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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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Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Jack Jenkins, religion and politics reporter for Religion News Service, sits down with host Doug Pagitt to talk about how the January 6th Insurrection probably wouldn't have happened without the fuel of Christian Nationalism.
Read Jack's piece on the thwarted attack on an Idaho Pride parade here.
Jack Jenkins is an award-winning journalist and national reporter for the Religion News Service. He covers religion. Also politics. Usually both.
He's also the author of the book American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country, published by HarperOne (and you can order it 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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich ask the question, how should our religion/faith/spirituality inform our politics? We take a look at recent video from Marjorie Taylor Greene saying Christina Nationalism is something to be proud of, and another GOP candidate saying, "we are the church and we run the state."
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse sit down with Randi McCallian who is running for Missouri's 8th congressional district to talk about why she moved from public health into politics.
Randi McCillian graduated with a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of South Florida, where she also worked in a state perinatal quality collaborative to improve hospital care for infants, and later as the Director of a multi-state maternal and child health program for farm-working families.
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
![The Making of Biblical Womanhood with Beth Allison Barr [replay]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog7814739/Screen_Shot_2022-06-06_at_24124_PM6kc2k_300x300.png){kind=logo}
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
On today's show, we revisit a conversation with professor, historian, and author Beth Allison Barr about her book The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. In the wake of the scathing report of sexual abuse coverups at the highest levels of the Southern Baptist Convention, this conversation about toxic patriarchy is more relevant than ever.
Beth Allison Barr received her B.A. from Baylor University and her M.A. and Ph. D. in Medieval History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on women and religion in medieval and early modern England, especially in how they are viewed and portrayed in sermon literature.
You can order The Making of Biblical Womanhood 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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Friday Jun 03, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich discuss the rise in inflation - and the even bigger rise in corporate profits - all during an apparent worker shortage.
www.youtube.com/c/votecommongood
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich sit down with Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama to talk about the power of story, who gets to tell what stories, and how The Troubles taught him to look at history through the lens of those not in power.
Pádraig Ó Tuama is a theologian, writer, and conflict transformation practitioner. He is a member and former leader of the Corrymeela Community of Northern Ireland. His books include a memoir, In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World; a prayer book, Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community; a book of poetry, Sorry For Your Troubles; and a book of theology and politics co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Borders & Belonging. He hosts the On Being Studios podcast Poetry Unbound. His forthcoming book, Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World, will be published in October 2022 and is available for pre-order wherever you get your books.
Watch the interview on our Youtube Chanel
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse are joined by Benjamin Hernandez who confronted Ted Cruz about his lack of action around gun violence prevention. Doug shares about being kicked out of the NRA Prayer Breakfast for calling for prayer for the victims of the Uvalde and Buffalo massacres.
Benjamin Hernandez is an activist, immigrant, father, and supporter of democracy. He has extensive experience organizing for both electoral and non-electoral causes, with a specialty in digital communications and community outreach. He is the Founder of Human Age Digital, Co-Founder of Vote Simple and is part of the leadership team of Indivisible Houston which works to hold elected leaders accountable.
For the video version, check out our Youtube Chanel:
www.youtube.com/c/votecommongood
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk primaries and runoffs before being joined by Keith Davenport, a Candidate for Common Good from Kansas. He talks about the disastrous Brownback Plan that slashed taxes, gutted government programs, and left working-class Kansans struggling.
"We need a state government that understands our everyday needs - affordable childcare, functioning roads, safe and excellent schools, and good-paying jobs. That’s why I am running for Kansas House District 43. It’s for our common good."
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more Common Goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/c/VoteCommonGood
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Astrophysicist, Pastor, Professor Paul Wallace talks with Doug Pagitt of Vote Common Good about the black hole at the center of our galaxy, gravity, spacetime, and... UFO's?
Paul Wallace is an astrophysicist, professor, pastor, and avid birder. He 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 and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Pastors Josh Scott and Colby Martin join Doug Pagitt to talk about the journey from conservative Evangelicalism to Progressive Christianity.
