Latest Study of religion Podcast Episodes
LIVE! Time Bandits: How Religion and Race Are Taking Your Time (and How to Take It Back)
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - April 18, 2024 16:00 - 1 hourIn which we are delighted to talk to the wonderful humans of Miami University Ohio about the ways calendars smuggle white christian supremacy into our everyday lives. Recorded 2 April 2024 ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Net...
Crossover Episode: KI101 on "Amplified," with Stacey Copeland
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - March 02, 2024 21:00 - 29 minutesIn which we chat with our new bestie at the Amplify Podcast Network, Stacey Copeland, about podcasting, public scholarship, and why killing joy is the best way to have joy come back bigger, stronger, and more vibrant than ever. Be sure to check out all the other cool conversations Stacey is ha...
BOOK CLUB: Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - December 01, 2023 18:00 - 5 minutesWHAT A PREDICAMENT this year has been, nerds! 2023 was in many ways, uh, not our fave. But we thought it would be good to end this chronological rollercoaster on a high note, so: You are cordially invited to join us for a cozy winter Gothic misandrist queer murder book club moment! We're read...
FLASHBACK: You Still Don't Know About Islam
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - November 15, 2023 05:00 - 44 minutes**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** hat's right -- there's STILL more to know about the world's second largest religion! Dr. Debra Majeed lends us her insight into Islam, gender, and agency. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____...
MEETUP: KI101 Office Hours at AAR!!
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - November 08, 2023 19:00 - 3 minutesIt is November, RELI nerds! And too many of you know what that means. That's right: the American Academy of Religion's annual national meeting is once again upon us, just in time for price-gouging airfare and pre-Thanksgiving travel mayhem. But it also means Megan and Ilyse are going to be at...
FLASHBACK: Night at the Museum
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - November 01, 2023 16:00 - 55 minutes**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** Let’s see what the World Religions Paradigm looks like when we talk curating religion with Dr. Andrew Aghapour. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction t...
FLASHBACK: Early Christianity Is Actually Kind of Interesting
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - October 18, 2023 04:00 - 48 minutes**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we (mostly Megan) walk you through three things you maybe don't know about early Christianity: Christianity was kind of a mistake The New Testament is a messy bitch Christianity = imperialism Keywords: BCE/CE, gospels, apocrypha, canon, epistles ...
FLASHBACK: Religious Nationalism
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - October 04, 2023 04:00 - 49 minutes**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which Ilyse yells about nationalism and religion and why religion and politics are never really separate, whilst Megan agrees emphatically and consumes a bubbly beverage Keywords: nationalism (especially religious nationalism); election Storytime: we ski...
FLASHBACK: Intersectionality
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - September 20, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutes**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we build upon the work of Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw to think about how race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppressions overlap and inform how our understandings of religion Keywords: intersectionality, womanism, discrimination, oppression Storytime: ...
In which we are BACK
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - September 06, 2023 04:00 - 10 minutesDid you miss us? We missed you! Tell us everything you did on your summer vacation, right after we tell you what we're up to this, our SIXTH season(??!?!). As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introdu...
What Was This, Then
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - May 03, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutesAfter another year-long season, we wrap it up, talk about what’s next, & offer some highlights and reflections. Probably swears, too. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is p...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED if calendars are neutral
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - April 19, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutesMore nerds than we can count asked why Ilyse is obsessed with calendars, so we distilled that into: are calendars neutral? They aren’t. End of episode? ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network.
INTERN TAKE OVER!
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - April 05, 2023 04:00 - 40 minutesThis season, KI101 has had help from three—3!—incredible interns, Juliana Finch (sound design), Evie Wolfe (accessibility) and Rachel Zieff (social media). They’re on the mics this episode, talking public humanities, religion, and teamwork. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Reli...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about the Easter Bunny
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - March 22, 2023 04:00 - 20 minutesStrictly speaking, none of you asked about the Easter Bunny. A lot of you did, however, ask how Pagan rituals got appropriated into Christian mainstream holidays and, in turn, became global secular phenomenon. We unpack all of that (and Ilyse loses her composure epically) in this very special ep...
INCORRECT: Yoga & Appropriation
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - March 08, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutesWe’ve talked yoga before but since it keeps coming up—on the news, in our classrooms, with our friends—we’re talking about it again. Folks are still INCORRECT when we talk about yoga, when we talk about appropriation, and when we talk about how yoga is and is not appropriated. ____ Keeping It 1...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about What We’re Watching
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - February 22, 2023 05:00 - 21 minutesNerds, you’ve asked what we are consuming and what we are teaching, and we’ve got answers. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network.
