In which we are delighted to talk to the wonderful humans of Miami University Ohio about the ways calendars smuggle white christian supremacy into our everyday lives.  Recorded 2 April 2024 ____ Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion is proud to be part of the Amplify Podcast Network ..read more

WHAT A PREDICAMENT this year has been, nerds! 2023 was in many ways, uh, not our fave. But we thought it would be good to end this chronological rollercoaster on a high note, so: You are cordially invited to join us for a cozy winter Gothic misandrist queer murder book club moment! We're reading Lyndsay Faye's delightfully dark Jane Steele, and we think you should, too. We'll be back at the end of January to chat about the novel. In the meantime, hit us up on social media with comments or questions so we can feature y'all on the pod! Pick up a copy at your local library or independent books ..read more

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** hat's right -- there's STILL more to know about the world's second largest religion! Dr. Debra Majeed lends us her insight into Islam, gender, and agency. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more!  ..read more

It is November, RELI nerds! And too many of you know what that means. That's right: the American Academy of Religion's annual national meeting is once again upon us, just in time for price-gouging airfare and pre-Thanksgiving travel mayhem. But it also means Megan and Ilyse are going to be at AAR together for the first time since 2019!!! And we're celebrating this momentous occasion by convening our first ever Keeping It 101 OFFICE HOURS. Last season's awesome interns made us awesome stickers and other awesome swag, and all of it is yours for the showing up and asking. Let's all gaze upon o ..read more

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** Let’s see what the World Religions Paradigm looks like when we talk curating religion with Dr. Andrew Aghapour. As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more!  ..read more

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we (mostly Megan) walk you through three things you maybe don't know about early Christianity: Christianity was kind of a mistake The New Testament is a messy bitch Christianity = imperialism Keywords: BCE/CE, gospels, apocrypha, canon, epistles Storytime: Becket, Waiting for Godot  As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more ..read more

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which Ilyse yells about nationalism and religion and why religion and politics are never really separate, whilst Megan agrees emphatically and consumes a bubbly beverage Keywords: nationalism (especially religious nationalism); election Storytime: we skipped it! it's summer Homework: Ramaswamy's The Goddess and the Nation; Baker's The Gospel According to the Klan; and a bunch of other stuff -- come on, you know how we are. Go to the show notes page at Keepingit101.com for our very, very long list of resources.  ..read more

**THIS IS A RE-RELEASE, NERDS!!!*** In which we build upon the work of Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw to think about how race-, gender-, and sexuality-based oppressions overlap and inform how our understandings of religion Keywords: intersectionality, womanism, discrimination, oppression Storytime: Audre Lorde, "An Open Letter to Mary Daly" As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more ..read more

This season, KI101 has had help from three—3!—incredible interns, Juliana Finch (sound design), Evie Wolfe (accessibility) and Rachel Zieff (social media). They’re on the mics this episode, talking public humanities, religion, and teamwork.  ..read more

We’ve talked yoga before but since it keeps coming up—on the news, in our classrooms, with our friends—we’re talking about it again. Folks are still INCORRECT when we talk about yoga, when we talk about appropriation, and when we talk about how yoga is and is not appropriated ..read more