Equipped for Life Podcast

While Rachel Crawford was in town we spontaneously decided to record some improvised roleplay dialogues as well as some post-roleplay commentary. Nothing was scripted out, but it ended up going really well so we decided to turn them into podcast episodes. In this episode you'll hear Tim play the pro-choice side against Josh, as well as our discussions afterward about what Josh did well and what could have been better.

Josh, Tim and Rachel talk about the reasons that it's valuable to intentionally be funny while talking about difficult issues with people, and offer several examples of the kind of humor we often use.

They also discuss how to think about Christians making references to R-rated movies, given that some would say that this will "kill your witness."

Rachel Crawford joins Josh and Tim to discuss the difficult question of whether or not women should be prosecuted if abortion becomes illegal.

Related Links:

• Josh Brahm: Our Experience at the OMSI Prenatal Exhibit Displaying Real Preserved Children
• MSNBC: Donald Trump being pressed by Chris Matthews on this question
• AtCenterNetwork: Libertyville Abortion Demonstration

While Rachel Crawford was in town we spontaneously decided to record some improvised roleplay dialogues as well as some post-roleplay commentary. Nothing was scripted out, but it ended up going really well so we decided to turn them into podcast episodes. In this episode you'll hear Rachel play the pro-choice side against Tim twice, as well as our discussions afterward about what Tim did well and what could have been better.

Related Links:

• Josh Brahm and Rebecca Haschke: Practical Dialogue Tips Speech and Mock Dialogue at the 2017 SFLA Conference (Mock dialogue starts at 28:05)

Rachel Crawford joins Josh and Tim to talk about what she's been learning about how feminists think in her Gender Studies classes and practical tips for pro-lifers who dialogue with angry, female feminists.

Topics Include:

• Behind the scenes of Rachel in gender studies classes and befriending the leader of the pro-choice club.
• Understanding feminists better and the way they use certain terms, including "intersectionality," "woke," and "mansplaining."
• How to respond to accusations of "mansplaining" and "tone policing."
• How to counteract confirmation bias on these issues.

Related Links:

• Timothy Brahm: How Should Conservatives Respond to the Disturbing Trend of Campus Censorship? (More information about the UC Davis outreach we referenced in this episode.)

Links from Rachel on Understanding Feminists:

• Fusion: Still Don't Fully Understand What Microaggressions Are?
• Everyday Feminism: Why We Need Gender Neutral Language for Abortion Access
• Everyday Feminism: Transgender 101: A Guide to Gender and Identity to Help You Keep Up with the Conversation
• Everyday Feminism: 6 Ways to Confront a Bigot
• Laci Green: WHY I'M A…FEMINIST *gasp*
• Buzzfeed: Women Review Sexist Vintage Ads

Josh Brahm and Tim Brahm talk with Missy Stone from Students for Life.

This episode includes bloopers from the Equipped for Life course Module 9.

Josh and Tim talk about confirmation bias and why that’s a difficult thing to avoid during this political season.

Some of the questions we respond to in this episode:

• How hard should we work to balance our social media feeds so that we see both sides of multiple issues when we log into Facebook or Twitter?
• Are there any pro-choice films that you recommend to anti-abortion thinkers? In addition, are there any pro-choice films you deem to be morally reprehensible and therefore undeserving of pro-life viewership?”

If you usually don’t enjoy the pre-show banter, we’re going to encourage you to listen to it this time. It ends up directly tying with the main topic for the show.

Josh and Tim answer a question from “e” on the forum about pro-abortion campaigns like #ShoutYourAbortion. They answer the following questions:

1. Do you think the push to normalize abortion is a credible threat to the pro-life movement?
2. Have you noticed a change in your conversations on university campuses in the past two years?
3. How should pro-life advocates balance compassion for women with spreading the truth when faced with #Shoutyourabortion type campaigns?

Josh and Tim answer questions about the art of dialogue. Watch this preview video from the Equipped for Life Course to hear the lesson they are discussing.

Questions:

1. Jim: “I know your focus is more of a one-on-one conversational dialogue. But is there any consideration of including anything regarding how things differ in a debate scenario?”
2. Kristine: “Could you give me some more examples of the differences between a clarification question and an argument with a question mark that you encourage people to avoid making? And are there any instances where you might use an argument with a question mark?” We also discuss “the Socratic method” and more reasons why we make most of our arguments with periods instead of question marks.
3. Simon in Australia: “How do you deal with people who are equivocating or using words vaguely?”

Josh interviews Sara Littlefield from Abortion Pill Reversal about the research they’ve done on saving babies whose mom has taken the first RU-486 pill and then changed her mind, as well as the resources they offer these women.

Josh also asks Sara to respond to the arguments that pro-choice groups have made about APR’s work.

Related Resources:

• Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline #: (877) 558-0333
• Abortion Pill Reversal website: https://abortionpillreversal.com
• Request printable APR brochures by emailing [email protected].