Depolarize! Podcast
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*Simply Listening* to Christians of Color
We’re back to our voters this week, introducing five new voices. But this episode is also different: no reaction commentary from Dan & Ellen, and only minimal narration from Dan for context. Rather, we are going to practice the discipline of *simply ...
Get Off Social Media?
Zombies? The Rapture? A country song *about* the Rapture? Check, check, and check. This week, Dan & Ellen take a break from voter-based episodes to discuss some more personal matters: anxiety and social media use,
White Evangelical Trump Supporters, Pt 2
Dan & Ellen continue their interviews of White Evangelical Trump voters. This episode is best listened to after Part 1. Timeline: 3:16- How political is your church environment? 5:05- “Information super MYway”: News sources and accepted bias 12:10- Is ...
White Evangelical Trump Supporters, Pt 1
The first of two episodes centered on interviews with 10 White Evangelical Trump voters. Timeline: 0:00- Intro/”Family Therapist Soapbox Time” 10:00- Why did you vote for Donald Trump? 13:40- How central was abortion to your vote for Trump?
Is That “81%” Statistic Reliable? A Closer Look at Evangelicals
Ellen and Dan speak with journalists & polling experts — Roxanne Stone of BARNA Group, Jon Ward of Yahoo! News and Robert P. Jones of Public Religion Research Institute — to wrap their heads around that infamous statistic (81% of white Evangelicals vot...
White Evangelicals Who Don’t Support Trump, Pt 2
Dan & Ellen continue their interviews of White Evangelicals who did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. This episode is best listened to after Part 1. Timeline: 0:00- Intro/Recap 2:42- Why did you NOT vote for Trump?
White Evangelicals Who Don’t Support Trump, Pt 1
In the Season 2 premiere, Dan Koch and Ellen Mauro interview 6 White Evangelical Christians, none of whom voted for nor actively support Donald Trump. These voters are a partial sample of the other side of White Evangelicals,
Introducing Ellen Mauro (My New Co-Host!)
Ellen will be joining Depolarize for Season 2, wh…
Introducing Ellen Mauro (My New Co-Host!)
Ellen will be joining Depolarize for Season 2, wh…
42: LIVE! White Evangelicalism Today with Jonathan Merritt
The final episode before Depolarize enters Season…