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North Carolina's "Bathroom Bill" HB2 is at the center of a national conversation over gender inclusive bathrooms, gender discrimination and public safety. States are facing economic retaliation, people are getting ejected from restrooms, and it seems doing our"business" is quickly becoming everyone's business. So where do we land when things like transgender suicide hotlines take in more than double their normal calls and bills overturn years of civil rights work? Jeff, Mona and Allen talk radical hospitality,brutalis effect?, assumption of guilt, and safety for all people,cis and transgender alike. They then look to the lighter side of things with a round of "Wacky News."

Gender Inclusive Bathrooms Conversation(00:29)

Wacky News Segment(43:14)

RELEVANTLINKS

From Our Gender InclusiveBathrooms Conversation

• Check out ourprevious episodes on gender issues. GenderRoles And Binaries – Take Off That Apron Bobby! – 011and Genderqueer People of Faith –Interview with Nathan – 012
• Mississippi billHB1523
• North Carolina's GOP JustFast-Tracked the Broadest Anti-LGBT Bill in theCountry
• 18 Questions, 18 Answers: The realfacts behind House Bill 2
• Missouribill
• Texas billforthcoming
• Tennessee Legislature ResurrectsDiscriminatory Transgender Bathroom Bill
• Other state anti LGBTQbills
• 15 Notable Ambiguous GenitaliaStatistics
• It's Not About Chicken (Blog Post by Mike McHargue)
• Follow Friday: TransgenderChristians (Rachel HeldEvans' post)
• The BrutalizationEffect

From Our Wacky NewSegment

• Check out thefirst time we played this game in Episode18

• Lint Beer
• Box pizza
• Domino'sDXP (oven incar)
• Mummified Buddhist monk to becovered in gold and made into a shrine
• #Cardening (twitter trend)
• Too MuchCheese
• Shia LeBeoufpunching
• Kabobs
• The Time 250,000-Year-Old MammothWas Served For Dinner
• Rich Kids of InstagramTumblr

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This week Jeff, Mona and Allen have a conversation with Benjamin L. Corey. Benjamin is a leading voice among post-evangelical and progressive Christians, the author of both the blog Formerly Fundie and the book Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical Message of Jesus, as well as a co-host for his own podcast That God Show with Matthew Paul Turner. In this episode Ben shares with us his personal journey, which includes the challenges of things like overnight notoriety and the loss of community. He also shares about his doctoral work in trauma after-care, the reception of his recent series on Hell and the Atonement, and thinks out loud about his commitment to pacifism. Finally, Ben joins the team for a good ol' fashioned round of Jesus or Jay-Z?

New Post Evangelical Facebook Group Announcement (00:33)

Conversation with Benjamin L. Corey (01:30)

Jesus or Jay-Z Segment (51:12)

RELEVANT LINKS

From our Conversation with Benjamin L Corey

• Formerly Fundie (Benjamin L Corey's Blog)
• Don Henley (Musician)
• Frank Schaeffer (American author, film director, screenwriter, public speaker and painter)
• Interview with Rob Bell (That God Show Podcast Episode #36)
• Dispensationalism (Theological Term)
• Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome: A Memoir of Humor and Healing by Reba Riley (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Things I'd Do Differently, If I Could Do Seminary Over Again (Blog Post by Benjamin L Corey)
• Hypocrisy from Pro-Life Legislators (Benjamin L Corey on HuffPost Live)
• Congolese Refugees
• Undiluted: Rediscovering the Radical Message of Jesus by Benjamin L. Corey (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Our Great Big American God: A Short History of Our Ever-Growing Deity by Matthew Paul Turner (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Jeff Cook
• Letting Go Of Hell - Without Letting Go Of The Bible (Benjamin L Corey Blog Post)
• Ken Hamm
• Anabaptist (Wikipedia Page)
• Dr. Greg Boyd - Theologian (Wikipedia Page)

From our Jesus or Jay-Z Segment

• Check out the other times we've played Jesus or Jay-Z on episodes 001, 013, and 022
• Dirty by Audio Adrenaline
• Hammer and a Nail by the Indigo Girls
• Wherever You Would Go by The Calling
• It's A Great Day to Be Alive by Travis Tritt
• Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
• Made for Me by Toby Mac
• In the Secret
• Christian Hard Rock (South Park Episode)

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Thank you Benjamin L. Corey for joining us this week! Follow Ben on Facebook and Twitter, read his blog Formerly Fundie and listen to his podcast called That God Show.

