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We start today's episode by breaking down writer/director Joss Whedon's Vulture interview, which was an ill-fated attempt to salvage his reputation after numerous accusations of abusive behavior. We also share what Rupert Grint had to say about JK Rowling in a new interview. And finally, we discuss why Jamie Lynn Spears isn't doing a book tour (at least according to her.)

Kristen Donnelly (MSW, M.Div, PhD) is a TEDx speaker, international empathy educator, and researcher with two decades of experience in helping people understand the beauty in difference and the power in inclusivity. In this episode, Kristen warns of some of the dangers of the tolerance framework when it comes to inclusion and diversity. She offers a different alternative to this framework – one that will ultimately help us as a society to have better, more effective conversations and spew less violence and hatred toward one another.  Kristen Donnelly TED Talk 1 Kristen Donnelly TED Talk 2 Check out the Light After Trauma website for transcripts, other episodes, Alyssa's guest appearances, and more at: www.lightaftertrauma.com Support the Podcast Transcript Alyssa Scolari [00:23]: Hey friends. Welcome back to another episode of the Light After Trauma podcast. I'm your host, Alyssa Scolari. We have a guest episode today. Before that, just some housekeeping things, if you haven't done so already, please go check out our Instagram page. The handle is @lightaftertrauma. If you haven't done so already, please go check out our Instagram. It is Light After Trauma, just the name of the podcast. We've got some awesome things lined up for you there. Alyssa Scolari [00:54]: Just an FYI. I do have somebody running that page so if you reach out, I will do my best to get back to you. I love connecting with you, but just give me some time and know that if you see that somebody's active, please don't feel like I'm ignoring you. It's not always me. I do hire somebody to run that page. She does an amazing job. Please go check us out. Alyssa Scolari [01:20]: Also, if you haven't done so already, please leave a review or a rating for the podcast. That helps this podcast to grow so much and reach more people. The goal, as I've always said, is to be able to provide people with some type of free access to mental health information. While this isn't exactly mental health treatment, it's information, it's connection, it's inspiration, and especially in this world that we are living in right now, we need it more than ever. If you haven't done so already, please leave a rating overview for the podcast. It would mean the world to me. Alyssa Scolari [02:01]: Lastly, we do have a Patreon for the podcast. I know I've mentioned here before, you can please look at the show notes for access to the Patreon. If you are able to contribute even the smallest amount, that would be so, so helpful. Again, it does take quite a bit of money to run the podcast, and I'm not complaining about that. I am fortunate enough to be able to have the money to do so and to kind of keep up with it, but it is sort of becoming more and more difficult to keep up with as time goes on because it's taking a lot more time as we do more things with the podcast and becoming more expensive. Any amount that you can give will would be amazing and we would be so, so appreciative. Alyssa Scolari [02:47]: That being said, today I'm going to introduce our guest. This is Kristen Donnelly, who is an MSW. She is a master's degree in social work and she is a PhD. She is also a Ted X speaker, a international empathy educator, and a researcher with two decades of experience in helping people understand the beauty, indifference and the power in inclusivity. She's one of the good doctors of Abby Research, COO of their parent company and an unapologetic nerd for stories of change. Kristen lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband, where they are surrounded by piles of books and several video game consoles. Alyssa Scolari [03:29]: Hi, Kristen. Welcome. How are you? Kristen Donnelly [03:31]: I am fantastic. How are you doing ma'am? Alyssa Scolari [03:34]: I am good. I was reading your bio and felt like I was reading about myself for a second, not just because we're from the same area, but the piles of books and video game consoles. Do you have a favorite game you're playing right now? Kristen Donnelly [03:53]: Well, I'm perpetually playing Stardew Valley. I'm just always in a play through of Stardew Valley, but in anticipation of season two of the Witcher coming back out, I'm doing a replay of Witcher three. Alyssa Scolari [04:07]: Nice. Nice. I mean, it's me. It's 1000% percent me. I am on a huge Kingdom Hearts kicker right now. Kristen Donnelly [04:17]: I haven't dived into that one yet. I own it. I just haven't started because I'm not home enough to devote my time to a whole new world. Alyssa Scolari [04:26]: Yes. That's exactly what it is. It's a whole new world. I mean, I'm addicted. I mean, I can't stop. I was like, I was reading this bio and I was like, "Oh," I'm talking about myself for right now playing video games until 11:00 last night when I needed to go to bed. But I digress. Alyssa Scolari [04:47]: So welcome. It's so nice to have you on the show. Today we're talking a little bit, well, little bit, lot a bit, about this concept of tolerance. As I mentioned when I was reading Kristen's bio, she is a TEDx speaker. Please head over to the show notes. All of the YouTube links to the TEDx talks will be in there. You absolutely want to hear them. They are phenomenal. We're talking about tolerance today. Can you actually just first elaborate if you're comfortable with sharing on how you even came to be in this field and be passionate about these topics? Kristen Donnelly [05:25]: That is the question I get the most and I'm still not good at saying it succinctly. We'll give this another go. In a certain way I've been having these conversations for most of my life. My family bought a company in 1991 when I was seven years old. It is in a really under-resourced area of Philadelphia. My dad's goal was to bring jobs back to that neighborhood. It's a manufacturing company and we make dye. You've used our dye, you just don't know it. But we make this stain that they use in the pap smear to see if people have cancer. We make the dye for the outside of sutures, the black sutures. It's a lot of stuff. We make the color of Advil, some stuff like that. Kristen Donnelly [06:10]: But the point was that there was always more job opportunities for people who "don't fit". Over the years, a lot of our folks have been in recovery. They've been just out of prison, they're illiterate, they're not high school graduates, but we just deeply believe that that doesn't mean that they're not employable people and that they're not people and they're not worth our investment and our belief. This evolved into a mission statement, which is that our family is called to impact lives and create wealth. The wealth is emotional, psychosocial, economic, physical, spiritual, everything. Kristen Donnelly [06:53]: How can we impact lives and create wealth all the time? Because that question has been at the forefront of my life, this little white girl raised in suburban Philadelphia was never allowed really because of where we owned the factory and the things that we were facing all the time and the stuff, my dad didn't really, he didn't shove in our faces, but he didn't shelter us either. We were always raised to understand that where are born determines a lot of how you live, that a lot of choices are taken away from you before you even take your first breath. What does that look like and how can those of us who have privilege leverage that privilege for the power of others? Kristen Donnelly [07:32]: For us, it's a very faith based conversation, but I've learned that it's both faith based and not. It's how to human in a specific way. Very honestly, this is kind of how my thought processes have been going forever. I was the kid in college that when somebody would be like, "Well, we really need to have more diversity in our college experience," and I'm looking around and I'm like, "Okay, what you mean is racial diversity and I don't disagree, but you've got to stop using that word because I'm one of four kids at this college from above the Mason Dixon line. I bring some diversity." 80% of people here are on financial aid. That's some diversity for the 20% that aren't, that are bringing that in. It's a college full of people who grew up as third culture missionary kids. That's a lot of diversity. Why aren't we bringing that in? Kristen Donnelly [08:20]: But everybody was so focused on the fact that we were largely homogeneously white, that there was no appreciation of other values of diversity. I kept getting bugged by that throughout the '90s and early ots and just I was always the obnoxious kid that was on student government or anything else. I was like, "We've just got to stop using that word." But I hadn't figured out how to convince people of my argument. Kristen Donnelly [08:51]: It really ticked for me when I was sitting in a youth rally in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2006 and Northern Ireland's a really complicated place with a lot of tension, both violent and emotional, historically. They used the word tolerance. You have to learn to tolerate each other. It hit me like a ton of bricks, but that was actually one of the rudest things we could do, that tolerance is simply acknowledging that someone else is allowed to exist, that somebody else is alive because it is illegal to kill you. It does not encourage relationship. It does not encourage curiosity. It really doesn't even acknowledge their humanity. It just acknowledges their existence. Kristen Donnelly [09:37]: For about 10 years, I chewed on it. I did as much research. I'm a nerd. I have a lot of grad degrees. I did as much research as I could into really, truly what does diversity mean ecologically, spiritually, everything. What does diversity actually mean? The more I looked into it, the more I realized that tolerance is garbage and tolerance, that this is what the '90s came to, like those coexist bumper stickers drive me up an absolute wall now, that ... Alyssa Scolari [10:07]: The coexist bumper stickers? Kristen Donnelly [10:09]: Yeah. Because this is what we were giving to other people, all we were told as kids, so I'm an elder millennial, I'm the Oregon trail generation. What we were taught was to tolerate each other. We were never actually taught how to have conversations with each other. We were never taught about how to appreciate that someone else's way to be human is just as valid as yours. We were just taught to tolerate. Kristen Donnelly [10:37]: I looked around the planet and I realized, I started tracing some things back and I was like, "Okay, a lot of this is because we were taught to tolerate each other." There's so much pearl collecting these days over, we don't know how to have conversations. I'm like, "Well, we never really did." Alyssa Scolari [10:52]: We never did. Never. Kristen Donnelly [10:54]: There was pockets of humanity, especially in small towns where you had to get along, whether you wanted to or not. There was a lot of force proximity. That's still not inclusivity. That's just forced proximity. We've done all this. We've got 2,000, 4,900,000 years of human history, depending on who you talk to. We've never done this well. But we have all the science in front of us that shows we've never done it well on a