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Common Good Science - Friday February 12, 2021 On today’s show, hosts Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse dive into the sometimes murky waters of economic theory with the guidance of Fadhel Kaboub, president of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. Fadhel Kaboub, Ph.D. is President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and Associate Professor of economics at Denison University. His research focuses on the Political Economy of the Middle East and the fiscal and monetary policy dimensions of job creation programs. He is a widely published author and his recent work has been presented at many prestigious institutions including the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School, Cornell University, Columbia University, Sorbonne University, and the National University of Singapore. twitter.com/FadhelKaboub Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a progressive republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse Resources: The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. www.votecommongood.com/podcast Facebook.com/votecommongood Twitter.com/votecommon

Common Good Issues - Thursday February 11, 2021 Today we start a two-part conversation about abortion. Our guests Ashley Abercrombie and Elisabeth Kraus share their stories and invite fellow Christians to approach this issue with more humility and compassion. Ashley Abercrombie is a writer, speaker and podcaster who talks and writes honestly about motherhood, justice and faith. She is the author of Rise of the Truth Teller and Co-Host of the The Why Tho Podcast. www.ashabercrombie.org Elisabeth Kraus is a public speaker and educator. She is also an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and for women who have had challenging or miscarried pregnancies. www.elisabethkraus.com votecommongood.com/podcast

Common Good Faith - Wednesday February 10, 2021 Today on Common Good Faith, our hosts dig into Galatians 3 and how it is often used to erase diversity rather than bring about justice and genuine Christ-centered unity. Also under the microscope is the Bruce Springsteen Jeep Super Bowl commercial calling for Americans to “meet in the middle” and how it is a call for false unity that centers color-blindness and erases a long history of white supremacy. Notes and resources: The oft-misused Galatians 3: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Doing Justice by Dominique Gilliard Multiracial churches don't challenge racism until they challenge white supremacy The Jeep Commercial Common Good Faith Hosts: Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege will be released on August 24, 2021.

@DDGilliard //  facebook.com/dominique.dg.7 Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians.  @revtruax     //     facebook.com/laura.truax1 Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014). @drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose  Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt The Common Good Daily podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace.   www.votecommongood.com/podcast   Facebook.com/votecommongood   Twitter.com/votecommon

Every Tuesday, our hosts Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse take a deep dive into politics. On today’s show they discuss the impeachment trial of former-president Trump, the hotly-debated Covid stimulus package, and whether or not "unity" in America is possible. Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a progressive republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse votecommongood.com votecommongood.com/podcast facebook.com/votecommongood twitter.com/votecommon

On today's show, our host Doug Pagitt is joined by author and pastor Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to talk about how the January 6th insurrection, fueled by Christian Nationalism, was 40 years in the making. In his book Revolution of Values, Jonathan explores how religious culture wars have misrepresented Christianity at the expense of the poor, and how listening to marginalized communities can help us hear God's call to love and justice in the world. He highlights people on the frontlines of issues ranging from immigration policy and voting rights to women's rights and environmental stewardship. Jonathan directs the School for Conversion, a popular education center that works to make “surprising friendships possible.” He is also an Associate Minister at the historically black St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church. jonathanwilsonhartgrove.com votecommongood.com/podcast

It's Science Friday on the Vote Common Good Podcast. Doug Pagitt is joined by co-host and astrophysicist Paul Wallace to talk about the science-denial phenomenon and how it crept its way into national politics. Paul Wallace writes and speaks at the intersection of faith and science and holds a PhD in physics from Duke University and an MDiv from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. Wallace teaches physics and astronomy at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, taught at Hampden-Sydney College, Berry College, Candler, and Columbia Theological Seminary, was a NASA Faculty Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and served on the faculty of the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative in Dharamsala, India. facebook.com/Paul.Matthew.Wallace / twitter.com/paulmwall / pwallace.net Be sure to subscribe to the new daily podcast from Vote Common Good to keep hearing episodes like this one! www.votecommongood.com/podcast

On Thursdays our host Doug Pagitt sits down with a wide range of guests to talk about the hot-button issues we face as a society. On today's show, Jeanine Butler, Catherine Butler, and Kurtis Schaeffer talk about their documentary 'God & Green' which investigates how caring for the environment went from something almost everyone agreed upon to a hotly debated wedge issue. Kurtis R. Schaeffer | Frances Myers Ball Professor | Department of Religious Studies | The University of Virginia| Co-Director, Religion, Race & Democracy Lab | Host, Sacred & Profane. Jeanine Butler | Documentary Producer / Writer | www.butlerfilms.tv Catherine Lynn Butler | Documentary Producer / Writer | www.butlerfilms.tv Merchants of Doubt www.merchantsofdoubt.org God$Green: An Unholy Alliance https://religionlab.virginia.edu/godgreen/ American Heretics: www.americanhereticsthefilm.com ****** Don't forget to subscribe to the Vote Common Good Podcast! www.votecommongood.com/podcast

*** Remember to subscribe to the Vote Common Good Podcast! *** Every Wednesday on Common Good Faith, our panel of hosts will take a deep dive into Christian faith in America and the ways racism and colonialism have left an ugly legacy that needs to be dismantled if we are to move forward in the way of Jesus. Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege will be released on August 24, 2021. @DDGilliard // facebook.com/dominique.dg.7 Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians. @revtruax // facebook.com/laura.truax1 Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014). @drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose www.votecommongood.com/podcast Facebook.com/votecommongood Twitter.com/votecommon

Our hosts, Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse, take a deep dive into politics every Tuesday. On today’s show they are joined by Professor Peter Ditto to talk about the allure of conspiracy theories in politics. Ditto specializes in social psychology, political and moral reasoning, and “hot cognition” - the interface between passion and reason. Remember to hop over to the Vote Common Good Podcast and subscribe to keep getting this new daily podcast. www.votecommongood.com/podcast

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Conversation with Barry Taylor about his new book.

Doug talks with Amanda Henderson about her book "Holy Chaos: Creating Connections in Divisive Times" and issues of justice in our world. You can listen to the podcast below. Amanda is a public scholar of religion and politics and Executive Director of The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, a faith rooted non-profit that works in progressive political advocacy.

Doug talks with Michael Waters about the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Doug Pagitt, from Vote Common Good talks with Shane Claiborne of Red Letter Christians about Faith, politics, and the common good.

This Guy Has Got To Go - Trump's weekly failures call for it

Doug talks faith, politics and common good with Craig Morton

Outdoing Jesus live reading Ch 6 - Empowerment

Doug does a Live Reading of Outdoing Jesus - Chapter 5

Doug reads his book "Outdoing Jesus: Seven ways to live the promise of Greater Than"

Doug reflects on the Easter Narrative from a political point of view as a sermon for an Easter nine church service.