Pathfinder

This is a conversation with Houston,Texas based educator and LGBTQ advocate Jacqueline Taylor. We discuss the ways in which discrimination, stereotypes and poverty affects the LGTBQ community.

(Note: This was recorded before the current revelations on the Jussie Smollett case)

Show Notes

Gamma Rho Lambda Sorority (http://gammarholambda.org/)

Gaycation show (https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/gaycation)

Houston's HERO ordinance (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/03/why-houstons-gay-rights-ordinance-failed-bathrooms/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3a397f5c662f) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Houston,_Texas_Proposition_1)

Transgender Day of Remembrance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance)

Yves (https://www.instagram.com/the_yvesdropper/)

Houston shooting (https://abc13.com/5105101/)

Paris Is Burning documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Is_Burning_(film))

Jussie Smollett controversy (https://www.vox.com/2019/2/17/18228444/jussie-smollett-attack-hate-crime-arrest-hoax-empire)

Houston's Drag Queen Storytime (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Judge-rejects-conservative-Christian-group-s-13334135.php?fbclid=IwAR1XSda1gHmhUnmZmLKWSkZ0HoWnA7u_d0JVSjDLM6ktcSQ3apS_ZRLgzyA)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie controversy (https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/15/14910900/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-comments-apology)

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22738563-we-should-all-be-feminists)

Womanism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism)

Montrose Grace Place (https://www.montrosegraceplace.org/)

The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/)

TransGriot (https://transgriot.blogspot.com/)

TransHouston (https://www.transhouston.com/)

Latina Trans Texas (https://www.latinatranstexas.org/)

Montrose Center (https://montrosecenter.org/)

Human Rights Campaign Transgender Information (https://www.hrc.org/resources/understanding-the-transgender-community)

Transgender Population Size (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5227946/)

The Gender Book (http://www.thegenderbook.com/the-book/4553374748)

Kate Bornstein (https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Bornstein/e/B000APD3H2%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share)

Kansas City based therapist, blogger and podcast host Nathan Staley returns for another conversation. We discuss (and critique) the worldview of Jordan Peterson, the nature of fascism, and the possible psychological effects of the Trump administration erecting the border wall.

Show Notes

Nathan's work: Off Baseline podcast (http://offbaseline.com/) Loaves and Roses blog (medium.com/loaves-and-roses)

References

Bari Weiss "Intellectual Dark Web" article (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/opinion/intellectual-dark-web.html)

Alexander Offord's critique of Jordan Peterson (https://medium.com/@offordwrites/the-intellectual-fraudulence-of-jordan-peterson-apropos-daniel-karasik-ff3b58c48fc3)

The Majority Report with Sam Sedar (https://majorityreportradio.com/)

The psychologist Carl Jung (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung)

Preston Sprinkle (https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/)

Theology in the Raw podcast episode (https://www.prestonsprinkle.com/theology-in-the-raw/2019/1/7/718-a-conversation-with-luke-thompson)

Fight by Preston Sprinkle (https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Christian-Non-Violence-Preston-Sprinkle/dp/1434704920)

Zero Books (http://www.zero-books.net/)

Ben Burgis critique of Jordan Peterson's social hierarchy theory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_sEPK9krzQ)

Chris Hedges (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges) (https://www.truthdig.com/author/chris_hedges/)

Barbara Ehrenreich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Ehrenreich)

Bright-sided by Barbara Ehrenreich (https://www.amazon.com/Bright-sided-Positive-Thinking-Undermining-America/dp/0312658850)

The Specters of Marx by Jacques Derrida (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80473.Specters_of_Marx)

Neoliberalism (https://corpwatch.org/article/what-neoliberalism)

How Fascism Works by Jason Stanley (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586030/how-fascism-works-by-jason-stanley/9780525511830/)

Jason Stanley Majority Report interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idaBsysqAs)

Hitler's American Model by James Q. Whitman (https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-American-Model-United-States/dp/0691172420)

Steve King's white supremacy comments article (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-king-white-supremacist-offensive_us_5c3752afe4b045f676897d45)

