Keeping it 101 is the podcast that helps our nerdy listeners make sense of religion. Why religion? Well, if you read the news, have a body, exist in public, or think about race, gender, class, ability, or sexuality, you likely also think about religion — even if you don’t know it yet. Let us show you why religion is both a lot more important and a little easier to understand than you might think. Put us in your earholes and let us show you why religion isn’t done with you — even if you’re done with religion.
In which we reflect on five years and 100+ episodes, and then we say goodbye. As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .
In which we announce, with sorrow and excitement, that we are wrapping this here pod — and we encourage you to revisit our VERY FIRST EPISODE, to reflect on what we’ve learned and how our thinking about religion has changed over this very, very long semester. As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which we chat about the pod and the book with the host of Ten on Religion, Dr. Mark Banas. As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which we (mostly Ilyse) go all in on religion & tattoos. Special interest: ACTIVATE. As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .
In which we discuss all things RINDWY with the fabulous Jenn Jordan for the Syosset Public Library's official podcast, Turn the Page . The library is OPEN, y'all! As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which Megan chats with a handful of folks who are also part of the Amplify Podcast Network's first Sustain stream--Sally Chivers ( Wrinkle Radio ), Charisse L’Pree ( Critical and Curious ), and M.E. Luke ( Critical Technology Podcast )--plus pod bestie Hannah McGregor . As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which we review our very depressing and important miniseries discussion on religion and adoption AND play ridiculous orphan games as a reward for having done the hard things As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which Megan tries not to spend the whole hour screaming about Dobbs whilst we discuss what adoption has to do with religious freedom. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
Welcome to our very first movie discussion, nerds! In which we chat about the Ramayana with no Ram, why Hanuman is the Best Beast, Hijra superheroes, and also that Dev Patel should call us. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which we reflect on what it was like to find our collective voice. (Spoilers: it was really hard! But also really awesome!) As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
In which Dr. Courtney Lewis shares her expertise and personal experience with the writing of the Indian Child Welfare Act . Dr. Lewis is Crandall Family Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and the Inaugural Director of the Native American Studies Initiative at Duke University, as well as an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. If you want to follow and boost more Native creators, Dr. Lewis recommends: Red House Project , IllumiNative , A Tribe Called Geek , Mocs and Comics , Indigen...
In which we nerd out about how we chose which weirdass historical case studies to support our killjoy theories of religion. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
Because--to borrow from Anne Lamott--one of the two best prayers we know is "thank you, thank you, thank you." ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .
What does adoption have to do with religious freedom? Quite a bit, actually. Tune in to learn more about the ways religion--and especially, you guessed it, white Christian nationalism--shapes the adoption industry. CN/TW: This episode discusses adoption, foster care, child abuse, and child removal. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcas...
Because books is what we do, nerds! Tune in to hear us geek out about why we decided to pivot to v̶i̶d̶e̶o̶ text in our almost-here new title, Religion Is Not Done With You. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
Welcome to the first of our four episode miniseries on religion and adoption, which actually turned out to have five episodes because, well, there were just too many horrors to be neatly contained in an outline. We're starting off with some basics on adoption, including how different religious traditions do (or do not) engage in the practice. Plus a very special, very dark return of Primary Sources! As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & mo...
Welcome to our first ever book club episode, nerds! This one has it all: misandry, murder, and...martial religions? Join us for a very wide-ranging chat about Lyndsay Faye's Jane Steele (and also our own research, because you know academics just can't help themselves). As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
Did you miss us? We missed you! Life, as y'all know, uh... finds a way. But we have beaten life back long enough to bring you this update on the pod and what we have scheduled for this, our SEVENTH season!! Look out for our first-ever book club ( Jane Steele, by Lyndsay Faye), two miniseries (one on religion and adoption, one on how we wrote our forthcoming book, Religion Is Not Done With You ), plus some one-off So Glad You Asked-style responses to listener questions about things like religion ...
In which we are delighted to talk to the wonderful humans of Miami University Ohio about the ways calendars smuggle white christian supremacy into our everyday lives. Recorded 2 April 2024 ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .
In which we chat with our new bestie at the Amplify Podcast Network , Stacey Copeland, about podcasting, public scholarship, and why killing joy is the best way to have joy come back bigger, stronger, and more vibrant than ever. Be sure to check out all the other cool conversations Stacey is having with our fellow nerds for the audio blog series Amplified ! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
WHAT A PREDICAMENT this year has been, nerds! 2023 was in many ways, uh, not our fave. But we thought it would be good to end this chronological rollercoaster on a high note, so: You are cordially invited to join us for a cozy winter Gothic misandrist queer murder book club moment! We're reading Lyndsay Faye's delightfully dark Jane Steele , and we think you should, too. We'll be back at the end of January to chat about the novel. In the meantime, hit us up on social media with comments or quest...
**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** hat's right -- there's STILL more to know about the world's second largest religion! Dr. Debra Majeed lends us her insight into Islam, gender, and agency. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
It is November, RELI nerds! And too many of you know what that means. That's right: the American Academy of Religion's annual national meeting is once again upon us, just in time for price-gouging airfare and pre-Thanksgiving travel mayhem. But it also means Megan and Ilyse are going to be at AAR together for the first time since 2019!!! And we're celebrating this momentous occasion by convening our first ever Keeping It 101 OFFICE HOURS . Last season's awesome interns made us awesome stickers a...
**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** Let’s see what the World Religions Paradigm looks like when we talk curating religion with Dr. Andrew Aghapour . As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we (mostly Megan) walk you through three things you maybe don't know about early Christianity: Christianity was kind of a mistake The New Testament is a messy bitch Christianity = imperialism Keywords: BCE/CE, gospels, apocrypha, canon, epistles Storytime: Becket, Waiting for Godot As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to b...
**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which Ilyse yells about nationalism and religion and why religion and politics are never really separate, whilst Megan agrees emphatically and consumes a bubbly beverage Keywords: nationalism (especially religious nationalism); election Storytime: we skipped it! it's summer Homework: Ramaswamy's The Goddess and the Nation ; Baker's The Gospel According to the Klan ; and a bunch of other stuff -- come on, you know how we are. Go to the show notes page at Kee...
**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we build upon the work of Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw to think about how race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppressions overlap and inform how our understandings of religion Keywords: intersectionality, womanism, discrimination, oppression Storytime: Audre Lorde, " An Open Letter to Mary Daly " As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is ...
Did you miss us? We missed you! Tell us everything you did on your summer vacation, right after we tell you what we're up to this, our SIXTH season(??!?!). As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
After another year-long season, we wrap it up, talk about what’s next, & offer some highlights and reflections. Probably swears, too. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ....
More nerds than we can count asked why Ilyse is obsessed with calendars, so we distilled that into: are calendars neutral? They aren’t. End of episode? ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .