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The cross has to be one of the most talked about, debated and sacred aspects of the life of Jesus. Why Did Jesus Die? Amazingly enough, Irenicast has yet to dip it's proverbial toe into the pool that is the "Atonement," so hosts Jeff, Mona and Allen jump in. They discuss different views and theories and conclude with surprising cohesion on what the death of Jesus means for them personally. Then they indulge in another round of Sorta Scattergories.

Why Did Jesus Die Conversation on Atonement (00:30)

Sorta Scattergories Segment (46:49)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation

• Monks - Monty Python and The Holy Grail (YouTube Clip)
• Open Theism (Wikipedia)
• Process Theology (Wikipedia)
• Atonement (Wikipedia)

• What is Sin ? – Dun Dun Duuunn – 015 (Irenicast Episode)
• Womanism (Wikipedia)
• Irenaeus, Early Church Bishop (Wikipedia)
• Ranson Theory of Atonement (Wikipedia)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Kurt Vonnegut, Author (Wikipedia)
• Christus Victor Theory of Atonement (Wikipedia)
• Substitutionary Theory of Atonement (Wikipedia)
• Satisfaction Theory of Atonement (Wikipedia)
• On the Medieval Theory of Atonement – Anselm and Abelard (Article)
• Supersessionism (Wikipedia)
• Blood Sacrifices? But God Didn't Even Like Blood Sacrifices! By Benjamin L Corey (Blog Post)
• The Nature Of The Atonement Four Views The Nature Of The Atonement (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• The Atonement Debate (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• The Lost Message of Jesus (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

From Our Segment

• Other rounds of Sorta Scattergories can be found on Irenicast episodes 16 and 45.

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In a slight change of course from their usual approach to discussions on faith and culture, the Irenicast team gives a movie analysis and review of Inside Out. The conversation digs into elements of filmmaking, emotional intelligence, and the roles that faith communities sometimes play in shaping emotional pathways. The segment this week features each host's cast and script for the hypothetical blockbuster, Irenicast: The Movie.

Analysis and Review of Inside Out (01:01)

Irenicast-ing Segment (52:46)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Review of Inside Out

• Inside Out (IMDB Movie Page)
• Emotion and Reason (Youtube Video - A 1943 WW2 Disney Propaganda Film)
• Paul Ekman (Psychologist)
• Lie to Me (Television show also inspired by Paul Ekman's work)
• Systems Theory (Wikipedia)
• Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Every Frame a Painting (YouTube Channel)
• "Do Feelings Matter" (Article)
• Fundamentalism = lack of self-awareness (Article)
• 500 Days of Summer ("She's Real" Clip - YouTube)
• "Ashram" - stages of Indian/Hindu life (Wikipedia article)
• Hardwiring Happiness (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Killer Clowns from Outer Space (Trailer, YouTube)
• Inside Out 2 Fake Trailer (YouTube Video)

From our Irenicast-ing Segement

• Magical School Bus

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This week Mona brings an interview with her friend Kayla Michelle. Kayla is a former runway model who became a fitness expert and competitive bodybuilder through an amazing journey of self discovery. The two share a vulnerable conversation about body image. Particularly the ways women are taught to see and treat their own form. They talk about what has been meaningful in learning how to accept and celebrate strength.

RELEVANT LINKS

• Anorexia (Information from Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center)
• "Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'" (Quote)

THANK YOU

Thank you to Kayla for sharing your story with us for this episode. To learn more about Kayla and her work follow her on instagram, check out her website or email her at [email protected].

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When we discuss faith and culture long enough, we'll inevitably have a conversation about food. This is that conversation. Food not only provides us with the physical stuff that keeps us moving and breathing, it can bring a mysterious depth to our way of life. Food is art, culture and community. There is power in breaking bread with one another. This week's conversation ends with a Knowin' Jemonen segment in which Jeff, Mona and Allen share the foods they love to hate, love to make, and love to eat.

Breaking Bread Conversation (00:21)

Knowin' Jemonen: Food Edition Segment (46:05)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Breaking Bread Conversation

• Cooked (Netflix Docuseries)
• Food Desert (Wikipedia Page)
• First Foods: Learning to Eat (Gastropod Podcast Episode)
• Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence by Rick Hanson (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)
• Why It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the 1980s (Article)
• Your Bacteria May Be Telling You What to Eat (Article)
• Babette's Feast (Film)

From Our Knowin' Jemonen Segment

• How to Cook Steak on Coals - Alton Brown (YouTube Clip)
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Sugar (YouTube Clip)

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Does a concept of humility help or ultimately hurt people? Is humility antiquated? Jeff, Mona and Allen explore different definitions of the classic virtue, wonder aloud if the word should be decommissioned, share a little bit about their own relationship to it, and end up with much to think about. After the conversation, the co-hosts indulge in the new segment Title Me This.