large scale. We've done it well in interpersonal relationships. Kristen Donnelly [11:24]: But with the continuing calls to walk away from your family if they didn't agree with you politically, or to walk away to assume who somebody was based on what they retweeted on Twitter, I just started getting really nervous that all we were going to do was keep fracturing even further and we were going to calcify into those fractures. Kristen Donnelly [11:46]: When it came time to do my first TEDx application, this was the idea I knew, if I shared no other idea for the rest of my life, this is the one I wanted to present, which is that we have to stop tolerating each other and we have to start welcoming each other instead. That doesn't mean being in a relationship with toxic people. It does not mean being in relationship with people who deny your humanity, but it means getting to know them a little bit first to know whether they actually do or not or they just retweeted something dumb. It's saying, right now as you and I talk, there's so much kerfuffle over JK Rowling. Alyssa Scolari [12:22]: So much. Kristen Donnelly [12:25]: I absolutely believe that her beliefs around trans people are damaging and murderous and actually violent. The calls for absolutely every person to completely abandon Harry Potter is also not productive or helpful, especially with all the research that we have that reading Harry Potter indicates that children will be more empathetic and open to difference than if they didn't. Kristen Donnelly [12:52]: I think for me, I mean, the internet is a fear machine. We carry around fear machines in our pockets. Alyssa Scolari [12:58]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [12:59]: If we take JK Rowling, is she a trans exclusionary, radical feminist? She absolutely is. She's even kind of claimed that. She's not ashamed of it anymore. She's gotten really loud about it. She gives a lot of money to those causes. This isn't a secret, but it does not mean that somebody who still finds a lot of identity as a Hufflepuff is also a turf. It might, but it doesn't, there's not ... Correlation does not equal causation. We can have conversations with each other to then determine the boundaries we have to set rather than setting those boundaries before the conversation all the time. Kristen Donnelly [13:37]: Really honestly, what I'm advocating for is that humans are messy and so life is messy and we just need to allow each other to be messy instead of these kind of very black and white boundaries that a lot of us have instinctually begun to draw because the fear machines told us to. Speaker 2 [14:01]: Yes. I mean, my brain jumps right into this cancel culture. There's such a push to, like you said, a cancel her and four people who are Harry Potter fans like myself, with a slew of Harry Potter pop figures sitting on the shelf behind me, harry Potter saved me in my childhood. I say that, I'll tell anybody that. I say that all the time. I found so much comfort and solace in those books. I find it to be so ... I'm just very unsettled by this idea that we cancel her but then we also cancel every single person who continues to support Harry Potter in any way, shape or form. Speaker 2 [14:51]: I guess the question I have for you is how do you propose, what happens instead? What does that idea of being more welcoming and allowing people to be messy, how do we find that middle ground between holding folks accountable, but also allowing them space to be messy? Kristen Donnelly [15:12]: In terms of, so let's keep going with this Harry Potter, because it's actually a pretty good one. Today on Tumblr, I saw somebody say, "Your love of Harry Potter is not more important than somebody's else's life." That statement to me is an encapsulation of a lot of false assumptions. Kristen Donnelly [15:27]: First of all, that my love of Harry Potter does not mean that I loathe that trans folks are being murdered. My love of Harry Potter does not mean that I do not believe that trans women are women and trans men are men. It does not mean a lot of things. We can draw the boundary and say that JK Rowling is a turf. If I make the choice to not go and see any of the new movies, for instance, because she is a producer on those, and so that puts money in her pocket. I don't need those stories anymore. Kristen Donnelly [16:01]: Grindelwald isn't part of this for me. I don't need to continue to explore new ways that she wants to tell stories. But that seven book cannon is incredibly sacred to my 20s and to erase them from my 20s is doing some retroactive work that isn't kind to me or who I was then or anything else. All that being said, I think we can cancel JK Rowling. I think we certainly can. I think we can stop giving her platforms. Kristen Donnelly [16:38]: However, the problem is that we will always be giving her money. This is the same thing in which Disney is a problematic corporation and they are terrible in so many ways and beautiful in so many others. She appears more clear cut because she's one person. Alyssa Scolari [16:58]: She's very out and loud about her [crosstalk 00:17:01]. Kristen Donnelly [17:01]: And obnoxious. She's obnoxious about it. Alyssa Scolari [17:02]: She is. Kristen Donnelly [17:03]: She is. I have no problem calling a spade a spade here, as they say in the UK. She's a problem. She's a problem. But she is not the only one who makes money on Harry Potter. She is not the only one who is caught up in this universe. She is not the only one. She is an industry. She is a corporation. Kristen Donnelly [17:25]: The first thing that I always say and my business partner, Dr. Erin, and I talk about this a lot, is that you can love problematic things as long as you understand that they're problematic. Alyssa Scolari [17:35]: That's a really interesting concept. Kristen Donnelly [17:37]: Part of adulthood is saying, "Oh my God, I love Harry Potter so much, but I look back now and it's hella racist. The way that she did sexuality is weird because now we know why, and retroactively conning Dumbledore sexuality was kind of shady." We can say all of these things. Alyssa Scolari [17:58]: The actually caused so much trauma for the students that he terrorized like Snape. Kristen Donnelly [18:04]: I can still say that all truth is truth and all the goodness is goodness. Hermione is one of the ways I learned that it was okay to be smart. All of those things can be true at once. It can be true that she gave us a definitive world that literally saved the lives of millions of children around the world and that she advocates personally for the exclusion of a marginalized group, both of those things can be true and they are true. It sucks. Kristen Donnelly [18:47]: Some of it is saying things like I absolutely love sports. I love sports so much. I watch sports all the time. Would I love to also tell you that I struggled to watch the NFL because I've read the research on CTE? Absolutely. Is football something that I find a lot of joy in and that kills people? Yeah, both those things are true. Kristen Donnelly [19:09]: Really, to me, one of the examples of this not going well is that we can't have an honest conversation in the United States about guns because people who love guns can't accept that what is also true is that they kill children. You can have a deep love of this culture that I personally do not understand. This can be a part of your identity, but I need you to also accept that they're too easily accessible and that mentally ill folks can shoot up rooms full of kindergartners. I need you to hold those two things as true and then we can start having conversations. Alyssa Scolari [19:47]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [19:49]: We've been under this illusion as humans that things are simple, that things are supposed to be easy, that as we get older, things are more clear cut. No pals. As we get older, they get messier. We all still have this myth that at some point in life it was easy. Alyssa Scolari [20:09]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [20:10]: It wasn't. Alyssa Scolari [20:11]: Back in the day, quote unquote. Kristen Donnelly [20:13]: There is no day. Alyssa Scolari [20:14]: There is no ... Kristen Donnelly [20:14]: I mean, there's a great Dane Cook joke where he says like, "Back in the day," which was a Wednesday, by the way. Alyssa Scolari [20:19]: I love Dane Cook. Kristen Donnelly [20:21]: Whenever somebody says, I'm like, he's terribly problematic, but he had some really good jokes. Alyssa Scolari [20:27]: He's horrible and I can't listen to him anymore, but he had some amazing jokes. Kristen Donnelly [20:33]: All of those things are true. Tina Faye has some spaces to grow and she is not good at being an inclusive comic. But Liz Lemon is one of the most profound comic characters we've ever had. All these things are true all at once. But we got to start being honest. We got to stop being scared to say the messy things because canceling, I'll say this, canceling shouldn't be a knee jerk reaction. It should be a consequence of a lot of actions. Kristen Donnelly [21:08]: I can't remember. It was like, so there's a Broadway star who I really like who came out and said that she was anti-vaccine and that she wouldn't be getting vaccinations. A lot of her co-stars, which they have every right to do, were kind of like, "Cool. I'm never working with you again. I'm not ever doing this again." But I watched the Broadway community immediately be like, "We're canceling her." I was like, "Okay, that seems quick." Kristen Donnelly [21:32]: Then people started to kind of come with other receipts of other things she's been doing. Like, guys, this is emblematic. This isn't one thing she did. This is emblematic of an attitude of how she's treated other people. This is kind of, she's shown us who she is and now we can believe her. Alyssa Scolari [21:50]: Right. It's been a buildup, not like ... Kristen Donnelly [21:54]: Brett Kavanaugh showed us who he was. We should have believed Dr. Ford. Alyssa Scolari [21:59]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [22:02]: Larry Nassar showed us who he was and we needed to believe the gymnasts. When people show you who they are, we need to believe them, as Dr. Angelou said. When people do something dumb on Twitter in the year of our Lord 2012, and we unearth it, we need to see a bigger context. Kristen Donnelly [22:20]: That's kind of how I would say it. It needs to be a much more messy conversation. I should also say everybody's decision on this, your mileage may vary. If as you're listening to this, your choice is that you cannot engage with Harry Potter, rock on, mazel tov. You do you? That is fine. Zero judgment from me. Where it becomes is when you begin to shame me for my choices in how I'm going to interact with this very messy, very uncomfortable, absolutely nobody wins here situation. Alyssa Scolari [22:51]: Yes. Because that's where so much of the chaos happens is that point where it's like, well, why do you still have this Harry Potter poster? What does that make you? You're transphobic and you're actively contributing to the murder of so many people. That's where I see so much tension, so much tension. Kristen Donnelly [23:14]: I think, I mean, so some of the ways we vote is with our money and so I don't give more money to Harry Potter stuff. I have all the stuff that I'm going to have. I'm still going to read the books. I own them. I bought them already. What good is it going to do? But will I advocate for children to read it? I don't know, probably not. My niece and