Best Evan Minton Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 22: The Fight Against School Segregation: An Interview with Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola 33:45

3M ago33:45

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Listen in as Sacramento State Professor Elvia Ramirez interviews Dr. Marisela Martinez-Cola about her book, The Bricks Before Brown: The Chinese American, Native American, and Mexican Americans’ Struggle for Educational Equality. In her book, Dr. Martinez-Cola examines the many legal cases that preceded the well-known 1954 school desegregation case…

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Episode 21: Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention at Sac State 37:01

3M ago37:01

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In this episode, Communication Studies student Victor Tafoya and Associate Professor of Sociology Dr. Lina Rincon interview the Associate Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO), Stephanie Cruz. Stephanie discusses her work to build awareness on how to prevent sexual assault. She offers insights on the global history of Sexual Assault Awa…

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Episode 20: Global Perspectives with Tomorrow’s Leaders: Is Model United Nations the Answer? 36:35

6M ago36:35

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Sacramento State’s 2023 Model United Nations cohort joins the Building Justice podcast in a special episode to discuss their recent participation in both domestic and international National Model United Nations (NMUN) conferences, experiences in the MUN program, and the impact of international relations in their undergraduate studies.…

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Episode 19: Something's in the air. 33:14

7M ago33:14

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In this episode Political Science graduate student Veronica Mozqueda and Environmental Studies Department Chair Dr. Wayne Linklater talk about air pollution research in Sacramento's environmental justice zones.

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Episode 18: The Who, What, and Why of ASI 50:07

7M ago50:07

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Sacramento State Political Science undergraduate Mai Lam talks with ASI President Natalie Dominguez and Vice President Veronica Boulos about the role of student government on Sac State’s campus. They focus on key agenda points such as Title IX, changes in FASFA, and basic needs provision.

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Episode 17: Advocating for trans communities: an interview with Assembly Candidate Evan Minton 27:03

8M ago27:03

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Sacramento State Professor Tristan Josephson interviews legislative and policy advocate Evan Minton, a trailblazer for the trans community, to talk about Evan's campaign, trans political representation, healthcare access, and anti-trans legislation, as well as how trans social justice visions can make connections across a range of progressive socia…

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Episode 16: Conditional Belonging: The Racialization of Iranians in the Wake of Anti-Muslim Politics. 38:02

8M ago38:02

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Sacramento State Political Science faculty and IMESC director Sahar Razavi talks with Associate Professor of Sociology Sahar Sadeghi about her research on the experiences of Iranian immigrants in the United States and Germany. Sadeghi’s recently-published book discusses the intersection of race, immigration, and power in the wider context of immigr…

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Episode 15: What is the role of colleges in addressing food and housing insecurity among students? 32:51

8M ago32:51

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As the importance of a college degree has increased so has its cost. Within this context, a growing share of students in college struggle to make ends meet and some experience food and housing insecurity. However, there is wide variability in the response to student homelessness and housing insecurity across institutions of higher education in the …

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Episode 14: [Placeholder: Living Precariously] 46:37

8M ago46:37

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Sacramento State students in Photo 175 headed out into the fields of California's Central Valley to learn about relationships to land, stewardship, and environmental justice. They recorded interviews with various people living in and around the Central Valley for audiences to hear. Students co-produced this episode with Professor Eliza Gregory.…

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Episode 13: Social Justice Through the Lens of Kachiside Madu 29:26

8M ago29:26

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Listen in as Sac State photography undergraduates Evalina Carrillo, Angelo Hinojosa, and Jonathan Wong talk with Sacramento photographer Kachiside Madu about photography as activism and how the camera can be used to advance social justice.

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Episode 12: How theatres of color in Sacramento contribute to social justice and economic development 43:56

8M ago43:56

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The three professional theatre companies in Sacramento work hard to provide diversity in their programming but fall short from time to time. Theatres of Color, Sacramento, fills the gaps offering opportunity for performing artists to thrive artistically in our region while presenting stories not often presented to audiences of color.…

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Episode 11: Why is Representation in Children’s Literature Important? 46:57

9M ago46:57

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Listen in as Sac State alumni Ryan McMurray, M.A., and Dr. Tonmar Johnson talk with San Francisco-based artist Christopher Burch about the need for more equitable representation in children’s literature. The three speakers are publishing an upcoming book series featuring African American protagonists through their media company, 7th Gap Media. They…

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Episode 10: Building Tomorrow's Leaders by Investing in Parent Leaders Today. 49:30

9M ago49:30

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Listen in as Sac State sociology alumna Maria-Elena Pulido-Sepulveda discusses the family as an agent of political socialization and civic engagement in the context of parenthood with three recent graduates of the Sacramento Parent Leadership Institute: Crystal Harding, Fienishia Wash and Zainab During…

