The Process with Alex Beightol

Alex Beightol
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Stories build our society. Stories can change them. Looking at the books, ideas, and the people that made them that have changed everything. Conversations about the facts and fictions of our ideas of religion, gender, race, and selves in America.

  1. 11/20/2024

    A Note on Fear and Shame

    A good poem when we don't have words.

    6 min

  2. 11/03/2024

    Calico Critters At The End Of The World

    It's election week. One adorable imaginary world has me thinking.

    15 min

  3. 09/30/2024

    For Our Daughters

    Kristin Kobes Du Mez is the writer and historian behind the best selling deep dive into how Evangelical American men have been formed to wield power. This last week, she released her short documentary with Emmy award-winning Carl Byker called FOR OUR DAUGHTERS. It's a concise reminder to think about whether the men who have failed to run a church should run a country. This podcast mentions abuse.

    11 min

  4. 09/15/2024

    FAIR PLAY, a thriller

    Thoughts on a 2023 film by Chloe Domont on the lies we tell ourselves and each in modern dating.

    19 min

  5. 08/12/2024

    A Thought on "Turning" Black

    A former US president questioned a presidential candidate's Blackness at the National Association of Black Journalists. Alex responds with a reflection in this episode.

    11 min

  6. 08/04/2024

    Fiasco! A Recommendation

    It's been a stressful week and everyone is tired. Here's an uplifting, funny recommendation from This American Life about some people who witnessed some things go very, very wrong in the best way possible.

    3 min

  7. 07/29/2024

    The Road: Revisting Cormac McCarthy's Novel During an Election

    A novel I find helpful when everything feels like it is on fire. A short reflection on how it ends, and what it could be telling us about the work we must begin.

    9 min

  8. 07/21/2024

    The Improvement Association

    This is a weekend recommendation from me to you, from producers I love. It's about a lie that took root and shook up an entire community. I hope it makes you think about the facts and fictions that we allow to guide us.

    3 min
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Stories build our society. Stories can change them. Looking at the books, ideas, and the people that made them that have changed everything. Conversations about the facts and fictions of our ideas of religion, gender, race, and selves in America.

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