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- White People vs. Everybody + Whitney Bond Gives Us Black Queer RealnessThe category is BLACK QUEER REALNESS.On Lil Nas X, the Bail X Fund, the January 6th probe, and Michael Harriet's piece, "White People vs. Everybody"1 hr 8 min
- Free Lil Nas X. Free Britney. Free Yo'self.Brandon T. Maxwell, Katie Ricks, and Sam White discuss Marla Gibbs receiving her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Lil Nas X's new song/music video, "Industry Baby." Then, the crew takes a deep dive into the #FreeBritney Movement and its implications for our understandings of personhood, religion, and agency.MARLA GIBBS and THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME CEREMONYhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/07/21/marla-gibbs-overheated-during-hollywood-walk-fame-ceremony/8047742002/ (USA Today): Marla Gibbs Doing Well After Nearly Fainting at Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremonyhttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/entertainment/marla-gibbs-fainting-walk-fame-trnd/index.html (CNN): Marla Gibba' Scary Moment At Her Hollywood Walk of Fame Unveilinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68QGNXg0oI8 (YouTube): Tisha Campbell Gets Emotional At Marla Gibbs Walk of Fame CeremonyFREE LIL NAS X, INDUSTRY BABYhttps://www.salon.com/2021/07/24/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-review/ (Salon): The Liberating Pink Power of Lil Nas X's Trolling Continues in New Music Video "Industry Baby"https://variety.com/2021/music/news/lil-nas-x-strips-down-naked-jail-industry-baby-video-1235026303/ (Variety): Lil Nas X Strips Down for Provocative Jail-Themed 'Industry Baby' Videohttps://www.vulture.com/2021/07/lil-nas-x-industry-baby-video-jack-harlow.html (Vulture): Free Yourself From the Shackles of Modesty and Behold Lil Nas X's 'Industry Baby'https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/9605827/lil-nas-x-the-bail-project-bail-x-fund/ (Billboard): Lil Nas X Teams Up WIth the Bail Project to Help End Cash Bail WIth 'Bail X Fund'To connect with The Holy Shit Pod, email [email protected].Visit the TheoLab Media website to send us a voicemail.For a transcript of today's episode, please email [email protected].57 min
- Food & Faith | On Health Disparity and Why Black Health MattersThis week, the THSP crew discusses what it means to honor our bodies by taking our physical health seriously. Pastor Sam shares a bit about his health journey and his years-long struggle with diabetes. Using Sam's journey as a lens, the cast also wrestles with health disparities in Black communities and how we can work together to shift our relationships to food and our bodies.Email The Holy Shit Podhttps://theolabmedia.com/ (Talk to The Holy Shit Pod) (click the purple microphone in the bottom right-hand corner)55 min
- The Olympics Be Racist AFOn Sha'Carri Richardson, banning Soul Cap, and other racist aggressions leading up to the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.1 hr
- "Bill Cosby Is Not Innocent. He Was Not Exonerated."This week, Brandon, Katie, and Sam discuss Bill Cosby's prison release, the #MeToo movement, believing women, and bring an end to rape culture.1 hr 10 min
- Put Some Respeck On My Pronouns!As pride month comes to a close, THSP talks about gender identity, pronouns, and learning to use expansive language for both God and humanity. And Katie sings songs from the THSP Pride Playlist to get you pumped for the last few days of Pride Month!58 min
- "Well, That’s Cute. Now What?" (On Juneteenth, Black Music, and the Resurrection of Madea)Juneteenth is a federal holiday! That’s good, right? But what about voting rights, police reform, prison reform, and decriminalizing Blackness?52 min
