Inappropriate Conversations

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Inappropriate Conversations episodes

July 06, 2020 229: Some Assembly Required, chapter 7
Some Assembly Required (A NeoSurrealist Forsaking a Habit for Lent)

Chapter 7
Mad Scientist
Editorial Board meeting: March 24, 1994
Coming Up Next
How Am I Supposed To Live Without?
"They'll Know We Are Christians"
The Least Of These
"Are we not, in fact, blaming the Godless for their very Godlessness?"

Different Drummer: Art Eddy
1 hr 12 min
July 06, 2020 TalkBack: Walk The Earth 3
Being active in a church, really active, often involves a spoken or unspoken expectation of very steady attendance. Learning what other churches and denominations are doing can be challenging, if not impossible, in such circumstances. The initial phase of "walking the earth" was eye-opening for this reason. Even the definition of "sermon" raised immediate questions. The first two episodes in Walk The Earth covered what I considered to be easy questions. This question was the first that led me to think I ought to record my answers.

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/walk-the-earth-3/
58 min
July 06, 2020 228: Some Assembly Required, chapter 6
Some Assembly Required (A NeoSurrealist Forsaking a Habit for Lent)

Chapter 6
Just Say No, Nancy
You're On the Air
"Para-Double-Diddle"
Cover Version
Tell Us What You Think
"By bringing the hallucinatory powers of your own brain to bear upon your experiment, you will be able to easily retrace your steps."

Different Drummer: Brook Berringer
58 min
July 06, 2020 227: Some Assembly Required, chapter 5
Some Assembly Required (A NeoSurrealist Forsaking a Habit for Lent)

Chapter 5
Twenty-something
Sexual Revolutionary Critic
On Your Way Home
Assignment: Aion
Noteworthy
The Readers' Reply (Letters over 300 words may be edited for length and clarity)
"We're going to be jumping around for the next couple of days. Let me have some undivided attention, and I'll give you a feel for what we're referencing."

Different Drummer: Nadia Bolz-Weber
46 min
July 03, 2020 TalkBack 82: Pandering from a Political Pulpit
More than a dozen years ago, it wasn't unusual for Christian leaders to provide political advice to one another that sounded like this: "Don’t equate the biblical kingdom of God with any human political party or nation" (Andrew Jackson). Many were already violating guidelines like this, but the trespasses would only multiply during the Obama administration. Recent years have been even worse. I have yet to hear a sufficient denunciation of this misbehavior from the same Christian leaders who published original guidelines like this one. Truly, it's a "Get behind me, Satan" moment, reflecting not God's concerns at all (Matthew 16:23). Yet, for the most part, the Church remains silent.http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/82-pandering-from-a-political-pulpit/How to engage in politics without losing your soul
53 min
June 24, 2020 TalkBack 177: Transitional Terminology
I was pretty young when my family went to an out-of-town wedding, an older cousin getting married. I must have asked an annoying question that morning because I recall getting a lecture on manners. We had only just met Jim the night before, but I read the wedding announcement which introduced him as James. "The parents of James ..." is typical verbiage. Conversation on the way the church stopped like a needle scratching across a vinyl record. It was a "listen, young man" moment from my mother to me: under no circumstances was I to address the new member of our family as James. He had told us politely and clearly that he prefers to be called Jim "and that is how we will address him from now on," I was told.
Simple to understand. It is, if nothing else, very bad manners to call someone a name, when they have asked for different treatment. Seems simple enough. It would be churlish not to comply, perhaps even provocative or confrontational. I was taught that "good people" call people by the names they have chosen and use "sir" or "ma'am" (not to mention "him" and "her") as instructed.
I do not directly cover this story within this callback to #IC #177. I have no doubt I mentioned it in a later episode touching on the same topic. It doesn't seem that hard to grasp, though, even if concepts like trans/cis can, for some of us, be hard to grasp.
My plan is to close out observing Pride this June with the Pride48 live streaming event during the last weekend of the month.There is also an @HomeCon live podcast event this weekend. Conventions have been canceled this year, but not the passions of those who participate.Tight schedule.

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/177-transitional-terminology/
58 min
June 16, 2020 TalkBack 172: Proud To Know You 2
My first experience at Pride48 was last week's TalkBack episode (Walk The Earth #30). It was soon followed by my first event recap show. #IC #172, Proud To Know You 2, covered my thoughts on the trip upon returning. I also mention a corresponding interview on the Ramble Redhead podcast on the same topic. Next on Pride48 is the June 2020 live streaming event, Friday the 26th through Sunday the 28th. I'll be listening, and chatting whenever possible.

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/172-proud-to-know-you-2/

1 hr 10 min
June 10, 2020 TalkBack: Walk The Earth 30
My first of more public commitments to being an ally was the weekend of August 28, 2015, in Las Vegas. Walk The Earth 30 is a recording of a live podcast at Pride48 that year. For me, this moment was historic.

http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/walk-the-earth-30/

49 min
June 03, 2020 TalkBack 128: Proud To Know You 1
I still believe the best way to tell someone "I am proud to know you, just as you are, and to continue our interactions because I anticipate my esteem of the person you will become" is in person. Face to face. I am proud to know you.This begins a series of TalkBack episodes for Pride 2020.
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/128-proud-to-know-you/
1 hr 48 min
May 27, 2020 230: Some Assembly Required, chapter 8
Some Assembly Required (A NeoSurrealist Forsaking a Habit for Lent)

Chapter 8
Editor's Note
"Darkness Sets In"
Life's an Essay Test; We're Obliged To Give Essay Answers
Making the Grade
"The false assumption most of them make is that Truth is somehow distant, elusive, and concealed. Their Truth must be tracked down, captured, and unveiled."

Different Drummer: Boethius of Rome
56 min

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