An announcement - check it out! Link-in-Bio: https://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/potstirrercast IG: http://www.instagram.com/PotstirrerPodcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/  Website: http://PotstirrerPodcast.com  Jaye Pool's NaNoWriMo Page: NaNoWriMo page: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/jaye-p  Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/   

Christian novelist Allison K. Garcia joins Jaye for an engaging conversation about the book The Dry Depths of My Soul, the first installment in The Mosaic series. This is Allison's initial foray into the genre of Queer Christian fiction. This exciting, energetic discussion includes discussion of LGBTQ+ identity and Christianity, mental health, church clarity, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and much, much more.  Order The Dry Depths of My Soul: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1951882180/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_3X6W5K3GGRVQ0QMBMZXK_0  Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dry-depths-of-my-soul-allison-k-garcia/1141755379?ean=9781951882181  Books 2 Read: https://books2read.com/u/bw1D1e  Learn more about & do NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org  More from Allison K. Garcia: Publications: https://www.amazon.com/Allison-K-Garcia/e/B017OEJC44/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1  Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/allisonkgarciaauthor  GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14602745.Allison_K_Garcia  Social media: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/athewriter  IG: http://www.instagram.com/allisonkgarciaauthor  Potstirrer Podcast: Link-in-Bio: https://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/potstirrercast  IG: http://www.instagram.com/PotstirrerPodcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/  Website: http://PotstirrerPodcast.com  Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ 

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes brief discussion of abuse and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Author Mitchell Kesller joins Jaye for a meaningful conversation about his debut book, Broke the Bread, Spilled the Tea. Broke the Bread, Spilled the Tea seeks to bridge the gap between Christian faith and LGBTQ+ identity, making the case that there is much more to faith in Christ than what is often preached on Sunday mornings. This fascinating, in-depth discussion touches on the harm done to the LGBTQ+ community by the American church, apologetics, the politicization of conservative Christianity, separation of church and state, the search for a deeper understanding of God and the Bible, and more. Order Broke the Bread, Spilled the Tea: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Broke-Bread-Spilled-Mitchell-Kesller/dp/B09TRN7FRW?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mitchellkesll-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=70bac9271ca75ad6c501cf2f4740d9fd&camp=1789&creative=9325 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/broke-the-bread-spilled-the-tea-mitchell-kesller/1141116088?ean=9798985785401 Website: https://mitchellkesller.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/MitchellKesller/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MitchellKesller Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitchellkesller Twitter: http://twitter.com/potstirrercast IG: http://www.instagram.com/PotstirrerPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/ Website: http://PotstirrerPodcast.com Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes discussion of trauma, mental illness and sexual assault, including the sexual abuse of children. Listener discretion is advised. Novelist Emily English Medley joins Jaye for a conversation about her debut book, From the Moon I Watched Her. From the Moon I Watched Her is an engaging, raw coming-of-age tale about skeletons lurking under church pews, and the little girl who finds them. This heartfelt and open conversation touches on themes such as mental illness, trauma, abuse of power within the American church, searching for authenticity, and more. Order From The Moon I Watched Her: Reach out to your local bookstore! Also: Website: https://emilyenglishmedley.com/#book  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Moon-I-Watched-Her/dp/1626347441  Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/from-the-moon-i-watched-her-emily-english-medley/1136925639  LIMITED TIME Book Giveaway: Go to http://www.twitter.com/potstirrercast (Twitter -> @potstirrercast), and anytime between the release of Episode 106 and Friday, September 9th, 2022 at 11:59pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) - like and retweet the pinned post. When you like and retweet (RT) the pinned post @potstirrercast, you will be entered to win a SIGNED copy of From the Moon I Watched Her! The winner will be chosen at random and will be announced Saturday, September 10, 2022. US residents only.  Emily English Medley: Website: https://emilyenglishmedley.com/  IG: https://www.instagram.com/emily.englishmedley/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyMedley2  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emilyenglishmedley/  Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/  Ocean composed by THBD https://soundcloud.com/thbdsultan  https://www.facebook.com/thbds  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/  Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/6dYoV1hHf8o 

