This is a live conversation with Houston, Texas based pastor and writer Ashley Maydwell Jennings. We discuss how sexuality is understood in Christianity, her experiences as a queer minister in the South, the state of the local church in Houston and much more. Show Notes Ashley Jennings (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3422152) Ashley's work: Canvas Church (https://www.canvashouston.org/?fbclid=IwAR1QIc_HY36i49faL7TY_OnYUS3tOlyCQ5AsG3S3806stDGkba9JTDP4IjE) Faithful Reimagination blog (https://www.faithfulreimagination.org/) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11337.The_Bluest_Eye) Relevant Magazine (https://relevantmagazine.com/) Heavy by Kiese Laymon (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Heavy/Kiese-Laymon/9781501125669) Church Clarity (https://www.churchclarity.org/) Refocusing My Family by Amber Cantora (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35988993-refocusing-my-family) Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18350316-sabbath-as-resistance?from_search=true) Barbara Brown Taylor (https://barbarabrowntaylor.com/) Richard Rohr (https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Rohr/e/B000AQ2WB4%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share) Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown (https://www.amazon.com/Braving-Wilderness-Quest-Belonging-Courage/dp/0812995848/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1571593372&sr=1-4)

This a conversation with Virginia based podcast host, author and political thinker Pete Davis. We discuss the philosophical tradition of Pragmatism and its history. Show Notes Pete Davis (https://petedavis.org/) (https://twitter.com/PeteDDavis) Pete's work: (https://democraticalternative.org/) (https://www.currentaffairs.org/) (https://www.currentaffairs.org/podcast) William James (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James) John Dewey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey) Cornel West (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West) Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Mangabeira_Unger) Know Your Enemy episode (https://know-your-enemy-1682b684.simplecast.com/episodes/rhetoric-of-reaction) Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612194192/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Richard Rorty (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rorty) Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Glaude) Elizabeth Anderson (http://www-personal.umich.edu/~eandersn/) Democracy in Black by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22292727-democracy-in-black) Ralph Nader (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader) Pragmatism by William James (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/681508.Pragmatism?from_search=true) The Left Alternative by Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Left-Alternative-Roberto-Mangabeira-Unger/dp/1844673707/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=roberto+unger&qid=1571588051&s=books&sr=1-8) The Self Awakened by Roberto Mangabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Self-Awakened-Pragmatism-Unbound/dp/0674034961/ref=pd_sbs_14_3/143-3278645-1674804?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0674034961&pd_rd_r=b6e9aefa-f5c7-45fc-a802-3bd5115686f0&pd_rd_w=GAtFy&pd_rd_wg=SFP1I&pf_rd_p=52b7592c-2dc9-4ac6-84d4-4bda6360045e&pf_rd_r=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE&psc=1&refRID=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE) The Future of American Progressivism by Cornel West, Roberto Managabeira Unger (https://www.amazon.com/Future-American-Progressivism-Roberto-Unger/dp/0807043265/ref=pd_sbs_14_2/143-3278645-1674804?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0807043265&pd_rd_r=b6e9aefa-f5c7-45fc-a802-3bd5115686f0&pd_rd_w=GAtFy&pd_rd_wg=SFP1I&pf_rd_p=52b7592c-2dc9-4ac6-84d4-4bda6360045e&pf_rd_r=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE&psc=1&refRID=ENYVNX055TRXK5584PKE) Age of Fracture by Daniel T. Rodgers (https://www.amazon.com/Age-Fracture-Daniel-T-Rodgers/dp/0674064364/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=age+of+fracture&qid=1571588349&s=books&sr=1-1)

This is a conversation with Missouri based podcast host, writer and theologian Ally Henny. We discuss the way black women are perceived in society, the demonization of single black motherhood and the value of the collective wisdom of black women. Show Notes Ally Henny (https://allyhenny.com/) (https://twitter.com/thearmchaircom) (https://www.instagram.com/allyhenny/) Henny's work: Blog (https://thearmchaircommentary.com/) Writings for The Witness BCC (https://thewitnessbcc.com/author/ally-henny/) Combing the Roots podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/combing-the-roots-with-ally-henny/id1458679771) Joe Rogan podcast Gavin McInnes racist Muslim inbreeding theory (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxOlX7-6uww) A Black Theology of Liberation by James H. Cone (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/271654.A_Black_Theology_of_Liberation) Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores S. Williams (https://www.amazon.com/Sisters-Wilderness-Challenge-Womanist-God-Talk/dp/1626980381) Radical Reconciliation by Allan Boesak and Curtiss Paul DeYoung (https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Reconciliation-Political-Christian-Quietism/dp/1570759766/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6OOXKTRGIWIN&keywords=radical+reconciliation&qid=1565830316&s=books&sprefix=radical+recon%2Cstripbooks%2C181&sr=1-1) Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement by Barbara Ransby (https://www.uncpress.org/book/9780807856161/ella-baker-and-the-black-freedom-movement/)

