Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
The words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "In God, we trust" on the back of a dollar bill haven't been there as long as most Americans might think. Perhaps we never were a "Christian" nation formed on "Christian" principles? What do you think?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
NPR FRESH AIR: How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival.
BOOKS:
One Nation Under God, How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin M. Kruse
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival: Zac Gandara: Kevin Kruse
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Dexter didn’t grow up with “religion,” but he did grow up in an immigrant family thankful for American Capitalism. We continue to talk about his life philosophy, and he makes me feel a little better about American Capitalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Rashomon: The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.
CONTACT THE GUEST: MESSAGE ZAC
FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 202: Maximize What You Have Been Given: Knowing Yourself, Being Yourself, Corporate America, and Capitalism: Dexter Tang
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Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio.
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After leaving religion or cult-like ideologies, we often feel bad for needing aspects of them again. We should feel free to go back and pick up the rituals that revive us.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
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SHOW NOTES:
MONDAY MELTDOWN: We Can Stop Feeling Bad for Needing Things to Help Us: Zac Gandara
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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We often ruin current and future relationships by emotionally blaming our partners for the past trauma we feel coming up from inside of us. Can we stop doing that?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Psych Alive: What is your attachment style?
BOOKS:
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment by Amir Levine MD and Rachel S. F. Heller BA
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Attachment Theory: Zac Gandara
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Dexter didn’t grow up with “religion,” but he did grow up in an immigrant family thankful for American Capitalism. We talk about this belief, his why, and his life philosophy.
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FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 201: We're Free! Kind Of: Dexter Tang
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Music Featured in this Episode: LOR Theme Song by Rat Queen and Manager by Digi G'Alessio.
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A fellow Loser writes in to vent about their Christian boss who gives hugs but doesn’t pay a livable wage or provide healthcare for his employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
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SHOW NOTES:
MONDAY MELTDOWN: The Health Insurance and Greed Dilemma: Zac Gandara
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other: Your Questions, Confessions, Comments and Meltdowns. Join the Monday Meltdown show with your questions, comments, meltdowns, or confessions. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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After I left Christianity, I realized that post conservative dogma; I hadn’t changed much in terms of my mentality of “Us Vs. Them.” I was now just in a different boat; I was now in the liberal boat. Can we truly live without picking teams?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Joe Rogan Experience #1343: Penn Jillette
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: So Sick of Teams: Zac Gandara: Joe Rogan: Penn Jillette
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Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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We've been asked to lay down our lives for our jobs, our religions, churches, communities. We're even programmed to believe that if we don't, there is something wrong with us. Today's guest Liz had given their life to Burning Man until it just asked too much of them and they had a breaking point.
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FULL SHOW NOTES: EPISODE 200: Giving Your Life for the Cause. No Thanks!: Liz “Mostly” Gozza
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“Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it’s very harmful,” McKrae Game said. Game is one of several former conversion therapy advocates who have come out as LGBTQ and condemned the practice of conversion therapy. So many leaders live dualistic lives have you seen it in your world?
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
USA TODAY ARTICLE: Conversion therapy organization founder comes out as gay: 'Please forgive me'
EPISODE 169: The Guy “Praying My Gay Away” Had a Boner: Brian Steen aka Merry Lubealot
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MONDAY MELTDOWN: Conversion Therapy Founder Comes out as Gay and Leadership Dualism: Zac Gandara
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better."
- Anne Lamott
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Thinking Thursday’s are about critically thinking, breaking out of boxes, and discussing new ways we could live this life together.
Professor of Psychology at Villanova University and author, Dr. Patrick Markey talks about whether or not video games are the cause of school shootings. We jump on their conversation of Moral Panic that is interesting and has affected many of us.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Truth About Violent Video Games (…They Don’t Cause Violence) with Dr. Patrick Markey: Factually! with Adam Conover
THIS EPISODES SHOW NOTES: THINKING THURSDAY: Moral Panic: Zac Gandara: Dr. Patrick Markey: Adam Conover
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Thinking Thursday: Thinking Thursday is about learning how to think. We live in a world where people like to tell us what to think, but has anyone taught us how to think? Examining the worlds greatest thinkers is a great place to start. Send us thinkers you'd like us to feature. Call 206-395-5608 and leave us a message. E-Mail us zacg@LosingOurReligion.org or message any of our social pages (links below).
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