nephew are two. That'll be their parents' decision. Whatever. Kristen Donnelly [23:35]: But what I can do is have the really hard conversations with a lot of people in my life who are like, "But I'm not sure if trans girls should be in athletics." I'm like, "Okay, let's have that conversation." I can do the things where somebody says, "I'm not sure if somebody really knows they're trans at five," and I can say, "Okay, valid. It's something that I was confused about for a long time too." Do I think that I, as an outside stranger, have any right to say anything about that child's life? I do not. But I've loved a lot of trans folks who tell me they knew as early as five. I want to listen to them. Kristen Donnelly [24:10]: Here's the messiness. Guess what guys? This is all really new. This is all really new. Health insurances still aren't paying for surgeries. This is all still really new. We're going to figure this out together, but let's start by acknowledging the humanity in that person. Let's start by acknowledging that whatever they're going through is hard. Let's start by acknowledging that everybody wants to be heard, seen, and safe. Fundamentals of human life. Alyssa Scolari [24:36]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [24:36]: Let's start there and then if it gets messy after that, I mean, it will, let's just assume it will. Alyssa Scolari [24:41]: Right. It always does almost. Kristen Donnelly [24:43]: It has to. Alyssa Scolari [24:44]: Got to for any real effective change to be made. Kristen Donnelly [24:48]: Or for any real effective relationships. Think about the people that you actually claim as deep and true relationships. Are any of those relationships clear cut? They're all messy. I love my husband and would like to throw him off a bridge a lot of days. Alyssa Scolari [25:02]: Yes. Yes. Kristen Donnelly [25:03]: And not just because of dumb little habits. There are fundamental things about each other that as we've grown, we've had to continue to make that covenant. We didn't just make a covenant 10 years ago. We make it all the time. Every relationship is like that. I hear that parenting is kind of hard. Just a rumor. Speaker 2 [25:24]: Right. It's just in the rumor mill. I've heard it [crosstalk 00:25:27]. Kristen Donnelly [25:26]: It's in the rumor mill. It sounds really hard and it sounds like there are a lot of parents who don't like their kids. There's a lot of kids who don't like their parents. Speaker 2 [25:35]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [25:36]: It's because humans are messy. Alyssa Scolari [25:37]: Yes. I think that's part of the reason why I love being a therapist so much is because I get to hold space for that messiness. I love working with kids because then I also get to work with their families and then it becomes so much more mess. I mean, that's where the beauty happens and that's where I think so much gets heard because at the end of the day, no matter where you are and no matter what your beliefs are, as you said, the goal is to be seen, heard and understood and safe. Exactly. Exactly. Alyssa Scolari [26:14]: I love that. I mean, I love it so much and I think it's kind of like you said, I think it might be, again, for the listeners out there, this concept is like, it's very new in itself and it's very different than what I think we see on the internet a lot of days, but it's so important. If you get nothing else out of this, I want you to just take it and I want you to chew on it. I want you to think about it because it's really important. Alyssa Scolari [26:42]: I understand lots of things might be popping up for you about, well, how can we just allow this to happen and how can we just allow that to happen? But this is really the meat of how we need to ... This is it. This is the framework that we need to be adopting for conversations to be had, for relationships to be had, and for all of the hatred in this world to just go away a little tiny bit. Kristen Donnelly [27:13]: I think it's ... Erin and I are empathy educators because we say, and that's kind of how we frame ourselves because empathy isn't about emotions. It's about understanding. I will say since I started practicing empathy as my primary motivator through the world, as the mindset and the framework I used to move through the world, I'm a lot calmer. Even my doom scrolling doesn't get me as anxious as it used to. Alyssa Scolari [27:48]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [27:48]: Nothing feels as overwhelming because in a certain way I can really quickly, I can make some decisions quicker. I can say, "That behavior I know is a hard boundary for me. Somebody engaging in that behavior is somebody I cannot be in authentic relationship with. They are still a human. They are entitled to all of that. I cannot be in relationship with them." If I'm ever put into a position where I need to work with them, one on one, one of the questions that we will need to talk about is that behavior. Alyssa Scolari [28:26]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [28:27]: That's it. It's that clear cut. Around vaccines, I have a lot of immunocompromised people in my family. I was first in line to get the vaccine, first in line to get the booster. I'm just pump me with whatever you want. I don't care. I'm not a physical scientist. Everyone on the planet is saying this is a good idea. Cool. I'm in line. Yet we all are doing life with a lot of people that see these vaccines very differently. When I discover that somebody is not vaccinated, my policy very quickly becomes I cannot be within six feet of you without you wearing a mask. Alyssa Scolari [29:08]: That's your hard [crosstalk 00:29:09]. Kristen Donnelly [29:09]: If that is not something that you are willing to do, we will need to interact on Zoom. That's not tolerating them. That's not saying that they're not a good person or they're evil. That's simply saying you have made choices and I have made choices and this is the intersection of our choices. Alyssa Scolari [29:32]: Exactly. Kristen Donnelly [29:34]: Once I made that kind of policy in my life, and that's the phrase I use a lot, it's my policy, it's my policy to do this. Alyssa Scolari [29:42]: I love it. Kristen Donnelly [29:43]: Life got a lot less stressful. It just did. I get more curious. My question now a lot is like, "Well, I'd look to know why aren't you getting vaccinated?" Not judgy. Legitimately, I'm just really curious, what is your intersection of these decisions here? Alyssa Scolari [30:00]: Yes. The curiosity piece is so important. It's so important. Kristen Donnelly [30:05]: It's what changes the world. It's the only thing that ever has. No one also changes, I'll say this to you and you know this as a therapist, absolutely nobody changes their world view through shaming or statistics. Alyssa Scolari [30:16]: Thank you. I also would like to add that nobody changes their world view or their opinion on anything because of a fight on the internet. Kristen Donnelly [30:26]: Absolutely not. They might change their behavior because of shaming or statistics. Alyssa Scolari [30:30]: Exactly. Kristen Donnelly [30:31]: But as a therapist and as a social worker and as an empathy educator, I'm not looking to change behaviors. Alyssa Scolari [30:39]: No. Kristen Donnelly [30:40]: I'm looking to change world views and I'm to change how people move through the planet and that never changes through shaming, statistics or being yelled at on the internet. Alyssa Scolari [30:48]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [30:49]: It just doesn't. Alyssa Scolari [30:50]: Yes. Kristen Donnelly [30:53]: It just doesn't. Erin and I have a YouTube channel and the comments we get sometimes are hilarious, where somebody's really coming for us and we're like, "Okay, dude." We want to respond back with Taylor Swift gifts and be like, "You need to calm down, man. You are bringing a lot of anger to a conversation that we are bringing zero anger to." Alyssa Scolari [31:11]: Relax, breath. Kristen Donnelly [31:12]: Do you need a hug? Do you need a puppy? Do you need a glass of water? What do you need in this moment because yelling at us isn't going to fix it. Alyssa Scolari [31:21]: Yes. Yes. Which is typically always, that's kind of my response. So many people will be like, "How do you work with people who have such differences? How do you work with people who refuse to get vaccinated?" It's just like, "Because I want to understand." Kristen Donnelly [31:41]: We have to. Alyssa Scolari [31:41]: We have to. If we don't understand than we are making no progress. Kristen Donnelly [31:49]: I respect that for some people, this is all overwhelming. Alyssa Scolari [31:52]: Absolutely. Kristen Donnelly [31:53]: The idea of trying to get to know new people or new ideas is really hard. We get the question like where should I start? Our answer is that we live in such a beautiful time of facilitated curiosity, start with a Netflix show. There is a really great documentary on Netflix right now called Crip Camp. Alyssa Scolari [32:14]: What is it? Kristen Donnelly [32:15]: Crip Camp. Alyssa Scolari [32:16]: I haven't heard of it. Kristen Donnelly [32:17]: It is about the foundations of the Americans with disabilities movement. Statistically, we'll bet that you don't know that whoever's listening to this within sound of my voice might not know somebody who is affected by the ADA Act. But spoiler alert, if you have any sort of mental health issue, you are because mental health is included in the ADA. It's a great documentary. It was Oscar nominated. It's an hour and a half of your life. Alyssa Scolari [32:47]: I've not heard of it. Kristen Donnelly [32:52]: That's the thing. You don't know where to start. This is all so overwhelming. Pick a thing. Alyssa Scolari [32:57]: One thing. Kristen Donnelly [32:59]: Pick a thing. Do the one thing. Watch a documentary, listen to a podcast, go to a cultural festival in your town and sit. Ask a question. Go to a restaurant where you can't pronounce the food and fumble your way through it. They're used to it. I promise. Alyssa Scolari [33:19]: Yes. They're so used to it. Kristen Donnelly [33:23]: Pick a thing. Alyssa Scolari [33:24]: Pick a thing. Pick a thing. Kristen Donnelly [33:27]: Pick a thing. There's no shame in not knowing unless you actively choose to ignore. Alyssa Scolari [33:34]: Yes. That is dangerous. That is dangerous. Well, thank you so, so much. I mean, this is like, I'm so passionate about this topic, because it absolutely pushes us outside of our comfort zone, especially as millennials. We were literally not taught to ask questions. We were taught to just truly coexist, which doesn't help. Like you said, it just fosters greater separation. Alyssa Scolari [34:03]: I really love this topic. I'm all about exploring uncomfortable things. This is one topic that I can see that could make people feel some kind of uncomfortable things, but that's [crosstalk 00:34:16]. Kristen Donnelly [34:16]: For sure. Alyssa Scolari [34:18]: Thank you. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for coming on the show today. I really appreciate it. 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Vince Averill, Adam Burke, Renee Gauthier, Melody Kamali, and Rojo Perez join Brido on the panel.  They discuss Fart Jar Woman. The best movie franchises. How should the shows you stream address COVID? Dumbest jokes. January 6th. Dick Cheney. Bob Saget. Best TV dads. Fresh Prince reboot. Tom Cruise. The hardest you've seen someone kill.  Video and extras are on patreon.com/brido.

