Weoverme

Bambi Francisco

This podcast was originally a book reading of Unequally Yoked. We've recently changed the name to Weoverme to align with our news site. Now this podcast curates many conservatives and Christians to discuss the news, innovation, healthcare, technology, religion and a host of topics mainly via a biblical lens. It's our hope to curate many Christian thinkers typically reticent to talk about their faith. It's our hope that we can discern the news and our times by stating the obvious without fear of cancellation. 

  1. 12/08/2023

    Interview with Michael Hartney of Hoover Institution on Education and Teachers Unions

    Some 70% of teachers are part of a teachers union. Most likely NEA (National Education Association) or AFT (American Federation of Teachers). That means our kids and their education are beholden to what is essentially an interest group supported by our government. But their interests don't appear to be aligned with many parents. For instance, NEA President Becky Pringle roused the audience with a preacher-like sermon on standing up for the truth against persecution. That truth to her is that abortion is a right and that sex isn't binary, and that kids could be taught pornography in elementary school. If these sounds like value systems that don't fall along the lines of academic courses, like you know - math and reading, it's because these are value systems.  So much for the separation of church and state. In my interview with Michael Hartney, who's studied unions and their hold on education, we talk about the following: - Why teachers unions got so powerful - Why Catholic Schools perform better than public schools - How government essentially subsidizes unions - How the pluralistic value systems of public schools caused many to lose the attraction of parochial schools, which is a value system grounded in respect, community, honor and acknowledgement of a higher being.  - As a way to compete against emerging schools, the teachers unions are trying to stand for a mission. Unfortunately, that mission is something many parents don't like or want.

    1h 16m
  2. 11/18/2023

    Jean-Paul Sartre's reconstructing of the self

    Today’s topic is 20th century French philosopher - Jean-Paul Sartre and his idea of “man reconstructing himself.” Sartre was the doyen of existentialism. Existentialism, according to Dictionary.com is "the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will."  Sartre, however, was also a Marxist. He wrote the preface in Frantz Fanon's book "The Wretched of the Earth." In the preface, you find Sartre’s view of reconstruction. This is important because of his influence on society’s view of human nature, which at its simplest - is that man is his own God, and salvation comes through some sort of rebirth through a violent overturning of those in control. This is man’s path to in Sartre's words: “reconstructing himself”. If it sounds a lot like being reborn (like Christians are reborn - or born again), it’s because it is. It is Sartre’s playbook on how to gain salvation.  I pull out 10 points covered in this preface from Sartre. The points show how the evolution of man inside a colonial system. The first point is when Sartre defines two sets of men: elites and natives. The other points cover the natives waking up to their plight to the justification of the natives’ violent uprising, to the realization that man is reconstructed or reborn through this violent process. This rebirth is similar to man being reborn in the spirit of Jesus Christ. Two different polar opposite paths. One embraces violence, the other embraces the fruit of the spirit: love, joy, peace, forbearance, etc. Which path do you want to take?

    23 min

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This podcast was originally a book reading of Unequally Yoked. We've recently changed the name to Weoverme to align with our news site. Now this podcast curates many conservatives and Christians to discuss the news, innovation, healthcare, technology, religion and a host of topics mainly via a biblical lens. It's our hope to curate many Christian thinkers typically reticent to talk about their faith. It's our hope that we can discern the news and our times by stating the obvious without fear of cancellation.