This is a conversation with Waco, Texas based podcast host, author and scholar Gerhard Stubben. We discuss the message of the biblical book Ecclesiastes, how the Buddhist mindfulness tradition intersects with Christian spirituality, the dangers of hope and much more. Show Notes Gerhard Stubben (https://twitter.com/gerhardstuebben) Gerhard's work: The Augustinian (https://theaugustinian.com/) Podcastica Patristica(https://pca.st/NtQ5) The Cultural Revolution Read-Along (open.spotify.com/show/558FqDkxo8NECMHke6wzeX) Ecclesiastes (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes%201&version=NIV) Albert Camus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus) Jacques Derrida (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida) Stoicism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism) Transhumanism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism) Friedrich Nietzsche (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche) A Significant Life by Todd Mays (https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo19636092.html) The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11987.The_Myth_of_Sisyphus_and_Other_Essays) The Teaching of the Buddha by Thich Nhat Hanh (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/209574.The_Heart_of_the_Buddha_s_Teaching) Vanity Karma by Jayadvaita Sawmi (https://vanitykarma.com/) Eric Andre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Andre)

This is a conversation with Austin, Texas based minister, blogger and podcast host Shane Blackshear. We discuss the value of reading, the limitations of language, how engaging literature relates to essential spiritual disciplines and much more. Show Notes Shane Blackshear (http://www.shaneblackshear.com/) (https://twitter.com/beardonabike) Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64023.Celebration_of_Discipline) The Shallows by Nicholas Carr (http://www.nicholascarr.com/?page_id=16) Will Schoder Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRdUHUuBqU9uCsEuG39Nmg) Empire of Illusion by Chris Hedges (https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132) Chris Hedges book talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EpeF1fcji0) How to Think by Alan Jacobs (https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Survival-Guide-World/dp/0451499603/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1563482429&sr=1-3) Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3GQBOZRNI2OKN&keywords=scott+mccloud+understanding+comics&qid=1563482695&s=books&sprefix=scott+mcc%2Cstripbooks%2C193&sr=1-1) The Sculptor by Scott McCloud (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596435739/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3) N.T. Wright (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/38932.N_T_Wright) Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique Gilliard (https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Incarceration-Advocating-Justice-Restores/dp/0830845291/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=dominique+gilliard&qid=1563482915&s=books&sr=1-2) The Character of Virtue by Stanley Hauerwas (https://www.amazon.com/Character-Virtue-Letters-Godson/dp/0802875793/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MGC2MJQNFI2N&keywords=stanley+hauerwas&qid=1563482960&s=books&sprefix=stanlet+hau%2Cstripbooks%2C688&sr=1-1)

