Jen talks to the pod about fan fiction and I am delighted.
Resources:
An Archive of Our Own - https://archiveofourown.org/
Amy joins the pod to talk about what sacred means to her and to the people in her life.
Resources:
Johnnyswim Tiny Desk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0f6KGsrt-4
Johnnyswin Live from the Backyard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X52aEkT0Ess
John talks about what it's like to be a hunter and conservationist and teaches Julie things she has always wanted to know about guns and hunting.
Resources:
A Snapshot of the Boone and Crockett Club - https://www.boone-crockett.org/snapshot-boone-and-crockett-club
Ducks Unlimited - Conserving Wetlands & Waterfowl https://www.ducks.org/conservation/how-du-conserves-wetlands-and-waterfowl
25 REASONS WHY HUNTING IS CONSERVATION https://www.rmef.org/hunting-is-conservation/#:~:text=Thanks%20to%20the%20money%20and,are%20more%20than%2030%20million
Aydin talks about what it's like to plan and have a wedding during a global pandemic. And we talk about delicious food.
Shawn shares what it's like to have OCD and how he manages. And a sad update to listeners is that Shawn's spider I reference numerous times has died.
Resources:
Emy shares what it's been like to live in NYC during the pandemic and then we both share a lot of thoughts about inequality.
Nick talks to the pod about being an adult who is married and happy and doesn't have children.
Ro talks to the pod about being adopted and finding her birth family in her 60s.
Mel teaches me what the Overton window is and we talk about conspiracy theories.
Noah talks about what it means to them to mend their own clothes and how we should all think of our clothes as stories.
Follow Noah on insta: @n.r.carsonnelson
things Noah referenced:
1. Greenpeace's Detox My Fashion campaign: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/detox/. Is primarily focused on the effects of chemicals used in clothing manufacturing, particularly on waterways but also the larger environment and by proxy the humans who depend on waterways and air (spoiler alert: all of us, but mostly non-white people & those in the Global South).
2. Mend!: A Refashioning Manual and Manifesto by Kate Sekules: https://bookshop.org/books/mend-a-refashioning-manual-and-manifesto/9780143135005
3. Mending Life: A Handbook for Repairing Clothes and Hearts by Sonya & Nina Montenegro: https://bookshop.org/books/mending-life-a-handbook-for-repairing-clothes-and-hearts/9781632172525?aid=609
Beth talks about what it's like to be in an interracial marriage and raising mixed-raced kids in today's world.
Resources:
Intermarriage in the U.S. 50 Years After Loving v. Virginia - https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/05/18/intermarriage-in-the-u-s-50-years-after-loving-v-virginia/
Lauren talks about her PhD work and the special place Uganda holds in her heart and what it means when you are awarded a Fulbright but a global pandemic hits.
Ilyse talks about what it's like to be a killjoy. And how killing joy can be one of the most radically wonderful things in the world.
Check out Ilyse's podcast (with the best Megan Goodwin) on all pod spaces. Keeping it 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion https://keepingit101.com/
Heather talks about the trip her and her husband took to Cambodia right as COVID-19 was becoming a global pandemic.
Randy talks about interfaith work and always saying yes to things.
Elly talks about what it's been like for her to begin her teaching career in Ferguson, MO amidst racial tensions.
Forrest talks about why he loves to travel and the adventures he has been on.
Emilie talks about what it's like to be in a medical system that can't tell you what might be wrong with you.
Resources:
The Dress Promised Me Something the Doctors Couldn’t from Modern Love
I Won’t Be Your Cancer Poster Child from Huffington Post
Everything Happens For A Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler