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Vote Common Good is inspiring and mobilizing people of faith to make the common good their voting criteria. Tuesdays we talk Politics, Wednesdays we talk about how Faith should compel us to care about the Common Good, and Thursdays we talk Science, Space and Economics.
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Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Our hosts, Laura Truax and Stephany Spaulding sit down with Julie Rodgers to talk about her new book, "Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story" as well as her upcoming Netflix film, Pray Away.
Julie Rodgers is the author of Outlove: A Queer Christian Survival Story. She played a significant role in shutting down Exodus International, the largest conversion therapy organization in the world, and she was the first openly gay person to be hired by an evangelical Christian college. She is featured in Pray Away (2020), a documentary about the movement to "pray the gay away." Her writing has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time. If you’re into queer reflections on faith, public life, and chosen family, then subscribe to her newsletter Reimagining Belonging.
Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians.
@revtruax // facebook.com/laura.truax1
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).
@drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Vote Common Good's Political Organizer Robb Ryerse and Producer Dan discuss the week's headlines and lament that Trump still holds sway over the Republican Party - though some of his supporters are getting bored.
Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a Progressive Republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Doug Pagitt is joined by filmmaker and activist Laura Peniche and Nanci Palacios of Faith in Florida to talk about the Fasting For Freedom initiative. Both Laura and Nanci are DACA recipients and are leading the effort to make DACA permanent and provide a pathway to citizenship.
Faith leaders and directly impacted immigrants are holding the #WeAreEssential Fast for Freedom to shine a spotlight on our nation’s moral obligation to fully and finally include our immigrant siblings as part of the American family.
Several dozen fasters are gathering in stages for at least 3 weeks to encourage Congress to utilize the jobs and infrastructure package and budget reconciliation to codify a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented community members – many of whom have kept our families and our economy functioning as essential workers during the pandemic.
faithinaction.org/fastforfreedom
Originally from Puebla, Mexico, Laura Peniche is an undocumented storyteller, based in Colorado. Her documentary film debut: “No One Shall Be Called Illegal” showcased at the Denver International Starz Film Festival(2011); and she was a key producer in the documentary film: “Five Dreamers”(2018) which has continuously aired on Rocky Mountain and National PBS since its release. Laura has worked as project manager for Motus Theater's UndocuAmerica Project, and actively shared her own immigrant experience on local and national stages as a Motus Theater UndocuAmerica Monologist. Since 2016, she has also been a leader with Together Colorado's immigration committee, doing grassroots organizing with multi-faith leaders. She is also currently Hotline Manager for the Colorado Immigrants Rights Coalition.
Nanci Palacios is a DACA recipient and Lead Community Organizer with Faith in Florida. Nanci has seen fears rise in immigrant communities as local sheriffs have upped arrests and detentions to help federal immigration agents deport immigrants.
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Doug Pagitt sits down with author, pastor and therapist Paula Stone Williams about her new book “As A Woman - What I learned about Power, Sex and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned.” In her book and this interview she talks openly and honestly about her her personal journey and what others in the transgender community experience in our society.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Today we revisit a conversation on the Christian Case for Reparations that aired April 8, 2021. Stephanie, Laura, Dominique and Doug discuss how our Christian faith compels us to not just repent, but to also make amends - reparations - for America's original sins of slavery and land theft.
Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege will be released on August 24, 2021.
@DDGilliard // facebook.com/dominique.dg.7
Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians.
@revtruax // facebook.com/laura.truax1
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).
@drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse discuss the week's politics and politics-adjacent headlines, including Catholic Bishops voting to withhold communion for President Biden, the civil war within the Evangelical world, Trump losing to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a recent straw poll, and how at least one convicted insurrectionist is learning American history for the first time.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a Progressive Republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Doug Pagitt offers a pathway forward out of Cancel Culture.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday Jun 18, 2021
Friday Jun 18, 2021
What exactly is cryptocurrency and how does it impact our economy? Economics Professor Fadhel Kaboub helps us understand the sometimes confusing world of Crypto, the surprising environmental impact of Bitcoin mining, and why we should be skeptical that the same folks who tanked the economy in 2008 are now champions of cryptocurrency.
Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky brilliantly explains Modern Monetary Theory.
Fadhel Kaboub, Ph.D. is President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and Associate Professor of economics at Denison University. His research focuses on the Political Economy of the Middle East and the fiscal and monetary policy dimensions of job creation programs. He is a widely published author and his recent work has been presented at many prestigious institutions including the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard Law School, Cornell University, Columbia University, Sorbonne University, and the National University of Singapore.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
An insurance company insider speaks out on how corporate PR is killing health care and deceiving Americans. Wendell Potter is a self-described "reformed insurance propagandist" who left the industry after blowing the whistle on shady insurance company tactics. He and host Doug Pagitt discuss a the challenges of reforming the deeply flawed American health care system. "It's a David vs Goliath battle, but David can win."
Wendell Potter is the President of the Center for Health and Democracy.