Chris and Taylor review the new HBOMax reunion special "Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts" directed by Casey Patterson and Joe Pearlman. Celebrating 20 years since the release of the first Harry Potter film several original cast members along with the directors and producers share memories and insight to the making of this magical franchise. The special includes Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Robbie Coltrane, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes, Chris Columbus, David Yates and more.

Patton Oswalt does Chapelle dirty. He's also a hypocrite and so we turn the microscope onto him. Should Dave Chapelle be apologizing for taking a picture with him? Jon Stewart does not think JK Rowling is anti-Semitic and has a few choice words for Newsweek and the media. Yanni goes thru why Joe Rogan is such an important example for the media, government and corporations to follow and adapt to. Also, Andy Cohen's fired from CNN and Eric Adams reference of “low skilled labor” is defended by this delicious maniac. Also, Jared Harvin is in studio with us, it's a LongDays family, Wasdadealis! LongDays is a weekly satire news podcast by comedian Yannis Pappas. Get your commentary on news & trending topics with Yanni every Sat and a guest chat with interesting, brilliant and hilarious humans on some Thursdays. Wasdadealis Listen to Yanni's sport podcast UNLEASHED for BETMGM with Olivia Harlan Dekker here: https://jaml.ink/unleashed Yanni stand up tour dates & tickets: https://www.yannispappascomedy.com Join for weekly Bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/yannilongdays Subscribe to our clips page for podcast highlights https://youtube.com/channel/UCfMy34qIYYy7XiRaHKO1ykw The show goes out every Saturday & chat eps occasionally on Thursdays to youtube and podcast audio platforms but while it's being recorded the show goes LIVE on Yannis' Instagram on Wednesdays. Come join in on the LONG DAY & Follow Yannis Pappas Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yannispappas/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/yannispappas

