Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope wraps up the season with highlights featuring rebels, squishy feelings, and loads of joy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jade Perry is a mystic and activist who writes about the intersections of race, spirituality and chronic illness. As a tarot card reader, emerging herbalist, and multimedia artist, Jade wears many hats. Jade also always wears tasteful glasses. In this episode, Jade talks about the fluidity of disability, an experimental strip class, and her grandmother’s style of resistance.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chronic illness and disability writer, Jade Perry, explains Spoon Theory. The idea offers an effective and important framework for folks in the chronic illness community, and it’s making its way into the mainstream lexicon. Jade joins Kaleidoscope to explain this theory so we all can be in the know.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve got a format breaker episode for you. This week, Deborah Jian Lee takes us on a journey through her life, work and the origin story of Kaleidoscope. Buckle up for a wild ride of basketball, heartbreak, and a secret underground party. (CW: sensitive language, racism, violence)   Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.   Follow Deborah @deborahjianlee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A tour through Hollywood moments that have made Kaleidoscope’s diverse audience feel seen and heard. In this episode about representation done right, nostalgic listeners open up about the life-changing experience of seeing themselves portrayed positively in media. This special episode touches on Asian-American tropes, complex identities and, of course, sex and cake.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Unfundamentalist parenting” advocate Cindy Wang Brandt on deprogramming from toxic parenting culture. Brandt is an author, blogger and founder of the popular Facebook group “Raising Children Unfundamentalist.” The group’s tagline is, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord and systematically decimate capitalism, racism & cis-heteropatriarchy.”  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A mom sees toxic masculinity in her son’s friend group and gets advice from the founder of an unfundamentalist parenting group.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Trans Muslim activist Mahdia Lynn gets real about her life and work. She unpacks the hard times - mental illness, addiction, and police brutality - but also the life-affirming times that revolve around justice, resistance, and hot sauce.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What’s the story behind Kaleidoscope’s tagline? Every episode ends with, “Let the world see you. When they do, they’ll never be the same.” This mini episode reveals how this quote came from an unrequited love story at an underground queer club, all set against the backdrop of an anti-queer campus. (CW: homophobia)   Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.   Follow Deborah @deborahjianlee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’ve got a format breaker episode for you. This week, Deborah Jian Lee takes us on a journey through her life, work and the origin story of Kaleidoscope. Buckle up for a wild ride of basketball, heartbreak and a secret underground party. (CW: sensitive language, racism, violence) Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Follow Deborah @deborahjianlee.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two listeners experiencing terrible times write in seeking guidance on how to survive and move forward when life falls apart. New York Times best-selling author Kate Bowler, who write about life after her stage four cancer diagnosis in Everything Happens for a Reason, And Other Lies I’ve Loved, offers her advice.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate Bowler, Duke Divinity professor and prosperity gospel scholar, wrestled with this theology’s promise of wealth and health after receiving a stage four cancer diagnosis at 35. In this conversation, Kate opens up about how this crisis changed everything - faith, friendship, romance - and about how surprising beauty can blossom from terrible times. Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Follow Kate @katecbowler Follow Deborah @deborahjianlee  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A listener, "Social Justice Newbie," writes in with post-election regret and a resolve to mobilize her church toward political engagement. But then she hits hurdles. Michelle Higgins, a St. Louis-based activist and church leader, weighs in with lessons from the front lines, book recommendations and concrete advice.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Michelle Higgins is a church leader and racial justice activist in St. Louis. Her message, that blackness is integral to the church, is often met with apathy, rejection and even death threats by some white evangelical peers. In this episode, Michelle talks about the challenges of her work, about the cost of putting herself out there and why she keeps going. (CW: sensitive language, racism, threats of violence)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this mini episode, we’re sharing an extra from Deborah's interview with Danny Cortez. He’s the Southern Baptist pastor who changed his position on LGBTQ equality in 2013. He came out as LGBTQ-affirming coincidentally right before his son Drew came out as gay. So after after Danny became LGBTQ-affirming and his church became a Third Way congregation, it opened him up to new practices. This is the story of the first time Danny did something he never expected to do. Learn more about the show at kscopepod.com and don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.