(un)common good with pauli reese

Megan McDermott

Challenge your assumptions. Test Your Faith. Show everyone LOVE.

Megan McDermott is a poet, stand up comedian, and Episcopal priest currently working in Massachusetts.

CONTENT WARNING: Christianity and Christian supremacy

We talk about: shared experiences growing up in small town Central Pennsylvania

Rural, small town values that we embrace and other things that we’ve let go of

Nuances between different Christian subcultures and how they have formed us

The relationship between Christianity and late stage capitalism

Christian pop culture — music, toys, media

Becoming a young clergy person and working with youth during the pandemic

Megan's Brand new book, Jesus Merch: a Catalogue in Poems

Order Megan’s New book, Jesus Merch (affilitate link) https://bookshop.org/a/95818/9781594981029

Order Megan’s Book, Woman as Communion (affiliate link) https://bookshop.org/a/95818/9781735886473

Check out Megan’s website: meganmcdermottpoet.com

Follow Megan on BlueSky: megmcdermott92.bsky.social

Follow Megan on Twitter (X): @megmcdermott92

Subscribe to Megan on Substack: https://meganmcdermott.substack.com/

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This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students (affiliate link): https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make wisdom, insight, and spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

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Mike is the director of communications and the liturgical minister at Marquand Chapel, the ecumenical ritual space at Yale Divinity School. Holding the position through the COVID lockdowns, he mentors students learning about the role of ritual in religious and spiritual life in today’s world. He assumed the position only a few short years after he graduated from Yale Divinity School.

CONTENT WARNING: COVID, collective trauma, anti-asian racism, Trump

We talk about:

Transitioning from a student role to a staff role at the same institution

Building spiritual community during the pandemic

Helping transition spiritual community and learning toward a post-lockdown environment

The critical role of grieving in processing trauma

What makes a good burger

And how to make ritual experiences accessible to everyone

Subscribe to Mike’s Substack: https://helloimmikee.substack.com

Follow Mike on Instagram: www.instagram.com/helloimmikee

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode's sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students: https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

Don P Hooper is a WGA-union screenwriter, an actor, and an author, whose new book True True hits bookstores on Tuesday, August 1.

Previously he contributed a story to Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Manhood.

CONTENT WARNING: trauma, racism, labor, explicit language, hate-based violence

We talk about:

The WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike

Shutting down productions across the country

How you can support writers and actors on strike

The importance of good mentors and collaborators

Tenacity and resistance as quintessential parts of black/African-American life

The novel writing process

Don’s first novel, True True

Questions of goodness, identity, and morality of AI

The through line of social uprising since 2016

survival, belonging, and community in a post-Trump world

Follow Don on instagram: www.instagram.com/madclownetry

Buy True True on Bookshop to support Don, the podcast, and your local bookstore: bookshop.org/a/95818/9780593462102

Buy Black Boy Joy on Bookshop to support Don, the podcast, and your local bookstore: bookshop.org/a/95818/9780593379936

Donate Aid for Striking Writers and Actors AND Learn More about Entertainment Community Fund Resources: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/how-get-help-and-give-help-during-work-stoppage

Donate Unrestricted Funds to the WGA East picket lines: https://venmo.com/steph_deluca

Donate Supplies in kind to the WGA East picket lines: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift/wgaestrike

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students: https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

It’s hard to hate someone whose story you know.

That’s the resounding call of Neil Bardhan, the executive director of the Broad Street Review and the director of applied storytelling at First Person Arts.

Neil holds the Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from the University Rochester.

CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, COVID

We talk about: storytelling, the life skills people can learn from studying improv, the damage to human interaction caused by social media (and some of the silver linings), bereavement.

Check out the Broad Street Review: https://www.broadstreetreview.com

Check out First Person Arts: firstpersonarts.org

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode's sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does it look like to cultivate a political middle ground when hate is flying from all sides? How do queer folx maintain hope when everything feels awful? How can plant-based diets be more fun?

Martha Madrigal and Charles Tyson of Full Circle The Podcast are spilling ALL. THE. TEA.

CONTENT WARNING: discussions of politics, queerphobia, racism, bullying, suicidality, explicit language.

