“As we recognize that humans are human, and worthy of human rights, conservative white america is dying this slow demographic death and rebelling.”Why is it that the exact arguments used against trans people and DEI were being used in defense

Skills for Building Resilience w/ Andre Henry! 💥

16 days ago 1h 7m

CW ⚠️: this episode contains references to suicide and diets. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis in the US or Canada you can dial 988 to get support.Fan fave Andre Henry is back to talk about the practice of building resilience in

Evangelical Racism Keeps Repeating 🔂 w/ Corey Leak

23 days ago 47m 25s

Why is it that the same arguments used to defend slavery are being used to dehumanize trans people? Why is it that there's no way for most white evangelicals to separate their faith and their nationalism? Why is the Constitution conflated with

Debunking That One Prager Meme w/ Benjamin Faye

30 days ago 53m 5s

Today we are taking a crack at ye olde Prager "University" meme about the first Black US representatives, which correctly points out that they were all Republicans and incorrectly implies that their party affiliation mattered for much, then or

Mary Richards Bowser w/ Janice Lagata

Mar 22nd, 2024 57m 50s

I've been wanting to try a new format for the show for a while so I took a stab at it this week with Janice Lagata of God Has Not Given. We talk about the fascinating true story of Mary Richards Bowser, a Union spy who was also enslaved. I woul

Resilience Isn't An Unlimited Resource with Benjamin Faye

Mar 15th, 2024 55m 33s

Benjamin Faye joins the show to talk about how grit and resilience mean different things depending on your position in society. Resilience isn't an unlimited resource. The science and experience tell us that is an impossible demand to make on p

Black & Homeschooled with Jessica Dulaney

Apr 18th, 2022 36m 47s

This episode I'm talking to Jessica Dulaney who is the communications director for the Coalition for Responsible Home Education.Being Black and homeschooled felt incredibly isolating to me. Growing up, I never once met another Black child who

Who Gets To Define Violence?

Apr 11th, 2022 16m 58s

Personal and political violence are nothing new but examining who is allowed to engage in violence and who isn't is essential to understanding the power dynamics we've built the world on. "They do it so we should to" is colonizer logic and I th

Whiteness Also Hurts White People

Apr 4th, 2022 26m 4s

We spend a lot of time talking about the effects of whiteness on people of color but it's important to talk about the impact whiteness has on white people. As a construct, whiteness can only benefit some white people. And even the people who be

Give Reverse Racism A Chance

Mar 28th, 2022 21m

What does it look like when we start dismantling systems of oppression that benefit a small number of people at the expense of everyone else? Black and Indigenous folks are regularly accused of reverse racism for things that are merely offenses

In Defense of Running from the Cops

Mar 21st, 2022 23m 51s

If you've ever wondered what to say to someone whose response to another cop committing murder is "shoulda complied", I got you covered. Turns out our bodies are programmed to protect us from danger. Weird, right? And even more shocking: that s

Protests Are Good, Actually

Mar 14th, 2022 18m 1s

Why do people protest things that are objectively good for themselves and their neighbors? Let's look at protests through the lens of evolutionary biology, nervous system responses, politics, nd power dynamics. History has shown us that protest

Self-Regulation, Racism, and Rest

Mar 7th, 2022 27m 20s

Today we're talking about rest, sleep, and play, and how they are all integral to self-regulation. Humans don't come fully loaded with equal amounts of self-regulation that some people just choose to use and others don't. Making good decisions

Self-Medication and Degrees of Harm

Feb 28th, 2022 21m 12s

Welcome back to White Homework! I want to break down some of the common racist myths that exist in western culture. This week: DRUGS!Let's use address one of the most common racist tropes in US culture: conflating problematic drug use with Bla

029: Let's Talk About Palestine w/Khaled Beydoun

May 26th, 2021 46m 4s

If you've listened to the last two episodes with Andre, you know I've been wrestling with what it looks like to respect all people while also acknowledging that power disparities have an impact on how we engage with harm. I say it all the time,

Part 2! The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry

May 19th, 2021 58m 18s

When we see injustice in the world and want to fix it, how do you keep from becoming the thing you hate? I can't stop thinking about this so I invited Andre Henry back to discuss how we create a better world without, as Audre Lord puts it, the

027: The Morality of Resistance with Andre Henry

May 12th, 2021 1h 9m

There are a lot of ways to protest and trying to figure out what the appropriate violence is feels overwhelmingly difficult. When the state is inherently violent, how are people committed to non-violence supposed to respond? Capitalism, the law

026: Leaving Whiteness w/ Corey Evan Leak

May 10th, 2021 50m 53s

Thanks all for your generosity and patience as I'm getting stuff situated over here!!I had a conversation with Corey Leak about how we left white Jesus and moved into a space that is committed to material equity. We need creative imagination t

025: A Brief History of White Evangelicals w/ Dr. Brad Onishi

May 10th, 2021 40m 48s

This week, I had a conversation with Dr. Bradley Onishi. Brad is a professor of religious studies at Skidmore College, and the host of the podcast Straight White American Jesus. I think it would be safe to say - and I've told Brad this several

024: White Christian Nationalism with Blake Chastain

Mar 18th, 2021 48m 54s

Hey y'all! Had a great conversation with Blake Chastain several months ago about the slow merging of evangelicalism and nationalism. We're currently watching evangelicalism in the US move from being a religious or spiritual identifier to a poli

023: Liberation is for Everybody w/ Jo Luehmann

Feb 24th, 2021 56m 24s

Taking a little break from our "racism doesn't exist" series to talk to Jo Luehmann about justice, joy, liberation, and accountability. I reached out to her originally because I am obsessed with her work around decolonizing theology. As a nonbe

022: What Racism? Part 3: Hiring Discrimination

Feb 17th, 2021 54m 52s

Alice joins me to talk about the abundance data proving the rampant discrimination in hiring and employment. "There are way too many Black men named Steve." I yell out into the universe while lecturing people about... name shaming? Apologies I'

021: What Racism? Part 2: Housing Discrimination

Feb 10th, 2021 55m 48s

OMG WE HAVE A NEW FORMAT!! I'm really excited. I mean, it's possible that we COMPLETELY bombed it but at some point we'll get it under control and it'll be a good thing.Get ready to talk about housing discrimination (and javalinas and Black pi

020: Medical Racism

Feb 3rd, 2021 46m 34s

Happy Black History Month! This week we're starting a new series! We're calling this one "Racism Doesn't Exist" since so many white Americans believe that racism ended with MLK. So we're diving into the data and examining the disparities that e

019: Black Conservatism

Jan 27th, 2021 51m 18s

Contrary to popular belief, Black Americans are more socially conservative on average, than their white peers. We are more likely to believe in God, attend church regularly, and most of us believe that hard work is it takes to succeed. Shocker,