Best Gregory Soden Podcasts (2024)

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EP 310: Indigenous Plant Medicines w/Dr. Natalie Avalos 43:45

21h ago43:45

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Natalie Avalos is an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies in the Ethnic Studies department at University of Colorado Boulder. She is an ethnographer of religion whose teaching and research examine Indigenous religious life, land-based ethics, healing historical trauma, and decolonization. She received her Ph.D. in Religious…

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EP 309: Queer Activism in India w/Emma Thompson 31:52

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Emma Thompson is a Ph.D. candidate in the Islam subfield of the Department of Religion at Princeton University. They are also pursuing a graduate certificate from the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies. Their work focuses on Islam in South Asia along with Islam, Gender, and Sexuality. Their research draws on anthropological fieldwork and socia…

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Support Gun Control...Kill a Hunter (EP 113) 1:19:47

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Support Gun Control...Kill a Hunter is track 3 on 1992's Martial Law with a Cherry on Top! Ranting intro: 00:00-20:00 Andy Treister and Stink Bug instrumental cover: 20:00-22:00 Song "Commentary": 22:00-53:24 1991 live performance: 53:24-56:40 Jord Samolesky discusses the 1989-1992 demos: 56:40-ENDBy Gregory J Soden

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A Conversation with Jord Samolesky 57:36

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Jord Samolesky has played drums in Propagandhi since 1986. Jord's first appearance on the podcast: https://unscriptedmoments.libsyn.com/the-fking-rich-fk-the-poorwishingbeyond-ep-51By Gregory J Soden

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EP 308: Afro-Futurism, Afro-Pessimism, and Black Joy as Resistance with Dr. Michael Brandon McCormack 40:02

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Dr. Michael Brandon McCormack is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Pan-African Studies, Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities , and former Director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research at the University of Louisville. He earned his Ph.D. in Religion in 2013 from Vanderbilt University. His research explor…

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Note to Self (Deluxe Edition): Ep 112 4:35:19

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Introduction: 00:00-4:50 Steven Iarusci cover: 4:50-10:40 Robby Lester (The Ghostwrite) cover: 10:40-12:30 The original episode 79 w/Keith Gough, Kashif Shaikh, and Jen Sorenson: 12:20-3:39:00 Steven Iarusci interview: 3:39:00-4:07:00 Robby Lester interview: 4:07:00-4:21:00 Zack Del Paxton interview: 4:07:00-END…

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EP 307: Coptic Orthodox Christianity with Phoebe Farag Mikhail 44:32

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Phoebe Farag Mikhail is a Coptic Orthodox Christian and the author of Putting Joy into Practice: Seven Ways to Lift Your Spirit from the Early Church (Paraclete Press). She holds an M.A. in International Education and is a lifelong learner of theology, currently taking courses at Pope Shenouda III Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary in New Jersey.…

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EP 306: Black Women’s Maternal/ Reproductive Health w/Dr. Ashlyn Strozier 32:37

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Dr. Strozier is a lecturer at Georgia State University. She is continuing her research in the areas of religion, gender, sexuality, and health focusing the disproportionality of black women's maternal mortality, and women's reproductive decisions, using digital platforms. Her pedagogical focus is anti-racist and decolonial teaching strategies, whil…

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Back to the Motor League (Deluxe Edition): EP 111 2:43:00

1M ago2:43:00

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Introduction (with cover by "This Fucking Band Rules"): 00:00-7:24 Part 1 with John Darnielle: 7:24-1:33:00 Part 2 with Adam Russell: 1:33:00-1:46:50 Part 3 with Chris Navarette: 1:46:50-2:24:05 Part 4 with John Danek: 2:24:20-2:34:00 Part 5 with Raylee Perkins: 2:34:00-ENDBy Gregory J Soden

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EP 305: Swāmīnī Vāto in the Swaminarayan Sampraday w/Dr. Bhakti Mamtora 20:25

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Bhakti Mamtora (Ph.D., Religion, University of Florida) is Assistant Professor of South Asian Religions in the Department of Religious Studies and Classics at the University of Arizona. Broadly, her research interests include print culture, book history, migration, and transnational religion. Her current book project employs archival, textual, and …

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EP 304: The Racism of People Who Love You w/Dr. Samira Mehta 53:01

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Samira Mehta is an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at CU Boulder. Her research focuses on the intersections of religion, culture, and gender, including the politics of family life and reproduction in the US. Her first book, Beyond Chrismukkah: The Christian-Jewish Interfaith Family in the United States (UNC, 2018)…

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Call Before you Dig (Part 2) 21:54

