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Jeffrey Thayne, Nathaniel Givens, and Dan Ellsworth

What is faith? What is knowledge and testimony? A faith crisis is a developmental event and a natural occurrence for some on a journey of faith. We all mature in our faith at different rates and in different stages. None of us can move forward in our faith without working with uncertainty and doubt.

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How can we separate truth from propaganda?

It surprises many to learn that in the United States, propaganda is perfectly legal.

It's not so subtle though if you look closely, and the endless drum beat of talking heads repeating the same sound bites over and over doesn't inform us or get us any closer to the truth.

Simply doing what we're told won't lead to long-term health or well-being—just look at the food pyramid—we have to take on that responsibility ourselves.

That's why it's more important than ever to do your homework and think for yourself, especially when your health is concerned.

And I realize that thinking for yourself has become very controversial as of late, but it certainly shouldn't be.

In a time when we’re swamped with shameless corporate propaganda, I'm honored to be here with an incredible woman who takes journalistic integrity seriously.

Joining us on the show is our friend La'Tasha Givens, a multiple Emmy Award-winning reporter, anchor and radio show host who has more than a decade of experience in news.

You may also remember La’Tasha from back in 2016 when we starred together on that ABC TV show, My Diet Is Better Than Yours. While filming for the show, La'Tasha dropped an impressive 45 pounds and 18.5% of her total body weight in just 14 weeks.

You're going to dig this one, we're talking about...

• What it's like to drop 45 pounds on ABC television in front of the whole world
• Getting results with different approaches to fat loss—there are different ways of getting there
• Why the past few years have been really tough on journalists
• Tips on time management from a busy mom and a reporter
• All-time favorite cheeses
• And much more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/latasha-givens-how-she-shed-45-pounds-in-14-weeks/

Check out and support La'Tasha Givens at LatashaGivens.com

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How can we separate truth from propaganda?

It surprises many to learn that in the United States, propaganda is perfectly legal.

It's not so subtle though if you look closely, and the endless drum beat of talking heads repeating the same sound bites over and over doesn't inform us or get us any closer to the truth.

Simply doing what we're told won't lead to long-term health or well-being—just look at the food pyramid—we have to take on that responsibility ourselves.

That's why it's more important than ever to do your homework and think for yourself, especially when your health is concerned.

And I realize that thinking for yourself has become very controversial as of late, but it certainly shouldn't be.

In a time when we’re swamped with shameless corporate propaganda, I'm honored to be here with an incredible woman who takes journalistic integrity seriously.

Joining us on the show is our friend La'Tasha Givens, a multiple Emmy Award-winning reporter, anchor and radio show host who has more than a decade of experience in news.

You may also remember La’Tasha from back in 2016 when we starred together on that ABC TV show, My Diet Is Better Than Yours. While filming for the show, La'Tasha dropped an impressive 45 pounds and 18.5% of her total body weight in just 14 weeks.

You're going to dig this one, we're talking about...

• What it's like to drop 45 pounds on ABC television in front of the whole world
• Getting results with different approaches to fat loss—there are different ways of getting there
• Why the past few years have been really tough on journalists
• Tips on time management from a busy mom and a reporter
• All-time favorite cheeses
• And much more...

Read the show notes: https://fatburningman.com/latasha-givens-how-she-shed-45-pounds-in-14-weeks/

Check out and support La'Tasha Givens at LatashaGivens.com

Join The Wild Guild and get freebies on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/abeljames 

Like the show on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/fatburningman 

Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/fatburnman 

Let's be friends on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fatburningman/

And click here for your free Fat-Burning Kit: http://fatburningman.com/bonus

Through specific ideologies and through the vehicle of social media the church is growing polarized in its approach to its speech, culture and doctrine. This intelligent discussion by the authors of Radical Orthodoxy- A Manifesto, seeks to navigate a path avoiding the dangers of fundamentalism on the right and unbridled progressivism on the left. This is a much needed invitation as political polarization, especially in the US, is seeping into the church, LDS Scholarship and LDS apologetics. Where is the truth found? Is it in the center? Have LDS intellectuals failed us?

Nathaniel Givens, Jeffrey Thayne & J. Max Wilson are the authors.

Salt Lake Tribune article- https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2020/12/05/theres-new-manifesto/ 

Read the Manifesto here- https://latterdayorthodoxy.org 

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Jada offers up a plea, as The Book spins a tale of what lays unspoken.

Follow the show so you don't miss episodes as soon as they drop, and please tell your friends about Flyest Fables. Use #StoryKeepers or #FlyestFables to share and tell your stories, too!

Flyest Fables was created, written, produced and narrated by me, Morgan Givens. @Optimus_Mo & @FlyestFables

The Dopest Sound Engineer: Jayk Cherry, @EvinJayk

Email: FlyestFables@gmail.com

Learn more about me and find show transcriptions here: MorganGivens.com

Cover art by Gracie Canaan.

