Concerned Clergy Podcast

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Pastor Greene is traveling, so Reverend Alexander goes it alone — anchoring a focused, data-driven hour around a single thesis: DOGE, officially declared dead this week, was itself the most significant example of waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal government. Opening with the announcement of DOGE’s dissolution, Rev. Alexander...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: On the eve of the Fourth of July holiday, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. anchor the hour around two converging crises in Indianapolis: the Metropolitan Development Commission’s refusal to place a moratorium on data center development, and the severe understaffing of the city’s park ranger corps at a moment when...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: With the Indiana Republican state convention just concluded and Stacey Abrams’ Urban League keynote fresh in mind, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. open a dense, politically charged hour with two interlocking arguments. First, they contend that the Republican Party has ceased to exist as a coherent institution —...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Broadcasting through a summer storm, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. open with a brief celebration: last week’s advance warning about the planned Northwestway Park takeover worked, and the park had a safe, family-friendly weekend. That good news is immediately paired with a new alert — a social media-organized t...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: With summer underway and a Democratic state convention just behind them, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. open this week’s program on two urgent fronts: the state of the Indiana Democratic Party in the aftermath of the Secretary of State convention vote, and a gathering threat to public safety at Northwestway Par...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: In a dense, two-topic hour, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. open with a sharp response to Indiana Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith's public call to normalize hate speech and his characterization of Islam as a "demonic death cult." Pastor Greene details a press release issued jointly with the Baptist Ministries Allian...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Back after a one-week technical hiatus, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. anchor the hour around a double-barreled critique of racial disparity in how youth misbehavior is covered and prosecuted in Central Indiana. The first half examines a Mill Stream (Noblesville High School) article about Hamilton County fight...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: In this week’s edition of the Concerned Clergy Radio Show, hosts Reverend Tony Alexander and President Pastor David W. Greene Sr. dive into a timely and wide-ranging conversation about Christian nationalism versus true Christian discipleship, anchored by Pastor Greene’s recent article for Voices for Democracy examining how Christi...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: The night after the May 5, 2026 Indiana primary, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. take stock of what the results mean for Indiana Democrats heading into November. Pastor Greene, himself a Senate candidate in the primary, reflects candidly on the experience of running a campaign before the conversation turns to th...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Six days out from Indiana’s May 5 primary, Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. open the program by responding to the day’s Supreme Court ruling allowing Louisiana to redraw its congressional maps and undoing major parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a decision both hosts frame not as a legal matter but as a mor...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Rev. Tony Alexander opens the program with a wide-ranging discussion of data center proliferation across Marion County townships, pressing lawmakers for the guardrails they declined to put in place months earlier. Pike Township Trustee Annette Johnson joins to explain the trustee office’s emergency assistance role and her reelecti...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: Rev. Tony Alexander opens the hour with two threads running in parallel: the ongoing fallout from DOGE’s dismantling of USAID, anchored by newly public deposition testimony and a whistleblower memoir, and a preview of Indiana-focused topics — education funding under attack at both the state and local levels, Governor Braun’s about...

https://concernedclergy.org https://progressiveindiana.net SUMMARY: On this edition of the Concerned Clergy Radio Show, Revs. Alexander and Greene welcomed George Hornedo, a Democratic primary candidate challenging incumbent Congressman Andre Carson in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District, with the May 5, 2026 primary now underway. Hornedo outlined his background — from a WIC-assisted childhood in...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org On this week’s Concerned Clergy Radio Show, Rev. Tony Alexander and Concerned Clergy President Rev. Dr. David W. Greene Sr. welcomed Denise Abdul-Rahman and Jordan Geiger of Black Sunlight Sustainability to discuss the environmental and economic stakes of AI data center development in Indianapolis’s Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood — inc...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org In a timely appearance ahead of Indiana’s primary season, Indiana’s 7th District Congressman Andre Carson joined Rev. Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene on the Concerned Clergy Radio Show for a substantive hour covering the partial government shutdown, TSA worker pay, ICE reform, the state of the Democratic resistance under Trump’s...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org Rev. Tony Alexander dedicates this episode to breaking down the SAVE Act, a federal bill being considered in Congress that goes far beyond simple voter ID requirements. While most people hear only that it requires ID to vote, the SAVE Act actually mandates proof of citizenship (passport or original birth certificate) both to register and t...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org In this week’s Concerned Clergy town hall meeting, Pastor David W. Greene Sr. and Rev. Tony Alexander discuss two critical issues facing Hoosiers: Secretary of State Diego Morales partnering with Turning Point USA to conduct voter registration drives in high schools (raising concerns about partisan indoctrination using taxpayer resources a...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org In tonight’s Concerned Clergy town hall meeting, Indiana State Representative Gregory Porter joins Rev. Tony Alexander to discuss critical bills from the recently concluded legislative session that disproportionately impact Black communities in Indianapolis and across Indiana. The conversation covers the systematic dismantling of democrati...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org As Indiana's legislative session ends, Reverends Alexander and Greene discuss major losses including SB 285 (criminalizing homelessness with Class C misdemeanor and $500 fine) and HB 1423 (IPS takeover by appointed board). They emphasize that homelessness is primarily a housing issue, not a criminal one, noting the largest homeless demogra...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org The Concerned Clergy hosts dedicate this episode to honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson, who recently passed away, opening with his iconic "I Understand" speech about growing up poor. The show covers critical legislative battles in Congress like the SAVE Act (requiring extensive documentation to vote, disproportionately affecting women and min...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org Reverend Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Green Sr. open with a critical discussion of Attorney General Pam Bondi's congressional testimony, highlighting the administration's disrespect toward lawmakers and Epstein victims. The hosts connect this behavior to broader themes of eroding democratic norms, from Trump's racist depiction of the...

https://progressiveindiana.net https://concernedclergy.org Reverend Tony Alexander and Pastor David W. Greene Sr. discuss Pastor Greene’s candidacy for Indiana State Senate District 29 and current threats to democracy and voter access. The show opens with Pastor Greene explaining the chaos surrounding candidate filings after Secretary of State Diego Morales’s office provided incorrect instructions...

Hosts Pastor David W. Green Sr. and Reverend Tony Alexander discuss the appointment of Indianapolis’s first female police chief, Tanya Terry, and the challenges she faces amid state legislative efforts to undermine local police oversight and control. The conversation centers on proposed legislation that would transfer downtown policing from IMPD to state police, eliminate the civilian General Orde...