Join the Patreon Asshole Army: http://bit.ly/2xQwHYf Flagrant 2 is a comedy podcast that delivers unfiltered, unapologetic, and unruly hot takes directly to your dome piece. In an era dictated by political correctness, hosts Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh, along with AlexxMedia and Mark Gagnon, could care less about sensitivities. If it's funny and flagrant it flies. If you are sensitive this podcast is not for you. But if you miss the days of comedians actually being funny instead of preaching to a quire then welcome to The Flagrancy.

This week the fellas talk life tips, unsolved mysteries, Antartica's covid problem, Quidditch is done with its creator and Josh fools Lee.

Today Will & Amala react to Jon Stewart calling out JK Rowling over antisemitism in Harry Potter, Novak Djokovic facing deportation in Australia over his vax exemption, and the Mayo Clinic firing 700 unvax'd employees in the midst of a winter surge. Plus Pope Francis criticizes couples who have pets instead of children, a look at the Metaverse, and did the show Glee cause wokeness?

Happy New year, I'm back with another social observation. Case study: Jk Rowling vs Media JK Rowling was trending online on the 5th of January for being accused of being anti-semitic due to her representation of goblins as greedy bankers in Harry Potter. Famous US comedian and political commentator Jon Stewart was at the centre of the storm, as a video he made a month ago was used as the basis for a Newsweek story. This sparked an online fire aimed at JK Rowling. Join me as I analyse the media response to this story, including the response of the Jewish community and Jon Stewart himself to the discussion. Enjoy!

John and Callum discuss the alleged antisemitism of JK Rowling, the influence of big money on mainstream media coverage, and the woke invasion of Britain's shires.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. United States correspondent Jacob Magid and reporter Carrie Keller-Lynn join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode. Magid brings us an update on the ongoing saga surrounding the US consulate in Jerusalem. While reporting from Ramallah, Magid was warned by a senior official that the Palestinian Authority will refuse to meet key US demands for reforms unless Washington follows through on its own commitments to fully restore ties with Ramallah. But does the PA have any leverage? We then speak with Keller-Lynn about her in-depth piece on abortion in Israel. She explains what are the facts on the ground today and what women's organizations would like to see changed to create a more humane and supportive process. What is the groups' looming reform and what are its chances of success today under secular Health Minister Nitzan Horovitz of the progressive Meretz party. We give a brief update on the recent rampant cases of alleged sexual abuse among three top gynecologists. And finally, popular television presenter Jon Stewart recently called out author J.K. Rowling for her allegedly antisemitic portrayal of the goblins who run Gringott's Bank for wizards. We weigh in. Discussed articles include: ‘It's a two-way street': PA warns of fallout from US holdup of consulate reopening Easy to access, but hard to stomach, ‘humiliating' abortion process may soon change Senior gynecologist arrested after 15 women accuse him of rape, harassment Top doctor held on suspicion of sexual assault of women, girl during treatments Jon Stewart says J.K. Rowling's ‘Harry Potter' goblin characters clearly antisemitic Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Image: Illustrative: This June 19, 2014 file photo shows animatronic bank tellers at Gringotts Bank, part of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MuggleCast excitedly kicks off the year 2022 with their review of the brand new Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts reunion special! Join Andrew, Eric, Micah and Laura as they go "chapter-by-chapter" on the 100 minute show and discuss the highs and lows, cast members who were noticeably absent, and how the reunion special did or didn't meet their expectations. We also have a mail-bag show next week, so be sure to send us YOUR thoughts on the special! 2022 started off with a brand new Reunion Special, looking back on the making of all 8 films and featuring the cast including Dan, Rupert and Emma Harry Potter Reunion Special First Impressions: did it satisfy our craving? Did it make us cry? (Spoiler alert: yes, it did.) Andrew found the beginning to be a little clunky, and the fact that Rupert, Dan and Emma were not physically all in the same space was ultimately a missed opportunity. Laura thinks the special would have benefitted from having a dedicated host to guide us through the many different interviews and set a more static tone for the special. Micah wanted to see more groups together and would have expected a higher focus on the first film, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary and not the others. Eric wanted more Ian Hart! They brought him in for a whole day and he only appears in the last 5 minutes of the show? Release the Snyder Cut of Back to Hogwarts, you cowards! We all appreciate getting to hear from all 4 directors who helmed the Potter films. Dan Radcliffe's chat with Chris Columbus and some archival footage of the young trio warmed all of our hearts, multiple times. Hearing Alfonso Cuarón discuss Prisoner of Azkaban changed Micah's mind on the film! Eric is not so cheaply bought... but admits that Cuarón clearly really cares and that his take on Harry's adolescence is valid. Dan Radcliffe and Gary Oldman's chat shows that they truly mean a lot to one another and is great to see. After seeing Mike Newell wrestle with the Phelps Twins and break some of his own ribs while doing so, everything we've ever wondered about why the Goblet of Fire movie is the way it is makes perfect sense. The trio talking teenage hormones reignites the spark of all of our ships, including Emma and Tom who CLEARLY HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON... ...but perhaps not as much as Dan and Helena Bonham Carter! That steamy handwritten note, wowza... The hosts lament the exclusion of a Sirius/Bellatrix duel that was evidently filmed, and recount other surprising times during this special where an actor says something shocking which paints director choices in a questionable light. Evanna Lynch appears with an inspirational message for the outsiders in all of us. The cast discussing their on-screen kisses is very popcorn worthy, even if the kisses themselves weren't all so. The In Memoriam segment touches us all as we reflect on cast members who are no longer with us, and the nice things said about them in this special. RIP also to Millie the hamster. We never knew ye before! The special ends back at the beginning, with footage of the 11-year-old trio, and lots of emotional admissions from the actors about each other and the films' legacy. The hosts discuss JK Rowling's appearance in archived footage and what mystery still remains about her involvement in this special. Quizzitch: What is the name of Rupert Grint's child? Submit your answer!  Finally, Eric and Micah played Fandom Feud last week, with fellow members of HP Fandom to benefit trans-supportive charities. Check out the whole video of both games they played over on YouTube!

