Episodes 29
Avg. Duration 39m
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Since Sep 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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Long-form scholarly explorations of American theological mutations and historical narratives, examining how religious frameworks have shaped—and been shaped by—national identity, racial dynamics, and political formations throughout American history.

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🔍 The Cotton Gospel: How Christianity Was Weaponized to Justify Exploitation in America

Apr 25, 2025 21m

The Holy Trinity: God, America, and King CottonThe story most Americans learned about cotton goes something like this: Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, the South grew a lot of cotton, and then we…

🔍America Was Already Here: Indigenous Civilizations Before Columbus

Apr 10, 2025 22m

Introduction: Encounters in "Unclean" Territory"They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when he had stepped out of the boat, immediately a man out of the tombs…

26: Achieving Our Country

Oct 24, 2024 49m

The issue of racism has become a real hot potato and political football this year, and Dr. Douglas Campbell returns from the last episode to help us break through the fog of the bipartisan rhetoric…

25: Wrestling with Racism as Christians

Oct 23, 2024 47m

Dr. Douglas Campbell joins us today to help us consider the proverbial elephant in the room whenever we talk about our struggles with racism. Whether you are White or non-White in America, it's…

24: The Pillars of Caste & Hope for Beloved Community

Oct 23, 2024 38m

In our last episode, Rt. Rev. Dr. Prince Singh joined me to share his experiences as a boy growing up in South India as well as his experiences as a young priest engaging the consequences of caste…

23: Caste Away

Oct 23, 2024 47m

I am so happy to have Rt. Rev. Dr. Prince Singh join me in this episode of the podcast not only because of the invaluable wisdom that he has to offer but also because he is such a dear friend. Rt.…

22: The Arc of History

Oct 23, 2024 47m

Hello, folks! In the last episode, Dr. Kurt Culbertson joined us to help us understand some jargon from his life as a landscape architect – words and terms such as vacant land, habitat, and spatial…

21: “This Land Was Made for You and Me”

Oct 23, 2024 41m

We have a real treat for you today in this episode! Joining us is Dr. Kurt Culbertson, a scholar and a practitioner in the field of urban renewal where he uses his expertise as a landscape architect…

20: Structural Racism Within the Housing Domain

Oct 14, 2024 50m

We covered a lot of ground in beginning to understand racial inequities in the housing domain in our last episode. Mr. Salin Geevarghese joined us in that conversation, and we will be picking up…

19: Understanding Racial Inequities in the Housing Domain

Oct 13, 2024 39m

Returning to the conversation is Mr. Salin Geevarghese, whom you may remember having been a guest on the very first episode of the podcast. Salin, as a reminder, is a man with many hats but is…

18: White Privilege and Critical Race Theory

Oct 13, 2024 1h

We covered a lot of ground with Dr. Derek Woodard-Lehman in our last episode of the podcast as he helped us consider why it's so difficult for some of us to have conversations about race and racism…

17: Equity Over Equality

Oct 13, 2024 41m

Dr. Derek Woodard-Lehman joins me today to help us make sense of a lot of the jargon that we tend to hear surrounding racial tension – words and phrases such as racist, racism, critical race theory,…

16: Now But Not Yet

Oct 13, 2024 33m

In our last episode, Dr. Kevin Boyle joined us to help us understand how the Reagan coalition led to three decades of law and order politics taking precedence over civil rights enforcement. We also…

15: Progress Lost

Oct 12, 2024 32m

In our previous episode, Dr. Kevin Boyle joined us to talk about the political coalition that united working Whites and northern Blacks during the FDR era. We also discussed how Richard Nixon's law…

14: White Fear

Oct 11, 2024 32m

In our last episode, we concluded a conversation with Dr. Kevin Boyle about the struggles and the fruits of our Civil Rights era. Specifically, we talked about our struggle toward justice in regards…

13: We Shall Overcome

Oct 10, 2024 43m

With the help of our guest, Dr. Kevin Boyle, we have covered a lot of ground. In the last episode, we paused to synthesize all of the previous ten episodes, so that is an excellent summary to listen…

12: Showdown at Woolworths

Oct 09, 2024 43m

In the last episode, we began a conversation about our Civil Rights era's struggles and fruits. With our guest Dr. Kevin Boyle, we discussed the efforts to obtain equal opportunity housing and began…

11: Busing Debacle

Oct 06, 2024 37m

In this eye-opening episode, we welcome back Dr. Kevin Boyle. In the previous episode, Dr. Boyle reminded us of important parts of the 20th century Civil Rights Movement regarding, in particular, how…

09: Jim Crow: The Yankee Variant

Oct 05, 2024 40m

The last episode helped us understand the beginnings of Jim Crow in the south. Today we pick up where we left off, tracing pivotal moments that led similar racial tensions in the north. Welcoming…

08: Why and How We Birthed Jim Crow

Oct 04, 2024 30m

When Reconstruction collapsed, Jim Crow was born. Virulent racism peaked in the American South in the early 1900s and about twenty years later in the north. In today’s episode, we will remember why…

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