I wasn't able to schedule a guest for this week so it's just me. Here's how the episode breaks down: In What We Learned this Week: the tragedy of factory farming. In What Deserves a Platform this Week: Patagonia saving the planet and Europe's exportation of misery. And for the main event:  Why it's so hard, particularly for white men of privilege, to be honest, transparent and vulnerable.  Why fear of the appearing weak is so crippling to men and constantly undercuts our ability to be vulnerable. And how power and shame play such important parts in all of it.  Bryan was under ..read more

This week my guest, Ben Rous, and I talk about how Jesus, Paul, Mary and other women challenge our typically held notions of gender, authority and power in the Christian church.  For more on sprit, culture and shenanigans, check out the other podcast I do with Ben, Mystery Flight, also available on Apple, Spotify and Anchor.fm. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

Welcome to Episode 1 of WiMP: White Man of Privilege with Jesse Draper. In this first episode, I briefly introduce myself and the podcast's themes and general structure. Keeping it short and sweet out of the box, I hope you'll come back for more. Contact: wimp.podcast@gmail.com Instagram: @wimp_podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

A short announcement about my upcoming surgery and when you can expect more great episodes as we get back to Season 3 on the WiMP Podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

In this episode we talk with Chef Kari Magee, the Executive Chef and creative mind behind Veg Head, Lansing Michigan's premier vegan restaurant and the newly reimagined Exchange, a gay cocktail bar recently opened downtown serving Veg Head food. Kari talks about her path to becoming a chef and ultimately adopting a plant-based lifestyle; the challenges and heartbreak of coming out gay within an Evangelical Christian community; and finally, how those experiences led to an incredible opportunity to provide an exciting space for Lansing's gay community to thrive and connect. --- Send in a voice m ..read more

In this first episode of the all-new, relaunched WiMP podcast, I sit down with Morgan Shipley (Ph.D.), the Inaugural Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Michigan State University to talk about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. We start with a macro view of the conflict, looking at the long history and heavily nuanced forces and events that brought us to this point in Middle East history. Then we bring the conflict home and embody it in the lived experience of the many impacted students and faculty at MSU. Finally we discuss how we might try to g ..read more

Looking ahead to Season 3 on the WiMP Podcast with Jesse Draper. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

In this episode I'm joined by Brian Daniels, owner of Empower Lansing, a boxing gym in Lansing Michigan. Brian shares an inspirational story about his struggles growing up, his decision to join the army after 9/11, and how he had to rebuild himself after an explosion on the battlefield changed his life forever. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

A follow up to episode 17 - No More Boxes, and yet something all it's own. This episode is about learning to embrace and experience a new way of being. It starts with a celebration of one year of sobriety and walks through some of the powerful ways I've learned to integrate new ways of thinking and being to live a fuller life of flourishing and expansion. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more

Wow, has it really been like two months??? After a much needed rest and reset, the WiMP podcast is back! In this episode I talk about the boxes that we form and accept that give shape to our understanding of the way things are. I talk about the powerful fear that holds those boxes together and suggest the the very idea of boxes runs counter to the natural way and expression of the universe. Glad to be back, let's get to it! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wimp-podcast/message ..read more