On this weeks episode of The Theme Park Podcast the guys discuss all the upcoming rides, parks and shows in 2022 at the theme parks! Yes they even discuss the Peppa Pig Park! Then they run through the details of the contract between JK Rowling and Universal Studios. And they talk about what the theme park related Christmas gifts they received!

In this episode: Alexis, Susie, and Nikki talk about Harry Potter even though only Susie has read the books or seen the movies. A great episode for big Harry Potter fans and yes, JK Rowling has only made things worse in the past 16 months. Find all our links on Linktr.ee/NermerNermer and follow on Instagram @NermerNermer.

Darío breaks down the controversy around Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, not appearing in the series' HBO reunion special, as well as the "Quidditch" leagues changing their names.

What made the internet angry this week?Dale and a Derek catch up in a post Christmas episode. Traveling to the US is still a pain. The first Bean in the hot jelly bean challenge is a mother fucker. The kids doing the Blackout challenge are dumb but so were we. Keeping hummingbirds alive during a cold snap. JK Rowling was winning a person of the year poll so the guardian closed the poll. Non-pajama job people can't take extra time off for travel. Derek hates Joe Rogan almost as much as Dale loves Joe Rogan. Punisher got a new logo. A beta tester got groped in Meta's New Horizon virtual reality.  Red Cross Donation: https://donate.redcross.ca/page/94172/donate/1?locale=en-CA Find us:Web outragefactory.comTwitter @OutrageFactPodInsta @outrage_factoryTik Tok @dalederuiterFacebook www.facebook.com/outragefactpodReddit r/OutragefactorypodEmail Outragefactpod@gmail.com Check out our redbubble swag https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/49661850

Join us in this last episode of the year as we talk about a lady nursing her hairless cat on a plane, Emmanuel Macron's wife suing over transgender claims, Dr Oz defending JK Rowling and lots lots more. Download and listen to find out more.   Life is too serious to be taken seriously.    

Leo Kearse is a comedian, writer and a YouTuber. I brought Leo on to discuss the most important news stories of the last few weeks. Real hard hitting stuff today like why JK Rowling has been written out of the new Fantastic Beasts trailer, how Sainsbury's are signalling their virtue by telling shoppers that they're racist on Twitter, why Jessie from Little Mix has been accused of appropriating black culture because she has ginger curly hair, how Nicki Minaj is rehabilitating people's personal brands over Instagram Live, why Leo got involved in a debate about censorship in comedy which descended into the historic oppression of women's football and much more... Sponsors: Join the Modern Wisdom Community to connect with me & other listeners - https://modernwisdom.locals.com/ Get 5 days unlimited access to Shortform for free at https://www.shortform.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Subscribe to Leo's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1hRBGoDHKSn4HiHIzkXAw Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/ 

Police officer Kim Potter convicted in the shooting death of Daunte Wright; A Colorado truck driver has insanely been sentenced to 110 years for accidental deaths; Two US Quidditch leagues look to change name of sport primarily over JK Rowling's comments about the trans community

Cancel This Podcast comes to you LIVE on FESTIVUS!  We're going to be airing ALL the grievances tonight bashing the Biden Regime, the Omicron Narrative, Onlyfans Thots, Demi Lovato singing to ghosts, and bad George Floyd art!  We're also going to discuss Spider-Man No Way Home, Matrix Resurrections (should have stayed dead), Paul Feig crying FOUL over the Ghostbusters Box Set, Hawkeye bringing Kingpin to the MCU, South Park's Post-COVID taking on NFTs, Punisher goes woke and retires his iconic skull logo, JK Rowling vs angry Harry Potter trans-hags, Donald Trump turns heel and a whole lot more!  Don't miss it or I'm going to have a lot of problems with you people and you're going to hear about it!!!Support Our Content! LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE!Website: https://cancelthispodcast.comBitchute: https://bitchute.com/cancelthispodcastOdysee: https://odysee.com/@cancelthispodcastRumble: https://rumble.com/c/cancelthispodcastSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5uBcbRt8Kho9b7S132YOM7

Nous sommes à Londres, par un joli jeudi ensoleillé du mois de juin. À la sortie de l'école, le jeune Robin, 10 ans, se plante devant une librairie de Chiswick. En vitrine, un livre a attiré son attention. A l'heure où tout le monde est en bras de chemise, l'ouvrage qui fait de l'œil à Robin a les couleurs de Noël... Rouge, vert et jaune. Son titre : "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Harry Potter, ce doit être ce petit garçon à lunettes qui met la main à sa bouche avec un air ébahi. Comme Robin, il porte son cartable sur le dos et une écharpe de style universitaire rayée or et rouge. Texte de Flavie Flament Ecoutez Jour J avec Flavie Flament du 22 décembre 2021

Le 26 juin 1997, c'est le jour de la sortie du livre "Harry Potter à l'école des sorciers" en Angleterre. Harry Potter est un jeune orphelin. À 11 ans, il apprend qu'il est sorcier, il découvre alors un monde fait de magie, de créatures fantastiques. Harry Potter intègre l'école de sorcellerie de Poudlard. Il se lie d'amitié avec Hermione et Ron. Ils forment un trio inséparable, et ensemble, affrontent des trolls, serpents et araignées géants et mènent la guerre à celui dont on ne doit pas prononcer le nom : Voldemort. Retour ce soir dans "Jour J" de 20h à 21h sur une révolution dans le monde édition, sur un phénomène qui a touché les lecteurs et les lectrices de tous les âges. Notre invité Laurent Marsick, journaliste à RTL. Texte de Bastien Robin

The Drunk Guys pig out on beer this week when they discuss The Christmas Pig by JK Rowling. They go ham for: Jingle Jangle by Bronx Brewery, Fancy Candy by mast landing and Barreled Souls, Texas Rig by Southern Pines, Mad Elf by Tröegs, Advent Party Crasher by Clown Shoes,

Today's Topics: 1) Homosexual predator satanist Cardinal Bernardin honored https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/chicagos-tainted-saint 2, 3) AuthorJ.K. Rowling is under fire for simply pointing out an obvious truth about transgender rapists https://www.theblaze.com/news/jk-rowling-transgender-rapists-backlash?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20211214Trending-JKRowling&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News 3, 4) Don't dismiss Lil Nas X because of his Satan video... He has something to teach the Church https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/10/15/lil-nas-x-montero-lgbtq-241632

Carl and Callum discuss Joe Manchin stopping Biden's plan to ruin America, how Boris' support has totally evaporated, and JK Rowling's continued Twitter war on penis-possessing women. Full video and reading list at; https://lotuseaters.com/the-podcast-of-the-lotus-eaters-288-20-12-2021

