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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 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich discuss the strong reactions to the "He Gets Us" ad campaign that aired during the Super Bowl, plus what many are calling a revival at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky.
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 21, 2023
Tuesday Feb 21, 2023
Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss President Biden's surprise trip to Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene's tweet suggesting a "national divorce", the Republican war on legal immigration and more.
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
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 Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Doug Pagitt sits down with Tamice Spencer-Helms to talk about her new book, Faith Unleavened: The Wilderness Between Trayvon Martin & George Floyd.
In her powerhouse debut, Tamice Spencer-Helms exposes the leaven of whiteness that pervades so much of Christianity in America today. At a young age, the Black church introduced her to a God of love, empowerment, and joy. But an encounter with White Jesus set her on a path that nearly destroyed her faith altogether. Persistent police brutality against Black people, and the white church’s persistent excuses for it, forced Spencer-Helms to carefully identify how the idol of whiteness keeps Christians captive, and how we can burn the idol down.
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 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the week's headlines including the railroad disaster in Ohio, mass shooting in Michigan, spy balloons and UFO's, and the "New Generation of Leaders" vying for the Republican presidential nomination like Nikki Haley.
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 Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich sit down with Astrophysicist Paul Wallace to talk about the mysteries of the universe like a dead star with something like a volcano (but also not actually at all like a volcano) emitting "alien" radio pulses.
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
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Tuesday Feb 07, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the top political headlines of the week including the drama around the Chinese Weather/Spy Balloon and President Biden's upcoming State of the Union Address.
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 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich unpack the misconceptions around the looming Debt Ceiling Showdown and discuss a clip from Stephanie Kelton, author of The Deficit Myth, talking about how federal deficits actually function.
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 Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich introduce a brand new podcast series from Vote Common Good and talk about the ways churches and individuals can confront Christian Nationalism.
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 31, 2023
Tuesday Jan 31, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the week's headlines including the horrific murder of Tyre Nichols by police, the fight over the debt ceiling, Republicans disgusting conspiracies around Paul Pelosi's attack debunked by video, Covid relief scam investigations and... the government cheese stockpile.
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 Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich sit down with Rob Schenck, President of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute, to talk about the Christian church's inaction and outright complicity in the Holocaust, plus the few who stood up against the Nazis and ultimately paid with their lives.
The Rev. Dr. Rob Schenck is an ordained evangelical minister, author of Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister’s Rediscovery of Faith, Hope and Love (HarperCollins), and president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Institute, located in Washington, D.C. He holds a Doctor of Ministry from Faith Evangelical Seminary in Tacoma, Washington and is a senior fellow of The Centre for the Study of Law and Public Policy at Oxford. Rev. Schenck is the subject of the Emmy Award-winning documentary, The Armor of Light, and a member of the leadership team for Survivor Sunday, a nationwide day of remembrance for the 30,000 lives lost annually to gun violence sponsored by Prayers & Action. He is also the author of Costly Grace: An Evangelical Minister’s Rediscovery of Faith, Hope, and Love (June 5, 2018).
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 25, 2023
Wednesday Jan 25, 2023
Today's show is a replay of an interview of Doug Pagitt on Community Conversations with Dr Hayward Horton and Denise Murphy McGraw of Collaborative Media. They discuss how Vote Common Good was birthed out of the small but vibrant progressive evangelical movement, a movement of common good faith.
https://www.facebook.com/thecollabmedia/
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 24, 2023
Tuesday Jan 24, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Dan Deitrich, and VCG's political organizer Robb Ryerse discuss the week's political headlines, including Biden's ongoing secret document problem.
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 Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
On today's Common Good Podcast and Livestream, Astrophysicist Paul Wallace joins Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich to talk about how the James Webb Telescope is upending our understanding of the early universe. Plus, Saturday's New Moon will be the closest to earth since the Middle Ages.
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 Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich sit down with Bradley Onishi, scholar, speaker, and co-host of the podcast Straight White American Jesus, to discuss his new book, Preparing For War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism - And What Comes Next.
Brad Onishi received graduate degrees from UCSB, Oxford University, and L’institut catholique de Paris. As a scholar of religion, he teaches and researches Christian nationalism, the history of Evangelicalism, race and racism in American religion, gender, sex, masculinity, and secularism and secularity. He has taught at UCSB, the Graduate Theological Union at UC Berkeley, Rhodes College, Skidmore College, Central Michigan University, Cal Lutheran University, and the University of San Francisco (current).
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 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich take a look at the week's top political stories including President Biden's Top Secret documents problem, the GOP's "nihilistic negation" agenda, and the unbelievable George Santos saga.
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 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich discuss the week's political headlines, including the chaos around the vote for Speaker of the House plus President Biden's immigration policies angering both the right and the left.
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
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Our resident Astrophysicist Paul Wallace sits down with Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich to look back at the science and space breakthroughs of 2022.
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 Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich discuss how music, with its scales, theories and intangible intuitiveness, can be a metaphor for less rigid, more expansive spirituality. Plus, how fundamentalism is incompatible with art.
From The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
“The fundamentalist (or, more accurately, the beleaguered individual who comes to embrace fundamentalism), cannot stand freedom. He cannot find his way into the future, so he retreats to the past.”
“Fundamentalism and art are mutually exclusive. There is no such thing as fundamentalist art. This does not mean that the fundamentalist is not creative. Rather, his creativity is inverted. He creates destruction. Even the structures he builds, his schools and networks of organization, are dedicated to annihilation, of his enemies and of himself.”
Speaking of humanism vs fundamentalism: "While the one looks forward, hoping to create a better world, the other looks backward, seeking to return to a purer world from which he and all have fallen."
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 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
2022 was a wild year in the world of politics. Doug Pagitt, Robb Ryerse and Dan Deitrich look back on the madness and make predictions for 2023.
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 Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
On the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, Doug Pagitt and Dan Deitrich talk about the Winter Solstice, the history of Christmas, and why "the war on Christmas" isn't actually a thing.
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