INCORRECT: Sports
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - February 08, 2023 05:00 - 31 minutesLots of people do not care about sports, including Megan. But Ilyse is here to tell Megan that not-caring about sports is INCORRECT, since sports gives us a window into thinking about religion. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED if religion is dangerous
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - January 25, 2023 05:00 - 23 minutesSo many nerds wanted to know if religion was inherently bad, or inherently good, or the cause of wars, or the cause of abuse, or the cause of violence, or the cure to violence, or the reason for any number of problems, atrocities, and hardships. We decided to blend those into one question-smooth...
INCORRECT: Hijab
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - January 11, 2023 05:00 - 42 minutesIn which we (mostly Ilyse) yell about how it is possible to be so very INCORRECT about women choosing to get dressed in the morning. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more. ___ Happy Gregorian new year, nerds. We recorded this episode ...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about Why We Do This
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - December 21, 2022 05:00 - 21 minutesWe’re SO GLAD YOU ASKED us why we study religion, why we do this podcast, why we care so much, and why we have alienated a good deal of our family, friends, and pets because we just can’t stop won’t stop talking religion. Visit keepingit101.com for more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Intro...
INCORRECT: Star Wars, Fandoms, & Fanatics
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - December 07, 2022 05:00 - 49 minutesIs this an episode that will live in infamy? Perhaps, because in it, Ilyse rails against the notion that fandoms can’t possibly be religious by talking Star Wars. May the force be with you, nerds, because the anger in this INCORRECT is so very real. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about Religion and Disability
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - November 23, 2022 05:00 - 47 minutesMegan & Ilyse have talked about chronic illness and disability in passing and in the gone-but-always-in-our-hearts Primary Sources segment, and we’re here to answer a question about how disability works with religion (and how disability studies fits within religious studies). Find more at kee...
INCORRECT! Jihad
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - November 09, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutesIn which we (mostly Ilyse) yell about how it is possible lo these many years after 9/11/01 to still be so darn INCORRECT about jihad. Head over to keepingit101.com for show notes, transcripts, and more! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Ampli...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about Monsters
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - October 26, 2022 04:00 - 32 minutesIt’s spooky season, nerds, and we’re so glad you asked us about supposedly secular monsters, scary stories, ghouls and goblins. Shocking no one, we tell you that monsters are rarely just secular specters, and things that go bump in the night are often tied to religious imperialism. Be sure to ...
INCORRECT: Drinking the Koolaid
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - October 12, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutesNerds, nerds, nerds. This is a doozy of an episode, in which we (mostly Megan) tell us why saying “drinking the kool-aid” is so totally not a funny popculture joke about being brainwashed but is instead utterly about race, religion, gender, and anti-Blackness. Saying it after you know more? Deep...
SO GLAD YOU ASKED about Food & Religion
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - September 28, 2022 04:00 - 31 minutesThis is the first SO GLAD YOU ASKED episode. We got a LOT of requests for this one! So today we can’t cite just one nerd, but we’re here to answer the question: “Religion and food: what’s THAT all about?” Shownotes, transcripts, and more at keepingit101.com. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's In...
Very Special Episode: The Sentimental Education of Hannah McGregor
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - September 23, 2022 22:00 - 44 minutesIn which pod inspiration, icon, and aspirational bestie Dr. Hannah McGregor (that's Associate Professor Dr. Hannah McGregor to you, nerds) chats with us about her just published meditations on care, community, and learning: A Sentimental Education As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com f...
INCORRECT: Reproductive Healthcare
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - September 14, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutesThis is our first INCORRECT episode, where we kindly but firmly insist that religion does more and different work than you might think that it does. In this one, we challenge some basic assumptions about religion and reproductive justice. Expanded show notes, transcripts and more at keepingit1...
What's All This, Please?
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - August 31, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutesWe’re back, dear nerds! New season, new funding, new formats. And we’ve got some explaining—and kicking off—to do. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network.
BONUS: SCOREBOARD
Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast - August 16, 2022 23:00 - 6 minutes100k downloads? what is HAPPENING?!?!!!? You are, nerds, and we appreciate you so much. Thanks for listening. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network.
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