Gabby and Lukas get serious: they clear the air on their stance on furries, as you've been waiting for. This is a more relaxed episode, no guest because of Omicron giving NYC a big fat hug (rest assured: the meerkats each tested twice before meeting to record. Stay safe.) They go into JK Rowling's MERCH, Gabby's admiration for Basquiat, and Lukas's mischievous prank on a college professor. They also help a listener deal with omicron safety and another potentially come out to her family as PAN - all in a day's WOK! (get it??? Pan??? Wok??? WE'RE DOING OUR BEST. OKAY, FINE JUST ENJOY THE EPISODE)   TikTok: @lukastarnold @hipsoccermom Instagram: @twonosymeerkats @lukastarnold @hipsoccermom Twitter: @twonosymeerkats @lukastarnold

In this relatively special episode, the hosts talk about a ginned-up anti-Semitism controversy involving a troubled internet figure, the latest explosion of outrage surrounding J.K. Rowling’s online opinions, and an article in The Atlantic article highlighting the gaps in our knowledge about masking as a form of coronavirus protection. To discuss this episode with other premium subscribers, click here.Show notes/Links:Archived version of tweet accusing weird YouTuber of anti-Semitism: https://archive.md/t79YfKnow Your Meme attempts to explain Nikocado Avocado: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/nikocado-avocadoJust why: Video which launched the accusation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z3qV94LGcr63E1DxKnT-DodS2fF5bKs8/view?usp=sharingActual source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kiss4-TO2gN2y6__J8fwz_tdgBOHLFbZ/view?usp=sharingCredit to Joel Snape for finding it: Even grosser food content, according to Katie: https://www.instagram.com/blake_201/Atlantic article on masking: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/mask-guidelines-cdc-walensky/621035/CIDRAP articles:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/10/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-1-science-behind-covid-19-protectionhttps://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/10/commentary-what-can-masks-do-part-2-what-makes-good-mask-study-and-why-mostThe image of Nikocado Avocado absolutely housing what appear to be Korean rice cakes and noodles comes via Know Your Meme. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe

What makes for a glorious, rip-roaring tale and what deflates it like a wilting balloon? The Critical Drinker joins us from across The Pond to share his answers to all our burning questions. Hop on the show to chat and ask your questions too on Friday, 11 AM Eastern, LIVE on Keystroke Medium! Hosts: Lauren Moore, Kalene Williams Special Guests: The Critical Drinker, Richard Fox 00:00 Opening remarks and introductions -Discord server is up! https://discord.com/invite/t96CVRD -Keystroke Coffee is live! https://keystrokemedium.com/product/keystroke-coffee/ -Use Plottr! https://plottr.com?ref=190 02:05 Main Event – The Critical Drinker Breaks Down Story Forces -How the Critical Drinker got started. -Looking back on his first novel through the lens of his YouTube series. -The importance of imagination. -Writer's Block is really forcing the characters to do something that's against their nature. -Plotting or pantsing? -Sound boards, yes or not? -The Critical Drinker's biggest inspiration. -Inspirations for writing. -Writing without experience. -Writing vs. critiquing movies: which is more fun? Quigley Down Under was enjoyable! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102744/ -The importance of the set up and payoff in overcoming issues with a story. Ex. The Karate Kid https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087538/ Ex. Million Dollar Baby https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/ -The advantage of inner monologue of a book over film. 26:20 Spotlight: Redemption: Ryan Drake, Book 1 by Will Jordan https://amzn.to/3E0QEfp 30:52 Main Event — The Critical Drinker Breaks Down Story Forces, Continued! -Walt's love of Amazon's Vella. -Richard's love for what's happened to our villains. -The creative freedom of writing vs. the studio engine (hint: do what services the story best) -Taking criticism. -Critical drinkers favorite critique: Why Ghostbusters 2016 FAILED – A scene comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxa2tOWs6w -Ability to subvert expectations when it's done (hint: whatever you're subverting has to be more enjoyable and interesting than what you've replaced) -What bad movies does Drinker love? -Drinker recommends books… -Elegance of simplicity takes work and finesse. -Thoughts on JK Rowling. -The importance and success of the Hero's Journey (vs. trying to follow money or to be too intellectual). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-GLeHS0Ik -Ex. Christopher Nolan's Tenet (too high-minded) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6723592/ -Ex. JJ Abrams' Star Trek series (dumbed down for wide appeal) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/ -The decline in quality translates to decline in box office returns over time as fans lose interest in poor storytelling/entertainment. -Drinker's enjoyment of Jon Bernthal. -Drinker's thoughts on Ghostbusters: Afterlife https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4513678/ -The balance of fan service (just enough to make them happy but not too much to feel it lacks originality) -Will Drinker watch Cowboy Bebop live action series? -Drinker's preferred drink(s). 1:05:10 Closing remarks *** Try out Rob McClellan's Mod Farm for your website building needs. Use the link for a KSM discount! https://modfarmdesign.com/keystroke/ Coffee and Concepts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRuoHj6opw0 Keystroke Medium Live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1qSwdjsN9Q Storytelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYRzwuQeK9Q Become a Medium today! https://keystrokemedium.com/mediums/ Don't forget to Like and Subscribe and get involved with the mayhem and shenanigans in the live chat! http://www.youtube.com/c/keystrokemedium If you have any thoughts or ideas for show topics or if you have authors you'd like to see on the show, let us know. Visit our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KeystrokeMedium For all the latest and greatest KSM Gear, check out our store at: https://keystrokemedium.com/ksm-store/ Also, subscribe to Sci Fi Explorations for the best discounted and free books we come across through our contacts: http://www.scifiexplorations.com If you enjoy this podcast, please leave us a review and rate the show on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher, or wherever else you found us! 

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An Anti Masker did a comedy bit that was... not a bit funny. Jk Rowling crawled out of her cave to bash on trans people for the 20th time. And I will make your day better with LGBTQ+ stories submitted by you at the end of this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's Trending: Tacoma business owners are looking to install electric fences to prevent crime, and a staffing shortage in healthcare workers is Jay Inslee's fault.  Big Local: A despicable clickbait story, and a follow up on the alleged racism coming from the Monroe School District. JK Rowling puts out a tweet, crazies on Twitter think it is controversial, it is not. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Hour 1, Chris asks if Rep Lee Zelden is right that Biden skipped the Army Navy game because of a possible Lets Go Brandon outbreak?  Also, JK Rowling cancelled again and more! For more coverage on the issues that matter to you download the WMAL app, visit WMAL.com or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 5:00am-9:00am Monday-Friday. To join the conversation, check us out on twitter @WMAL and @ChrisPlanteShow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has done it now: Spoken her mind on a subject about which she has an opinion that goes against the woke, liberal groupthink on Twitter. Stu Burguiere dives into her latest tweet that has social justice warriors foaming at the mouth yet again. Then, science journalist and author Catherine Price returns to the program to tell us how to stop being such a bunch of miserable sad sacks and actually have some fun in life again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Conflicting vaccine guidelines. Search continues for those missing after Kansas tornado. Gas prices coming down very slowly. Victims of Larry Nassar reach a $380 million settlement. JK Rowling under fire again for comments made about the trans community.

