We walk the walk—and talk it, too. Avenue M is a media platform built by Joey Taylor and Haroon Moghul, men on a shared journey of faith and meaning. Through our podcast and future projects, we hope to make deeper conversations about principles, pluralism and parenting accessible to a wider audience. Subscribe to get each episode sent directly to your inbox!
We’ve got remarkable guests from the great state of Ohio and across the world to help us unpack the moments that shape us, the struggles that build us and the questions that intrigue us. You can also find Avenue M on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. You can follow us on Instagram too.
We’ll share show notes, transcripts, and sneak peeks of upcoming guests, plus new content and bonus features, on this Substack.
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About Us
Co-host JOEY TAYLOR is the Director of Bespoken Live. Joey helps people find their voice and he’s spent the last seven years turning storytelling into a sacred art of connection.
From Beirut to Mombasa, Joey’s interfaith work has taken him across cultures, always chasing that sweet spot where belonging and agency meet.
He’s facilitated conversations in religious communities, prisons, and Zoom rooms—teaching world religions, designing peace trainings, and producing podcasts all based in a steady belief that stories can bridge any divide.
Some of his other podcast projects include The Common Good Podcast, Tales of the Unbound, Survival Guide for a Spiritual Wilderness and Inviting Oneness.
He lives in Loveland, OH with his partner Brooklin, their two kids, and a dog named Betsy who might be the best listener in the house.
Once, he dunked on a basketball hoop that wasn’t regulation size—and yes, it still counts.
Co-host HAROON MOGHUL is founder and President of Queen City Diwan, which builds unique global journeys for travelers of all ages and backgrounds. Here’s Haroon, introducing a fresh perspective on Spain after dinner at a fantastic restaurant just outside the Córdoba Mezquita.
Haroon has taught religion, culture and philosophy on five continents.
A one-time stand up comic in New York City (literally, just that one time), award-winning journalist and opinion columnist, Haroon’s been published by The New York Times, NPR’s Fresh Air, CNN, NBC News, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Al Jazeera, and many others.
In 2023 and 2024, EqualityX named Haroon one of the fifty most influential Muslims in the Americas.
Haroon’s most recent books are How to be a Muslim: An American Story (2017) and Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future (2022), which was recently translated into Albanian. Haroon lives with his wife and family in Cincinnati, where he teaches a new kind of Sunday school for middle and high schoolers.
You can follow his curriculum, approach and experience on his Substack, Sunday Schooled, a free resource for parents and educators. Haroon also likes chai, Graeter’s chip wheelies, and pizza (Goodfellas, Dewey’s, and Two Cities if we’re sticking to Cincy). He’s lactose intolerant, lives with his wife and family in Cincinnati, loves books and once, a long time ago, in the faraway state of Vermont, he dunked.
Even though this happened in the 19th century, as his kids like to say, it still happened. Haroon will hold onto this as long as he lives.
