Kindness Uprising

Kindness Uprising

By Amanda Potter, Lisa Sanphillippo and Mike BradleySociety & Culture
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Kindness Uprising episodes

  • [Special Sneak Preview] Upstream/Downstream: A KindUp Politiculturecast

    Welcome to a sneak listen to the first episode of Upstream/Downstream; a show that analyzes political and cultural evolutions and devolutions.

    In this episode:

    1. Opening Remarks - What is this show and why? - 0:19
    2. Thesis Rant - The 2026 Democratic party has gotten into fighting shape - 3:17
    3. Discussion - Mike chats with John about the 2026 midterms and Dem candidates - 11:27
    4. Culture Piece - John brings us a meditation on the vocal gifts of Tim Curry - 23:10
    5. OUTRO - 28:28

      6. Cover art (Mood Indigo) by Jessica Dodge copyright 2023 used by permission

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      30 min
    6. Don't Drink The Hater-Ade - Pride Edition

      In our season 2 finale, Kind Up looks at one of the most difficult topics - why we hate. We talk to Linda, Licensed Counselor, about hate; and specifically, the hate being felt by one of the most targeted groups--LGBTQAI folks. Instead of reliving trauma, we look for solutions to questions like how to survive when targeted, how to not fall into it yourself and why this is particularly tough when its coming from your government. This episode including voices from within the LGBTQAI to share their experiences and ideas.

      Topics discussed:

      1. Intro - PRIDE (in June and year-round)
      2. Just A Thought - Beware One-Sided Social Contracts - 1:05
      3. Good Trouble - Rep. Joyce Beatty and Alok Vaid-Menon - 4:36
      4. Meat & Potatoes - Why you gotta be so hateful? Did you drink the Hater-ade?13:27
      5. Culture Corner - 1:22
      6. WDWL - 1:25

        7. Links mentioned in this episode:

        Disclosure - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSgvWixY-ZQ
        Rep. Joyce Beatty - http://beatty.house.gov/
        Alok Vaid-Menon - https://alokvmenon.com/
        Los Angeles LGBT Center - https://lalgbtcenter.org/

        TIAM Productions

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        1 hr 29 min
      7. [Re-Release] Gerlach, You Know It's True

        To mark the 2-year anniversary of the passing of this podcast's spiritual founder we re-release our episode devoted to her memory. Mike, Amanda and Lisa, plus many friends and family come together to discuss Kindness Uprisings' inspiration, Allie Gerlach, and share 4 precepts that she lived by and how we can too!

        Topics discussed:

        1. Introductions - 0:15
        2. Origin Stories - 9:02
        3. Precept 1 - Use your Creativity in all aspects of your life and share your gifs whatever they are - 26:01
        4. Precept 2 - What you do and say impacts the people you care about as well as the people you don't even know - 32:08
        5. Precept 3 - Caring about your community and country, treating all who live there equally and staying engaged with current events helps you make change - 38:04
        6. Precept 4 - Share your happiness, good fortune, and kindness with all whom your encounter, but especially those close to you -47:11
        7. Bonus - Throw a Great Party - 56:35
        8. Nobody's Perfect - 1:02:02
        9. What We Learned - 1:13:14

          10. Bluesky: http://bsky.app/kindnessuprising.bsky.social

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          1 hr 19 min
        10. Fear is the Kind(ness) Killer

          Mike, Lisa and Amanda are joined by dear friend and atheist chaplaincy student Peggy about Fear. The conversation goes through why fear is good (at times), the type of responses, how its used against you, that anxiety is related and how storytelling, humor and community are antidotes to jolt you out.

          Topics discussed:

          1. Introduction - 0:10
          2. Just a thought - You won't last a day in my shoes - 6:45
          3. Good Trouble - Gerrymander Addition - 11:31
          4. Meat and Trouble - Fear & some Ideas on How to Get Through It with Special Guest Peggy Gannon - 15:32
          5. Culture Corner - Art about fear + Colbert shoutout - 1:09:36
          6. What We Learned/Summary - 1:13:34

            7. Please Note: During the Meat and Trouble segment, Peggy and Lisa's audit glitches and we lose a word or 3. We apologize for this inconvenience. Also, during the Good Trouble segment, Amanda says DeShawn is from Tennessee but he's from Alabama.

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            1 hr 19 min
          7. Tariff-Eyed, Or How I Gained Empathy

            This week, Mike, Lisa and Amanda look at empathy from the person's perspective as well as from the government's perspective including a insightful conversation with Matt, a licensed Customs Broker about the larger impacts of this administration's tariff policies.

            Topics discussed:

            1. Intro - 0:10
            2. Just A Thought - You are Not a Noun - 4:44
            3. Good Trouble: No Kings March - 8:09
            4. Meat & Potatoes -Larger impact of tariffs and our goverment's lack of empathy - 19:23
            5. Listener Feedback -1:01:10
            6. What Did We Learn - 1:01:38

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              1 hr 7 min
            7. Don't Dicker -- Discern!

