Podcast
Shift Happens
Hosted by Joe Smith · EN
In a world increasingly marked by division, cruelty, and chaos, Shift Happens is your guide to navigating the social and political turmoil of our time with hope, integrity, and courage. Each week, we bring you conversation with leaders, thinkers, and change-makers who are on the frontline of resisting white Christian nationalism, dehumanization, polarization, and apathy.
Together, we explore how to confront these challenges without mirroring them- how to resist cruelty without becoming cruel, combat anger without being consumed by it, and dismantle systems of injustice while remaining grounding in compassion and humanity.
Shift Happens isn't just about understanding the world; it's about empowering you to shape it. Tune in and discover practical insights, inspiring stories, and the tools you need to resist with resilience, love and purpose.
Change is possible because shift happens.
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Shift Happens: The Final Episode
Sep 2400:16:35Tap to summarizeToday is the final episode of Shift Happens. Thank you to each of you who've journeyed with us over these past several years. I cherish each and every story we told. Your voices made a difference to those who listened. Don't fret though! We will still be doing this, just with a much larger reach! I am partnering with The Reasoned Reality Project to bring the same kind of content and more. Click the link and follow Reasoned Reality (if you're not). Keep an eye open for the launch date. Thank you seems so small for what you all gave me. I loved every second of Shift Happens. I hope that wherever you find yourself today, that you are having the exact day you need. Now, get outta here. Go love on some people. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Keri Ladouceur: The Post Evangelical Collective
Sep 1701:07:29Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with Keri Ladoucuer of The Post Evangelical Collective. We dive into what a healthy christian spirituality looks like, what the church could be going forward and how God often shows up from the margins. Connect with Keri and The PEC:PEC website | Instagram Connect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Malcolm du Plessis & Phillip Joubert: Common Hymnal
Sep 301:14:58Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with Malcolm du Plessis and Phillip Joubert of Common Hymnal. We dive into Malcolm's work in liberation movements, including anti-apartheid work in South Africa, how modern Christian music has been coopted by the white, evangelical machine and Phillip's insight on how music is a lynchpin to our resistance. Connect with Common Hymnal:Website | Instagram | Phillip Joubert | Malcolm du PlessisConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Shane Claiborne: Long Term Resistance
Aug 2700:55:33Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with author, activist and theologian, Shane Claiborne. We dive into how to be part of long term, non-violent resistance, Tony Campolo, the damage Trump is creating and much more.The way Shane moves and sees the world is a breath of fresh air. If you're needing a "pick me up" during this dark season...this is it!Connect with Shane Claiborne:Website | Books | PodcastConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Danny Bryant: Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground (Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel)
Aug 2001:10:41Tap to summarizeIn this episode of Shift Happens, host Joe Smith talks with author Danny Bryant, about his book Unless a Seed Falls to the Ground: Welcoming the Death of the Whiteness Gospel.We dive into white christian nationalism, toxic theology, and how healing looks like grief long before growth.If you’ve ever wondered what church could be, this conversation will give you language, courage, and maybe even a spark of joy for the road ahead.Connect with Danny Bryant:Quoir Author Page | Amazon Page | Instagram | SubstackConnect with Joe Smith & Shift Happens:Instagram: therealjoe.smith | Shift Happens Podcast | YouTubeTo help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Dr. Jen Johannsen: Grounded w/ Jen
Aug 1301:10:33Tap to summarizeGuest: Dr. Jen JohannsenIn This Episode: • How systems work unseen in our lives • Ways we can regulate ourselves in the middle of all this dehumanization • We talk a lot about the Map of Consciousness and what it meansTo connect with our guest, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Billie & Paul Hoard | Eucontamination: Disgust Theology & the Christian Life
Aug 601:04:55Tap to summarizeGuest: Billie & Paul HoardTopic: We talk to authors Billie & Paul Hoard about their new book- Eucontamination: Disgust Theology & the Christian Life.In This Episode:•You'll see how disgust is behind all the vitriol & scapegoating of the religious right•How Jesus truly upends our notions of purity•We are the poop...you'll seeConnect with Billie or Paul:Billie's InstagramPaul's SubstackEucontaminiation book- Use code DISGUSTPOD at checkout for %20 off.You can now watch the episodes on our YouTube channel! Tell us what you think.Subscribe, share, and leave a review if this conversation moved you.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Sophia Zoe Kilmer: Trans Activist & Civil Rights Attorney
Jul 3000:56:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Joe talks with Sophia Zoe Kilmer. We dig into the ongoing fight for civil rights and explore what it means to resist in meaningful ways.What You’ll Hear:Sophie's long history of resistance.What's really at stake in our democracy.How we lovingly fight back and what it takes to do so.Connect:Follow Sophia Zoe Kilmer HERE.Follow us on Instagram: Shift Happens PodcastSubscribe & leave a review to help others find the show.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Madison Morrigan: "Muchness" as Resistance
Jul 23, 202500:51:19Tap to summarizeThis week Joe talks with one of his old youth group students and returning guest, Madison Morrigan. It is an incredibly dark season we find ourselves in and this episode is a bright light. You will walk away feeling uplifted and so encouraged. To learn more about Madison's work and/or to follow her on social media, please click HERE. To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
Transcribe →Keith Giles: The Quantum Gospel of Mary
Jul 16, 202501:03:33Tap to summarizeThis week, Joe talks with author and theologian Keith Giles about his newest book The Quantum Gospel of Mary and The Lost Gospel of Truth. To order Keith's book, click HERE. To follow Keith on social media and/or to follow his work, click HERE.To help support the ongoing work of Shift Happens, click HERE. Wild Goose Festival is a transformational community grounded in faith-inspired social justice. Click the link to get all the info about this year's festival. Make sure to use the code A - MZN at check out for a $50 discount on any single adult ticket. See every side of every news story. Read the news from multiple perspectives.See through media bias with reliable news from local and international sources.To get your 40% discount to Ground News, click HERE. Visit The Slippery Slope Store for your exvangelical shirt needs. New merch coming soon. Use promo code therealjoesmith10 for 10% of your orders.If you are a Florida parent and looking to be more proactive or learning about advocacy work please visit Equality Florida's Parenting with Pride.For counseling from anywhere please check out The Christian Closet. If you would like to support the work of The Christian Closet please go to Affirming Therapy to donate....
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