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Sacred Tension is the podcast about the spiritual discipline of asking questions. Every week Stephen Bradford Long covers a different topic, ranging from Satanism, to Marxism, to surviving a cult, to exploring Christianity as an LGBT person.
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This is an unlocked episode of House of Heretics. My cohost Timothy and I discuss the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of police in Memphis Tennessee.
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Saturday Jan 28, 2023
Saturday Jan 28, 2023
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by journalist Helen Lewis to discuss her new BBC series The New Gurus. We discuss the rise of advice-giving gurus online, whether social justice is a new religion, her confrontational interview with Jordan Peterson, how online cancelation radicalizes people, and much more.
Listen to her series The New Gurus on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001g9sq
Follow her work at The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/helen-lewis/
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Saturday Jan 21, 2023
Saturday Jan 21, 2023
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by Minister of Satan and empowered Buddhist teacher Elder Mahakala to talk about his journey through addiction, the power of meditation, and finding a healthy, balanced Satanism.
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Sunday Jan 15, 2023
Sunday Jan 15, 2023
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by June Everett to discuss The Satanic Temple's After School Satan Club.
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Saturday Jan 07, 2023
Saturday Jan 07, 2023
In this episode of Sacred Tension, Lucien Greaves joins me to reflect on the upcoming ten-year anniversary of The Satanic Temple. We also discuss the After School Satan Club, standing up to theocracy, the importance of conversation and depolarization, and much more.
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Saturday Dec 17, 2022
Saturday Dec 17, 2022
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with sex worker, disability activist, and Minister of Satan Azura Rose about the encroaching threat of theocratic censorship against sex work and pornography.
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by gay activist, author, and Brookings Institute scholar Jonathan Rauch to discuss his recent article Uncanceling Ourselves. We discuss how a minority of activists have an outsized chilling effect on necessary discourse, and steps we can take to free ourselves from a fearful mindset.
Read his article here: https://sapirjournal.org/cancellation/2022/10/uncanceling-ourselves/
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Friday Nov 25, 2022
Friday Nov 25, 2022
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by Brookings Institute scholar Richard Reeves to discuss his new book Of Boys and Men. We discuss the unique challenges facing boys and men, how intersectionality is a valuable tool, the crisis of meaning among some men, the effects of porn on society, and much more.
Find Reeves' book here: https://www.brookings.edu/book/of-boys-and-men/
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Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I'm joined by podcaster David Rutledge of ABC's The Philosopher's Zone to talk about his religious upbringing, his interest in Satanism, his loss of religious faith, and his objections to public intellectuals who take an over-simplified and divisive approach to "postmodernism."
Listen to The Philosopher's Zone here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone
Listen to my episode on The Philosopher's Zone here: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/satanism/101465958
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
In this episode of Sacred Tension, I am joined by Dr. Zoe Alderton to explore the Snapewives: a short-lived new religious movement that declared Professor Snape from the Harry Potter books their master and husband.
Zoe Alderton is a trans-disciplinary researcher specialising in academic communications and the promotion of scholarly excellence. She has a passion for helping students achieve transforming learning experiences as they strive to be scholars both in the world and during their time at university or college. She is dedicated to helping everyone get the most out of their commitment to education.
Zoe has been involved with the education sector since her childhood, watching her mother develop dynamic classroom environments. This exposure gave Zoe a grounding in the student experience, which she has now transplanted to her broad teaching experiences in the tertiary sector. After being the youngest person in her department to be awarded first class honours and a PhD, Zoe has worked in a number of academic and publishing positions across an impressive range of disciplines.
She has been employed by a range of universities and has helped them in their development of exciting curricula and innovative course design. These include the University of Sydney, Western Sydney University, Australian Catholic University, and the University of New England.
Zoe has taught in the fields of Studies in Religion, Sociology, Theology, Writing Studies, and Economics. In each of these discipline areas she has shown students how to carefully examine their own processes of learning. She then develops each student’s capacity for scholarly reflection by teaching them key strategies and skills for significant results in assessment tasks and research production.
Additionally, her work in innovative teaching design in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney has demonstrated to her and her students that the highest standards of understanding are linked inextricably with the highest standards in academic communication.
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