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Episode 9: Social Justice Union Organizing with the California Faculty Association (CFA) 47:21

9M ago47:21

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Creating and supporting working and learning conditions that are equitable and just are the core of social justice union organizing. Listen in as Sac State Social Sciences Librarian Melissa Cardenas-Dow discusses social justice union organizing with key members of the Sacramento chapter of CFA: Anne Luna, CFA Sacramento chapter President, Margarita…

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Episode 170: The Final Episode 51:09

9M ago51:09

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This is the final episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast. Mr. Minton explains his reasons for ending the podcast, as well as listing 30 episodes of the podcast that he recommends newcomers listen to the most. He then gives a few testimonials. He ends with a heartfelt thank you to all those who tuned in over the years as well as the guests who came o…

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Episode 8: Black Trans Girl Magic: Recovering the Lost Histories of Black Trans Women with Professor Mulholland 36:25

9M ago36:25

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Listen in as Sac State political science professor Anna Daily talks with Sac State history professor Rebekkah Mulholland about the lives and experiences of Black trans* women, language choice, story-telling and key figures in history.

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Episode 7: Students for Quality Education (SQE) at Sacramento State 17:28

9M ago17:28

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Listen in as Sacramento State sociology major Tejhasvi Jaikumar interviews political science major Michael Lee-Chang, a student intern with Students for Quality Education (SQE) at Sac State. Michael discusses his experiences with campus organizing for affordable, accessible and quality education.

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Episode 169: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 2 50:05

10M ago50:05

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In this episode, Evan Minton will go on to talk about his view on inerrancy and how that relates to the theory of divine accommodation which encompasses such topics as Ancient Near Eastern Cosmology, the head covering issue of 1 Corinthians 11, God's Gender, and Jesus' Sonship. He will also talk about the differences between Bible reading and Bible…

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Episode 6: Women's Experiences with Incarceration, Rehabilitation and Re-entry. 49:48

9M ago49:48

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Listen in as Sacramento State sociology student Moon Martinez talks with three guests about gender disparities in incarceration, rehabilitation and re-entry services in the California state prison system.

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Episode 168: What Evan Minton Thinks About The Bible - Part 1 1:03:15

10M ago1:03:15

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This is a 2 part episode in Evan Minton thinks about The Bible. In this part, Evan Minton talks about biblical inspiration and what it means to say that The Bible is divinely inspired, as well as theories of divine inspiration (I.e how God and man worked together to bring about The Bible). He goes on to talk about different reasons to believe that …

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Episode 5: Amreet Sandhu on Building Justice in Sacramento and Across the World. 40:44

10M ago40:44

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Listen as Amreet Sandhu, a librarian and candidate for Sacramento City Council who would be representing the Sac State Campus, talks with Sac State Professor Monicka Tutschka about human rights and her work to make Sacramento a more livable city through a focus on affordable housing, investments in social infrastructure, access to information and j…

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Episode 167: The Historical Reliability Of Acts - With Erik Manning 1:12:36

10M ago1:12:36

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In todays episode, Evan Minton talks about the case for the historical reliability of the book of Acts with Christian Apologist and YouTuber Erik Manning. Who wrote the book of Acts? When was Acts written? What extra biblical writings and archeological evidence can verify what Acts says? Are there any clues within the book of Acts itself that sugge…

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Episode 4: Underrepresentation in Mathematics: Why does it matter? 41:45

10M ago41:45

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Within the field of mathematics, there is a broad under-representation of many groups of people, especially LGBT+, people of color, undocumented people, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. Listen in as Sac State mathematics alumna Brianna Davis leads a group of math undergraduates through a discussion of how current students pe…

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Episode 166: Responding To Open Theism - With Kirk MacGregor 1:03:36

10M ago1:03:36

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In this episode, Mr. Minton has Dr. Kirk MacGregor on the podcast to talk about a view known as Open Theism, and what the biblical and philosophical issues with such a view are. Primarily they will be responding to arguments for Open Theism such as the argument that if humans have libertarian free will, God cannot foreknow our libertarianly free ch…

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Episode 3: Helping Sacramento Reimagine Public Safety 29:26

10M ago29:26

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Listen in as Sac State alumna and licensed psychologist Dr. Corrine McIntosh Sako talks with filmmaker Matthew Solomon about his documentary “Reimagining Safety.” The film features ten experts discussing how policing and incarceration create more harm than good, why the system persists, and what changes can be made to make everyone safe. A free com…

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Episode 165: Responding To David Tsumura’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - With Zach Miller 45:31

11M ago45:31

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In this episode, it is also an episode of What Your Pastor Didn’t Tell You in which Zach Miller had Evan Minton on as a guest. Miller and Minton respond to David Tsumura’s criticism of The Functional Origins/Temple Inaguration view of Genesis 1 as defended in books such as John Walton’s “The Lost World Of Genesis One” and “Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosm…

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Episode 2: Mi Gente, Mi Cultura 29:04

10M ago29:04

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Listen in as Sac State alumni Víctor R. Rodríguez Tafoya talks with Sac State Professor Heidy Sarabia about gender roles, power dynamics, education, and the importance of building social and political participation Spanish edition.