After seeing firsthand how strategic PR and lobbying is used unfairly to tilt the scales toward corporate interests against the people’s interests, Wendell left his corporate career to advocate for meaningful health care reform. He made headlines in 2009 when he disclosed in Congressional testimony how insurance companies, as part of their efforts to boost profits, have contributed to spiraling health care costs and the growing number of Americans without health insurance. He also revealed how insurance companies use their customers’ premiums to wage multi-million dollar PR and lobbying campaigns to influence public opinion and public policy. Since then, he has spoken at more than 200 public forums and authored the award-winning book, Deadly Spin, An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Today we look at the history of Juneteenth and how being truthful about our past is the only way to build a better future. To that end, Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose gives us a preview of the Truth and Conciliation Summit that she is hosting this week. She is joined by Doug Pagitt, Dominique Gilliard, and Dr. Dena Samuels who is one of the presenters at the summit.
Learn more and take the Truth and Conciliation Pledge here.
Dena Samuels, PhD, serves as a mindfulness-based diversity, equity, and inclusion author, speaker, leadership trainer, and consultant. As an award-winning tenured professor, Dr. Samuels taught at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs for 20 years while consulting around the U.S. and beyond. She now consults full-time on mindful, inclusive leadership development, and remains on faculty at the university. She has authored several books and many other publications. Her latest book, “The Mindfulness Effect: an unexpected path to healing, connection, and social justice,” offers 25 mindfulness practices for health/wellness, self-empowerment, culturally inclusive leadership development, social justice and environmental justice.
Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilegewill be released on August 24, 2021.
@DDGilliard // facebook.com/dominique.dg.7
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).
@drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse discuss President Biden's trip to the G7 Summit, the work to hold domestic extremists accountable, and how the Tea Party paved the way for the MAGA Movement.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a Progressive Republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Doug Pagitt takes a look at the week's headlines, including why we can't move on from the January 6th insurrection until there is true accountability.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Friday Jun 11, 2021
Our Executive Director Doug Pagitt was on the other side of the interview desk as a guest on the UnPresidented Podcast this week. He talks about our work at Vote Common Good and the struggle Democrats have in reaching more progressive faith voters.
Subscribe to UnPresidented here.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Bishop Mariann Budde of the Washington DC Diocese sits down with Doug Pagitt to discuss her role in the Episcopal church, how she navigates the intersection of faith and politics, and to talk about the infamous photo of Trump holding up a bible in front of St. John's church - a church in her diocese - after teargassing citizens to clear the area.
Bishop Mariann Budde Responds to Trump's Photo Op at St. John's Church
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Our panel of pastors discuss the ways consumerism shapes our society and the way we see ourselves, often to our detriment. But what if our faith invites us into a different and more beautiful way of being a human in community?
Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilegewill be released on August 24, 2021.
@DDGilliard // facebook.com/dominique.dg.7
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).
@drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Hundreds have been arrested on charges related to the January 6th Insurrection, and the list grows daily. Doug and Robb discuss how Trump and The Big Lie, fueled by Qanon conspiracies, created a monster that most Republicans are trying to ignore, or worse, get in bed with. They also offer a critique of the Biden administration's immigration policies which have largely been the same as Trump's but with softer language.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
Robb Ryerse is a pastor, author, and Political Organizer at Vote Common Good. You can find his book about running for congress as a Progressive Republican in Arkansas here: Running For Our Lives @RobbRyerse
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Doug and Dan do the news: two Republicans in the house propose common good immigration reform, Vice-president Harris visits Guatemala, El Salvador embraces Bit Coin, plus the unavoidable headlines about Trump's pants.
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Hosts Doug Pagitt and astrophysicist Paul Wallace take a look at scientific origin stories, from life on our planet to the Coronavirus, and discuss how science helps us understand our past so we can build a common good future.
Paul Wallace is an astrophysicist, professor, pastor, and avid birder. H writes and speaks at the intersection of faith and science and holds a PhD in physics from Duke University and an MDiv from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.
facebook.com/Paul.Matthew.Wallace / twitter.com/paulmwall / pwallace.net
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director of Vote Common Good and is a pastor, author, and social activist.
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Doug sits down with Hannah Kubbins, Executive Director of Ohioans To Stop Executions, to hear about how a bipartisan effort is on track to end the death penalty in Ohio in the next 18 months. Learn more about their efforts at nodeathpenaltyoh.com
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Our panel of pastors discuss income inequality and the various ways the Church has attempted to tackle this problem - or avoid it.
Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves as an adjunct professor at North Park Theological Seminary and serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.” Gilliard’s forthcoming book, Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilegewill be released on August 24, 2021.
@DDGilliard // facebook.com/dominique.dg.7
Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is senior pastor of LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and serves on the Seminary Advisory Board at the University of Dubuque. Dr. Truax holds a master of divinity degree from Loyola University and a Doctor of Ministry degree from the joint program of North Park Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. She is the author of Undone: When coming apart puts you back together (2013) and Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the real world (2017) and is part of the Red Letter Christians.
@revtruax // facebook.com/laura.truax1
Rev. Dr. Stephany Rose Spaulding is pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, associate professor of Women’s and Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS) and former U.S. Senate candidate for the state of Colorado. She holds a B.A. in English from Clark Atlanta University, as well as a M.A. in American Literature and a Ph. D. in American Studies both from Purdue University. She is the author of Recovering from Racism: A Guidebook to Beginning Conversations (2015) and Abolishing White Masculinity from Mark Twain to Hiphop: Crisis in Whiteness (2014).
@drstephanyrose // facebook.com/stephanyrose
Doug Pagitt is the Executive Director and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
The Common Good Podcast is produced and edited by Daniel Deitrich. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic