Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast

**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 skipped it! it's summer Homework: Ramaswamy's The Goddess and the Nation ; Baker's The Gospel A...

**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: Audre Lorde, " An Open Letter to Mary Daly " As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for ful...

Did 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 Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

After 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 proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

More 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 .

This 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 Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

Strictly 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 episode.  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplif...

We’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 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

Nerds, 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 .

Lots 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 Network .

So 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-smoothie and talk about whether or not religion is dangerous.  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduct...

In 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 before the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's so-called modesty police. There are, of co...

We’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 Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

Is 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 to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

Megan & 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 keepingit101.com! ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of...

In 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 Amplify Podcast Network .

It’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 check the show notes for transcripts, homework and more at keepingit101.com.  ____ Keeping It 101: A Kill...

Nerds, 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? Deeply INCORRECT.  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the...

This 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 Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

In 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 for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more!  ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introdu...

This 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 keepingit101.com. ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify...

We’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 .

100k 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 .

In which we chat with the hosts of EnGender Conversations about podcasting, public scholarship, and why academic friendship is magic 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 proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .

We’ve been around the world and boy are our arms tired. What did we learn this year, nerds? 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 proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network .