Category Archives: Music & Media Podcasts

Co-opting the Dream

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Richard Guzman

On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 marched on Washington, D.C., for Jobs and Freedom, a monumental event planned by A. Phillip Randolph, with main organizer Bayard Rustin, and highlighted by Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech.  … Continue reading →

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What’s Easier?

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Richard Guzman

The 10th and 11th chapters of the Gospel of Matthew are tough going. They’re full of violence and, for those that choose to follow Jesus, intimations of violence.  Perhaps most famously there’s Matthew 10:34-36: “Do not think that I have … Continue reading →

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Remembering Sinead O’Connor (1966-2023)

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Richard Guzman

I saw it live myself, that 1992 SNL show where Sinead O’Connor ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul and declared, “Fight the real enemy!”  Like millions of others my first reaction was, Did I see what I just … Continue reading →

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