We talk about:

the practical bits of creating a bipartisan, actually diverse and inclusive bar

and then the spiritual and emotional process of closing that neighborhood bar

the development of their number one rated news commentary podcast

how to get along with your neighbor in a post-facts era,

the continuing challenges of living a hope-filled, joyful queer life in full acceptance of how awful the world can be,

and how to create a plant-based lifestyle you actually enjoy.

Find EVERYTHING about Full Circle the Podcast and subscribe to their weekly broadcast here at their Linktree: linktr.ee/fullcirclethepod

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode's sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this episode's sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

How do we keep our spirits high in an increasingly post-human age? How can the classics of western art become more inclusive? How can our art help us move forward from trauma?

Siobahn Sung is a producer at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

Before that, she worked as a professional opera singer.

CONTENT WARNING: trauma, COVID, natural disasters, discussions of anti-asian racism, explicit language

We talk about: Emotional labor of Korean identity, the challenges of being a professional musician in the age of AI and streaming

the history of white supremacy in classical music performance and how to make the work more inclusive

the recent increases in natural disasters and COVID-related collective trauma

philosophy of beauty and its importance to the human spirit

and of course, the Yankees and the Phillies.

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this video’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this video’s sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

This is a special bonus episode! This is the live, unedited recording of moim, a gathering of Queer and Trans people of Korean descent, held in March 2023. It was recorded on location at David Rubenstein Atrium of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

CONTENT WARNING: trauma, discussions of anti-asian racism, discussions of historical violence, discussions of queer phobia, explicit language,

This recording was produced in partnership with Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Siobahn Sung, producer. For more about Lincoln Center, visit their website: lincolncenter.org

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

How do we reconcile the rosy bits of history with the uncomfortable parts? How do we embrace it and learn not to repeat it at the same time? How can the food industry become a more just place for people of color?

Food writer, chef, and Poi Dog owner Kiki Aranita gets deep into her Chinese roots, her profound love of Spam, classic literature, her love of fiber arts, and what life is like for a food entrepreneur — after the restaurant closes.

And always, COOK. THE. SPAM.

CONTENT WARNING: Trauma, historical violence, anti-asian racism, explicit language

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This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this video’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

Visit this video’s sponsor, Poi Dog, chef Kiki Aranita creating sauces inspired by Hawaiian Cuisine: https://poidogphilly.com

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does it look like to build interreligious community, when it’s mandated by the government? How can people work together to find creative solutions to complex problems?

Tori Mick is a DRE — Director of Religious Education — for the United States Army, a civilian position that provides educational content to Army chaplains to help protect and provide for the exercising of the First Amendment rights of soldiers and their families, in whatever tradition of faith and spirituality that they practice.

Tori talks about growing up in and growing out of Christian evangelicalism, lessons learned as a nomadic, third-culture military kid, the importance of naps and snacks, working with youth, surviving COVID, and so much more.

CONTENT WARNING: military, trauma, prison, conservative evangelicalism, moral injury, impacts of COVID

All of the opinions expressed in the program are explicitly the opinions of the individuals themselves and do not represent an endorsement or position held by the United States Army. 

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this video’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does it take to remember and preserver stories of queer black joy? How can we love our roots while we move on from the parts that hold us back from wholeness?

Kenneth Murphy has chronicled the work of the New York ballroom scene, committing it to the archives of the New York Public Library.

Kenneth talks mentoring, black joy and flourishing, and honoring his roots — all while moving forward at the same time.

Kenneth’s own work in ballroom has been featured across New York City, including at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

CONTENT WARNING: trauma, queerphobia, white supremacy, poverty

Check out the New York Public Library’s Jerome Robbins Dance Division: https://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/jerome-robbins-dance-division

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we make spirituality accessible to everyone and put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does healing look like in a world of trauma? How do healers heal themselves? How can we help bring healing to our children?

Rachel Rehbein MS, NCC, LPC, LPCC is a psychotherapist, consultant, and adjunct professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin. She specializes in childhood mental health, childhood trauma/abuse/complex PTSD, and LGBTQIA+ presenting issues, including helping trans people transition. She is licensed to offer care in the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Trauma, indirect references to transphobia and abuse, discussion of Christian supremacy and religious trauma

Check out her website: ccgcounseling.com

Check out her instagram: www.instagram.com/rachel.nicole.1

Check out her LinkedIn Page:https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelrehbein/

This program is produced in south west philadelphia, in the unceded neighborhood of the black bottom community and on the ancestral land of the Lenape nation, who remain here in the era of the fourth crow and fight for official recognition by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to this day. You can find out more about the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania and how you can support the revitalization of their culture by going to https://lenape-nation.org.

