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The Devil You Know with Sarah MarshallA second helping from Satan: Arab Spring, Satanic SummerIn this bonus episode, we look at some impacts of satanic hysteria outside of North America. We hear from Cherine Amr, the founder of the Egyptian metal band Massive Scar Era, who was accused of being possessed by the devil himself in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Producer Mary Steffenhagen speaks with academic Pasqualina Eckerström for a deeper look at heavy metal’s connection with satanism.
2025-11-1336 min
Peace Talks RadioAI: The Risks and Benefits To Peace and Social JusticeArtificial intelligence is no longer merely a far-fetched feature of sci-fi, but a daily fixture in most American’s lives — whether we’re aware of it or not. Corporations and authorities are increasingly using A.I. in everything from employment and hiring, to economic decisions to surveillance and war. Police departments in some of the largest cities in the U.S. use predictive policing to forecast criminal activity, militaries use AI systems to help determine targets.
Yet humanitarian institutions and peace advocates are growing more interested in using AI to promote social good and peace. Proponents of AI for...
2024-09-0559 min
Peace Talks RadioAI: The Risks and Benefits To Peace and Social JusticeArtificial intelligence is no longer merely a far-fetched feature of sci-fi, but a daily fixture in most American’s lives — whether we’re aware of it or not. Corporations and authorities are increasingly using A.I. in everything from employment and hiring, to economic decisions to surveillance and war. Police departments in some of the largest cities in the U.S. use predictive policing to forecast criminal activity, militaries use AI systems to help determine targets.
Yet humanitarian institutions and peace advocates are growing more interested in using AI to promote social good and peace. Proponents of AI for...
2024-09-0559 min
Kitchen Table Cult PodS6E12: Children's Rights and Parents' WrongsKieryn and Eve discuss the German family who sought (and were temporarily-ish granted!) asylum in the US to be allowed to homeschool their kids because Germany takes the rights and education of Children seriously.
Show notes:
https://tinyurl.com/romeikenotes
This episode was produced by the lovely Mary Steffenhagen!
2024-07-1851 minKitchen Table Cult PodS6E11: Usurping Democracy with BureaucracyKieryn and Eve explain the updated policy agenda of the Christian right. We talk about the various tools Christian nationalists plan on using to usurp democracy regardless of who wins the presidential election this year. We dive into Project 2025, the little known and even less talked about Convention of States, and the bureaucratic mechanism at the crux of it all.
Notes:
Read Kieryn's reporting for prism -
https://prismreports.org/2024/05/20/christian-nationalist-playbook-usurp-democracy/
This episode was originally made as a test episode for a major media company, our producer was Mary Steffenhagen!
2024-06-2740 min
The latest segments from The TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Mary SteffenhagenAs part of our farewell to The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day. Today, we're highlighting the work of Mary Steffenhagen — an award-winning investigative journalist and producer who joined The Takeaway just over a year ago — by listening back to a few of her favorite segments:
• "When Women’s Survival is Criminalized" and "Corrections in Ink"
• "A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention"
• "How Trains Left Indelible Tracks on American Culture"
• "Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso"
2023-05-2445 min
The TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Mary SteffenhagenAs part of our farewell to The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day. Today, we're highlighting the work of Mary Steffenhagen — an award-winning investigative journalist and producer who joined The Takeaway just over a year ago — by listening back to a few of her favorite segments:
• "When Women’s Survival is Criminalized" and "Corrections in Ink"
• "A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention"
• "How Trains Left Indelible Tracks on American Culture"
• "Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso"
2023-05-2447 minThe TakeawayProducer Appreciation Weeks: Mary SteffenhagenAs part of our farewell to The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day. Today, we're highlighting the work of Mary Steffenhagen — an award-winning investigative journalist and producer who joined The Takeaway just over a year ago — by listening back to a few of her favorite segments:
• "When Women’s Survival is Criminalized" and "Corrections in Ink"
• "A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention"
• "How Trains Left Indelible Tracks on American Culture"
• "Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso"
2023-05-2447 min
The TakeawayHuman Composting is Legal in New York—Now What?In the face of so many environmental crises caused by climate change, more and more Americans have been thinking about their carbon footprints. Not only the footprints we make by living — but also the ones we make by dying. An alternative method to burial and cremation has been gaining interest across the country, and it recently became legal in New York: human composting.
But legalization is really just the start of the story. Human composting still faces a few major barriers before New Yorkers can actually choose it, and competing interests between businesses in the death industry are compl...
2023-04-1320 minThe TakeawayHuman Composting is Legal in New York—Now What?In the face of so many environmental crises caused by climate change, more and more Americans have been thinking about their carbon footprints. Not only the footprints we make by living — but also the ones we make by dying. An alternative method to burial and cremation has been gaining interest across the country, and it recently became legal in New York: human composting.
But legalization is really just the start of the story. Human composting still faces a few major barriers before New Yorkers can actually choose it, and competing interests between businesses in the death industry are compl...
2023-04-1320 min
Deconstructing the BibleAdvent Faith | This might get boringWhat does it mean to have faith when life is more mundane and slow? How can we learn from Mary's story...a story of deep faith...through a long and mostly lonely journey towards the birth of Jesus?
2022-03-0217 min
Searching the SacredSing Mary Sing! | More Luke 1Season 1 | Sing Mary Sing! | More Luke 1
Continuing our Advent theme from the previous episode, we dive into the poetic words of Mary from Luke 1. Oftentimes called the Magnificat, we explore the profound and prophetic nature of Mary's words and how they resonate with us today. We also look at Hannah's story and the prayer she utters as her long-awaited son, Samuel is chosen to be raised in the temple.
How do their words impact our world?
Who can really sing these words?
What does it mean for us to be close e...
2021-12-231h 02Searching the SacredSing Mary Sing! | More Luke 1Season 1 | Sing Mary Sing! | More Luke 1
Continuing our Advent theme from the previous episode, we dive into the poetic words of Mary from Luke 1. Oftentimes called the Magnificat, we explore the profound and prophetic nature of Mary's words and how they resonate with us today. We also look at Hannah's story and the prayer she utters as her long-awaited son, Samuel is chosen to be raised in the temple.
How do their words impact our world?
Who can really sing these words?
What does it mean for us to be close e...
2021-12-231h 02Searching the SacredAn Odd Place To Start | Luke 1Season 1 | An Odd Place To Start | Luke 1
Luke starts his gospel, not with the story of Mary and Joseph, but with the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth.
We wrestle with what it means for Zachariah and Elizabeth to be named 'righteous' and the miraculous encounter that Zachariah has while in the temple.
How can their story help prepare us for Advent and the coming Christ?
This podcast is a partnership between 40 Orchards and Processing Faith…
40 Orchards, with Steph and Lisa, invites people to wrestle through Biblical texts using t...
2021-12-1758 minSearching the SacredAn Odd Place To Start | Luke 1Season 1 | An Odd Place To Start | Luke 1
Luke starts his gospel, not with the story of Mary and Joseph, but with the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth.
We wrestle with what it means for Zachariah and Elizabeth to be named 'righteous' and the miraculous encounter that Zachariah has while in the temple.
How can their story help prepare us for Advent and the coming Christ?
This podcast is a partnership between 40 Orchards and Processing Faith…
40 Orchards, with Steph and Lisa, invites people to wrestle through Biblical texts using t...
2021-12-1758 min