What would it take to talk about sex?

Throughout the modern Christian spaces, abstinence only has been the most promoted as the way to teach sex education. In this episode we will unpack the ramifications of abstinence only and how it is not only insufficient, but that it can leave young people dangerously uniformed. Our churches and faith communities hold responsibility here and we can do better. Listen in.

What would it take for our sisters to be free?

Kimberly Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality which is a metaphor she created to discuss the overlapping systems of oppression that impact Black women. In today’s episode we will explore other examples of intersectional revolutionaries and their work and how we can all work towards the liberation of Black women and nonconforming people. Listen in.

What would it take to remember what was lost?

In this episode we remember Black ingenuity, Black greatness, and Black potential. Listen in as we celebrate Black History Month.

 

Resources
1) History of Seneca Village

2) More on Seneca Village

3) Black Communities Under Water

4) Black Wall Streets

What would it take to keep our native family safe?

In this episode, Ben and Kibler explore the history of Indigenous people in North American and explore both the genocide that is still happening and the amazing resilience of native communities. Kibler identifies herself as  a mother, daughter, wife, auntie, niece, cousin, and “homegirl” to many biological and chosen family members. She is an urban Ndee, German Jew, Queer Femme, 2Spirit writer, teacher, and business owner. Learn more about Kibler on her website Decolonize & Thrive. 

 

Links to sources

  • https://apachelanguage.org/projects/
  • https://www.csvanw.org/mmiw
  • https://7genfund.org/our-work/land-defenders-water-protectors/#:~:text=The%20Land%20Defenders%20and%20Water,Free%2C%20Prior%20and%20Informed%20Consent.
  • https://linktr.ee/postpartumhealinglodge?fbclid=IwAR17csobfMva6J4mNxPLR5OxetnARU6i1rLBZG001g9m5c5sw5WxgSLyTMQ

What Would It Take To Save The Planet?

Climate change scientists told us that severe weather would happen more frequently as weather patterns changed, and they were right. I’m not optimistic about the world my child will live in when he’s 33. Luckily, there are brilliant minds wrestling with these problems and giving us reasons to be hopeful. We’ll unpack why in today’s episode. Today we’re asking, What Would It Take to save the planet? Listen to find out.

 

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Season 1 finale – a live conversation about What would it take?

To celebrate season one of the What would it take? podcast. Host Ben, and AW staffers Dani and Juan talk about the work, the topics, and hopes for the season two.

 

What Would It Take for Everyone to Have a home?

There is a mythical stigma associated with homelessness that says people who are homeless are lazy. They’re often treated as “others”, and characterized as a “problem” to be solved or hidden. Lets take stock of our assumptions about homelessness and consider how we can truly love our neighbors.

This is Episode 10 of the What Would It Take Podcast. Join me as I ask, What Would It Take for Everyone to Have a home?

 

 

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What Would It Take to find a cure for gun-related violence?

As we begin to see our way out of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are plunged back into the national epidemic of gun violence. Lawmakers trot out the same tired excuses for doing nothing all the while our friends and loved ones are lost. It doesn’t have to be this way.

This is episode 9 of the What Would It Take Podcast. Join me as I ask What Would It Take to find a cure for gun-related violence?

 

 

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What would it take to truly love our neighbors?

For weeks news outlets have been talking about the crisis at the US-Mexico border. What is actually happening at the southern border? And in response to so much suffering, what are we called to do as followers of Jesus?

This is episode 8 of the What Would It Take Podcast. Join me as we explore the question: What would it take to truly love our neighbors?

 

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What if Hell is closer than we think?

Many of us have grown up with a very strong understanding of what hell was. Eternal torment, literal flames, pain and agony forever. For a long time, our understanding of hell has been divorced from the practical realities that many face day-in and day-out, but does it have to be that way?

This is episode 7 of the What Would it Take Podcast. Join me as we explore the question, What if Hell is closer than we think?

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