Walk The Earth 57
Whether spirituality has become a private matter because churches are using spirituality to attack and exclude?
Dec 17, 2019•55 min•Ep. 271
Inappropriate Conversations
Too often, political and/or religious ideologies stop open dialog. It’s time to speak freely and break down the barriers that keep people separated. Let’s have an inappropriate conversation about …
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TalkBack 30: Establishment of Religion
The previous TalkBack episode included the beginning of an essay called "Should Amendment Stand a Prayer of Success?" It was written in 2000 and shared on this podcast in 2010. Inappropriate Conversations #30 is the rest of that argument. http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/30-establishment-of-religion/
Dec 12, 2019•49 min•Ep. 269
TalkBack 29: My Prayer for a Football Game
As far as I can tell, Inappropriate Conversations #29 is the most downloaded episode in the history of this podcast. I'm not sure why a wide-ranging perspective on the concept of school prayer would get such a response, but I'm pleased to share it here. This episode also qualifies under the heading of topics too large for one recording , so I'll share #IC 30 next, soon, to complete the thought. I describe myself as a radical moderate, using terminology very loosely, and this topic provides a pre...
Dec 06, 2019•48 min•Ep. 268
TalkBack 38: Thanksgiving Paper Football Classics
When Inappropriate Conversations #38 was recorded 10 years ago, the annual Paper Football Classic in my family was still a nearly annual event, with 31 consecutive years of record keeping and bragging rights. I was not anticipating a long hiatus, but life as a parent has included high school and college graduations, young adults buying and moving into first homes, marriages, etc. In my mind, the TPFC is still a thing and may resume once again. Happy Thanksgiving with a TalkBack episode to this h...
Nov 28, 2019•51 min•Ep. 267
221: Echoes via TalkBacks
Inappropriate Conversations and Walk The Earth podcasts are now available on Spotify. It's a transition that will include reintroducing some of the oldest episodes of each, over time, in a process I've called TalkBacks. Different Drummer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Nov 12, 2019•55 min•Ep. 266
220: Mirror Universe Different Drummers
What if I go low instead of high? The named Different Drummers might be people like: Mitch McConnell Rick Wiles Franklin Graham Candice Keller As opposed to the real answer this time. Different Drummer: Michelle Obama
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 265
Promo for Inappropriate Conversations podcast
Sharing a short promo for the Inappropriate Conversations podcast.
Oct 16, 2019•21 sec•Ep. 264
219: Proud To Know You 4 - Gregarious
For two consecutive years now, the Pride48 podcasting expo in New Orleans has been a landmark in summertime vacation plans. Each year has been a combination of seeing old friends again and meeting new ones. These are conversations I intend to continue. Different Drummer: Bernie Taupin "He's my brother. Let us live in peace." (Taupin)
Sep 26, 2019•50 min•Ep. 263
218: Why We Watch
Spoiler alert regarding Avengers and Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the Life In Hell strips Matt Groening wrote years ago featured his criticism of film critics. One-liners included newspaper critics writing tight capsule reviews and more serious magazine critics wearing sweaters and giving away endings. I don't often wear sweaters, but I do struggle with how to openly discuss subtext without spoilers. For the movie The Sixth Sense, I ended up writing two reviews, one for before you've seen t...
Sep 02, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 254
Walk The Earth 56
Whether "ghosting" is an appropriate alternative to an exit interview when severing ties? Pride48 2019 NOLA Schedule
Aug 03, 2019•49 min•Ep. 252
217: Right Reasons
The fear that dearest friends would not be close to us anymore is real. So is the burden. Different Drummer: Alan Parker
Jul 17, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 251
216: Third Person
Odds and ends include: * How to interpret the role of Congress with Mueller Report. * Whether Missouri leaders are conspiring to commit sexual assault. * If Fred Rogers isn't my all-time favorite "Fred" ... who is? * "Third Person" from Manifestos Of Neosurrealism. Different Drummer: Vincent Kompany
Jun 17, 2019•58 min•Ep. 250
Walk The Earth 55
Whether understanding the meaning of words in their time is key to seeking the mind of God? Christianity 201: Time for Solid Food
May 16, 2019•56 min•Ep. 249
215: Parental Controls
The concept of parental control, even censorship, was clearly a part of my upbringing. I could cite numerous examples of inconsistencies, though: Three's Company, Soap, American Graffiti, National Lampoon's Animal House, Queen, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Harold Robbins (The Betsy), Xaviera Hollander (The Happy Hooker), Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha), Alex Comfort (The Joy of Sex, More Joy of Sex), Bari Wood & Jack Geasland (Twins). Different Drummer: Dolly Parton George In Atlanta #52...
Apr 23, 2019•1 hr•Ep. 248
Walk The Earth 54
Whether progressive emphasis on affirming churches is even sufficient? Welcoming, Accepting, Affirming - Don't Get Stuck
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 247
TalkBack 180: Jesus Quote Bubble
Concluding a long TalkBack series to start the year, I'm giving the last word to the Sermon On The Mount. Intentionally, I've done this in the most common English translations I can find, preferring an easily understood paraphrase to any version that makes it sound like Jesus was speaking to some gathering of experts rather than a crowd. Next month, Walk The Earth will resume with new episodes and Inappropriate Conversations after that.
Feb 23, 2019•57 min•Ep. 244
TalkBack 81: Singing a Song for Lovers
It is not possible for me to look back to February 2012 and Inappropriate Conversations #81 and not think of community. It's particularly true this year. This recording would not have been possible without a strong, supportive online community, one that now seems to be gone. At the same time, another online community, Pride48, is providing deeply meaningful support for its participants at the news that one of our podcasters has died, too young and suddenly. This is the right time for the voices ...