Elizabeth Bruenig (https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/elizabeth-bruenig/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.31eb1dfdc61a) (https://medium.com/@ebruenig/reading-list-c0393a56eca2)

The End of Work by John Hughes (https://www.amazon.com/End-Work-Theological-Critiques-Capitalism/dp/140515893X/ref=pd_sbs_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=140515893X&pd_rd_r=a5ce9f67-fe5f-11e8-bb85-05637d074539&pd_rd_w=X5RUc&pd_rd_wg=A88e3&pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&pf_rd_r=93K6KV71JQ69Y86PCZ69&psc=1&refRID=93K6KV71JQ69Y86PCZ69)

This is a conversation with Pennsylvania based theologians and podcasters Bill Borror and Scott Jones of New Persuasive Words. We discuss the dehumanization within society and how to live in light of that reality.

Show Notes

Bill Borror (https://www.residentexile.com/)

Scott Jones (http://www.scottkentjones.com/)

New Persuasive Words podcast (https://npw.fireside.fm/)

Books referenced

No Man Is An Island by Thomas Merton (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99690.No_Man_Is_an_Island)

Confessions by Augustine (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27037.Confessions?ac=1&from_search=true)

The Temple by George Herbert (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199264.The_Temple?from_search=true)

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4473.A_Prayer_for_Owen_Meany?ac=1&from_search=true)

Love Alone Is Credible by Hans Von Balthazar (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Alone-Credible-Hans-Balthasar/dp/0898708818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544890143&sr=8-1&keywords=love+alone+is+credible)

Everything Is Borrowed by Nathaniel Popkin (https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Borrowed-Nathaniel-Popkin/dp/099955011X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544890189&sr=8-1&keywords=everything+is+borrowed)

All Things Shining by Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly (https://www.amazon.com/All-Things-Shining-Reading-Classics/dp/141659616X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890222&sr=1-1&keywords=all+things+shining)

Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesteron (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/87665.Orthodoxy)

Tomas Halik (https://www.amazon.com/Tom%C3%A1%C5%A1-Hal%C3%ADk/e/B001JRX3W0/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1544890296&sr=1-2-ent)

On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt (https://www.amazon.com/Bullshit-Harry-G-Frankfurt/dp/0691122946/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890364&sr=1-1&keywords=on+bullshit)

Annie Dillard (https://www.amazon.com/Annie-Dillard/e/B000APWASA/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1544890416&sr=1-2-ent)

When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1544890448&sr=1-2&keywords=paul+kalanithi+s+when+breath+becomes+air)

This is a reflection on what happens when we disconnect our theories from raw human experience, the lack of integrated thought in our society and a plea for compassion.

Show Notes

New Persuasive Words podcast (https://npw.fireside.fm/)

NRA tweet (https://twitter.com/NRA/status/1060256567914909702)

CNN article (https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/19/health/nra-stay-in-your-lane-physicians-study/index.html)

Honduran Migrant Crisis: New York Times article (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/americas/tijuana-mexico-border.html?module=inline) Intercept article(https://theintercept.com/2017/12/23/honduras-election-fraud-drugs-jose-orlando-hernandez/)

Mumia Abu Jamal video compilation (quote begins at 27:00) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUNH3lF0Gh4&t=1670s)

Network Science: Video explanation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i1o5cs-yk8&t=500s) Linked by Albert-Laszio Barabasi (https://www.amazon.com/Linked-Everything-Connected-Business-Everyday/dp/0465085733)

Jewish synagogue shooting (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/28/pittsburgh-shooting-jewish-organisations-express-horror-at-attack-victims)

Kentucky grocery store shooting (https://www.theroot.com/whites-don-t-shoot-whites-said-alleged-kroger-shoote-1830003860)

Mailed pipe bombs (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/nyregion/pipe-bombs-sent-democrats.html)

This is a conversation with Kansas City based therapist, blogger and podcast host Nathan Staley. Topics discussed include the weakness of the Church's pro-life movement, letting spirituality guide our political beliefs, the flaws of libertarian politics and much more.

