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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 Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Over the summer, Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich participated in the Parliament of the Worlds Religions in Chicago. Doug sat down with Surbhi Pandya to talk about her faith and how she created a board game to help kids (and curious adults) learn about Jainism.
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 Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Doug, Robb and Dan take a look at the week's political headlines and discuss why people on across the political spectrum don't want Trump or Biden to run.
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
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Doug Pagitt and Casey Franklin are decades-long friends, they are both faith leaders, and, they seriously disagree about Donald Trump.
Over the last 2 years, they have texted regularly about those disagreements.
They are now bringing that conversation to this livestream/podcast.
Their love for each other will be on display and so will their perspectives.
And, there might even be a song or two.
Welcome to “Red Hat - Blue Hat Talk”
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich just returned from Eagle Pass, TX where they engaged with the "God's Army" Trucker Convoy which was bristling with Christian Nationalist messaging. Vote Common Good also supported local faith leaders raising their voices against Gov. Abbott's dangerous "invasion" rhetoric.
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 Feb 06, 2024
Tuesday Feb 06, 2024
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the week's political headlines including the appeals court ruling that Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity in the Jan. 6 case. Plus, the right-wing conspiracy that Taylor Swift and the NFL are working together on behalf of Biden.
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 Jan 30, 2024
Tuesday Jan 30, 2024
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the week's political headlines including the "Army of God" trucker convoy heading to the southern border.
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
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Doug Pagitt talks with Liz Cooledge Jenkins.
They talk all things women and church—drawing on Liz's new book "Nice Churchy Patriarchy: Reclaiming Women’s Humanity from Evangelicalism."
The book spent some time as the Amazon #1 bestseller in Women's Spirituality.
They discuss the connections we could draw between the book and the current political climate, from how Christian love and care should include removing bans and restrictions on abortion, to refusing to vote for candidates who normalize basic disrespect toward women, to being willing to make waves in our churches (rather than settling for veneers of niceness) toward the common good.
Liz argues in the book that even in the warmest and most welcoming evangelical churches, patriarchy looms as an ever-present force, suppressing women’s possibilities and debilitating whole communities. Well-intentioned churchgoers and church leaders have bought into deeply-entrenched male-dominated mindsets, power structures, and theologies that are not working—not for women, and really not for anyone.
Liz is a Stanford University graduate (BS in Symbolic Systems) and has an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary. She writes at the intersections of faith, feminism, and social justice. She blog at lizcooledgejenkins.com and (formerly) Patheos, is a regular contributor to Feminism & Religion, and has written for other outlets such as Sojourners and The Christian Century
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk about the political news of the week.
Dean Phillips is running as a Democrat for the nomination against Biden. Why does Phillips, and now Doug, think this is a good idea.
The Republicans who tried to oppose Trump as unfit now show they are unfit by supporting him.
How St. Paul, MN shows the way for election outcomes.
And, more!
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Monday Jan 22, 2024
Doug Pagitt talks with Dr. Leah Payne. She is the author of the book "God Gave Rock & Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music."
In this book, Leah Payne traces the history and trajectory of Contemporary Christian music in America and, in the process, demonstrates how the industry, its artists, and its fans shaped--and continue to shape--conservative, (mostly) white, Protestant evangelicalism. For many outside observers, evangelical pop stars, interpretive dancers, puppeteers, mimes, and bodybuilders are silly expressions of kitsch. Yet Payne argues that these cultural products were sources of power, meaning, and political activism. Throughout, she draws on in-depth interviews with CCM journalists, publishers, producers, and artists, as well as archives, sales and marketing data, fan magazines, merchandise--everything that went into making CCM a thriving subculture. Ultimately, Payne argues, CCM spurred evangelical activism in more potent and lasting ways than any particular doctrine, denomination, culture war, or legislative agenda had before.
Leah Payne is Associate Professor of American Religious History at Portland Seminary
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Doug Pagitt talks with Tony Jones and Tripp Fuller about the new podcast they have produced:
Emerged - An Oral History Of The Emerging Church.
What is, or maybe it needs to be asked, what was, the Emerging Church movement?
From the early 1990's through the mid-2000's there was an exciting movement in Christianity that is often called the Emerging Church movement. What was it, where is it now, and how do all this happen are three questions at the center of the the new podcast Emerged.
Emerged is a Homebrewed Christianity production.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk about the start of the most important political year yet.
Trump wishes his opponents to "rot in hell" for Christmas. Senators fall in line with him.
Vote Common Good hits the road and Fetterman is more complicated than first blush.
Conservatives turn on Chick-fil-A.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk about the start of the most important political year yet.
Trump wishes his opponents to "rot in hell" for Christmas. Senators fall in line with him.
Vote Common Good hits the road and Fetterman is more complicated than first blush.
Conservatives turn on Chick-fil-A.
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Thursday Dec 21, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk with Frederic Laloux about the online environmental resource “The Week”.
The Week is a group experience around the crisis we face with the environment and to help us see what’s coming and what we can do about it.
The week is designed around friends or family meeting three times in one week. Each experience includes an informative documentary film and conversation supports to help one another engage in ways to engage to support the environment.
www.TheWeek.ooo
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Doug Pagitt talks with Rev David Moore and Kerry Connelly about their podcast God is Not An Ahole"
David is a pastor, teacher and community organizer.
Kerry is spiritual teacher and activist leader.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse take a spin back through the year to highlight 10 of the wackiest, and also important, political news stories of the year.
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Friday Dec 15, 2023
Doug Pagitt talks with Andrew Whitehead about his book American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church.
This is not only a threat to religion, it is an attack on the core of American values of freedom, religious liberty, and inclusion.
Andrew is Associate professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University. Indianapolis, where he codirects the Association of Religion Data Archives at the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk about the political topics of the week from a common good perspective.
Topics include Trump promising to be a dictator, Mom's For Liberty Sex Scandal, Trump 91 criminal charges, Texas Abortion laws, and the end of Rudy Giuliani.
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Astrophysicist Paul Wallace talks with Doug Pagitt about the sky, stars, and super cool space stuff.
www.votecommongood.com
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Robb Ryerse talk about politics from a Common Good perspective.
They talk Cheney, Santos, Trump, and the political situation for Biden.
www.votecommongood.com
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Red Hat/Blue Hat Talk Episode 9
Doug Pagitt and Casey Franklin are decades-long friends, they are both faith leaders, and, they seriously disagree about Donald Trump.
Over the last year, they have texted regularly about those disagreements.
They are now bringing that conversation to this livestream/podcast.
Their love for each other will be on display and so will their perspectives.
And, there might even be a song or two.
Welcome to the first edition of “Red Hat - Blue Hat Talk”