Episodes
![239: Film Years](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/238159/IC_logo3_1400_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
239: Film Years
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
Thursday Jul 11, 2024
The next podcast I post will be a new short-form considering movies by year. I'm not replacing Inappropriate Conversations or Walk The Earth, just adding something new. The starting point will be Film Year 2009.
Different Drummer: Charles Tashiro
Note: the first half of this episode raises questions about the consequences of a recent Supreme Court decision, and I don't know the answer for how this will impact governing in the United States. By my reckoning, things certainly could get very ugly. Consequences are not bound by our lack of accountability.
![237: Viewing Close as a Passenger](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/238159/IC_logo3_1400_300x300.jpg)
Sunday May 12, 2024
237: Viewing Close as a Passenger
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
Feeling challenged in more than one way, I'm recommending the 2022 movie Close as one of the best films in years. It directly reminded me of a past Inappropriate Conversations podcast with Mark Greene as the Different Drummer. His work, and the director of Close, directly refer to this episode's Different Drummer, too.
I was reminded of my childhood, at the same age as the central characters in the film, and a sense of disconnection that came from a change in school districts.
I also was challenged by how our defense mechanisms seem to presume something inappropriate (directly or indirectly incestuous) might make an unwanted appearance in the plot of a film like this. I don't blame the filmmakers. It's more the way our society is driven to sexualize, seemingly, everything, even when nothing of the sort is going on.
Different Drummer: Niobi Way
The Project for the Advancement of our Common Humanity
![234: Differences That Make a Difference](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/238159/IC_logo3_1400_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
234: Differences That Make a Difference
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
Saturday Jul 23, 2022
It's a sinking feeling to realize your actions would be the same if you were trying to undermine your values, that just doing what you've always done fits a narrative you would reject if given a chance. Sometimes the matter can be as small as "has my show pod-faded without me realizing?". Sometimes it's a matter of life and death where thoughtless actions line up with death, even unintentionally. Slight differences in choices or behavior can change things for the better. Failing to take such action, whether bold or benign, should lead us to a crucial question: how would I have behaved differently if I'd intended to do such harm?
Different Drummer: David Hayward
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Pride48 live streaming 2022 event
![233: Judicial Abuse](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/238159/IC_logo3_1400_300x300.jpg)
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
233: Judicial Abuse
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
Saturday Sep 11, 2021
The politics of abortion has long been a game of state legislatures passing laws they know are unconstitutional. It's a bit like asking a question over and over again when you already know the answer. The situation has now devolved into something worse, an abuse of concepts like "standing" and "damages" in civil litigation. And the current U.S. Supreme Court seems to be aiding and abetting Texas in what could be called, at best, a foolish mistake.
Different Drummer: George Carlin
Your questions about Texas' new abortion law, answered
![TalkBack 8: The Christian Response to the Sexual Revolution ... or Not](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog238159/MaceBook2_300x300.png)
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
TalkBack 8: The Christian Response to the Sexual Revolution ... or Not
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
I have a sense that I have maintained a fairly consistent worldview despite knowing that I've continued to grow and evolve. New information, encountering different people, and challenging assumptions will do that. One way to consider the scale of any shifting perspectives is this TalkBack series. What did I have to say on a topic like this in 2010? And if my position has remained fairly consistent, then what does that say about how American Christianity has shifted from where it was a decade ago, or in 1970?
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/8-christian-response-to-the-sexual-revolution-%e2%80%a6-or-not/
![232: Indecision 2020](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog238159/Abrams_smaller_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
232: Indecision 2020
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
How to summarize everything related to the 2020 presidential election in the United States? So much happened from before November 3rd until today, January 20th, and yet so little seemed certain along the way. One thing is certain: 11,780 additional votes in Georgia wouldn't have accomplished anything for the former president, and the fraud he was pushing certainly wasn't worth the risk of criminal charges. Reasons should be obvious, but I cover some anyway.
Different Drummer: Stacey Abrams
ALL IN: The Fight for Democracy
![TalkBack 55: A Better Way to Debate](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog238159/fairey-trump-photos_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
TalkBack 55: A Better Way to Debate
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
I never took a class in debate or participated in a club when I was in school. I've also never seen it as some sort of sport. To me, matters worth debating should be taken more seriously than that, and we ought to commit to higher standards than anything we've seen on television in decades. I'm not only referring to the presidential election cycle. No, my complaint covers punditry today in its entirety.
Introductory material includes perspectives on this and the previous presidential election, recorded on the official election day in 2020 with important references to past Inappropriate Conversations podcasts.
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/55-a-better-way-to-debate/
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/190-dear-family-member/
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/195-telling-your-stories-before-its-too-late/
http://www.inappropriateconversations.org/e/24-elections-are-not-horse-races/