Episodes
Friday Jul 22, 2022
In The Corner Back By The Woodpile 271: Reformations V with Carlos Eire
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
We’re going back to Europe, specifically France and Switzerland, and five hundred ago on top of that. Serving as our tour guide is once again Carlos Eire, who wrote the book Reformations and he’s going to introduce us to a few figures- notably John Calvin- and how he and others still affect us today, both in positive and negative ways.
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Friday Jul 08, 2022
In The Corner Back By The Woodpile #270: Seth and Nirva Ready
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Seth and Nirva Ready not only have their own musical career as a duo and host a theological/cultural podcast called FreeMind but they have also sang for folks like Kirk Franklin, Toby Mack, CeCe Winans, Rachael Lampa, Chris Tomlin, Donnie McClurkin and many others. On this episode the couple pull their lawn chairs up to the Woodpile to talk about their own personal histories, music industry insights and adventures, struggles to navigate the conflicts of the day within and outside the church while maintaining grace for their fellow man and several other topics that meander in and out of our free-flowing conversation.
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Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
America’s separation from Britain is often simplified by both those with enthusiastic and cynical motivations. But the years leading up to July 4th, 1776 were complicated, replete with hope, disgust and sacrifice. On this episode we talk about the Stamp Act and other actions on the part of Parliament that ultimately pushed the often fractious American colonists towards unity, rebellion and finally revolution.
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
In the Corner Back by the Woodpile #268: The Visions of Howard Finster II
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Part two of our talk with artist and preacher Howard Finster, this one got him talking about Hank Williams Sr., Elvis Presley, chewing tobacco and singing an original banjo tune talking about being a tack in the shingle of a roof!
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
In the Corner Back By the Woodpile #267: Old School Hip-Hop History with Bill Adler
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Back in the late 1970s a new music genre exploded on the world stage: rap. This episode’s guest Bill Adler was right there near the beginning, first as a fan and music journalist, and then working for Def Jam Records and Rush Management. Adler recently donated his enormous treasure trove of hip-hop related artifacts to Cornell University, of which has become digitized and is available online for public use. We used some of the materials found there to talk about everything from the film Wild Style, rap pioneers like Busy Bee, Fab Five Freddy, the Funky 4+1, the massive career of LL Cool J to even the controversy over the presence of anti-semitism in the Public Enemy organization and how it touched Adler personally.
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Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Recently there’s been a lot of different tellings about how America’s founding was tied to slavery. American History professor Dr. Dennis Boman comes Back By the Woodpile to give the whole story, including the state of slavery on the rest of the planet, the Founder’s views and actions for and against slavery and strange phenomenon of some modern progressives basing their views of the American founding by adopting the views of pro-slavery forces of the past.
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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
Back in the late 1970’s, computers programs called “Text Adventures” would appear. These were interactive games where players had to read, problem solve and then type in commands to complete the puzzles and tasks. Their popularity dominated the home computer market for about a decade and though they would be later overshadowed newer game innovations, text adventures are still being produced and played. Author, blogger and game designer Aaron A. Reed comes Back By the Woodpile to give us some snapshots of the history of these games, the industry and individuals that produced them and then talk about his own adventures at creating games.
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Friday Apr 22, 2022
In The Corner Back By the Woodpile #264: The Visions of Howard Finister
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Howard Finster was a folk artist preacher whose work reached out all over the globe. On this recording from the 1990s, Mr. Finster talks about other preacher's differing theology, sex vs. relationships, the history of Japan, fellow artist Keith Haring and the several literal angels he saw.
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Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
On July 11th of last year protests broke out all over Cuba over several issues, ranging from lack of food and medical access to the general state of oppression. For a moment the world’s eyes were on the island and the prospect of a free Cuba seemed to be within grasp. But as humans tend to do, they quickly lose interest and turn their gazes to other matters and distractions. The Cuban dictatorship became more brazen in their oppression of the Cuban people, especially of those who embarrassed them on the world stage. To help us to put names and faces on just a few of those who as I write this are enduring prison, beatings and worse, is Vicky Collado. Vicky wears many hats but one of them she wears is while trying to get the true condition of Cubans out to the worlds ears.
(Rosa Maria Paya, Vicky Collado and Vanessa Garcia before the US Congress)
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
In The Corner Back By The Woodpile 262: Adam Again with Todd Zeller
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Filmmaker Todd Zeller comes Back By The Woodpile to talk about his experiences with Gene Eugene and the band Adam Again while working on his upcoming documentary This Band Is Our House.
(BAI roster at Cornerstone)
(Todd Zeller and Greg Lawless)
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Thursday Feb 17, 2022
In The Corner Back By the Woodpile #261: Uncle Paul II
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Uncle Paul is back a second time by the woodpile to share some more stories and thoughts from his life. This time around we talk fainting trumpet players, creepy evangelists, a broken legged chicken, the fine art of dumpster diving and how a good spit can help anyone sing better!
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
In the Corner Back By the Woodpile #260: Reformations IV with Dr. Carlos Eire
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Welcome to part four of our conversation with Dr. Carlos Eire, historian, Yale Professor and author of Reformations, a history of the reformation era of Europe. Today we’re going to talk anabaptists, Mennonites, torture, and the mystery of why prostitutes get so disappointed with modern historical conferences.
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