Impolite Company
Claim This Podcastby Nish Weiseth and Amy Sullivan
Podcast Overview
<p>A weekly politics and religion podcast hosted by Nish Weiseth (Cosmopolitan, The BBC, Deseret News) and Amy Sullivan (TIME Magazine, Yahoo News, NYTimes).</p> <p>It's called Impolite Company because the rules of etiquette say that you're not supposed to talk about either politics or religion in polite company - presumably because those two topics can get people a little riled.</p> <p>But, if this is where being polite has gotten us, it's clearly not working.</p>
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10/18/2017
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Recent Episodes
August 18, 2020
S3 Ep1: This Is My Story with Megan Westra
This Is My Story is a special season of Impolite Company focused on telling the stories of women who have made voting an act of faith. In this first episode, we talk with Megan Westra, a Milwaukee-based pastor and author of the new book Born Again and Again: Jesus' Call to Radical Transformation.
August 12, 2020
S3: Coming Soon: A Special Season of Impolite Company
<div>Coming Soon: <strong>This Is My Story</strong>, a special season of <strong>Impolite Company</strong>, focused on telling the stories of women who have made voting an act of faith.<br> <br> <strong>TRAILER TRANSCRIPT:<br> </strong>I’m Amy Sullivan, and you’re listening to This Is My Story, a special season of Impolite Company.</div> <div> </div> <div>In the conservative Baptist church in the Midwest where I grew up, women weren’t allowed to have roles in Sunday worship, outside of the music ministry. They didn’t even pass out bulletins as ushers. Although, to be honest, I’m not sure what biblical authority would have been violated there.</div> <div> </div> <div>Instead, once a year, we’d hold Women’s Sunday, letting women pretend they were in charge for the day. There was obviously no question of having a woman preach. So instead of a sermon, every year one woman would share her testimony. Because apparently the men of the church decided that was safe. After all, it was just her own story.</div> <div> </div> <div>They didn’t understand the power of stories.</div> <div> </div> <div>You see, personal stories are how we relate to one another. More than that, research tells us that the most effective social change happens through storytelling, that people are most persuaded by their peers who have stood where they are. People need to feel understood, and they need to hear that change is possible.</div> <div> </div> <div>That’s why I’ve left two decades in journalism to launch This Is My Story, a new initiative to help women tell their stories of making voting an act of faith. In each of the twelve weeks between now and Election Day, this special podcast season of the same name will tell the story of a different woman’s shift in her faith and politics, about what convicted her to see loving her neighbor as a commandment to shape not only how she lives her life, but also how she votes.</div> <div> </div> <div>We’ll talk to women who were once firmly in the conservative Christian world. They include former street-corner evangelists, crisis pregnancy clinic workers, and a surprising number of former missionaries. You’ll hear how each of them ventured outside the bubbles in which they’d been raised, and what it was that caused them to embrace a kind of politics that’s more focused on loving our neighbors than protecting an in-group.</div> <div> </div> <div>We would love to have you join us for this special season. Subscribe to Impolite Company wherever you listen to podcasts. And follow us on <a href="http://thisismystoryproject.com">ThisIsMyStoryProject.com</a> for more conversation, free downloads, and live events. It’s long past time to use the power of our stories to bring about justice and change. </div>
March 4, 2020
S3 Ep1: "I'm So Tired of Being Yelled At"
<div>Your eyes and ears do not deceive you! We are back with a special Campaign 2020 episode. This episode was recorded before the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday (in other words, when many more candidates were still in the race), but we take a look at the Democratic presidential campaign in its entirety. <br> <br> That means finding possible silver linings for future female candidates, looking at how this cohort of candidates talked about their faith, and whether the Democratic Party needs to put out a welcome mat for voters who may disagree with the party platform on some key issues. (Spoiler alert: the answer is YES.)<br> <br> <br> </div>
44 total episodes available
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- What is Impolite Company?
<p>A weekly politics and religion podcast hosted by Nish Weiseth (Cosmopolitan, The BBC, Deseret News) and Amy Sullivan (TIME Magazine, Yahoo News, NYTimes).</p> <p>It's called Impolite Company because the rules of etiquette say that you're not supposed to talk about either politics or religion in polite company - presumably because those two topics can get people a little riled.</p> <p>But, if this is where being polite has gotten us, it's clearly not working.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates daily.
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This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
- Does this podcast accept guests?
Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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