Don't Feed The Trolls

Melanie and Seth Studley join us to for part one of a two part series on marriage. The couple are hosts and producers of the Stronger Marriages podcast (now called Anatomy of Marriage) - and offer insights into the difficulty of marriage, what they can teach us and how to overcome the trolls that are guaranteed to attack any committed long-term relationship.

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We're sorry for the lack of Don't Read the Trolls segments of late, so we decided to make an entire episode out of an email we were sent. After releasing Episode 79 and 83 (Sexual Harassment and Public Apologies), a female listener sent a valid critique to us, two white dudes who often have our blinders on to the experiences of others. We answered her on this episode, and while our answers definitely don't satisfy the matter, we're encouraged to be able to continue this important conversation.

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The guys speak with Nate's old friend Paul about the concepts of solitude, authenticity, vulnerability, and his experiences with the monks and hermits of Big Sur.

To The Holy Mountain (by Josh Jeter): http://www.christianitytoday.com/behemoth/2015/issue-24/to-holy-mountain-1-mount-athos.html

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A recent wave of sexual harassment/misconduct/assault accusations have led to a few "public apologies" by the accused, which has led to even more outrage. Are public apologies good? Do they help? Are they purely image management? We discuss, and take our first call from a patron, Steve!

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We discuss social media projections vs. real life experience, motives for creating and enjoying art, the on-demand nature of our current entertainment culture, and why we need to embrace chaos in our lives.

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Nate & Matt reminisce on the old days, the changes in the music industry, and how their perspectives as artists shifted over time in regards to creativity, expectations, needs and career goals.

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Another two White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASP's) talk about sexual harassment, because that's what the world needs, right? The number of celebrities and people in power being outed for their inappropriate and criminal sexual advances has been increasing, and we figured it's a topic worth talking about.

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Our friend Dan Koch joins to talk about political and religious polarization, and how the goals and themes of his two podcasts (Depolarize!, and Reconstruct) overlap with Don't Feed the Trolls. Also Matt gets defensive about his Facebook use, and Nate gets offensive about a popular band.

Check out Dan Koch's podcasts:

http://badchristianmedia.com/depolarize/

https://www.reconstructpodcast.com/

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What happens when you take a single position on how people move up the social ladder? You don't procreate very many great ideas that help populate the spectrum of helpful solutions. Is this description all just one big freudian slip? We don't know. But Sarah is smarter than us and she challenged our assumptions that poor people don't work very hard.

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Ethan Luck (of every band) is Nate's neighbor in Nashville, and a mutual friend of ours. Ethan currently works for Kings of Leon, but is also known for his work playing drums in Relient K and guitar in The Supertones, among a hundred other things.

In this conversation, we discuss Kryptonite, hustle, the music industry and what is required to "make it," old Tooth & Nail bands, Matt calls in from the road, Nate hits (and coughs) on Ethan's vape, cracks a thousand jokes, and does a masterful job wrangling the conversation to the topic of Ethan's music career.

Ethan's podcast is called The Pirate Satellite (http://www.ethanluck.com/thepiratesatellite/)

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