In a public release of this bonus episode originally released on Patreon in November 2019, Jaye talks more urban legends by discussing a couple of processed food-related legends. Is McDonalds adding animal byproducts and other gross fillers to their hamburgers? Are popular meat substitutes such as Beyond Burger and the Impossible Burger "indistinguishable" from dog food? Jaye also provides a bit of historical context for Americans' distrust of corporations involved in food processing, which often drives food-related urban legends. Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Source Links: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-eyes-of-texas/  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/worm-meat-used-mcdonalds-hamburgers/   http://ushistoryscene.com/article/second-industrial-revolution/   https://interestingengineering.com/how-the-first-and-second-industrial-revolutions-changed-our-world   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/140/140-h/140-h.htm   https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/obituaries/archives/upton-sinclair-meat-industry   https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/04/beyond-meat-impossible-foods-and-the-diet-truth-of-the-summer-burger.html   https://thetakeout.com/impossible-burger-grocery-sales-bestseller-1838775225   https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/impossible-burgers-dogfood/   https://www.realagriculture.com/2019/07/dog-food-or-fake-meat-most-cant-tell-the-difference/   https://www.milkbusiness.com/article/can-going-vegan-save-planet   Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still  http://strangerstillshow.com/  Power Drive composed by Dan Mason  https://danmason.bandcamp.com/album/singles  Macaroon 5 composed by Audionautix Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/  Members Only composed by TrackTribe Scratching Teeth composed by JHS Pedals

Author and former evangelical pastor George Azar joins Jaye to discuss his new book, My Gay Church Days, his memoir about his life while in evangelical Christianity, where he eventually joined church leadership, while keeping secret his truth as a gay man. This real and candid conversation touches on themes such as belonging and the cost of acceptance, identity and intersectionality, purity culture, spiritual abuse, and more.  Order My Gay Church Days: Website: https://www.mygaychurchdays.com/store/p/my-gay-church-days-book  Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Jesus-closeted-evangelical-eventually  Social media: IG: @mygaychurchdays Website: https://www.mygaychurchdays.com/  Twitter: @potstirrercast IG: @potstirrerpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/potstirrerpodcast/  Website: http://PotstirrerPodcast.com  Learn more about how to support abortion rights in the United States: http://podvoices.help  http://abortionfunds.org/  https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds  Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ 

In this episode of Potstirrer Podcast, Jaye reacts to the leaked draft US Supreme Court Opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Written by Justice Samuel Alito, the draft majority opinion signals an overturning of the Roe v. Wade precedent regarding abortion, and would leave abortion rights up to the states. Jaye argues that Alito's reasoning in Dobbs for overturning Roe is particularly alarming, as the way Roe was decided is similar to that of several other civil rights cases handed down by the Court over the past seventy years. Using historical analysis, Jaye makes the case that overturning Roe v. Wade was always meant to be a starting point in a right-wing quest to roll back a host of civil rights and liberties, and ultimately solidify authoritarian minority rule in the United States. Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Source Links: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473  https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21835435/scotus-initial-draft.pdf  https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka  https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/brown-v-board-of-education  https://www.npr.org/2003/06/11/1294680/wallace-in-the-schoolhouse-door  https://www.history.com/news/brown-v-board-of-education-the-first-step-in-the-desegregation-of-americas-schools  https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/can-liberty-university-be-saved  Balmer, Randall. 2021. Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. https://socialchangenyu.com/review/green-v-connally-segregated-private-schools-denied-charitable-exemption-deduction/   https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/agent-intolerance/  https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/330/1150/2126265/  https://theoutline.com/post/8536/catholic-history-abortion-brigid  King, Martin Luther, Jr. 2000 [1964]. Why Can’t We Wait. New York: Signet Classic. Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/  Vapor composed by ann annie Blue Mood composed by Robert Munzinger Cry composed by Vibe Tracks The Deal is Going Down composed by Doug Maxwell / Media Right Productions Chances composed by Silent Partner