On this episode, Lissa Jones sits down with author A. Rafael Johnson. He was named a Kimbilio Fellow in African American Fiction in 2014. Last year he published his first novel, The Through, which was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award in Fiction. Johnson co-owns TerraLuna Collaborative, a social justice-focused consulting firm based in Minneapolis. He has co-produced Writer’s Resist – Twin Cities and Banned Together. He currently teaches Magical Realism at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Dr. Artika Tyner, educator, author, speaker and advocate, speaks with host Lissa Jones about what led her to dedicate her career to fighting for justice and empowering others to be leaders in their communities. She shares with us why she decided to focus her efforts on children, writing the book Justice Makes a Difference: The Story of Miss Freedom Fighter, Esquire, and how traveling to Africa has impacted the way she understands racism in America.

Dr. Tyner serves as the associate vice president of diversity and inclusion at the University of St. Thomas and is the author of several books for adults including The Leader’s Journey. To learn more about Dr. Tyner's work, visit her website www.artikatyner.com

In this episode, recorded at a live event at Jefferson Community School in Minneapolis, MN, Lissa Jones hosts a fascinating conversation with Sonya Renee Tayor the activist and author at the center of the global movement The Body Is Not an Apology, which advocates radical self-love as tool for political resistance and social justice. Sonya is an activist, award-wining performance poet, radical executive officer of The Body is Not an Apology, and now author of a book by the same name. Her website, theBodyIsNotanApology.com  reaches over a million readers each month in over 140 countries.

Special thanks to our friends at Magers & Quinn Booksellers, one of Minneapolis's great independent bookstores, for organizing the event. 

Desiree Cooper, author of the award-winning short fiction collection Know the Mother talks with host Lissa Jones about the complexities of motherhood and the ways that motherhood interacts, and at times conflicts, with the many other roles that women take on. 

Desiree Cooper is a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, community activist, and a former attorney. She was also a founding board member of Cave Canem, the national residency for emerging black poets.

Copies of her book can be purchased from on Amazon or from her publisher: http://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/know-mother

In this episode, Lissa Jones talks with writer Mary Moore Easter about history, family, poetry, and her newly published poetry collection titled The Body of the World (Mad Hat Press). 

Copies of The Body of the World can be purchased here: https://madhat-press.com/collections/our-books/products/the-body-of-the-world-by-mary-moore-easter

On this episode, host Lissa Jones talks with author and educator Alexs Pate. Pate Is the author of five novels, including the New York Times Bestseller Amistad, as well as a collection of poetry, and the non-fiction work In the Heart of the Beat: The Poetry of Rap. He edited the 2015 anthology Blues Vision: African American Writing from Minnesota which highlights Black Minnesota writers of the last century. Pate is also the founder and president of Innocent Classroom.

Michael Starburry is a screenwriter and actor known for the film The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, which starred Jennifer Hudson and Anthony Mackie, and the animated series Legends of Chamberlain Heights which has run for two seasons on Comedy Central and for which Michael voices one of the characters. In 2014, First Lady Michelle Obama screened The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete at the White House.

Host Lissa Jones sits down with Dr. Damani Phillips. Dr. Phillips is an active performer, educator and composer. He currently serves as associate professor of jazz Studies and African-American studies at the University of Iowa, where he teaches applied jazz saxophone, directs jazz combos and teaches courses in African-American music, African-American Culture, jazz education and improvisation. In 2009, Phillips completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in jazz studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder becoming one of the first African-Americans in the country to do so. Phillips recently published his first book titled “What is This Thing Called Soul: Conversations on Jazz and Black Culture.”

In this episode, Lissa Jones speaks with Twin Cites based actress, comedian, and educator Joy Dolo of Blackout Improv. Dolo is a founding member of Blackout, Minnesota’s first and only all-Black improv ensemble whose performances use sketch comedy, improv, and stand-up to tackle current events, race, and social justice issues. 

This podcast is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board operating support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Black Market Reads is a production of the Givens Foundation for African American Literature. Production services provided by iDream.tv.

In the season three premier, host Lissa Jones sits down with retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page to discuss his children's books, advocacy work, and optimism.

Justice Alan Page is widely recognized for his groundbreaking legal career, as well as for his time in the NFL. Page played for the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears before his retirement to practice law full time; he was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame. In 1992 Page became the first African American elected to Minnesota’s supreme court, where he served as an Associate Justice until his retirement from the court in 2015. Along with his wife Diane Sims Page, he founded the Page Education Foundation which provides scholarships and mentoring for students of color to help them pursue post-secondary education. Now, Page has taken on another role: Children’s book author, releasing three books--most recently Grandpa Alan's Sugar Shack--co-authored with his daughter Kamie Page and illustrated by Minnesota artist Dave Geister.

For more information about the Page Education Foundation and to purchase copies of Justice Page's books visit their website (https://www.page-ed.org)

In this Mormon Stories Podcast episode we interview Scott Turley and Carey Foushee who recently attended a Terryl and Fiona Givens Fireside in Arizona. We discuss the Givens' new book, The Christ Who Heals, and the role of both the Givens' and the Neo-Apologetic movement in modern Mormonism.

In this Mormon Stories Podcast episode we interview Scott Turley and Carey Foushee who recently attended a Terryl and Fiona Givens Fireside in Arizona. We discuss the Givens' new book, The Christ Who Heals, and the role of both the Givens' and the Neo-Apologetic movement in modern Mormonism.