Sam is back for a moment to talk Persian history, coinage, soccer, and fascism with Dave and Becky.  Then Becky interviews Katia Mugenzi and Francis Mwine about the Taasa Foundation, a school for deaf children in Uganda. 

Becky, Nathan, and Justin tackle immigration, musical blasphemy, and Christian nationalism, and speak to Joseph Richardson of Central Florida Freethought Community about his humanitarian visit to a migrant relief shelter in the border town of McAllen, TX.

Becky, Justin, and Dan talk Christmas (music) in July, Church reader boards, OMG, highway cleanups, death, and world religions. Catch an”In God We Trust” redux on this episode, too.

Becky talks with Shelley Segal about her new EP “Holy” and single “Our Resistance“; Rob J. Robertson accompanies. Includes reflections on the Passover story, racism, migration, women’s rights, and Shelley’s musical trajectory. Intense discussion of gun-related domestic violence from 20:44-27:00.

Becky is disillusioned to find out that an internet joke isn’t code for dismantling US concentration camps.  She and Justin reflect on their participation in protests and direct action.