In the wake of protests at Mizzou and Yale, Bryne and JR. investigate how protests make invisible persons visible, and explore how those in power ought to respond.
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Bryne walks JR. through her recent lessons on privilege. They discuss Playboy’s surprising announcement and then move into a conversation about Amnesty: International’s controversial decision to support decriminalized prostitution worldwide.
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Post-Modern Evangelism
Bryne and JR. wonder whether Evangelicals can proselytize in ways that respect the Other. Along we way, we investigate why we often struggle with the silence of God.
Bryne and JR. welcome Clay Morgan of the StoryMen podcast to help us sift through the legal ramifications of some recent Supreme Court cases. We investigate the federal ruling on same sex marriage as well as the Oklahoma ruling to remove the 10 Commandments monument from the State Capitol grounds.
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Race and American Identity
Bryne and JR. welcome blogger and activist Grace Sandra to reflect on the shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and the strange case of Rachel Dolezal pretending to be black. We investigate what race is, how it’s similar to and different from gender, and how these comprise our identity.
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Who’s to Blame?
Bryne and JR. investigate the recent spate of scandals in the Evangelical world concerning sexual abuse. From the Duggars to Tony Jones to the Village Church, we ask why religions tend to blame victims and what our response should look like.
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Comics and Gender
Bryne and JR. welcome Rachel Stine and Evie Allport to discuss gender issues in recent comic works. We focus specifically on AGE OF ULTRON’s Black Widow problem and the criticisms of MARVEL’s new A-Force comic.
[one_third] Given the glut of new films about Artificial Intelligence, Bryne and JR. ask what counts as consciousness. We revisit Chappie, dive deeply into Ex Machina, and touch on Age of Ultron, Terminator: Genesys, Her, Avatar and Stephen King’s The Jaunt. Packed with listern questions, we are ready to welcome our robot overlords! [learn_more caption=”In This Episode”] 2:30 – Welcome, Robot Overlords! 4:00 […]
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It Follows
Marion, Easter and IT FOLLOWS. Episode 12 is short, but sweet!
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Islam and Public Spaces
Bryne and JR. investigate three recent instances of conflicts involving Islam and outside cultures and religions. From Charlie Hebdo to the Duke University Chapel to Oxford University Press, we wonder what is at stake in each circumstance and how we can be religious in non-religious spaces. BONUS: We also review SELMA.