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Episode 164: Responding To Noel Week’s Critique Of “The Lost World Of Genesis One” - with Zach Miller 1:16:01

11M ago1:16:01

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Back in 2022, Evan Minton was on Zach Miller's podcast "What Your Pastor Didn't Tell You". In this episode, they responded to criticisms of the interpretation of Genesis 1 defended by John Walton in books like "The Lost World Of Genesis One" and "Genesis 1 As Ancient Cosmology". To see more of Zach Miller's podcast, visit the following URLs for the…

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Episode 1: Dr. Flojaune Cofer on Progressive Policy, Political Engagement, and Mayoral Leadership in the City of Sacramento. 47:10

11M ago47:10

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Listen in as epidemiologist, local community advocate, and mayoral candidate Dr. Flojaune Cofer (Dr. Flo) talks with Sac State Professor Monicka Tutschka about how progressive policies, when created by political elites and policy experts in collaboration with the public, are more likely to have lasting positive effects, as they work to preserve, pr…

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Episode 163: Conversations About Heaven - With Brian Chilton 1:17:57

11M ago1:17:57

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Many people wonder about what's going to happen to them after they die. The Bible teaches that Christians will go to a place God has prepared for us called Heaven, whereas those who don't believe in Jesus go to a place called Hell. Yet as many tough questions as the latter place generates, there are also many questions about the former as well, eve…

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Episode 162: Only One Jesus: The Unity of Jesus’ Portrait in All Four Gospels - With Lydia McGrew 1:01:10

11M ago1:01:10

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New Testament scholars treat John's gospel as largely a-historical when it comes to things Jesus said and did. This is even true of some evangelical scholars. For example, Craig Evans has publicly said that Jesus just sounds too different from how he talks in the synoptics, so John more or less paints an interpretive portrait of Jesus, making up th…

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Episode 161: An Atheist Philosophy Professor Becomes A Christian - with John Wise 58:51

11M ago58:51

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In today's episode, Mr. Minton interviews John Wise; a philosophy professor who went from Christian to atheist to back to being a Christian again, a remarkable journey that spanned 25 years and culminated in 2019. Dr. Wise tells of his journey of faith and skepticism, and how he now views faith matters having been on both sides of "the looking glas…

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Episode 160: Christianity and Video Games - With Nick Peters 1:11:50

12M ago1:11:50

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In today's episode, I have Nick Peters of Deeper Waters ministries on the podcast. Nick Peters is a Christian Apologist and theologian who has recently devoted his research to, believe it or not, video games! Specifically, video games and the psychology surrounding it as well as the theological aspects of it. In fact, he gave an entire talk at the …

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Episode 159: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Conclusion 1:01:43

12M ago1:01:43

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In this podcast episode, we wrap up our series on the historical case for the reliability of the gospels. I will tell the non-Christian who has been convinced by the evidence and arguments surveyed in the series what he should do next. I also have a message for non-Christians who may be resisting the evidence for non-intellectual reasons. And final…

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Episode 158: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 9: The Resurrection Of Jesus 1:32:15

1y ago1:32:15

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Continuing on with the audio blog series on the historical reliability of the gospels, I now turn to the issue of the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. Having previously established that the gospels are eyewitness accounts that are early (not to mention verified to be telling the truth on a variety of different occasions), we must answer the ques…

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Episode 157: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 8: Can We Really Believe In Miracles? 41:58

1y ago41:58

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Continuing on with The Gospel Reliability Audio-Blog series, I examine the case against miracles. Are miracles really impossible? Or if they're possible, can they never be evidentially established? This is what the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume argued. In this episode of The Cerebral Faith Podcast, I will be giving my refutations of …

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Episode 156: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 7: What About Contradictions? 1:04:03

1y ago1:04:03

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In this episode, we continue our "psudeo-audiobook" of the Cerebral Faith blog post series; The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels. In this episode, I tackle the issues of alleged contradictions between the four gospel narratives. Do the gospels really contradict each other, and if so, what would that mean for their historical reliability? Lis…

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Episode 155: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 6: Even More Internal Evidence 1:29:58