2M ago21:54

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Dylan James is the lead singer for Storyteller and the drummer in the bands Clipwing and The Isolation Booth. Listen to Clipwing: https://clipwing.bandcamp.com/track/fist-fight Listen to Storyteller: https://storytellermb.bandcamp.com/album/storyteller-2 Listen to The Isolation Booth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL68SApbAkg…

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EP 303: The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the Family w/Dr. Sophie Bjork-James 36:34

2M ago36:34

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Sophie Bjork-James (Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, City University of New York) is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. She has over ten years of experience researching both the US based Religious Right and the white nationalist movements. She is the author of The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism’s Politics of the…

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EP 302: Mestizo Poetics of Belonging: Deuteronomy’s Construction of Israelite Ethnicity w/Dr. Chauncey Handy 43:44

2M ago43:44

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Chauncey Handy is Assistant Professor of Religion at Reed College. As a Chicano scholar of the Hebrew Bible, Chauncey’s work focuses on the intersection of race/racialization, theories of ethnicity, Latinx theorization of identity, and the reception history of the Hebrew Bible (for example his Bible, Race, and Empire course at Reed). He earned his …

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Laughing Stock (EP 110) 56:42

2M ago56:42

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Laughing Stock was released as a flexi single 7" in 2017. 00:00-12:30: Introduction 12:30-15:40: Cover by Darren 16:00-End: Greg and SteveBy Gregory J Soden

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Without Love (Deluxe Edition): EP 109 2:39:34

2M ago2:39:34

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Without Love is track 9 on Supporting Caste. Episode chapters: 00:00-6:20: Greg and Steve introduction 6:40-10:35: Greg introduction 10:35-16:05: Arms Bizarre cover "Without Love" 16:05-1:19:20: Episode 88 featuring Keith Gough, Sulynn Hago, and Pete Lee 1:19:20-1:23:00: Freaking Snap cover "Without Love" 1:23:00-1:43:30: Adam Russell (Story of the…

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EP 301: Chinese Nature Poetry and Ultrarunning w/Dr. Vic Thasiah 35:45

3M ago35:45

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Vic Thasiah is a professor of religion and a lead faculty member in the environmental studies program at California Lutheran University. He is also the founder and co-president of the nonprofit environmental organization Runners for Public Lands. His research focuses on Chinese nature poetry, Native American perspectives on land and running, and en…

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EP 300: Race, Caste, and Indian Missionary Priests in Rural America w/Dr. Sonja Thomas 39:02

3M ago39:02

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Sonja Thomas is an associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Colby College, where she teaches courses on South Asian feminisms, transnational feminisms, gender and human rights, feminist theory, and postcolonial and native feminisms. Sonja is associate editor for South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, and the author of P…

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...And We Thought That Nation-States Were a Bad Idea (Deluxe Edition) EP 108 4:38:40

3M ago4:38:40

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Introduction: 00:00-6:16 Eric Epps and Josh Kemble cover: 6:16-9:07 Dr. Chris Deutsch interview: 9:07-1:12:15 Frank Zed cover: 1:12:15-1:16:08 Jonah Bayer interview: 1:16:08-1:58:00 Mike Damante interview: 2:00:37-2:35:00 Billy Hamilton interview: 2:35:00-3:43:30 Raylee Perkins interview: 3:49:33-4:03:30 Frank Zed interview: 4:03:30-END…

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EP 299: The Smithsonian, Settler Colonialism, and the Study of Indigenous Lifeways w/Dr. Sarah E. Dees 42:02

3M ago42:02

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Sarah Dees is a scholar of American and Indigenous religions and assistant professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University. Her research focuses on the history of the study and representation of Native North American religious traditions, including the relationship between the production of knowledge about religion and policies limiting the…

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Ska Sucks (Deluxe Edition) w/In Defense of Ska (EP 107) 5:58:11

3M ago5:58:11

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This is the compiled deluxe edition for all Ska Sucks episodes ever released on this podcast and is intended to be the last episode for this song. Thank you to Adam Davis and Aaron Carnes from In Defense of Ska for the guest introduction. Listen to In Defense of Ska: https://linktr.ee/aaroncarnes Read In Defense of Ska: https://www.clashbooks.com/n…

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EP 298: Theopoetics and Octavia Butler w/Dr. Tamisha Tyler 44:39

3M ago44:39

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Tamisha A. Tyler (she/her/hers) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology and Culture, and Theopoetics at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Indiana. Her research interests include Theopoetics, Theology and the arts, Afrofuturism, Black popular culture, and Science Fiction. Her dissertation, Articulating Sensibilities: Methodologies in T…

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Greg and Steve Go See Blind Guardian 58:03