Kamala Harris got criticized by a conservative journalist, so of course it's racist! Plus, Chris Wallace leaves fox news in a media shocker, and J.K. Rowling is in trouble with the far-left (again) for speaking out in support of women's rights (and angering the Trans community)! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Adrianne Curry is on the line at the top of Part 2 of today's show. The conversation begins with talk about living in deep woods Montana. They also talk about being on ‘The Match Game' together, Adrianne's experience winning the first season of ‘America's Next Top Model', and early uncomfortable experiences in showbiz. They also talk about the emasculation of men, Adrianne's very manly husband, and her skills behind the trigger. Later they talk about ‘brain tanning', watching society fall apart during Coronavirus, and a list of the fastest growing cities in America. In the last part of the show, Gina reads news stories about Hollywood boycotting the Golden Globes, the latest on Armie Hammer, Peleton's reaction to the return of Sex and the City, and Elon Musk becoming Time Magazine's Person of the Year. Please support today's sponsors! XchairADAM.com Klaviyo.com/ADAM SoloStove.com enter ADAM TRICOCatsAndDogs.com Lifelock.com enter ADAM Geico.com RockAuto.com

At the top of the pod, Adam talks with Bryan and Gina about the types of tradesmen who always blame the past person's work. Adam also breaks down some recent NFL game film. From there, the guys debate whether or not you ‘call in sick' or ‘call out sick', and Chris joins the studio with some Trending Topics. As the half wraps up, the guys comment on Steve Harvey hosting Miss Universe, and J.K. Rowling's response to an article about policing in Scotland. Please support today's sponsors: XchairADAM.com Klaviyo.com/ADAM SoloStove.com enter ADAM TRICOCatsAndDogs.com Lifelock.com enter ADAM Geico.com RockAuto.com

On today's show, Will and Amala discuss J.K. Rowling's fiery new tweet about trans women, the Supreme Court's new ruling on mandates for New York, the tornadoes in the Midwest, and do Dear Will & Amala!

We're journeying back through 2000s pop culture to discuss all the best gay stuff! Join us for our chat about Grace Perry's essay collection The 2000s Made Me Gay. We talk about the personal aspects of the collection, Harry Potter, Taylor Swift, Buffy, Mean Girls, The Real World, and of course, anxiety. Tune in on December 27th for our next Bookpisode on Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen (featuring special guest Ayla Zuraw-Friedland). Then it's time for a BSG tradition: The Best of the Year episode! Join us on January 10th as we recap our favorite pop culture things of 2021and trade Secret Santa gifts! TOC:30–icebreaker12:50–book intro14:04–memoir and essay22:16–revisiting old faves29:13–the dumbledore in the room42:50–Taylor Time1:06:10–Kelli shares a quote, the importance of representation 1:21:45–ratings!1:26:33–what's up next?

Today Jenna reacts to the news of Chris Wallace's departure from FOX and she discusses the backlash J.K. Rowling received over the weekend when she tweeted about cops letting rape suspects ID as women  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, why Canada is having ZERO supply chain issues. Will Tara Reade finally get justice with the help of the University of Delaware.

On this week's episode of Currently Reading, Kaytee and Meredith are discussing: Bookish Moments: rethinking the book slump and nerdy book stats Today, for the meat of our episode we are hearing directly from you, the listeners! We're visiting your favorite indie bookstores and hearing about the books they pressed into your hands. As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you'd like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don't scroll down!  New: we are now including transcripts of the episode (this link only works on the main site). These are generated by AI, so they may not be perfectly accurate, but we want to increase accessibility for our fans! *Please note that all book titles linked below are Bookshop affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. If you'd prefer to shop on Amazon, you can still do so here through our main storefront. Anything you buy there (even your dishwasher detergent!) kicks a small amount back to us. Thanks for your support!*   . . . . 0:10 - Bite Size Intro 2:18 - Currently Reading Patreon 3:54 - Fabled Bookshop 5:45 - Bookish Moment of the Week 7:58 - A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas 8:34 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May 9:32 - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 16:13 - Your Favorite Indie Bookstores and the Books They Sold You 16:22 - The Learned Owl Book Shop 16:33 - The Epic Adventures of Huggie and Stick by Drew Daywalt (Becky) 16:36 - The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt (Becky) 16:43 - The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt  17:26 - InkLink Books  18:09 - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (Katie) 18:40 - A Great Good Place for Books  18:53 - The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker (Karen) 19:16 - Wild Geese Bookshop 19:41 - Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult TImes by Katherine May (Dana) 20:44 - Warwicks  20:49 - Chevalier's  21:09 - The Black Echo by Michael Connelly 21:29 - IQ by Joe Ide (Susan) 22:16 - Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene  22:17 - Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 22:24 - Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha 23:13 - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 23:53 - Fabled Bookshop 24:01 - Elizabeth Barnhill on Instagram 24:23 - Travels with George by Nathaniel Philbrick (Erin) 24:58 - Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddon Keefe 25:17 - Book'n It on Instagram 25:43 - Lemuria Books 27:07 - Race Against Time by Jerry Mitchell (Kim) 27:18 - Parnassus Books 27:36 - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Alex) 27:50 - Munro's Books 27:55 - Curve of Time by M. Wylie Blanchett (Shannon) 28:34 - The Bookshop Nashville 28:37 - The Bookshop Nashville on Instagram 28:47 - Lit Clique (blind date with a book) at The Bookshop (Megan) 30:08 - Boswell Book Company 30:12 - Murder at the Mena House by Erica Ruth Neubauer (Mary) 31:24 - A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell #1) 31:43 - Page 1 Books  32:04 - Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox (Mindy) 32:09 - Hades by Candice Fox 32:39 - Deep Dive: Meredith and Kaytee's Indie Presses 32:54 - Fabled Bookshop 33:26 - When the Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain 33:39 - Gallery Bookshop 34:22 - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Meredith) 36:56 - Garcia Street Books 37:26 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling 37:30 - Dog Man by Dav Pilkey  37:35 - The Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L.D. Lapinski (Kaytee) 40:01 - Bookshop.org Connect With Us: Meredith is @meredith.reads on Instagram Kaytee is @notesonbookmarks on Instagram Mindy is @gratefulforgrace on Instagram Mary is @maryreadsandsips on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast.com @currentlyreadingpodcast on Instagram currentlyreadingpodcast@gmail.com Support us at patreon.com/currentlyreadingpodcast

Adam welcomes Peter Stormare to the show, and the guys compliment him on his incredible career and unique acting style. They also talk about his youth in Sweden, and what he would have done if he didn't become an actor. Later they discuss Peter's new film, ‘The Grand Duke of Corsica', being a normal guy in real life, Peter's love of woodworking, and the violent history of Sweden and Vikings. In the last part of the show, Gina reads news stories about NFL domestic violence, Alec Baldwin, the ‘hot soup' viral video, more on the Kim Kardashian/Pete Davidson hookup, and Mike Tyson's pre-match rituals. Please support today's sponsors: BeanBox.com/ADAM enter ADAM TommyJohn.com/ADAM Lifelock.com enter ADAM SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com

At the top of the show, Adam, Bryan and Gina talk about the incredible career of today's guest, Peter Stormare. They also talk about the upcoming Harry Potter anniversary special that J.K. Rowling is not invited to, people trying to police other's thoughts, and Bill Maher's continued defense of Dave Chappelle. After some more talk about today's cancel culture, the guys wrap the half with a round of Made Up Movie. Please support today's sponsors: BeanBox.com/ADAM enter ADAM TommyJohn.com/ADAM Lifelock.com enter ADAM SimpliSafe.com/ADAM Geico.com