We sit down with Mark Charles - who is currently campaigning for President of the United States as an independent - and discuss a whole host of things: from the constitution, to manifest destiny (and how it's still being argued for today), to our current political climate, to the question that Mark Charles has been asking since the start of his campaign: when did "we the people" actually mean "all the people"? Or has it ever meant that?

In this episode we sit down with Hannah Garcia - a barista and college student - about her experiences of sexism in the church, in her school and at work. We discuss the almost immediate switch that takes place in people's brains when they talk to a woman versus when they talk to a man, sexism on a college campus, and why the coffee industry is so filled with white men.

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I sit down with my wife, in our home, with our very rambunctious cats, and talk about a prevalent habit of Justine's that stems from toxic masculinity: apologizing too much. Why has Justine learned to apologize so quickly? We'll discuss that, as well as how many people can be unintentionally toxic simply by not taking the time to consider how others are going to perceive their actions. 

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In this part two of our conversation with Alicia Beyer, we continue talking through the idea of toxic masculinity in the church. Why toxic masculinity is dependent on putting people into boxes, how do we discuss the idea of toxic masculinity with men and women, and how do we address the Bible verses that have been used to justify toxic masculinity for generations. 

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Does the church have a toxic masculinity problem? If so, why? How do we address the idea that the men in the church need to be MEN and that women are often not given a seat at the table? We talk about that and more with our good friend Alicia Beyer on today's episode. 

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We interview Contessa Johnson to discuss the psychological repercussions of toxic masculinity, and where it stems from. In the episode we'll discuss what happens when men refuse to open themselves up to the human emotions they're feeling and how it affects the people around them. We'll also talk about "covert" toxic men, those people who look and act and speak as if they're "woke" and they're an ally, but when you scratch just underneath the surface you find that they're just as toxic as anyone else.

As we begin to talk about Toxic Masculinity, we'll start with the question: "What does healthy masculinity look like?"  Is there an inherent difference between men and women and should those differences be celebrated in any capacity? We'll discuss all that and more on today's episode of The Dissonance Podcast. 

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Why has the church been rocked with so many sexual assault allegations? What do we do when the institutions we're working for care more about preserving themselves than the people who make up the institution? How do we decide what's more important: the needs of the many, over the needs of the few? We'll talk about all of that and more in today's episode.

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How often does our desire for an eternal afterlife in paradise get in the way of knowing the Divine? How often do we stress about following a list of rules to stay out of hell? If we could have either God or heaven which would we choose? We'll discuss that today on The Dissonance Podcast.

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What is media bias? Why is it important to know about? And how do we detect it?

In this episode we talk about the new "post-truth"/"postmodern" world we're living in, where it comes from and why it can be dangerous to see it through to it's entirety. But specifically, how news sources and politicians use postmodern language to create confusion and sell the public their own personal biases as truth. 

Does truth exist? Is the truth really out there?

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