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Blind Guardian and Night Demon Venue: Rebel City: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Date: May 9, 2024By Gregory J Soden

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EP 297: Practical Theology with Corwin Malcolm Davis 41:41

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Corwin Malcolm Davis is a PhD candidate at Emory University in Person, Community, and Religious Life, and earning a certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Corwin earned a B.A. Degree from Belmont University and a M.Div. from Vanderbilt University Divinity School as the Dean's Scholar. At Emory, Davis has received the George W. Woodr…

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A Conversation with Hutch Harris 41:26

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Hutch Harris played guitar and sang for The Thermals from Sub Pop Records, Kill Rock Stars, and Saddle Creek Records. You can find his solo material at hutchharris.bandcamp.comBy Gregory J Soden

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EP 296: 3HO's Boarding Schools with Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe 48:08

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This episode discusses the article "3HO's Boarding Schools Were a Living Hell" from Baaz News with the authors Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe. Read: https://www.baaznews.org/p/3hos-boarding-schools-abuse-yogi-bhajan?utm_medium=web Visit Stacie Stukin online: https://www.staciestukin.com/ Visit Philip Deslippe online: https://philipdeslippe.com/ …

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FreakingSnap: Third Act (Ft. Greg Soden and Keith Gough) 11:55

4M ago11:55

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https://freakingsnap.bandcamp.com/By Gregory J Soden & Chris Friesen

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Bent (Ep 106) 2:01:17

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Bent is track 7 on Where Quality is Job 1 (Recess Records) and track 27 on Where Quantity is Job #1 compilation (G7 Welcoming Committee Records). Bent was written and performed by Sudden Impact and was originally released on the Freaked Out (1984) demo and No Rest From the Wicked (1986 LP). Meandering Episode Intro: 00:00-18:00 Sudden Impact and To…

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EP 295: Bones and Honey with Danielle Dulsky 41:50

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Danielle is a poet, painter, teacher, and word-witch. The author of Bones & Honey, The Holy Wild Grimoire, The Sacred Hags Oracle, Seasons of Moon and Flame, Woman Most Wild, and The Holy Wild (published by New World Library), she teaches internationally and has facilitated circles, embodiment trainings, communal spell-work, and seasonal rituals si…

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EP 294: Teaching About Religion in Middle School w/Rebecca Cooper 45:30

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Rebecca Cooper teaches religion at the middle school level in the suburbs of Washington D.C.By Gregory J Soden

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A Conversation with Eric Drooker 54:15

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Born and raised on Manhattan Island, Eric Drooker began to slap his art on the streets at night as a teenager. Since then, his drawings and posters have become a familiar sight in the global street art movement, and his paintings appear frequently on covers of the New Yorker. His first book, Flood, won the American Book Award, followed by Blood Son…

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EP 293: A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive w/Dr. Elyse Ambrose 31:29

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Elyse Ambrose (Ph.D., Religion and Society, Drew University) is a blackqueer ethicist, creative, and educator. Their forthcoming book, A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive (T&T Clark) offers a transreligious and communal-based sexual ethics grounded in blackqueer archive. Ambrose’s photo-sonic exhibition, “Spirit …

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EP 292: Young Muslims Online and Religious Authority w/Dr. Sana Patel 34:01

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Dr. Sana Patel, (Ph.D., Religious Studies, University of Ottawa) has distinguished herself as a scholar specializing in Digital Islam. She is the recipient of the 2023 Digital Religion Research Award presented by The Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies. After completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on systemic Islamopho…

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EP 291: Imam Professionalization w/Dr. Nancy Khalil 33:01

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Nancy A. Khalil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with an appointment in the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program. Her research broadly focuses on the politics of the idea of American Islam and her forthcoming manuscript is on the profession of the Imam in America. Her acad…

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The Banger's Embrace (Deluxe Edition) 4:52:16

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Timestamps: Introduction: 1:34-7:30 Rody Walker and Dan Hay cover: 7:30-9:52 Original Episode 2 with Keith and Greg: 9:52-55:35 Rob Urbinati interview: 55:35-1:19:35 Joe Rico interview: 1:19:35-1:55:03 Greg Goes to Winnipeg: 1:55:03-2:51:13 Rody Walker interview: 2:51:13-3:47:50 Jeff Bagneschi interview: 3:47:50-END…

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EP 290: Science Fiction and Dune w/Dr. Patrick J. D'Silva 51:56

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Patrick J. D’Silva (Ph.D., Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is a faculty member of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver. His current research projects include analyzing the intersection of race, religion, and cultural appropriation in contemporary science fiction, as well as the history of how…