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

https://bvp.coffee/uncommongoodpod

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

we are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does it look like to empower women? Queer folks? What does it look like to fight for change through the arts?

Dr. Timaree talks about the history of Burlesque and its role in satire and change. She talks about how the entertainment industry changed during COVID and how she practices presence, gratitude, and self-care in pursuit of wholeness.

Dr. Timaree Schmit holds the Ph.D. in human sexuality education from Widener University. She regularly lectures on the topic, sometimes in the same show where she dances with the alias HoneyTree EvilEye.

CONTENT WARNING: indirect references to childhood trauma, discussion of human sexuality, reproductive health

This episode contains explicit language.

follow Dr. Timaree on instagram: www.instagram.com/honeytree.evileye

check out her podcast, DTF: https://www.drtimaree.com/podcast/dtf

check out her website: www.drtimaree.com

check our her column at Philly Weekly: https://philadelphiaweekly.com/writer/dr-timaree-schmit/

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

How do you know when to step away? How do you find a sacred, restful place by LEAVING faith? How do you dismantle systemic oppression in the prison industrial complex?

Civil rights attorney is trying to find those answers.

CONTENT WARNING: religious trauma and moral injury, discussion of the prison industrial complex and prison crime, impacts of COVID, disability, white supremacy,

This episode contains explicit language.

Visit this episode’s sponsor, BVP Coffee, roasting high quality coffee that benefits HBCU students:

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

(un)common good with pauli reese is an uncommon good media production, where we put content on the internet to help people stop hating each other.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does it take to hold competing ideas together in tension? What does it feel like to survive a doxxing? Why is representation STILL an issue, even in 2023?

The Rev. Dr. Chaz Howard is the University Chaplain and the inaugural Vice President for Social Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves as one of only three vice-president-level executives of color.

Content Warning: redlining and gentrification, poverty, Christian supremacy, indirect discussion of white supremacy and police violence.

Chaz talks about growing up in Baltimore, the land history of present-day West Philly, moving beyond fear, acting from love, and the still uncertain fate of the Black Bottom Community — a historic community of descendants of freed slaves currently being displaced from their homes by gentrification.

Buy Chaz’s most recent book, The Bottom: A Theopoetic of the Streets: https://amzn.to/43NKNpX

Follow Chaz on IG: www.instagram.com/chaz.howard

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

Long before lockdowns, The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan was tending a sourdough starter and collecting distinctive books in his personal library.

Andrew talks about Anglican sacramental theology, secularization, negotiating international COVID protocols, and the importance of good coffee.

Plus, a frank chat to Christian clergy about the future of church.

The Very Rev. Andrew McGowan is the Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School and McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School.

Content Warning: death of a parent, indirect references to colonialism, indirect references to white privilege, impacts of COVID, Christian hegemony.

Buy Andrew's most recent book: https://amzn.to/3Chq0PY

Check out Andrew’s Substack: abmcg.substack.com

Learn more about Berkeley Divinity School at Yale: https://www.berkeleydivinity.yale.edu

Follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abmcg/

Follow Berkeley Divinity School on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/berkeleyatyale/

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

What does progress and change look like in contemporary Judaism? What do Hamilton and Passover share in common? Where’s the best 3-dollar-slice in Brooklyn? Emily Cohen is a Reconstructionist Rabbi serving the West End Synagogue in NYC, and a keen choral musician. She is a founding member of Tirdof: New York Jewish Clergy for Justice.

CONTENT WARNING: indirect discussion of anti-semitism, white privilege and supremacy, COVID, discussion of discrimination against patrilineal Jews, non-Ashkenazi Jews, and queer jews.

Rabbi Emily talks about Reconstructionist Judaism, writing the Hamilton Haggadah and getting it in front of Lin Manuel Miranda, the importance of Passover and storytelling, her writings on HeyAlma and the work of raising rabble to bring more marginalized voices to the center. She talks about the challenges of marriage in patrilineal Judaism and what a future for a more united Jewish people could look like.

And Gritty. It Gritty.