This is a conversation with Waco, Texas based Christian writers, podcasters and scholars Jake Rabbe, Tylor Standley and Gerhard Stubben of The Augustinian. We discuss the origins of their publication, the role of Christianity in politics, the connection between leftist politics and Christian faith and much more. Show Notes Jake Raabe (https://twitter.com/J_E_Raabe) Tylor Standley (https://twitter.com/tylorstandley Gerhard Stubben (https://twitter.com/gerhardstuebben) The Augustinian (https://theaugustinian.com/) Podcastica Patristica (https://www.patristicapress.com/podcasticapatristica) Reformation Podcast (https://www.patristicapress.com/reformation/) The Cultural Revolution Read-Along (https://open.spotify.com/show/558FqDkxo8NECMHke6wzeX) Sojourners (https://sojo.net/) Red Letter Christians (https://www.redletterchristians.org/) Relevant (https://relevantmagazine.com/) Augustine of Hippo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo) Christian Socialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_socialism) 1984 by George Orwell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four) Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homage_to_Catalonia) Sam Harris defense of torture (https://samharris.org/in-defense-of-torture/) Tulsi Gabbard Indian television appearance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5JG_3_3L0) Christian anarchism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_anarchism) Libertarian socialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism) Money and Power by Jacques Ellul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/274832.Money_and_Power) The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (http://newjimcrow.com/) Noam Chomsky (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky) Stanley Hauerwas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Hauerwas) Walter Brueggemann (https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/about/) Karl Barth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Barth) Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Hegel) The Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne (https://thesimpleway.myshopify.com/products/copy-of-the-irresistible-revolution) The Anti-Christ by Friedrich Nietzsche (https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Christ-Friedrich-Nietzsche/dp/1936594269) The Twilight of Idols by Friedrich Nietzsche (https://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Idols-Anti-Christ-Philosophize-Classics/dp/0140445145/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25BS6SYBGNSDM&keywords=the+twilight+of+the+idols&qid=1559596800&s=books&sprefix=the+twilight%2Cstripbooks%2C575&sr=1-1) Understanding Power by Noam Chomsky (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/194805.Understanding_Power) Chomsky Philosophy (https://www.youtube.com/user/chomskysphilosophy/featured) Luke Bretherton (https://www.amazon.com/luke-bretherton/s?k=luke+bretherton) John Calvin's reform of Geneva (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Calvin#Reform_in_Geneva_(1541%E2%80%931549)) Exclusion and Embrace by Miroslav Volf (https://www.amazon.com/Exclusion-Embrace-Theological-Exploration-Reconciliation/dp/0687002826/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2M3O4NCYOO6W3&keywords=miroslav+volf&qid=1559600531&s=books&sprefix=miroslav+%2Caps%2C359&sr=1-2) The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26435.The_Problem_of_Pain) Christian apologetics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_apologetics) Relativism by Greg Koukl and Francis J. Beckwith (https://www.amazon.com/Relativism-Feet-Firmly-Planted-Mid-Air/dp/0801058066) The Next Evangelicalism by Soong-Chan Rah (https://www.amazon.com/Next-Evangelicalism-Freeing-Cultural-Captivity/dp/0830833609) Ben Shapiro BBC interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VixqvOcK8E) PragerU Buzzfeed article (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/prager-university) A Theology for the Social Gospel by Walter Rauschenbusch (https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Social-Gospel-Walter-Rauschenbusch/dp/1891396528)

This is a conversation with New Jersey based video contributor, author and professor of logic and philosophy at Rutgers University Ben Burgis. We discuss why the Left should be willing to debate, the errors in libertarian political philosophy, how logic should be used to assist human thought and much more. Show Notes Ben Burgis (https://twitter.com/BenBurgis) Ben's work: Zero Books Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyoQK-mZXr2ws4C0nXGCH1w) Ben's new book Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left (https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100) Bernie Sanders Fox News town hall: Part 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ozAACcc8I&t=26s) Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnxuzDm7C0 Jane Mayer Fox News New Yorker article (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/11/the-making-of-the-fox-news-white-house) Nathan J. Robinson Editor in Chief of Current Affairs Magazine (https://twitter.com/NathanJRobinson) Should Leftists Go On FOX News Current Affairs article (https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/03/should-leftists-go-on-fox) Phrenology pseudoscience (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology) Why Is Charles Murray Odious Current Affairs article (https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/07/why-is-charles-murray-odious) Marx Deserves Better Critics Quillette article (https://quillette.com/2019/04/24/marx-deserves-better-critics/) Why Everyone Values Freedom Quilette article (https://quillette.com/2019/04/17/why-everyone-values-freedom/) Libertarianism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-libertarianism) Lockean Theory of Property Rights (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_property#Criticism) Labor Theory of Value (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value) Ben Burgis and Comedian Dave Smith debate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqbglf3KRlo) Michael Dell Davos conference video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_lictGa5g) Michael Brooks video about his upcoming book Renegades (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzD7yO0JUsU&t=557s) Ezra Klein and Sam Harris debate (https://www.vox.com/2018/4/9/17210248/sam-harris-ezra-klein-charles-murray-transcript-podcast) The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt (https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/0307455777) Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3KT30ND53Z6CS&keywords=thinking+fast+and+slow&qid=1556411242&s=books&sprefix=thinking%2Cstripbooks%2C187&sr=1-2) How To Think by Alan Jacobs (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551280/how-to-think-by-alan-jacobs/9780451499608/) Karl Marx's Theory of History by G. A. Cohen (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189634.Karl_Marx_s_Theory_of_History) Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank (https://www.amazon.com/Listen-Liberal-Happened-Party-People/dp/1250118131/ref=sr_1_1?crid=290TLTJQEYITG&keywords=listen+liberal&qid=1556412153&s=books&sprefix=listen+li%2Cstripbooks%2C215&sr=1-1) Democracy At Work by Richard Wolff (https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-at-Work-Cure-Capitalism/dp/1608462471/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2U5SJGLQIC3UC&keywords=richard+wolff&qid=1556412366&s=books&sprefix=richard+wol%2Cstripbooks%2C186&sr=1-3)