- Love the Same-Sex Marriage, Hate the Same-Sex LoversThis week, Brandon, Katie, and Sam discuss the recent news that support for marriage equality has reached an all-time high (i.e., 70% according to the Gallup Poll). The episode also includes conversations about biblical interpretation, constitutional law, and the relationship between political and religious discourse.51 min
- The Stonewall the Builder Rejected | On the Origins of PrideBrandon, Sam, and Katie discuss the political origins of Pride, the corporatization of pride, and how they plan to celebrate Pride Month this year. This week's church announcements include male teachers wearing skirts, the POSE series finale, and Billy Porter's greatness.GOOD READS | BOOKShttps://amzn.to/2RsRNJo (Their Own Receive Them Not: African American Lesbians and Gays in Black Churches) | Horace L. Griffinhttps://amzn.to/3v0OWoX (Wrestling With God and Men: Homosexuality and the Jewish Tradition) | Steven Greenberghttps://amzn.to/2T764Mx (We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation) | Matthew RiemerARTICLES and OTHER RESOURCEShttps://variety.com/2021/tv/news/pose-series-finale-recap-billy-porter-fx-1234989297/ ('Pose' Series Finale Ends With a Heartbreaking Deah and Powerful Message: 'Ballroom is Love') | Danielle Turchiano | Varietyhttps://nypost.com/2021/06/01/male-teachers-wear-skirts-in-support-of-expelled-student/ (Male Teachers Wear Skirts to School in Support of Expelled student | Hannah Sparks) | New York Posthttps://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/05/19/pose-billy-porter-hiv-positive-breaks-silence-diagnosis/5161737001/ (Billy Porter Reveals He Is HIV-Positive, Breaking 14-Year Silence) | Jenna Ryu | USA TodayCONNECT WITH THE HOLY SHIT POD1 hr 4 min
- On Unlearning Expectations & the Expendability of Women With Lisa WeaverBrandon and Katie welcome Lisa Weaver, host of Healing Jephthah's Daughters, for a THSP / HJD mashup discussion about the expectations that are placed on women and how they can be death-dealing.BOOKS, ARTICLES, and OTHER RESOURCEShttps://amzn.to/2QUy1pW (Bad Girls of the Bible: Exploring Women of Questionable Virtue )| Barbara J. Essexhttps://amzn.to/3vtVb5s (What Matters Most: Ten Lessons in Living Passionately from the Song of Solomon) | Renita Weemshttps://amzn.to/2QUGPfs (Listening for God: A Minister's Journey Through Silence and Doubt )| Renita Weemshttps://amzn.to/34nrzes (Stories from Inner Space: Confessions of a Preacher Woman and Other Tales) | Claudette Anderson Copelandhttps://amzn.to/3oVaBxb (The Relational Self: Ethics and Therapy from a Black Church Perspective) | Archie Smithhttps://variety.com/2021/music/news/lil-nas-x-explains-snl-pants-splitting-wardrobe-malfunction-fallon-1234980911/#! (Lil Nas X Relives His 'SNL' Pants Splitting Wardrobe Malfunction) | Variety | Jem Aswadhttps://www.vulture.com/2021/05/lil-nas-x-is-his-own-guardian-angel-in-sun-goes-down-video.html (Lil Nas X Is His Own High-School Guardian Angel in New 'Sun Goes Down' Music Video )| Vulture | Halle Kieferhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/05/26/ap-wilder-firing/ (Associated Press Tells Staff It Made Mistakes in Firing of Emily Wilder) | Washington Post | Jeremy Barrhttps://hjd.captivate.fm/ (Listen to Healing Jephthah's Daughters)1 hr 14 min
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Religious institutions have groomed us to ask fewer questions and to be more fearful of difference. But questions give our lives meaning and help us understand more about God, ourselves, and the…
world. The Holy Shit Pod (THSP) is a jaw-dropping, belly-laughing conversation about the questions that many religious institutions avoid at all costs or fail to take seriously. With over 50 years of collective pastoral experience, Reverends Brandon T. Maxwell, Katie Ricks, and Samuel Lee White, III engage in candid conversations about faith, theology, healing from religious trauma, and becoming more fully human.