1y ago1:29:58

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Continuing on with my gospel reliability audio blog series, I examine several pieces of internal evidence for the historical verisimilitude of the gospels; Undesigned Coincidences, Unnecessary Details, and Unexplained Allusions. To see the blog post, click here --> https://cerebralfaith.net/the-case-for-the-reliability-of-the-gospels-part-6-even-mo…

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Episode 32: Building Justice Summer 2023 Updates 2:43

1y ago2:43

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Listen in as Monicka Tutschka, Building Justice Podcast Committee Chair and Professor of Political Science at Sacramento State, invites listeners and episode creators to complete a podcast feedback form. Find the form here: https://forms.office.com/r/Ta1H6wZjR6. You are also invited to reach out to Monicka if you would like to create a podcast for …

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Episode 154: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 5: Some Internal Evidence 42:17

1y ago42:17

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In this podcast episode, I continue my series on the case for the historical trustworthiness of the gospels. I make a cumulative case for the gospel's trustworthiness from internal evidence. How can the criteria of authenticity help to build a cumulative case for the trustworthiness of the gospels? Listen to this episode to find out. Click here to …

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Episode 153: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 4: The External Evidence 1:05:55

1y ago1:05:55

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In this podcast episode, we continue our series on the case for the historical reliability of the gospels. In this episode, I talk about the various extra-biblical evidence that confirms the existence of persons and historicity of events that the gospels record. What corroboration can secular authors of that time period and archeological evidence g…

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Episode 152: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 3: The Dating Of The Gospels 43:33

1y ago43:33

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In this episode, I continue reading the essays I wrote as part of the Gospel Reliability series for the Cerebral Faith blog. First, I had an introduction episode, then we had an episode looking at the textual transmission of the New Testament documents. We saw in that episode that The New Testament documents were reliably preserved to 99.99% accura…

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Episode 151: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 2: The Case For Traditional Authorship 1:52:00

1y ago1:52:00

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In this episode, I continue reading aloud my Gospel Reliability blog post series. In this installment, I look at the external and internal evidences for the traditional authorship of the gospels. I argue that the evidence from the early church fathers as well as evidences from within the biblical text itself strongly supports the view that the gosp…

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Episode 31: Why are there Cops on Campus? The History of Campus Police. 35:07

1y ago35:07

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As incidents of violent police encounters in communities and on campuses have increased, so have demands for alternatives to campus policing. Reimagining campus safety is one step towards that change. Listen in as Alexa Sardina, a Sac State Professor in the Division of Criminal Justice and faculty rights co-chair of CFA’s Sacramento Chapter, speaks…

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Episode 150: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels – Part 1: The Reliability Of The Manuscript Transmission 37:42

1y ago37:42

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In this episode, I read part one of my gospel, reliability blog post series. In the previous podcast episode, I read the introduction to the series. In this episode, I get into the first installment, which really gets up to the meat and potatoes. I look at the evidence of the manuscript transmission tradition of the New Testament documents, and I a…

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Episode 149: The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction 41:50

1y ago41:50

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In this episode, I go back to an audio only format and I explain a little bit of why before jumping into the main topic of the episode. But after the housecleaning, I read aloud my blog article "The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels - Introduction". This is the beginning of an 11 part series in which I read all 11 installments of my Gospel Re…

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Episode 30: Mutual Aid: Meeting Social Crises with Community Care. 31:49

1y ago31:49

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Listen in as Sacramento's Democratic Socialist of America co-chair and Sac State alumna Margot Rinaldo talks with community organizer Paul Andrews about the role of mutual aid in meeting community needs when systems of governance fail to effectively serve our most vulnerable neighbors. Transcript S2e30 #mutualaid, #sacramentostate,#csus, #crisjsacs…

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Episode 29: Challenging immigration detention: academic research and community organizing 41:15

1y ago41:15

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Listen in as Sacramento State Professors Wendi Yamashita and Tristan Josephson discuss Tristan's recently published book on trans migrants and U.S. immigration law and policy as a jumping off point into a larger conversation about doing academic research on immigration detention in the United States. How should academics be accountable to immigrant…

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Episode 28: Social Work as Social Justice: Working with Unhoused Women 34:53

1y ago34:53

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Listen in as Professors Arturo Baiocchi and Susanna Curry talk with the Executive Director of Wellspring Women's Center, Genelle Smith, to discuss how she deploys an explicit social justice perspective when working with unhoused women sleeping on the streets of Sacramento. Learn how social workers can, and should, pursue advocacy, resiliency, and h…

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Episode 27: Announcing the 'Pitch Your Podcast' Competition 1:26

1+ y ago1:26

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Listen in as 'Building Justice' podcast committee members tell you a little something about the 'Pitch your Podcast' competition. Full details here: www.csus.edu/crisj/buildingjustice . We want you to participate!

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