Divinity Students serving in Field Education placements during the 2020-2021 academic year.
  • Series 2: Conversations with Duke Divinity Alumni showcases candid interviews with Duke Divinity graduates engaged in effective ministry. Host Rev. Todd Maberry asks the question, “how do alumni use their formation at Duke Divinity School to make a difference in the world?”.
  • Series 1: Essential Questions with Duke Divinity Faculty consists of insightful conversations between faculty members, many of whom are new to Duke Divinity School in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic year sand our host, Rev. Todd Maberry, about scholarship, faith, and the journey to Duke.
  • Bonus Admissions Content: Periodically, we will have bonus episodes that give information about the Admissions process at Duke Divinity School. These episodes are helpful for people currently applying to or planning to apply to seminary.
Rev. Todd Maberry, host
Todd Maberry, Host of Series 1 & 2 and Senior Director of Admissions, Recruitment, and Student Finance
Todd walks with current and future church leaders as they discern their vocation, helps them determine if theological education at Duke Divinity is a part of their calling, and then helps them figure out how to fund their education. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, Todd has served as a community pastor at the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection Downtown and has also planted a missional house church in Durham, N.C. Todd attended college at Olivet Nazarene University and has an M.Div. from Duke Divinity School and a M.P.A. from NC State University. Todd is married to Laura, and they have two young daughters.

Evelyn Archer-Taminger, Intern Emerita, Host of Series 3, and 2021 Master of Divinity graduate of Duke Divinity School

This series was hosted during Evelyn’s final year of her M.Div. While in seminary, she was pursuing a call toward pastoral ministry as an Ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church and interned for the nonprofit Student Action with Farmworkers. She grew up in Yorktown, V.A. and got her Bachelors Degree in Religious Studies and Communication Studies in 2018. She followed her call to become Associate Pastor at Burke UMC in Virginia in July 2021.

Morgan Hendrix, Executive Producer

Kinsley Whitworth, Sound Design

Katie Bracy, M.Div. ’24, Intern

Brooklynn Reardon, M.Div. ’22; Leah Reed, M.Div. ’21; Interns Emerita

Divcast’s theme music was composed, recorded, and produced by Christian DaPonte, M.Div. ’21