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains content discussing explicit sexuality, sexual assault and harassment, violence, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. In this public release of a Patreon bonus episode originally released in November 2018, Jaye goes back in time to tell the story of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, and the scandals that led up to it. Clinton - and many of his supporters - believe that he was unfairly targeted by congressional Republicans for a consensual affair with a White House intern. But was that the case? And was Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky simply a "private" matter, an example of immorality unbecoming of the commander-in-chief, or perhaps something else? Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Citations: H. Rept. 105-830 – Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States. 105th Congress (1997-1998). https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/105th-congress/house-report/830/1  Isikoff, Michael, and Evan Thomas. 1998. “Clinton and the Intern.” Newsweek. February 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/nwcover012698.htm  Leen, Jeff. 1998. “Lewinsky: Two Coasts, Two Lives, Many Images.” The Washington Post. January 24. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/lewprofile.htm  Lewinsky, Monica. 2018. “Monica Lewinsky: Emerging from ‘The House of Gaslight’ in the Age of #MeToo.” Vanity Fair. March. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/02/monica-lewinsky-in-the-age-of-metoo  “Key Events Leading to the Impeachment Trial.” Los Angeles Times. January 31, 1999. http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/31/news/ss-3537  “The Clinton Impeachment, a Basic Chronology.” The City University of New York. http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/clintontimeline.htm  “Was Bill Clinton’s Lewinsky Affair an ‘Abuse of Power?’” October 15, 2018. BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45865402  Zelizer, Julian. 2016. “Bill Clinton’s Nearly Forgotten 1992 Sex Scandal.” CNN. April 6. https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/06/opinions/zelizer-presidential-election-campaign-scandals-bill-clinton/index.html  Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/  Ocean composed by THBD Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0  https://soundcloud.com/thbdsultan  Music provided by RFM: https://youtu.be/6dYoV1hHf8o  I Feel You composed by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100841  Artist: http://incompetech.com/  Desert Sky composed by Silent Partner

Activist, artist and podcaster Andrew Pledger joins Jaye on this episode of Potstirrer Podcast to share his compelling story about growing up in Christian fundamentalism and his road to recovery from spiritual abuse. The conversation includes discussion of mental health, religious trauma and abuse, and the role of ultra conservative Christianity in inflicting and enabling trauma. How did a senior art project and an interview with former evangelical author Joshua Harris lead to Andrew's expulsion from conservative Bob Jones University? Speaking Up with Andrew Pledger:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZldnfgcpu4O1JYtNv9iL  Religious Trauma is Trauma (Fine Art Photo Series): https://www.instagram.com/4ndrewpledger/guide/religious-trauma-photo-series/17999363926411608/  Every Story Matters with Josh Harris - Interview with Andrew Pledger: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ca--9vFAxqs  Andrew Pledger link in bio: https://www.liinks.co/4ndrewpledger  Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ 

In this episode, Jaye focuses on a particular argument politicians and pundits make when countries reckon with past and present incidents of national shame, which is that other countries also have shameful incidents in their histories. Jaye discusses why - although the thought experiment is intriguing - the argument itself is deflection which silences the marginalized. She contends that confronting historical and current realities, no matter how difficult or contentious, have individual and collective benefit that are worth the discomfort. "What country has the LEAST BAD history?" J.J. McCullough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auFC_LfO5hQ&t=5s  Link in Bio: http://potstirrerpodcast.com/linkinbio/  Jaye Pool's Medium: http://medium.com/@marinabreeze  Website: PotstirrerPodcast.com Twitter: @potstirrercast Source Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PA4PgG9-eI  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKpZZCs-Y0k  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/03/14/the-us-will-become-minority-white-in-2045-census-projects/  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/18/more-than-half-of-white-evangelicals-say-americas-declining-white-population-is-a-negative-thing/  https://www.prri.org/research/american-democracy-in-crisis-voters-midterms-trump-election-2018/  https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools  https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/  Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Crushin composed by Audionautix Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Artist: http://audionautix.com/  Cages composed by Density & Time The Gentlemen composed by DivKid