I Hear Ya

Are more integrated churches in our future?  That’s the question Alex poses to Odell  on this episode, and Odell describes the distinct culture of the southern Black Church in his answer. Please help support the show with a visit to the iHearYa store or a review on Apple Podcasts!

Odell asks the question: Why do white mothers raise their sons differently than their daughters? The heartfelt conversation also covers two great poets, chicken farms, crystal stairs and some of the women in the lives of Alex and Odell.

In this episode, Alex and Odell welcome their first guest to the show, Rabbi Joshua Ben-Gideon. They discuss the recent surge of anti-semitism and ask Joshua questions about Jewish culture in this friendly conversation between three religious leaders.

Spring is in the air! Alex and Odell answer two questions from their listeners in this episode. The first involves cookouts. The second tackles the societal precepts of the N-word. Is it ever appropriate for anyone to use it? Join us as we tread carefully to avoid the explicit tag in this thought-provoking discussion! Visit the I Hear Ya store to support the show.

Is cancel culture a useful tool, like boycotts, in drawing attention to and fighting racism? Or is it thought policing that will lead to a totalitarian government that would harm everyone? That's the debate Alex and Odell have in this episode of I Hear Ya.

Alex and Odell discuss what the death of George Floyd, the trial and its verdict mean to America.

Odell asks Alex what the Confederate flag means to him. They also discuss the takedown of Confederate monuments that were put up in the not so distant past due to the romanticism of the Old South, otherwise known as the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

Ben Carson, Clarence Thomas and Colin Powell. How does Odell feel about them? Alex asks him on this episode. They also discuss the Supreme Court, abortion and Odell’s “shero” along the way. Please help support the show with a visit to the iHearYa store or a review on Apple Podcasts!

Odell and Alex recount their very different stories from the first days of school desegregation in the seventies. The conversation touches on how integration has impacted the black community and what school choice means for everyone today.

Introducing Alex McFarland and Odell Cleveland, two pastors from different racial backgrounds. Starting a conversation between friends; aiming to achieve an understanding of different perspectives.