              This episode, we do a deep dive into discernment. We also learn about Puerto Rico and give a tribute to two recently departed artists: Catherine O'Hara and Ken Ewert.

              Topics discussed:

              1. Introduction [0:12]
              2. Just a Thought: Is the internet the new Tower of Babel? by Ken Ewert [3:29]
              3. Good Trouble: Bad Bunny, Super Bowl Half-time Show [8:40]
              4. Meat and Potatoes: Discerning minds want to know and we need you! with Jose Amador [17:44]
              5. Culture Corner: Catherine O'Hara [48:12]
              6. What we Learned [54:03]

                7. Mentioned in this episode:

                JOSE'S TIPS TO SUSS OUT AI

                • Start noticing patterns
                • Be wary of comparative language: "A is not B, it is C"
                • Narrative description in place of a sourced account
                • Picture attached - if you cannot find anywhere else might be AI?
                • Always research listed sources - there should be some

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                  1 hr
                • From The Womb To The Tomb, We're Listening

                  This week, Kindness Uprising dives deep into Listening with an amazing discussion with a guest, Lori.

                  Topics discussed:

                  1. Intro - 0:11
                  2. Just a thought - The Golden Rule - 0:38
                  3. Good Trouble - Renee Good and Minneapolis - 3:53
                  4. Meat and Potatoes - Interview with International Listening Association Member, Lori - 9:55
                  5. Woo Woo - Listening to Our Anger - 51:43
                  6. What Did we Learn this Week? - 1:05:50

                    7. Mentioned in this episode:

                    • "Listening Is An Act Of Love" - NPR program via StoryCorps
                    • Marva Shand-McIntosh (President of International Listening Assn & source of the quote that is our episode's title)
                    • https://listen.org

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                      1 hr 12 min
                    • StocKing StUffers

                      As a little extra treat, we offer some final thoughts from 2025.

                      1. Intro - 0:29
                      2. Just a Thought - Malmborg in Plano - 6:03
                      3. Good Trouble - Congressional Vets Fight Back! - 9:26
                      4. And Now...This - Giving Good - 15:40
                      5. Culture Corner - Some favorite media to enjoy during the end of year holidays -16:56
                      6. Kabinet Komedy - Our feelings about the praise given during a recent Cabinet meeting - 26:47
                      7. What Did We Learn? - 27:48

                        8. Mentioned in this episode:

                        Mike's Unconventional Christmas Movie List:

                        The Apartment (1960)

                        Brazil (1985)
                        Gremlins (1984)
                        Batman Returns (1992)
                        Bad Santa (2003)
                        Die Hard (1988)
                        Three Days of the Condor (1975)

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                        30 min
                      8. The Blue Wetness

                        This week, Kindness Uprising's Lisa, Mike and Amanda reflect on the 2025 election.

                        Plus Kind Up share some new segments including (but not limited to) some thoughts on retailiation from John and an amazing story about gratitude from Lisa.

                        Topics discussed:

                        1. Intro 0:09
                        2. Just a thought - Retaliation is Illogical - 1:09
                        3. Good Trouble - Sandwich Guy - 5:51
                        4. For All the Good It'll Do 2 - Ad Parody - 9:28
                        5. Eggplant Paramesan - 2025 Election Follow-up - 10:39
                        6. And Now ... This - Lisa's Gratitude - 23:03
                        7. What Did We Learn - A Reflection on the Importance of Kindness during Thanksgiving - 31:22

                          8. Listener Discretion Advisory: Sexual Innuendo, description of bullying & violence

                          Links mentioned in this episode:

                          gofundme.com/f/help-support-the-sandwich-guy

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                          36 min
                        8. Lamenting the Loss of The Little Old Ladies of Voting Integrity

                          This week, Lisa, Amanda and Mike return with the first full episode of Season 2!

                          With the 2025 election coming and our democracy continues to slip away, we discuss some ideas to return integrity to our elections as well as some current initiatives available for voters in November. They also offer some new original political humor and some new ways to get through our poltically crazy times.

                          Topics discussed:

                          1. Intro: Where we find ourselves in the Fall 2025 - 0:09
                          2. Just a Thought: Leaf Blower - 4:26
                          3. Good Trouble: Keeping Portland Weird - 6:35
                          4. For All the Good It'll Do - a political commercial parody - 10:13
                          5. Meat and Potatoes - The Lament for Little Old Ladies of Voting Integrity - 11:07
                          6. Big Sigh: Kamala ... Take Me Away - 48:47
                          7. Culture Corner - Great Bad TV Recommendations -52:25
                          8. What We Learned/Outro - Is there no bottom? - 57:06

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                            1 hr 2 min

                          About Kindness Uprising

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