Departied Podcast
Religion & Spirituality Podcas
This is a place for those of you who may currently be politically homeless, but who haven’t forgotten your true home
Location:
United States
Description:
This is a place for those of you who may currently be politically homeless, but who haven’t forgotten your true home
Language:
English
Email:
bill@billjill.org
Episodes
Season 3, Episode 3: Messiahs
8/23/2022
A look at the messiahs we often run after, and how this is missing the mission.
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Episode Resources:
David French: Christian Political Ethics are Upside Down
Kari Lake and "BDE"
More Kari Lake
The Young Turks Response to BDE
Lauren Boebert, AR-15s, and awful theology
Matt LaBash - Jesus Wept
In God We Trust Signs in Public Schools
Pew Survey: Declining Church Affiliation
DW Interview of Rick Wilson (quoted from around 4:30 mark)
Image: In God We Trust on the Gallows
Duration:00:33:47
Season 3, Episode 2: Confessions of a Ted Cruz Voter
8/1/2022
In this episode, I take a look back at the transformation of Ted Cruz over the last six years. It isn't pretty.
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Links to some of the research for this episode:
The Rise and Fall of the Cruz-Trump Bromance
Cognitive Dissonance and the Peg Turning experiment (correction, in the episode I said this was from 1915. It's actually from 1959)
Let's Go Brandon
"Leave the rest to the Republican congressmen"
Inside Ted Cruz's Last-Ditch Effort to Keep Trump in Power
David French: There is No Remaining Christian Case for Trump
Jonah Goldberg: The Descent of Men
Liz Cheney's slaps away Jim Jordan
Ted Cruz's remarks on Texas seceding from the Union
Duration:00:36:27
Season 3, Episode 1: What Could Go Wrong
7/17/2022
In this episode, I explore more deeply the consequences of ignoring character in our leaders, in light of the COVID pandemic and the aftermath of the 2020 election.
Links:
https://twitter.com/departied
300,000 US COVID deaths could have been averted through vaccination, analysis finds: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/300000-us-covid-deaths-averted-vaccination-analysis-finds/story?id=84753284
Trump's faith advisor goes HEAVY METAL!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzIym0eZsH0
1/4/22 PRRI Study: https://www.prri.org/spotlight/anniversary-of-jan-6-insurrection/
Duration:00:29:32
Season 2, Episode 7: Grief
10/30/2020
While there is reason to be hopeful, there's always place for lament as well. Some reasons for grief from the past four years, with a special guest monologue from Molly Wahlquist.
Duration:00:31:30
Season 2, Episode 6: Pro Life
10/16/2020
What does it mean to be pro life? My observations as a pro life voter in this contentious election year.
Duration:00:37:25
Season 2, Episode 5: Voting for your Neighbor
10/3/2020
This is the second half of my interview with Bethany and Thomas Macias, in which we explore ways our civic engagement can be loving toward our neighbor.
Duration:00:43:36
Season 2, Episode 4: Peacemakers
9/26/2020
This is the first half of a two-part interview with my daughter Bethany and her husband Thomas, in which we take a look at the conflict in our country and discuss the causes and the possible remedies. They also share the wonderful story of their pandemic wedding.
Duration:00:41:42
Season 2, Episode 3: The Deal
9/17/2020
An analysis of the deal that Donald Trump struck with evangelicals in 2016; the terms of the deal and what each party to the deal received.
Duration:00:33:24
Season 2, Episode 2: Counter-Intuitive Solidarity
9/7/2020
An interview with my wife Jill regarding her journey of listening to and learning from the voices of people of color.
The title of this episode was coined by Dr. Drew Hart and describes the practice of listening to and believing the lived experiences and stories of others even when their stories seem foreign to us.
Duration:00:31:34
Season 2, Episode 1: Principalities and Powers
8/31/2020
Welcome to Season 2 of the Departied Podcast. In this episode I examine modern evangelical End Times beliefs and how those beliefs can drive unhealthy views of our politics and the worth of other human beings.
Duration:00:33:38
Episode 35: The End of the Matter
7/25/2020
Some parting thoughts as I close out this podcast.
Duration:00:10:43
Episode 34: Enough
5/31/2020
In this episode I wonder when we will have finally had enough of conspiracy theories, ends-justify-the-means thinking, and the grief at another unarmed black man killed by the police.
Duration:00:31:40
Episode 33: Seeing Hope and Truth
5/21/2020
This is the second half of my interview with Ira Hall, in which he provides some reasons for hope in our contentious culture and exhortation toward valuing truth more than political narratives.
Duration:00:35:03
Episode 32: Seeing the Other
5/13/2020
Part 1 of my interview with Ira Hall, in which we discuss lots of things, including how difficult it can be to see things from someone else's point of view and within their life experiences.
Duration:00:34:58
Episode 31: Character is Destiny
4/25/2020
My thoughts on the pandemic, the 9/11 attacks, and what current events say, both good and bad, about our nation's character.
Duration:00:35:17
Episode 30: The End of the Beginning
4/11/2020
Thoughts on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter, toxic political idolatry, a better way, and the Coronavirus pandemic.
Duration:00:23:29
Episode 29: Reality TV
3/31/2020
In this episode I examine how Donald Trump views his presidency through a Reality TV framework, as evidenced by many of his actions during the pandemic.
Duration:00:39:21
Episode 28: Social Distance
3/22/2020
My thoughts on the pandemic, social distancing, and what I hope are some encouraging words during this time.
Duration:00:32:06
Episode 27: America's Unholy Ghosts
3/11/2020
My interview with Joel Goza, author of America's Unholy Ghosts. This is a wide-ranging discussion on faith, politics and race, and very few sacred cows survive unscathed.
Duration:01:08:21
Episode 26: We're Good People, Part 2
3/3/2020
How do we protect ourselves from lending support to something horrible? What are the narratives we build for ourselves to rationalize that support? Are we good people? A multitude of thoughts on this topic in this episode.
Duration:00:45:04