Feb 12, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 243
TalkBack 131: Christianity 301
The TalkBack series in January focused on scripture, theology, and religion with slices of Inappropriate Conversations #150 . February will finish this set of callbacks with episodes that function as an Appendix of sorts, supporting material consistent with Opening The Scriptures and taking the Bible seriously. Inappropriate Conversations #131 has a New Testament focus, primarily the story of Peter in the Acts of the Apostles. That, and a strangely controversial Different Drummer....
Feb 06, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 242
TalkBack 150 - part 6: Opening the Scriptures
When Inappropriate Conversations #150 was first posted in September 2014, the best solution I had for liner notes was simply a list of all the quoted texts, which alone was quite extensive. Now, wrapping up this look-back to that long podcast, I'll use the last of these 6 parts with a link to the original post. It has the full set of scriptures and the name of the Different Drummer, and that segment closes out the episode. #IC #150...
Jan 30, 2019•38 min•Ep. 240
TalkBack 150 - part 5: Opening the Scriptures
Few figures in this history of Christianity are as controversial as Paul. Really, it's important to look at the story of the Apostle Paul as both a history of Saul and Paul. That is true whether you view "history" here as historical fact or the internal back-story of a fictional narrative. Either way, Paul's influence is quite real, and I wouldn't call him the hero of his own story.
Jan 26, 2019•40 min•Ep. 239
TalkBack 150 - part 4: Opening the Scriptures
Having passed the half-way point in sharing Inappropriate Conversations #150 with the 3rd part, the excerpts will be shorter from this point on. Part 4 starts with the question of whether everyone the circles of family and friend were on board with Jesus and his ministry. Far from it.
Jan 23, 2019•25 min•Ep. 238
TalkBack 150 - part 3: Opening the Scriptures
Following up more quickly with Part 3 of the TalkBack to Inappropriate Conversations #150, in part because the way this portion of that long podcast ties into the section before. Did Jesus ever address sexual orientation during his ministry? No. Or, maybe, by saying nothing at all.
Jan 16, 2019•25 min•Ep. 237
TalkBack 150 - part 2: Opening the Scriptures
Following the introduction in the first part of this look-back to Inappropriate Conversations #150, it's time to dive in to both the Word and the past episode, at length. As planned, much shorter introductions now that the next TalkBack posts are, essentially, mid-episode.
Jan 12, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 236
TalkBack 150 - part 1: Opening the Scriptures
After spending the holidays sharing TalkBack podcasts related to Christmas, I want to start the new year with a series of TalkBack posts on the longest Inappropriate Conversations podcast released so far. It will take a 3+ hour episode into 6 parts. The original #IC #150 was intentionally long, making the point of quoting scripture at length and in context while trying, as stated right up from, to free Christ from the closet of Christian homophobia. Also, in the introduction I try to answer the ...
Jan 07, 2019•49 min•Ep. 235
TalkBack 155: Twelve Days
Wrapping up the TalkBack series for November-December, I'm putting the 12 Days Of Christmas podcast on Christmas Day, which is when that concept actually starts. Only part, a large part, of the Christian world celebrates the holiday in December. The rest have 12 days to go. The wise men have yet to deliver their gifts, after all. Only shepherds have appeared on the scene at this stage. I plan to continue TalkBack with a new series in January, but it will feature only one prior podcast -- deliver...
Dec 25, 2018•53 min•Ep. 234
TalkBack 156: Boxing Day
November and December of 2014 included an intense focus on Christmas as a holiday for Inappropriate Conversations, and in many ways this year's TalkBack series is an echo of that time. As I did at the beginning of these look-backs, I'm going to inverse the order of two shows posted back then. A few weeks ago, I did that based on the start of Advent. This time, I'm going to do it based on the combination of Boxing Day, December 26th, and the true beginning of the "12 days of Christmas" starting a...
Dec 21, 2018•53 min•Ep. 233
TalkBack: Walk The Earth 33
After several TalkBack episodes from Inappropriate Conversations, this is a Walk The Earth episode that focused on Christmas, with a new intro that I find even more insightful. The words, shared from a different source, are a bit spoilery about Santa.
Dec 18, 2018•51 min•Ep. 232
TalkBack 109: Recognizing Christmas
December 14th as the release date for this TalkBack of Inappropriate Conversations is not a coincidence. Looking back to December 2012, I wanted to speak broadly about secular visions of Nativity, but a mass murder at an elementary school could not be ignored. The episode is segregated, with the sadness and anger at the end. Now, 6 years later, it seems like we've had countless aftershocks to that mass-murder earthquake, and it's fair to ask if we've become numb -- some willingly, valuing posses...
Dec 14, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 231
TalkBack 135: Nestor the Audio Commentary
AMC is televising "Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey" for the 2018 holiday season, with (sometimes very early) morning broadcasts on December 12th, 21st, and 24th. It isn't a Rankin-Bass classic, but it is worth the time to look back at the 1977 half-hour special. So far, the only commentaries of this sort I've done have been for Rudolph and Nestor. Make of that what you will.
Dec 11, 2018•48 min•Ep. 230
TalkBack 76: Rudolph, the Audio Commentary
On Saturday, December 8, 2018, CBS will broadcast "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" for the second time this year. It's a perfect time to look back on an Inappropriate Conversations audio commentary soundtrack for the holiday classic.
Dec 07, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 229
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