This is a conversation with Minnesota based Christian spiritual teacher, podcaster and writer Daniel Kent. We discuss political tribalism, the value of Open Theism (openess theology), his new book Confident Humility: Becoming Your Full Self Without Becoming Full of Yourself and much more. Show Notes Daniel Kent (https://twitter.com/thatdankent) Daniel's work: Reknew ministry (https://reknew.org/author/dankentauthor/) Books (https://www.amazon.com/Dan-Kent/e/B00LP6ZJIG/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) Daniel's new book Confident Humility (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1506451926/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Reknew ministry (https://reknew.org/) Historian Kevin Kruse voting rights tweet (https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1059275330886742022) Christian anarchism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_anarchism) Libertarian socialism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_socialism) Jesus Was Not A Socialist article (https://reknew.org/2019/03/jesus-was-not-a-socialist/) Discipleship > Politics response article (https://reknew.org/2019/04/discipleship-greater-than-politics/) What “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” Really Means article (https://reknew.org/2017/06/man-gave-names-animals-really-means/) American political identity article (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-are-shifting-the-rest-of-their-identity-to-match-their-politics/) Noam Chomsky Holocaust controversy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-oV42OMQoE) Artist Nathan Pyle controversy (https://www.newsweek.com/nathan-pyle-abortion-controversy-strange-planet-comic-twitter-tweet-alien-1392353) Anarchy and Christianity by Jacques Ellul (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/274839.Anarchy_and_Christianity) Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique DuBois Gilliard (www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Incarc…veASIN=0830845291) Open Theism theology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_theism) Reknew Open theism archive (https://reknew.org/tag/open-theism/) God of the Possible by Greg Boyd (https://reknew.org/book/god-of-the-possible-a-biblical-introduction-to-the-open-view-of-god/) The God Who Risks by John Sanders (http://drjohnsanders.com/books/the-god-who-risks-a-theology-of-divine-providence/) Divine immutability theology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immutability_(theology)) Nassim Nicholas Taleb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_Taleb) Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/042528462X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3) Dr. Michael Gregor (https://drgreger.org/pages/about-us) How To Think by Alan Jacobs (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/551280/how-to-think-by-alan-jacobs/9780451499608/) The Death of Expertise by Thomas Nichols (https://www.amazon.com/Death-Expertise-Campaign-Established-Knowledge/dp/0190469412) The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77832.The_Myth_of_a_Christian_Nation) The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard (https://www.christianbook.com/the-divine-conspiracy-dallas-willard/9780060693336/pd/69333) Jacques Ellul (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/59700.Jacques_Ellul) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Eff…ful/dp/0743269519) Lord of the Flies by William Golding (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7624.Lord_of_the_Flies)

