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Avery shares their plans for this podcast for 2021! But first, they discuss the hard work that won white Jewish man Jon Ossoff & Black Christian Rev. Raphael Warnock the seats that flipped the US Senate blue, using an interfaith and interracial lens to do so.
Talking points:
(0:00 - 4:21) Episode intro, summary of presidential election & GA's runoff election
(4:22 - 10:05) Exploring Ossoff and Warnock - how their respective faiths fuel their civil work; comparing them to Congress's white Christian majority
(10:06 - 13:23) Shifting the narrative about faith in politics
(13:24 - 18:09) Stacey Abrams and others' hard work
(18:10 - 23:51) This podcast's future: expanding the binaries we "break"; 2 episodes per month
(23:52 - 27:02) Call for submissions on mental illness and health among trans persons - due Feb 15; wrapping up
Blessed Are the Binary Breakers is part of the Rock Candy Podcast Network. Find more shows at www.rockcandyrecordings.com.