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EP 289: The Cake Baker and the Coach w/Dr. Charles McCrary 40:11

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Charles McCrary (Ph.D., Religion, Florida State University) is an assistant professor of religious studies at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He researches and teaches broadly on American religion, especially topics related to politics, race, secularism, and science. His first book, Sincerely Held: American Secularism and Its Believers (…

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Greg and Steve Disappoint Everyone with an AMA 2:12:31

5M ago2:12:31

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The unhinged era continues.By Gregory J Soden

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EP 288: Multiracial Cosmotheandrism w/Dr. Aizaiah Yong 36:01

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Rev. Aizaiah G. Yong (Ph.D., Practical Theology, Claremont School of Theology) serves as Assistant Professor of Spirituality at the Claremont School of Theology in Southern California, USA. He is an ordained Pentecostal Christian minister within the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a recognized facilitator in the Compassion Practice and an I…

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Todd's Incredibly Professional Station ID for 4ZZZ Brisbane (EP 105) 35:42

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Todd's Incredibly Professional Station ID for 4ZZZ Brisbane is track 10 on Where Quantity is Job #1. Watch Propagandhi perform at 4ZZZ Brisbane in 1997: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRFDQPkN1BcBy Gregory J Soden

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F**k the Border with Bad Egg 40:02

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Bad Egg is a band thats dressed all over Southern Ontario, 401 Authority. Listen to Bad Egg: https://badegg.bandcamp.com/By Gregory J Soden

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EP 287: Moon of the Turning Leaves w/Waubgeshig Rice 43:15

6M ago43:15

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In this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout. For …

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A Conversation With John of Without Love 1:23:52

6M ago1:23:52

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Without Love is fast, melodic and passionate hardcore from the North of England. On this episode, John and I discuss Potemkin City Limits, A Speculative Fiction, and Mate Ka Moris Ukun Rasik An. Listen: https://withoutlovehc.bandcamp.com/album/surrender-epBy Gregory J Soden

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EP 286: Political Organizing and Teaching about Theology w/Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart 30:21

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Rev. Naomi Washington-Leapheart is a Black queer preacher, teacher, public administrator, and justice advocate. She is an adjunct professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University and the Government Fellow for Religion and Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. In 2021, Rev. Naomi founded Salt | Yeast | Light, an organization tha…

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...And We Thought That Nation-States Were A Bad Idea w/Frank Zed (That Lullaby Guy) 38:27

7M ago38:27

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Frank Zed is a musician and teacher in Quebec, Canada! He performs music under the moniker "That Lullaby Guy," as well as "You, Me, and the Dummy Dummies," and more! Listen to That Lullaby Guy: https://frankzed.bandcamp.com/album/that-lullaby-guy-no-use-for-a-nap Listen to You, Me, and the Dummy Dummies: https://frankzed.bandcamp.com/album/dee-zed-…

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EP 285: Jewish Cemeteries at the US Border w/Dr. Maxwell Greenberg 59:02

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Maxwell Greenberg (he/they) | (Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Cultural Studies at Goucher College) is an interdisciplinary scholar and educator who researches and teaches about race, religion, gender, and place. He earned his PhD in Chicana/o and Central American Studies from UCLA (2021), before serving as the Friedman P…

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EP 284: Teaching, Curriculum, & Standards w/Dr. Elizabeth Jemison 42:01

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Elizabeth Jemison is Associate Professor of Religion at Clemson University where she teaches courses on American religion. She is the author of Christian Citizens: Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Postemancipation South, published by UNC Press in 2020. Her next book project, tentatively titled, Christian Motherhood: Race and Southern Chu…

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The Days You Hate Yourself (EP 104) 1:27:16

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Timestamps: 00:00-32:40: Introduction 32:40-47:00: Interview with Todd Kowalski 47:03-END: Greg and SteveBy Gregory J Soden

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Dear Coach's Corner w/Sunaya Sapurji 1:10:48

7M ago1:10:48

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Sunaya Sapurji is a senior editor for The Athletic in Canada. Previously, she has worked as a junior hockey reporter and editor for the Toronto Star and Yahoo Sports. Sunaya Sapurji is a senior editor for The Athletic in Canada. Read "When Hockey Became Hardcore": https://theathletic.com/832937/2019/08/08/hardcore/ Visit Sunaya Sapurji's profile at…

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EP 283: Racial Science of Protestant Missions w/Dr. Matthew J. Smith 34:21

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Matthew J. Smith (he/him/his) holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Northwestern University and is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Alma College in mid-central Michigan. He is a transdisciplinary scholar of race, religion, and U.S. empire whose research and teaching also center on gender/sexuality, science & technology, and t…

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