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Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson discuss figuring out email workflows, whether woman should be ordained as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church, and the United Methodist Church’s current debate over LBTQi and wider cultures.

Mentioned:

• iPad Pro is Better Than a Laptop | Macworld
• Convoluted way to get native Google mail and calendars on iOS
• Evernote
• GoodNotes
• PDF Expert
• Pope Francis: Let’s study idea of ordaining women as deacons | RNS 
• UMC to LBTQ: You’re Sacred But Not Welcome | Religion Dispatches

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How do you know when you have a draft and when you have a manuscript ready to shop to publishers, especially in a time when you can publish anything that’s in the writing process? You can’t get to the point where you want your draft to be a book so badly that you skip the important work of revision. If it’s not ready it’s not ready. You have to keep writing to the end. And some conversation about the Hugo Awards.

Show Notes:

• Porn Author Dragged into Puppygate
• Trolling Puppies
• George R.R. Martin on the Hugos
• Scalzi’s Take
• This year’s Hugo Award nominees
• Sandra Boynton

What are Elisabeth, Merianna, and Sam reading this week?

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Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson are back this week (fresh from Dr. Whitley’s graduation) to talk about Evernote, iPads, Apple’s lineup, their favorite bags and pens, Justin Timberlake’s new song of the summer, #JesusSoWhite, taco bowls, and chest hair.

Mentioned:

• Thomas’ New Briefcase | Satchel and Page
• Nutsac Man Bag, Dammit
• DoDoCase Leather Portfolio
• Karas Kustoms
• JT drops the song of the summer | Esquire
• Polygraph
• Last Days in the Desert | RNS
• Lamb by Christopher Moore
• Liberty Board Member Resigns Over Falwell, Jr. Trump Endorsement | RNS
• Don’t Blow This | Gawker
• Religious Freedom Deteriorating Around the World | RNS
• The Return of Chest Hair | The Awl

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Do I really have to write THAT story? Elisabeth and Merianna talk about how to write the tough parts of the story and how to recover after you write about difficult subject matters. They also talk about trashing the dress and leaving stories floating in the cosmos for other writers to capture.

Show Notes

• The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
• The Verve
• Indigo Girls
• Primitive Radio Gods
• Ellie Kemper
• Trash the Dress
• Copper Sun
• The Color Purple
• Their Eyes Were Watching God
• The Dog Eaters
• Middlesex
• Oliver Twist
• Great Expectations
• Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles

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“Elisabeth”and “Merianna” talk about head hopping, naming characters, and feminism. They also talk finally, finally about the ending of Allegiant and what Veronica Roth is working on now. 

• The reasons you were not promoted that are totally unrelated to gender | McSweeneys 
• A Conversation with Whales | NY Times
• Spartanburg Humane Society
• Is Rey’s name really Kira? | Reddit
• The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt 
• Last Man on Earth
• News About 4 Stories | Veronica Roth
• Orson Scott Card: Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow 
• Choose Your Own Adventure
• George R. R. Martin

What are Elisabeth and Merianna reading this week?

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Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson talk about The Rains Down in Africa, cultural adoption, gender identities, and the supersessionism of “The American Dream.”

Mentioned:

• Thinking.FM is a Launch Partner on Google Play Music Podcasts
• Kristen and Dax do Toto | Nerdist
• Prince’s “Get Off” Performance on MTV in 1991 (R.I.P. Prince) | Billboard
• Grumpy Old Geeks on Bowie’s Death | GOG Podcast
• Supersessionism | Wikipedia
• Cisgender and genderqueer are in the dictionary | Vox
• Tennessee Says No to Diversity | Chronicle

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Elisabeth and Merianna talk about what to do when opportunities get dropped in your lap, the dangers of comparing yourself to other people, and who to listen to. Ray Bradbury said, “jump off the cliff and learn how to make wings on the way down.” So, why not jump?

Mentioned:

• Elizabeth Gilbert how to say yes that, not this
• Blood Orange Tangerine
• Self-Doubt
• DYIMFA
• Todoist
• RescueTime
• You have permission to suck
• You Have Permission to Be Yourself
• Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off

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Dr. Thomas Whitley and Rev. Sam Harrelson talk about soup, signal cues, sex demons, and how a Trump Standard Version of the Bible (TSV) would translate passages. There’s also a BeardCast segment at the end for Friends Of The Show.

Mentioned:

• Ted Cruz Buys 100 Cans of Soup | Slate
• That Time Ted Cruz Defended a Ban on Dildos | Mother Jones
• Sex Demons | Eden Decoded
• Donald Trump’s Favorite Bible Teaching Is “Eye For An Eye” | BuzzFeed

 

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Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the art of writing and the powerful way writing can impact people’s lives. Why are you scared to share your story? There’s someone out there who needs to read it. Start introducing yourself!

Mentioned:

• Camp Nano
• Poor Writing Skills Are Costing Business Billions
• Computer Writes Novels
• Her
• Writers on Writing
• You Have Permission to Suck
• Mountain Goats Lead Man Writes About Pain
• Terrible Minds

What are Elisabeth and Merianna reading this week?

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