Frankly: Faith & Culture in Brooklyn

John Denaro
Frankly: Faith & Culture in Brooklyn

Straight-talk at the intersection of faith and culture from St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church and Pro-Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York.

  1. Episode 14: "Changed for Good"

    08/12/2022

    Episode 14: "Changed for Good"

    In this episode of Frankly, Canon John talks with Mother Kate Salisbury in the final weeks of her eight-year tenure as Associate Rector of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church and Pro-Cathedral. Mo. Kate’s many responsibilities in the parish included oversight of the families, children, and youth programs, which flourished under her leadership, as well as preaching and teaching, at which she excels. As she leaves St. Ann’s to take up the post of Canon for Christian Education at the Cathedral...

    39 min
  2. Episode 13: "All the World Is Still a Stage"

    06/17/2021

    Episode 13: "All the World Is Still a Stage"

    Canon John welcomes Anne Hamburger, the award-winning founder, artistic director, and creative producer of En Garde Arts in New York City to Frankly. Through En Garde Arts, Annie put herself on the map and made her mark with pioneering site-specific theater throughout the city in the 1980s and 90s. Canon John talks with Annie about her trajectory from performer to producer and her determination to turn improbable spaces into performance venues in which to engage the imaginations of audiences ...

    41 min
  3. Episode 12: "Preserving the Future"

    03/31/2021

    Episode 12: "Preserving the Future"

    Canon John speaks with the Right Rev. Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. Bp. Jennifer is the first Black woman elected bishop of a diocese and, to her knowledge, the first bishop with a degree in historic preservation. Bp. Jennifer first reflects on her experience on September 11, 2001 at Trinity Church on Wall Street, where she was attending an event that day and where Canon John then worked, which leads to a broader discussion of managing mission ...

    37 min
  4. Episode 11: "Why Bricks and Mortar Matter"

    01/28/2021

    Episode 11: "Why Bricks and Mortar Matter"

    Canon John relaunches Frankly in 2021 discussing the role and meaning of historic houses of worship with Ann Friedman, director of the Sacred Sites program of the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Friedman helps assess the prospects for preserving aging churches, synagogues, mosques and other holy places with congregations and local stakeholders in communities across the state of New York. In the course of the conversation with Canon John, Friedman shares how her personal and family investment ...

    43 min
  5. Episode 10: "Music By and For the People"

    09/01/2020

    Episode 10: "Music By and For the People"

    Canon John welcomes Eli Smith, musician and co-founder of the Brooklyn Folk Festival, which St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church has hosted since 2014. They discuss the longstanding partnership between the church and festival, and the points of intersection in the respective missions of the two institutions. Canon John learns about the diversity of music genres that qualify as folk, defined as any "grassroots musical expression of community" by Smith. Though disappointed to have to move the ...

    33 min
  6. Episode 9: "Healing Racism's Wounds"

    07/16/2020

    Episode 9: "Healing Racism's Wounds"

    Canon John addresses the impact on systemic racism on communities of color, the Church and the nation with veteran civil rights activist, sociologist, and founding Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing in Atlanta, Dr. Catherine Meeks. Dr. Meeks enthusiastically embraced her current role after retiring from 40 years of teaching, and the recent killings of young Black women and men at the hands of law enforcement and subsequent wave of protests have given new fervor ...

    45 min
  7. Episode 8: "A Long, Long Way"

    07/15/2020

    Episode 8: "A Long, Long Way"

    Canon John's first out-of-town guest of Frankly is Austin-based Greg Garrett, a film historian and professor of English at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the author of A Long, Long Way: Hollywood’s Unfinished Journey from Racism to Reconciliation. The just-published book grew out of four years of public screenings and conversations about film and race held across the country, including at the Washington National Cathedral. Garrett, who is seminary trained and the Theologian-in-Residenc...

    48 min
  8. Episode 7: "Public Service as Resistance"

    07/15/2020

    Episode 7: "Public Service as Resistance"

    Canon John welcomes JoAnne Simon, Assemblymember for New York State District 52, which includes St. Ann's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood. First elected in 2013, Ms. Simon describes her evolution in politics that began with advocacy with the deaf to a disability rights legal practice, and from there to local community leadership. Both before and after she became a member of the NY State Assembly, Simon joined forces with and deferred to indigenous leaders to engage community priorities. Simon a...

    37 min
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