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Episode 50: The Wolf Man

10/25/2017

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It’s that magical time of the year! Time for the annual Christian Humanist Radio Network Halloween Crossover. The Sectarian Review Podcast’s contribution features Katie Grubbs and Michial Farmer who join Danny to talk about the Universal classic The Wolf Man. Take a deep dive into the film’s story, background, and subtexts. Freud, Feminism, Class Struggle and more. Also, the team tackle questions about the film from listeners via Twitter. Plus, Danny makes an impassioned defense of the 2010 remake of the film.
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Episode 49: Celebrity Christianity

10/18/2017

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James Isenhower of the Everything is OKpodcast joins Danny for a discussion about Christian culture’s reliance upon celebrity. What’s valuable and what’s pernicious about this practice? A quasi-sequel to our previous “Celebrity Liberalism” episode, we leave no stone (a few at the most) unturned in our exploration of Celebrity Culture’s invasion of the Christian imagination.
Topics:
All about the Everything is OK podcast
Podcasting as “fluffing your own ego”
Potential problems with celebritism in xtianity
The poisonous effects of the American Dream and the elevation of the self
What kind of celebrities are we talking about?
Sports and Christianity (God wants Auburn to win)
Christian Persecution Complex
Zach Hoag on Celebrity Christianity
Duck Dynasty
Celebritism in Lefty Christianity as well
Pastor as celebrity
Rob Bell
HGTV’s Joanna Gaines and Celebrity as sign of God’s blessing
“Celebrity as an excuse to sanctify things that shouldn’t be sanctified”
Celebrity as ambassador to systemic injustice
“You want a country founded on Christianity”
Q: Are we not celebrities? A: We are podcasters!
Tony Hale as a better version of Christian celebrity
Celebrities in their cars making cell phone videos
Danny staying in the institutional church
Sharing Pharoah Dave Ramses stories (H/T Nathan Gilmour)
James destroys argument x on social media

When Celebrity Christianity Backfires
http://ift.tt/2u5yfOj

Calling Out Celebrity Christianity & Counterfeit Justice
http://ift.tt/2ulDmFr

Tony Hale talks about being a Christian in Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdJJg3dO03w

The Gathering Testimony: Joanna Gaines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7iPEDnqwm0

Celebrity isn’t just harmless fun – it’s the smiling face of the corporate machine | George Monbiot
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everything is ok
http://ift.tt/2u7tZOD

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Episode 48: Free College

10/4/2017

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Before you make up your mind about “Free College,” have a listen to this episode. Danny Anderson is joined by Matthew Filipic, former VP of Business and Fiscal Affairs at Wright State University, for a detailed exploration of the context and history of an idea that Bernie Sanders’ campaign has recently thrust into the political spotlight.
Topics:
Richard Shatten and Ohio’s problems with educational attainment
The historical importance of college in America: “The Rising Tide”
Income gains lessen in the 1970s
State withdraw of support for public higher education
University of California system and City College of New York as prior examples of state support
Higher education, “The Baumol Disease,” and the necessity of inefficiency
The burden of Medicaid upon individual states
Resistance to tax increases by the public
Danny’s modest proposal: Single Payer Healthcare as solution to free college
Current Free College proposals
New York Proposal
The problems for private colleges
Oregon, Tennessee, and Rhode Island versions of “free college”
Targeting money to populations that need it
The Sanders plan versus the Clinton plan
Avoiding “perverse incentives” in national funding of “free college”
Free college and student motivation
What we’ve lost as a society in neglecting higher education
Links:
Richard Shatten Bio
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20100524/FREE/305249995/richard-shatten

The Baumol Disease
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baumol%27s_cost_disease

New York's tuition-free college program sparks debates and defenses
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New York Republicans have an alternative to Governor Cuomo's free tuition plan
http://ift.tt/2lS9ErH

Most of Oregon's free-tuition dollars aren't going to poor students
http://ift.tt/2mXikL4

The drawbacks to New York State's free college plan (essay) | Inside Higher Ed
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HOPE changes may mean fewer women, minorities at UGA
http://ift.tt/2xfTQ82

HOPE Scholarship: The cons - Atlanta Magazine
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Free-Tuition Program Transforms a University
http://ift.tt/2wNplDs



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