Is Humility Antiquated Conversation (00:43)

Title Me This Segment (46:26)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Is Humility Antiquated Conversation

• Philippians 2:3-4 NRSV
• Making a Murderer (Netflix Docuseries)
• James 1:9-11 NRSV
• Deserve's Got Nothing to Do with It by Adam Kotsko (Article)
• The Big Short (film)

From Our Title Me This Segment

• Fixing Her Cowboy's Broken Heart by Victoria Otto (Book)
• Rescuing Ladybugs, A Christian Romance by Diane Adams (Book)
• The Surprise Bride Saved by the Heartbroken Indian by Faith Johnson (Book)
• Guarding Her Heart by Kimberly Rae Jordan (Book)
• Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (Book)
• The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson (Book)

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Social transformation might look like an accident to less scrutinizing observers, but there are always people behind the issues, behind the transformation. Professional community organizers Joe and Seth join Irenicast for this episode to share about their work in community organizing.

RELEVANT LINKS

Leadership Development Initiative (Organization)

Interfaith Worker Justice (Organization)

Workers Dignity (Organization)

Life Together Community (Organization)

Black Lives Matter (Movement)

United We Dream (Movement)

Ella Baker (Civil Rights Activist)

Baynard Rustin (Civil Rights Activist)

Migrations of the Holy: God, State, and the Political Meaning of the Church by William T. Cavanaugh (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

Transform Network (Organization)

Momentum (Organization)

PICO National Network (Organization)

Industrial Areas Foundation (Organization)

Gamaliel (Organization)

Highlander Research and Education Center (Organization)

Scarritt Bennett Center (Organization)

SURJ - Showing Up for Racial Justice (Organization)

Email Seth ([email protected]) or Joe ([email protected]) for more questions you may have regarding community organizing or their work specifically.

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Thank you Seth and Joe for joining us this week and sharing with us about community organizing and how to make a difference.

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Scientists, theologians and philosophers have wrestled for millennia over questions of determinism and the freedom of the human person. The Irenicast co-hosts, on the other hand, sidestep most of this in order to discuss the effects of embracing one view or another. Do our thoughts on free will matter? Do our views on this specific topic influence the way we live? In any case, Jeff, Mona & Allen exercise their agency at the end of the episode in an old fashioned game of Would You Rather?

Do Our Thoughts on Free Will Matter Conversation (00:18)

Would You Rather? Segment (55:33)

RELEVANT LINKS

Calvinism (Wikipedia)

Predestination (Wikipedia)

The 5 Point of Calvinism - T.U.L.I.P. (Article)

Martin Luther (Wikipedia)

Benjamin Libet, scientist in the field of human consciousness (Wikipedia)

Neuroscience and Free Will Are Rethinking Their Divorce, German scientists rebut Libet Experiment (Article)

Neuroscience of Free Will (Wikipedia)

Arminianism (Wikipedia)

Epigenetics (Wikipedia)

Fearful Experiences Passed On In Mouse Families (Article)

Chum Bucket (Spongebob Squarepants Episode Wiki)

Prevenient Grace (Wikipedia)

Neuroscience and Free Will - Libet's Experiment (YouTube Video)

Developmental Play Therapy in the Treatment of Childhood Trauma (Article)

Determinism (Wikipedia)

Neo-Calvinism (Wikipedia)

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

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A super episode for Super Tuesday 2016! Jeff, Mona and Allen discuss the place of politics in the church, the way politics has polarized people of faith, and the promise of dialogue for doing things differently. In the spirit of public discourse, each of them have needlessly censored a soundbite from politicians in their new segment Out of Context.

Church in Politics Conversation (00:24)

Out of Context Segment (43:03)

RELEVANT LINKS

Super Tuesday (Wikipedia)

Detailed Study Confirms High Suicide Rate Among Recent Veterans (Article)

The Little Book of Circle Processes - A New/Old Approach to Peacemaking by Kay Pranis (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link)

Talmud (Wikipedia)

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