Josh Scott is pastor at Grace Point Church in Nashville, TN
Colby Martin is pastor at Sojourn Grace Collective in San Diego, CA
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast and Livestream. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
See full episodes and sharable short clips on YouTube: youtube.com/votecommongood
Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
Elisabeth Kraus talks about the deadly serious implications if Roe v. Wade is overturned and how her pro-life stance shifted after a late-term abortion saved her life.
Elisabeth Kraus is a public speaker and educator. She is also an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and for women who have had challenging or miscarried pregnancies.
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
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Doug Pagitt sits down with Pastor Brenda Mitchell of Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety to talk about what people of faith can do to address the plague of gun violence in America.
Brenda K. Mitchell is a Volunteer with Moms Demand Action in South Suburban Chicago where she specializes in Inter-Faith Outreach in the community. In 2005, Brenda’s 31-year-old son, Kenneth, was shot and killed outside a bar. Since her son’s death, Brenda has become a dedicated advocate for gun violence prevention with an emphasis on trauma. She serves on the Everytown Faith Advisory Committee (she is an ordained pastor) and is a certified complicated grief and mindfulness counselor. In addition to her work with Everytown, she is an active member with the gun violence advocacy organization Purpose Over Pain, headquartered in Southside Chicago. She also volunteers as a survivor on a committee with the Mayor's Office of Gun Violence Prevention.
Get involved: momsdemandaction.org
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse sit down with Hillary Scholten, a former DOJ attorney running for congress in Michigan. Robb also announces the new Candidates for Common Good initiative.
www.candidatesforcommongood.com
Subscribe at www.youtube.com/votecommongood
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich are joined by resident astrophysicist Paul Wallace who educates us on the search for other habitable planets, a wild new theory called the Anti-Universe, and how the end of the universe as we know it - The Big Crunch - might come sooner than we thought (don't worry, not for at least 65 million years).
Paul Wallace is an astrophysicist, professor, pastor, and avid birder. He 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 and one of the founders of Vote Common Good. He is also a pastor, author, and social activist. @pagitt
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Doug Pagitt sits down with Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft, pastor at Middle Church in NYC and Founder of Raising Imagination to discuss how we talk about Roe v. Wade and abortion.
Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft is an Activist, Writer, Ordained Minister, Mother and Founder of Raising Imagination. Passionate about the intersection of race, faith, politics, feminism, and parenting, her work is cited on CNN, Refinery29, the Wall Street Journal, WNBC, Bust, Crooked Media, Fox News, and the Women’s March, Inc. She’s presented nationwide on topics including systemic injustice, religion, raising white children as anti-racist, and involving young children in advocacy.
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Help us out and subscribe at www.youtube.com/votecommongood
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse discuss the bombshell news that the Supreme Court appears to have already decided to overturn Roe Vs Wade, plus the Trump Grand Jury, Ohio Primary and more.
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/votecommongood
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich talk about the fresh direction of the Vote Common Good Podcast and Livestream and moving the digital hub and home of the show to YouTube.
Subscribe at: youtube.com/votecommongood
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich discuss how Putin became a symbol for masculinity for the American Far Right and Tucker Carlson suggests that men tan their testicles to increase testosterone.
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Doug Pagitt sits down with Common Good Podcast Alum Laura Truax to hear about her 35-day silent Ignatian retreat and what we can discover in silence and solitude.
Join a meditation group at MeditationChapel.org
Rev. Dr. Laura Truax is a pastor, author and spiritual director and 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.
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich look at the week's political headlines, including the release of thousands of text messages between Trump's chief of staff and Marjorie Taylor Greene about declaring "Marshall Law" days before Biden's Inauguration.
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
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
Daniel Deitrich is a singer-songwriter, former-pastor-turned-activist, and producer of The Common Good Podcast. @danieldeitrich
Our theme music is composed by Ben Grace. @bengracemusic