Embracing Race: Conversations with Truth and Intention
by Hosts: Shani McIlwain & Jesy Littlejohn
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Worker of the Word: Rewriting the Stories We Carry
Worker of the Word: Rewriting the Stories We Carry
About this podcast
Embracing Race seeks to provide a brave space for truthful storytelling that allows people to think beyond what has been learned and carried and wonder an alternative. This show connects the intersections of life to find ways to dismantle societal constructs that divide us.
Episodes
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- Worker of the Word: Rewriting the Stories We Carry · 1 h 1 minSend us Fan Mail What does it mean to work the word when your story holds so many layers? Hosts Shani McIlwain and Jesy Littlejohn sit down with special guest Micheal J. Ivory…
- Take it Out the Groupchat: Be So For Real · 1 h 7 minSend us Fan Mail This week on Embracing Race, Shani and Jesy are taking it out the groupchat and straight to the mic. In our brand-new segment, “Take It Out the Groupchat,” we’re…
- Sacred Stories: Where Art, Theology and Race Converge · 59 minSend us Fan Mail Happy Black History Month! In this episode of Embracing Race: Conversations with Truth & Intention, we sit with the fabulous Dr. Tamisha A. Tyler — theologian…
- Becoming who we are in Service with Larissa Kwong Abazia · 1 h 17 minSend us Fan Mail Who are we really? And how does that shape the way we serve. Rev. Larissa Kwong Abazia brings wisdom, warmth, and truth to a rich conversation about service…
- You missed us. You know it. · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail The NFL draft. Nepotism. Pope Francis. Congress. Figuring out what timezone we are in compared to Italy. Would it even be an episode with Shani and Jesy if they…
- Rev. Dr. Eric Thomas · 1 h 16 min · Season 3 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail I hope you can keep up, because class is in session today with Rev. Dr. Eric Thomas. What a fellowship, what a joy divine! Support the show
- Bishop is Back! · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail Shenea Leonard is back! We dive into allyship, institutional racism, and the work they are doing in their ministry. We are so honored to have Bishop back as our…
- Chats with Chris Burton · 59 min · Season 3 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Da Baddest Chaplain, Chris Burton, joined us for a meaningful and necessary conversation. We had a hard time stopping our chat! Support the show
- The One Where We Forgot About Time- Part 2 · 1 h 3 min · Season 3 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail We are back with Part 2 of our interview with Sonya and Dartinia! The conversation is rich, and we are so thankful for the ways in which these two forces of…
- The One Where We Forgot About Time- Part 1 · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Join us for PART 1 of our rich and intimate conversation with Rev. Sonya McAuley Allen and Dartinia Hull. We wanted to respect time, but we couldn't find a…
- Kristian A. Smith! · 1 h 16 min · Season 3 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail One of Shani's greatest dreams comes true this week: Kristian A. Smith is in the booth! Join us as we dive into the complexities of deconstruction and the need…
- I Went Up to the Mountain · 1 h 1 minSend us Fan Mail On this day, as the 47th President of the United States is sworn into office, beginning what we can only assume will be a modern-day 'reign of terror', we sit in…
- I Want to Lead With Curiousity · 1 h 18 min · Season 3 Episode 2Send us Fan Mail From the Golden Globes to the funeral of President Jimmy Carter, to performative invitations to a Mississippi HBCU, to the CA Wildfires...we cover it all, and we…
- Happy New Year, I Don't Give a Fu--! · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 1Send us Fan Mail Welcome, welcome, welcome to Season 3 of the Embracing Race podcast! We are back and better than ever! Skip the inauguration coverage and spend your time with…
- 1 Week Out · 60 min · Season 2 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail We are 1 week from Election Day! Vote, baby, vote! Support the show
- I'm a Word Girl · 1 h 4 min · Season 2 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Who is the guiding voice in your head? Y'all we get vulnerable in this episode. Support the show
- You Can't Knit Together if You Don't Fit Together · 1 h 17 min · Season 2 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail From celebrity couple break ups, names and pronouns, to the fact that you NEED TO GO VOTE--we cover it all. Support the show
- Everyone Speaks · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail Post Presidential Debate Recap. Yes we know it was a while ago, but we have lives. And damn it they are busy. Support the show
- Joy Will Come in the Morning · 1 h 7 min · Season 2 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail Vice Presidential Debate recap plus all the commentary on the craziness that is happening in the world. Also, we recognize and celebrate that Shani was born and…
- Hope is Making a Comeback! · 1 h 24 min · Season 2 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail We recap the DNC in anticipation of the first debate! Check back soon for our Debate recap! Support the show