Show Notes

Nathan's work: Off Baseline podcast (http://offbaseline.com/) Loaves and Roses blog (https://medium.com/loaves-and-roses)

Books referenced

The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Clariborne (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64081.The_Irresistible_Revolution)

The Paradox of Choice by Bryan Schwartz (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10639.The_Paradox_of_Choice)

Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky ,Edward S. Herman (https://www.amazon.com/Manufacturing-Consent-Political-Economy-Media/dp/0375714499)

One Nation Under God by Kevin Kruse (https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-God-Corporate/dp/0465097413/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=)

The Cultural Liturgies series by James K. A. Smith (https://www.amazon.com/Cultural-Liturgies-Boxed-James-Smith/dp/1540960455/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541459183&sr=1-3&keywords=james+k+a+smith&dpID=51mBxJ-tO-L&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch)

A Theology for the Social Gospel by Walter Rauschenbusch(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1891396528/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0)

The End of Work by John Hughes (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5997341-the-end-of-work)

Capital by Karl Marx (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1453716548/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vamf_taft_p1_i2)

Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God by Brian Zahnd (https://www.amazon.com/Sinners-Hands-Loving-God-Scandalous/dp/1601429517/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541461969&sr=1-2&keywords=sinners+in+the+hands+of+a+loving+god&dpID=51gDZmjuuSL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch)

From the shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Route 91 music festival in Las Vegas and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the issue of gun violence has caused fervor in our political discourse. What would it look like for us to get behind the myths, distorted narratives and sloganeering in order to observe the true nature of violence in our country? What would being exposed to that truth do to us?

In this episode three specific beliefs about guns are explored and analyzed.

Show Notes

Podcasts:

Why America Won't Put It's Guns Down- Under The Skin with Russell Brand (https://www.russellbrand.com/podcast/ep-30-wont-america-put-guns-gary-younge/)

A better conversation on guns- The Ezra Klein Show (https://art19.com/shows/the-ezra-klein-show/episodes/5862b858-1445-448a-b1d1-10d50d5deb39)

Guns and America's Murder Board- Reveal (https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/guns-and-americas-murder-board/)

Statistics:

Gun Violence Archive ( https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/)

Everytown for Gun Safety (https://everytownresearch.org/gun-violence-america/#foot_note_4)

Armed With Reason (https://www.armedwithreason.com/blog/)

America's Complex Relationship With Guns- Pew Research Center (http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/americas-complex-relationship-with-guns/)

Culture:

Honest Thoughts From a Veteran about Gun Control and Mental Health- Benjamin Sledge (https://medium.com/@benjaminsledge/honest-thoughts-from-a-veteran-about-gun-control-and-mental-health-c74930488e28)

Gun Reform: Speaking Truth to Bullshit, Practicing Civility, and Effecting Change- Brene Brown (https://brenebrown.com/blog/2017/11/08/gun-reform-speaking-truth-bullshit-practicing-civility-effecting-change-2/)

The gun debate isn't about what you think- Alia E. Dastagir (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2017/10/04/gun-culture/724571001/)

Money:

The Real Reason We Won't See Gun Reform- Skye Jethani (https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=skye%20jethani%20gun)

5 charts that show how powerful the NRA is-Business Insider (https://www.businessinsider.com/nra-power-lobbying-statistics-gun-control-2017-10)

Thoughts and Prayers for Texas- The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/nra-funding-prayers-texas.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region®ion=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0)

Mental Health:

Is There a Link Between Mental Health and Gun Violence?- Maria Konnikova (https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/almost-link-mental-health-gun-violence)

I’m a Psychiatrist. Making Gun Violence About Mental Health Is a Crazy Idea.- JONATHAN M. METZL (https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/09/texas-shooting-mental-health-donald-trump-215807)

Mental health and gun violence- Patrick Ross (https://healthcareinamerica.us/mental-health-and-gun-violence-607dbb564fb6)

Introduction - The Purpose by Demetrius Goines