Hosts

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Vanessa Zoltan

Co-Host, Executive Producer, CEO Not Sorry

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Vanessa is the CEO of Not Sorry and the host of many Not Sorry podcasts. She founded Common Ground Pilgrimages in order to travel with brilliant faculty to beautiful places and talk about books with amazing pilgrims. It was a great trick she pulled off. She is also the author of the book, Praying with Jane Eyre.

Vanessa was trained as a non-denominational chaplain at Harvard Divinity School. She is a proud California girl who currently lives in MA.

Email: vanessa@notsorryproductions.com 

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Matthew Potts

Co-Host

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Matt grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Notre Dame with a BA in English.

After a brief stint in the navy in Japan, he began graduate school and took both his M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. He serves on the Harvard faculty now and teaches courses on religion and literature. He's also an Episcopal priest and has ministered to several congregations in Massachusetts. Matt is the co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.

He likes running, cooking, walking his dog, the Detroit Tigers, dessert, and doing nearly anything with his wife and kids. He also likes a lot of books.

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Casper ter Kuile

Co-Host

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Casper ter Kuile brings new possibilities for community and spirituality to life. He's the co-creator and founding co-host of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, the co-host of The Real Question, and a board member of Not Sorry.

Casper is the author of The Power of Ritual (HarperOne, 2020) and the co-founder of Sacred Design Lab, a soul-centered research and development lab. A graduate of Harvard's Kennedy and Divinity Schools, he served as a Ministry Innovation Fellow for Harvard Divinity School from 2016-2021.

Casper's at his happiest when he's harmony folk singing, keeping his tech sabbath, or stopping for a tea break on a long country walk. Originally from England and Holland, he lives with his husband in Brooklyn, NY.

Team

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AJ Jaramaz

Producer

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AJ Jaramaz is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Brooklyn. He is a producer for Not Sorry and produced Series 2 of Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. He received his B.A. in English from UCLA, and enjoys making music and reading in his spare time.

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Ariana Nedelman

Executive Producer

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Ariana Nedelman is Co-Executive Producer of Not Sorry with Vanessa Zoltan and oversees all of the podcast content that comes out of Not Sorry. She co-created Harry Potter and the Sacred Text and produced Series 1. She has her BA from the University of Chicago and enjoyed a brief stint at Harvard Divinity School before dropping out. She loves contra dancing, British panel shows, and reading aloud.

Email: ariana@notsorryproductions.com

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Courtney Brown

Director of Programs

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Courtney serves as Administrative Coordinator. Born in Louisiana and currently residing in Maryland, Courtney received her BS in Secondary English Education at Louisiana State University Shreveport and taught ninth grade literature for five years before becoming full-time caretaker to her two kids.