Check out Emily’s website: https://rabbiemilycohen.com

Subscribe to Emily’s Substack: https://morethanfourquestions.substack.com/

Follow Emily on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ThatRabbiCohen

Follow Emily on IG: www.instagram.com/em.cohen

Check out Emily’s article about marriage and patrilineal Judaism: https://www.heyalma.com/why-my-rabbi-had-to-leave-the-conservative-movement-to-officiate-my-wedding/

Check out Emily’s Podcast, Jew Too?: Tales of the Mixed Multitude: https://www.jewtoopodcast.com

Check us out on Instagram and TikTok: www.instagram.com/uncommongoodpod Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@uncommongoodpod

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

Is empathy in leadership overrated? Is it possible to lead gracefully in the face of annihilation? Is there anything that clergy can learn from stand up comedians?

Sarah Drummond, founding dean of Andover Newton Theological Seminary at Yale, led a campus relocation from Massachusetts to Connecticut, then led the comprehensive redesign of the seminary coursework, then led the school through COVID.

Dean Sarah gets real about how hard it was to foster community, protect her staff and students, and keep campus stakeholders engaged — from behind a web conference screen, then from behind a mask six feet away.

And, a frank talk about the future of Christian churches in the American spiritual landscape.

With lots of laughter and chat about stand up comedy along the way.

Content Warning: impacts of COVID, Christian hegemony, explicit language, white supremacy and medical racism, depression

Buy Sarah's most recent book: https://amzn.to/3IZSNw3

Check out Andover Newton Theological Seminary: https://andovernewton.yale.edu

Check out Sarah’s Medium site: https://sbdrummond.medium.com/

Check out Sarah’s website: https://www.sarahbdrummond.com/

Follow Andover Newton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andover_newton/

Subscribe to Yale Divinity School on YouTube: www.youtube.com/YaleDivinitySchool

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

How do we become better at welcoming the stranger as individuals? As churches? As universities?

Dr. Sandra Montes is digging deeper into the unexamined bits of Christian spirituality to find the common ground across faith traditions.

Sandra is the Dean of Chapel at the Union Theological Seminary in New York and author of the book Becoming REAL: and Thriving in Ministry.

Content warning: explicit language, Christian supremacy, white supremacy, self-image, toxic masculinity

Feminism, philosophy of beauty and self-image, finding commonality across traditions of spirituality and faith, and the work of divinity schools and seminaries in shaping spiritual thinkers and ministers.

You can find out more about Sandra’s work and Buy Sandra’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Real-Thriving-Sandra-Montes/dp/1640652485

Follow Sandra on Instagram www.instagram.com/sandratmontes

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we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!

How do you stay true to yourself when love and relationships change? Whether it’s romantic love, spiritual love, or friendship love, Eréndira Jiménez Esquinca is gently figuring it out.

Eréndira talks about redefining her relationship with Christianity, listening to the body, paying attention to grief, and following love — wherever it leads. We chat about her work with Spirit School of building a container where the work of decolonizing Christianity can happen.

CONTENT WARNING: grief, loss, trauma, divorce, Christian hegemony

Check out Eréndira’s website: erendirajimenez.com

Check out Spirit School, her principal work in decolonization: spiritschool.us

Check out her podcast, I Don’t Know… https://open.spotify.com/show/1Swt8rGKi4Rng32WvSnDEe?si=26b2448b54eb442a

Follow her on IG: www.instagram.com/_erendira_

Follow Spirit School on IG: www.instagram.com/_spiritschool_

(un)common good with pauli reese is produced in Southwest Philadelphia, on the unceded land of the Lenni Lenape tribe and the Black Bottom Community.

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We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

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How do you keep it together when everything goes crazy? Erica Switzer has the Chicago upbringing, the stand up comedy reps, the COVID survival stories to prove she is an expert in turning pain, challenge, and trauma into joy, art, and beauty.

Content Warning: bullying, sexual abuse, gang violence, suicidality, explicit language.

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(un)common good with pauli reese is produced in Southwest Philadelphia, on the unceded land of the Lenni Lenape tribe and the Black Bottom Community.

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Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@uncommongoodpod

we chat to ordinary people doing uncommon good in service of our common humanity.

We are creating community that builds relationships across difference by inviting dialogue about the squishy and vulnerable bits of life.

thanks for joining us on the journey of (un)common good!