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Jeanne and Jennifer are back with a conversation about the Bible's impact on Victorian marriages. Through the lens of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892), they examine how Victorian marriage constricted women and how the Bible helped create those constrictions. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an...

Jeanne interviews Wild Olive Audio Engineer, Klara Carrera. While chatting about Jesus, they range over the sitcom Jane The Virgin, Herman Hesse's 1922 novel "Siddhartha," and The Gospel of John. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of pe...

Jeanne goes solo to present the story of Abigail, a "take-charge" biblical wife married to a dodo. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jennifer and Jeanne continue their conversation about Jennifer's new book "Marriage In The Bible." Together they talk about the mistranslation of the words "husband," "wife," and "marriage" in the Bible, considering how marriage practices in the modern world affect translation and interpretation of biblical texts. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook...

This week, Jeanne and Jennifer continue their conversation about Jennifer's new book "Marriage In The Bible." Together they discuss marriage as it appears in Genesis 1.28. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertis...

Kicking off a new series "Talking Jesus With Gen Z", Jeanne starts with Wild Olive Producer, Matt Byrne. Together they discuss Christ imagery in Lord of the Rings, Matt's centenarian Grandmother and the history of famous musicians. Listen to Matt's Show Here: https://open.spotify.com/show/745JwgfSbILakcdFt1fsNq?si=ea73bd2815e2444c Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog I...

This week, Jennifer and Jeanne talk about Jennifer's new book "Marriage In The Bible". The conversation explores the phrase  "biblical" marriage," suggesting that the Bible portrays heterosexual arrangements that most twenty-first century people--conservative Christians included--would NOT want to imitate. Jennifer gets honest about what biblical passages do and don't say about men and women partn...

Jeanne and Jennifer wrap up this second season of Wild Olive with their conversation on Oscar Wilde, as part of this season's theme of "Queering The Bible". Together they discuss the concept "Man of Sorrows", life as poetry and how Wilde transformed misery into divinity. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz com...

This week, Jennifer and Jeanne begin a conversation on Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis" (1905). Together they discuss Wilde's legacy, how he perceives Christ as an artist and explaining the widely used concept of "penal substitutionary atonement". Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com fo...

This week, Jeanne is solo and talking more in depth about Indigenous perceptions on the Apocalypse featuring writings from authors on Deborah A. Miranda's "Bad Indians", Sherman Alexie's "Crow Testament" and Scot McKnight's "Revelation for the Rest of Us". Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.a...

Jeanne and Jennifer continue their discussion on Deborah A. Miranda's "Bad Indians" an award winning memoir which gives readers a first-hand experience in the history and culture of the Californian Indians. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection an...

Jennifer and Jeanne begin an in-depth discussion on Deborah A. Miranda's "Bad Indians", an award winning memoir which gives readers a first-hand experience in the history and culture of the Californian Indians. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collectio...

Jeanne and Jennifer break down weaponized faith in Martin Scorsese's crime drama "Killers of the Flower Moon" in this episode of WildER Olive. Also discussed, Linda Hogan's book "Mean Spirit" and a look at how spirituality is used as a tool, for better and worse. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. Se...

Jennifer and Jeanne dissect Emily Dickinson's poem "Some Keep the Sabbath" and Alanis Morrissette's "Citizen of the Planet". Together they discuss for the sacredness of nature, the beauty of isolation  and what makes a space "holy".   Links: Some Keep The Sabbath - Emily Dickinson Citizen Of The Planet - Alanis Morrissette Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram...

This week, Jeanne and Jennifer discuss the symbolism of water wells as they appear in Genesis and the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Together they explore concepts of maternity, divine intervention and desire. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and...

Introducing "Wilder Olive", A more laid back approach to some of Jeanne and Jennifer's favorite  current topics as they relate to the Bible, modern literature  and culture. This week, Barbie! An in-depth analysis into the social ideas presented within the film, as well as it's many biblical references.    READ JEANNE'S ARTICLE HERE: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildolive/2023/08/barbie-the-bible-...

This week, Jennifer is joined by author Heather Hamilton to discuss her book "Returning To Eden: A Field Guide for the Spiritual Journey". They dive deep into Heather's experience with depression, her own spiritual journey to self-realization, how psychology and mythology helped her cope, and how she found her true self.  Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram...

This week, Jennifer and Jeanne compare Luke Chapter I to Natalie Diaz's poem "Eve Side-Stealer" and discuss ideas of Indigenous faith, women in biblical text and the effects of imposed religion. Works Cited:  Diaz, Natalie. "If Eve Side-Stealer & Mary Busted-Chest Ruled the World". Yale Divinity School , 2013: https://reflections.yale.edu/article/future-race/if-eve-side-stealer-mary-busted-chest-r...

This week, Jeanne and Jennifer are back and wrapping up their engagement on Kushner's work with a discussion about characters wrestling with angels - Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and Prior & Joseph in Angels in America (1991). Follow us here! Website: https://www.wildolivebibleandculture.org/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildoliv3/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WildOlivePodcast Help sup...

This week, Jeanne is joined by professor and author, Deborah Holdstein. Together they explore Christian and Jewish concepts of forgiveness and reconciliation present in Tony Kushner's play Angels In America (1991), continuing this season's theme "Queering The Bible". Follow us here! Website: https://www.wildolivebibleandculture.org/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildoliv3/ Facebook: https:...

Jennifer and Jeanne continue their in-depth discussion and analysis of angels as portrayed in Tony Kushner's stage play "Angels In America" (1991), an entangled story of various characters struggling with identity, faith and mortality in 1980s New York City during the AIDS crisis. This season, our hosts will be taking on the theme "Queering The Bible" in which we will be featuring  writers, storie...

Jeanne and Jennifer kick off the new season with an in-depth discussion of Tony Kushner's stage play "Angels In America" (1991), an entangled story of various characters struggling with identity, faith and mortality in 1980s New York City during the AIDS crisis. This season, our hosts will be taking on the theme "Queering The Bible" in which we will be featuring  writers, stories and interpretatio...

While we prepare the next season of Wild Olive, please enjoy one of our older episodes you may have missed! Hosts Jeanne Petrolle and Jennifer Bird talk about their backgrounds and how these backgrounds shape the reading lenses that each brings to biblical texts. Conversation goes on to explore the nature of reading "lenses," and how one's "lenses" shape interpretation of any work of literature, a...

While we prepare for Season 2, please enjoy one of our earlier episodes. Wild Olive returns for Season 2 in October, 2023! The Wild Olive Podcast brings listeners game-changing conversation about literature, culture, and the Bible. Literature Professor Jeanne Petrolle and Biblical Studies Professor Jennifer Bird talk about the Protestant Bible from a literary perspective, connecting biblical texts...

Jeanne and Jennifer continue their conversation about Revelation to John (Book of Revelation) using Sherman Alexie's poem "Crow Testament" as a means of considering what history, trauma, and political persecution have to do with the idea of apocalypse, as well as how imagined worlds hold their influence over our own. Help support Wild Olive, Donate Here!   Follow us here! Blog Instagram Facebook  ...