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  • #74: Against Empire – Empire and Identity

    #74: Against Empire – Empire and Identity
    2022/03/23
    One of the ways that empires have controlled populations is by rewriting history to reshape our heritage and cultural identity. Centuries later, when the truth is discovered, people still struggle to accept how their identity has been crafted by past deception. This is the story of the Phoenician Irish, the Mauritanian Welsh, the Islamic Kingdom […]
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  • #73: Against Empire – Labor and Trade

    #73: Against Empire – Labor and Trade
    2022/03/17
    This month the world announced thousands of sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its criminal invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This episode dives into trade as a weapon wielded by (and against) empires. How is fair trade different from exploitation? Is capitalism truly the source of freedom in the world? (hint: it’s complicated). Is socialism […]
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  • #72: Gandhi and Empire

    #72: Gandhi and Empire
    2022/02/28
    During the age of imperialism, in the nineteenth century, Europe’s empires ruled over 80 percent of the people of Earth despite being a fraction of the world. That all changed when Gandhi demonstrated that active nonviolent resistance worked. This episode dives into the life and lessons of Gandhi, culminating with modern research that shows his methods […]
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  • #71: Against Empire – The structure of empire

    #71: Against Empire – The structure of empire
    2022/02/28
    Season 3 (2022) begins with an episode (#71) that illustrates the structure of empire using Rome as the prototype. We examine its rivalry with Carthage and the racism and genocide that are the inevitable result of the way empires function. This introduces the themes that we will explore in the next 10 episodes. Why are […]
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  • #70: The Gratitudes

    #70: The Gratitudes
    2020/11/15
    What gives you hope? What sustains you? How could the way we see things be fundamental to our ability to change the world? The Gratitudes are short stories of people showing courage and resolve to overcome tragedy and change the world within their reach.
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  • #69: The Liberal Myth

    #69: The Liberal Myth
    2020/10/30
    Do you find yourself in conversations with people who believe all the right things, but who remain stuck, unable to act in any meaningful way to fight racism? Doing the “usual stuff” to fight racism isn’t working because it is only a quarter of what is needed. As I explain the “liberal myth,” find out […]
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  • Episode #68: There is another way

    Episode #68: There is another way
    2020/10/09
    Continuing to explore the ways that Christian churches talk about race, here is Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal church speaking in Charlottesville VA one year after the race riots about love, titled “There is another way.” [Listen 18:39]
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  • #67: How are evangelical churches talking about race?

    #67: How are evangelical churches talking about race?
    2020/09/26
    It has been many years since “Black Lives Matter” and “#Metoo” have been part of everyday conversation. Yet many churches struggle in confronting race issues from the pulpit head-on. Few are laying bare the dark legacy that organized religion has had in forming a society that sees humanity through the lens of race. “From the […]
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