Origami Elephants - January 9, 2016
The Problem with the Virtuous Hero
Bryne and JR. recap some of our favorite films of a very good year, then dive into a couple that signal a shift in how we are telling stories as a culture. The Big Short, Sicario and Netflix' Making a Murderer demonstrate an important shift away from the traditional virtue narrative Americans like so much toward more complicated, complex and honest storytelling. We evaluate this shift, and why we are so excited for it.
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Bryne and JR. welcome two pastors – Josh Butler and Eric Knox – to discuss the mess that is Ferguson, Missouri in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown. We examine how the media shapes the story, how the militarization of police feeds the conflict, and the extent to which race and privilege shape and are shaped by the events in Ferguson.
In this Episode:
1:00 – Travel and Whatnot
04:30 – Coming Soon
6:00 –
27:00 –
36:00 –
52:00 –
59:00 – Connect with Josh and Eric
Episode Links
Theme song for this episode is “Black Rage” by Lauren Hill
Ferguson, Police and the Media
An annotated breakdown of the facts as we know them
History of Police Abuse in Ferguson (Slate)
Commissioner Kerlikowske Interview
Race and Privilege
Why Ferguson is about more than Ferguson
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Austin Channing Brown’s “Black Bodies White Souls”\
The Cross and the Molotov Cocktail by Christina Cleveland
Josh Butler’s Ferguson Call to Worship
The Only Way I Know How to Save the World by Richard Beck
Connect with Our Guests:
Joshua Ryan Butler
Josh’s book The Skeletons in God’s Closet (released in October)
Eric Knox Eric’s blog, The Real Negrodamus
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