This is a conversation with Florida based podcaster, activist and Christian thinker Tyler Burns. We discuss the theology and philosophy of justice, what a just world would look like, reparations for slavery and much more. Show Notes Tyler Burns (https://twitter.com/Burns23) Tyler's work: The Witness (https://thewitnessbcc.com/) Pass The Mic podcast (https://thewitnessbcc.com/pass-the-mic/) The Justice Conference (https://www.thejusticeconference.com/podcast/) Wealth Gap Study (https://ips-dc.org/report-ever-growing-gap/) The Case for Reparations article by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/) Critical Race Theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory) Rethinking Incarceration by Dominique DuBois Gilliard (https://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Incarceration-Advocating-Justice-Restores/dp/0830845291?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0830845291) 13th documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(film)) Shane Claiborne (https://www.shaneclaiborne.com/new-page) Historian Ibram X. Kendi (https://www.ibramxkendi.com/about) The Witness Captive Audience article by DeeDee Roe (https://thewitnessbcc.com/captive-audience/) The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38915761-the-color-of-compromise) Old Testament Ethics for the People of God by Christopher J. Wright (https://www.ivpress.com/old-testament-ethics-for-the-people-of-god) The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97827.The_Prophetic_Imagination) The Christian Imagination by Willie Jennings (https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300171365/christian-imagination) Divided By Faith by Michael O. Emerson, Christian Smith (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/273885.Divided_by_Faith) The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (http://isabelwilkerson.com/the-book/) How Africa Shaped The Christian Mind by Thomas Oden (https://www.ivpress.com/how-africa-shaped-the-christian-mind) Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/224792/just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson/9780812984965) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (https://ta-nehisicoates.com/books/between-the-world-and-me/) Justice by Nicholas Wolterstorff (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/8680.html) Too Heavy A Yoke by Chanequa Walker-Barnes (http://www.drchanequa.com/books.html) The Divided Mind of the Black Church by Raphael G. Warnock (https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Mind-Black-Church-Ethnicity/dp/0814794467) The Day The Revolution Began by N.T. Wright (https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062334381/the-day-the-revolution-began/) The Crucified God by Jurgen Moltmann (https://www.amazon.com/Crucified-God-Jurgen-Moltmann/dp/150640295X) The Crucifixion by Fleming Rutledge (https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/7534/the-crucifixion.aspx)

This is a conversation with natural life coach Allison Torres. We discuss how consumption (diet) in all its forms shapes us as human beings, how patriarchy in society creates toxic femininity, the nature of psychedelics and much more. Show Notes New Age movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Age) Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (https://druidry.org/) The mythologist Joseph Campbell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell) The psychologist Carl Jung (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung) Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Joy DeGruy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/432113.Post_Traumatic_Slave_Syndrome) The scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek#Recognition_by_the_Royal_Society) Tim Ferris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ferriss) The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferris (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030746363X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2) Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism by Melanie Joy (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Dogs-Pigs-Wear-Cows/dp/1573245054) Glenn Greenwald pig farming article (https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/factory-farms-fbi-missing-piglets-animal-rights-glenn-greenwald/) Current Affairs Glenn Greenwald interview (https://simplecast.com/s/731e1b1f) Tony Porter (https://www.acalltomen.org/about-us-bios/2016/3/8/tonyporter) Breaking Out of the "Man Box" by Tony Porter (https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Out-Man-Box-Generation/dp/1634506464?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=1634506464) The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes (https://www.amazon.com/Mask-Masculinity-Embrace-Vulnerability-Relationships/dp/1623368626/ref=pd_sim_14_3/132-9753652-0925259?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1623368626&pd_rd_r=5b1f6c5b-3e12-11e9-b080-effca2c605a4&pd_rd_w=95ByK&pd_rd_wg=AMG7L&pf_rd_p=90485860-83e9-4fd9-b838-b28a9b7fda30&pf_rd_r=247DBCBFMDM0KF83HZSF&psc=1&refRID=247DBCBFMDM0KF83HZSF) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator) Dan Carlin drug history episode (https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-20-blitz-history-under-the-influence/) Terence McKenna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_McKenna) Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51660.Food_of_the_Gods) Enthogens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entheogen) Ayahuasca (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayahuasca) Rhymia Life Advancement Center (https://www.rythmia.com/) The Medical Medium (https://www.medicalmedium.com/) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519) The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (https://www.amazon.com/Four-Agreements-Practical-Personal-Freedom/dp/1878424319) The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz (https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Love-Practical-Relationship-Toltec/dp/1878424424/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2/132-9753652-0925259?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1878424424&pd_rd_r=f1022476-3e17-11e9-9741-2bc3fc200bcc&pd_rd_w=GLfKL&pd_rd_wg=wz979&pf_rd_p=6725dbd6-9917-451d-beba-16af7874e407&pf_rd_r=PQBK52R8MWKH65MV5Z8Q&psc=1&refRID=PQBK52R8MWKH65MV5Z8Q) The Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25480369-the-anatomy-of-peace) Leadership and Self Deception by The Arbinger Institute (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180463.Leadership_and_Self_Deception) I Hope I Screw This Up by Kyle Cease (https://www.amazon.com/Hope-Screw-This-Up-Falling/dp/1501152092) Wayne Dyer (https://www.amazon.com/Wayne-W.-Dyer/e/B000AQ104Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865.The_Alchemist)