Carry The Fire Podcast

Today on the podcast we have Sarah Heath. Sarah is a pastor in the United Methodist Church, a public speaker, a podcaster, an author, a designer, and more. But, whatever she is up to at any given time she always delights in helping people see the potential beauty that already exists in their own spaces.

On the podcast today we talk about authenticity; what it means and why it’s important. We discussed the struggles of what it means to be ordained and a woman. And Sarah shares some of the ways that she and her congregation have handled the recent controversy in the methodist church regarding same-sex marriage.

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On Carry the Fire Podcast today we welcome Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. Rabbi Danya is an award-winning author and writer. She has been mentioned by Newsweek and The Daily Beast as one of 10 “Rabbis to watch.” Aside from writing for a wide variety of media outlets, she is also the author and editor of multiple books including, Nurture the Wow and Surprised by God.  On top of all that Danya is also one of my very favorite people to follow on Twitter.

On the show today the subtle and insidious ways Christians often unwittingly foster anti-semitism. We discuss what it looks like to love and encounter others, especially your children where they actually are, and we talk about the way that punk rock impacted each of our spiritual experiences and understanding of the world.

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Today we are joined by stand-up comic, Dustin Nickerson. Dustin and I talk about the connection between absurdity o and beauty. We consider correlations between comedians, jazz musicians, and mathematicians. And, strangely, Dustin really wanted you to know that he is smarter than a dolphin. Overall, this is a very fun but also deep conversation about the way that comedy intersects with the good, the true, and the beautiful.

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Today on Carry the Fire Podcast we are joined by David Le’aupepe. The singer of the amazing band, Gang of Youths. We talk about processing through pain and loss and finding your way back to love. And the way that honesty about the human condition is part of that process. we talk about belief as an emancipatory force versus and accent to a proposition. We talk about God, Nietzsche, fathers, church, prisons, hugs, and a whole host of other things.

Be warned, David is from Australia so he curses, a lot. And as a self-proclaimed over apologizer, he wants you to know he is very sorry.

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Christmas is right around the corner and we’ve created a goal in order to provide you with a limited-edition holiday reward! If we reach 425 Patrons by Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2019), all patrons will receive a link to a video of me (Dustin Kensrue) performing a classic Christmas song that I've not yet recorded anywhere. Click Here to Join our Patreon Community.

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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza on the podcast today! Dr. Robyn occupies many places in the borderlands, identifying as a public theologian, a transqueer activist, and a Latinx scholar. They recently released a new book called Activist Theology, which is great, and the book itself and the idea of activist theology seemed to want to defy any neat categorization. We discuss all of this and as well as touching on the relationship of thought and experience, the way that story can revolutionize social practices, and we close on Robyn’s simple but profound take on anger's connection to relationship.

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Today we are joined by Jamie Tworkowski on Carry the Fire Podcast. Jamie is an author, speaker, founder and creative director of the non-profit, To Write Love on Her Arms.

Today on the show we talk about the importance of friendship. We discuss the creative urge of what it means to try to translate an experience into something you can share with others. And I ask Jamie how can we hold onto hope and care for ourselves and others in the middle of so much heaviness and darkness.

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On the podcast today we are joined by the good Dr. Tripp Fuller. Tripp is super smart, extremely nerdy, a ton of fun, and very much out of his mind (in the best way). He’s the host of Homebrewed Christianity, the #1 theology podcast on the internet, and he also recently moved to Scotland to accept a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Edinburgh.

In our conversation, we talk about the 5 kinds of postmodern consciousness, why Tripp doesn’t buy into C.S. Lewis’ famous trilemma, and he drops some hot takes of the theological implications of The Last Jedi. Thanks for joining us.

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Today on the podcast we are joined by Dennis Lyxzén. Dennis is the singer of the legendary and groundbreaking punk band, Refused. We recorded this while we in the back of our tour bus while our bands were out together recently in Europe.

In this episode we discuss why Dennis has a bone to pick with capitalism. We discuss his views on the roles and responsibility as an artist. And the relationship of music to what one might call the soul. We dig into his nuanced feelings about religion in general, and much much more.

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Today on the show we have research scientist and author, Janelle Shane. She just released her knew book on artificial intelligence called, You Look Like a Thing and I Love You. Be sure to listen to the podcast to hear where that title came from.

We discuss the similarities between evolutionary algorithms and evolution in the natural world. We also discuss some of the quirky pitfalls and shortcomings of AI at the moment, and why Skynet isn’t coming for you anytime soon.

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