This is Crucial

By This is Crucial

This is Crucial is a live conversation and podcast focused on healing justice and racial equity. It’s about the conversations we are afraid to have, the issues we are scared to address, and the storie... more

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The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.

This is Crucial episodes:

May 09, 2023 TIC 30 | Ask Us Anything with Amos and Charlene
No guest this time around, just your questions!
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57min
March 30, 2023 TIC 29 | Dr. William Yoo (Part 2) on Prophetic Zeal and the Asian-American vs. African-American Experience
Dr. William Yoo joins us for a second time to talk about the prophetic zeal in the church, the difference between the Asian-American and African-American experience, and how to answer the question: "Where are you from?"
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1h 8min
March 01, 2023 TIC 28 | Dr. William Yoo (Part 1) on Slavery, Politics in the Church, and Why He's Still a Presbyterian
A conversation with Dr. William Yoo that touches on slavery in the Presbyterian Church, when it's okay to be ambivalent, and whether or not we should talk about politics from the pulpit.
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1h 5min
January 20, 2023 TIC 27 | Bronwyn Harris on White Bias, Teaching in East Oakland, and Dissecting Cow Eyes
We enter the new year with a new crucial conversation with writer and educator Bronwyn Harris.
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56min
December 02, 2022 TIC 26 | Jason Max Ferdinand on The Power of Music, How to be a Good Choir Member, and Funeral Songs
Jason Max Ferdinand on The Power of Music, How to be a Good Choir Member, and Funeral Songs
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53min
November 01, 2022 TIC 25 | Scott Black Johnston on Loving Your Enemies, Purity Culture, and What it's Like to be a White Man Today
Scott Black Johnston, author and Senior Pastor of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, joins Charlene and Amos to talk about his new book- Elusive Grace: Loving Your Enemies While Striving for God's Justice.
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1h
September 23, 2022 TIC 24 | Jeff Chu on Evolving Faith, Not Being Defined by Your Title, and Experiencing Healing
A whole new season. A whole New series of episodes. A whole new set of guests.
Season 2 kicks off with an interview with writer, reporter, pretend farmer, preacher, and teacher Jeff Chu.
This is Crucial is a monthly podcast hosted by Charlene Han Powell and Amos Disasa featuring guests with something to say about healing justice, equity and transformation.
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54min
May 21, 2022 TIC 23 | The Future of Faith: A Panel Discussion with Molly Basket and David Vásquez-Levy
The season finale of This Is Crucial. For the first time ever, co-hosts Amos Disasa and Charlene Han Powell and their esteemed guests Molly Baskette and David Vásquez-Levy will gather in-person at First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley for a live panel discussion on the future of faith.
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1h 31min
April 24, 2022 TIC 22 | Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings on Finding Hope, The Future of the Church, and Jesus as the Question to Our Answers
Our hosts are joined by Rev. Dr. Willie James Jennings, currently Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Africana Studies at Yale University Divinity School.
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59min
March 27, 2022 TIC 21 | Rabbi Zach Fredman on Accepting Imperfection, Healing in Community, and Jewish White Privilege
Our hosts are joined by Rabbi Zach Fredman, spiritual leader and Creative Director of the Temenos Center for the Arts, a Brooklyn community that creates projects, media and events that live at the intersection of spirituality and the arts.
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1h 2min

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How many episodes does This is Crucial have?

The podcast currently has 30 episodes available.