Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast

BONUS: SCOREBOARD

• Profs. Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst and Megan Goodwin • Season 5 • Episode 998

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100k downloads? what is HAPPENING?!?!!!?

You are, nerds, and we appreciate you so much. Thanks for listening. 

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Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Hello, this is Elise morgenstein first.

Megan Goodwin:

Hi, hello, this is Megan Goodwin,

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

and we have some news for you.

Megan Goodwin:

We sure do. What's our news?

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

School board? scoreboard?

Megan Goodwin:

I don't know. I'm afraid what's happening? Why are you doing sports at

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

me? In the sports when your team overtakes another team, or a team is like booing you, you might suggest to those fans to check this check the scoreboard because you can be as mad as you want. But listen up bros. The scoreboard tells us who's winning.

Megan Goodwin:

What is the scoreboard tell us today?

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Meg and I checked our scoreboard and we have officially hit 100,000 Plus downloads here. Well,

Megan Goodwin:

that's been your nose. That's That's what what even what nonsense.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

And because we only achieve that ridiculous scoreboard score, because of our dear nerds, we thought we'd make them a little treat today.

Megan Goodwin:

No nonsense blast from the past. Yeah, what you're about to hear are outtakes from our very first recording session.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Anyway, nerds we really thought we would record three episodes maybe for our few good friends would listen and then Meghan would have learned audacity, I would have bought myself a microphone and we would wrap this thing up. We in no way thought that two and a half years later, we would be for grants 50 some odd episodes and a book deal into this thing. So thank you so much for listening. All 100,000 of those clicks.

Megan Goodwin:

We appreciate you so much. So, so many clicks. So many so many nerds. So many folks being smarter about religion. We appreciate you all

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

as a treat have a sound and like dummies

Megan Goodwin:

have a little nonsense. I'm sorry have little uh nonsense as a true scoreboard So to test I am going to speak into this microphone again. And soon. I will be podcast rock star. So we are recording we are doing a recording thing. I'm also recording

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

I'm part of this recording.

Megan Goodwin:

We are recording together podcast and podcast rockstars in no time at all. hear at least you say a thing to

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

I'm saying a thing in my grandpa James.

Megan Goodwin:

Excellent. Okay, this is our sock on the mic moment that's happening soccer the Michael Mann pajama party we use

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

what's up nerds? We are professional.

Megan Goodwin:

Give me that baby. Sock on mic levels way down old man pajama party take 12

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

We're still professionals. I don't want anyone's babies. And cut.

Megan Goodwin:

Good. Recording. Doing a record.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

We are doing a record

Megan Goodwin:

in our PJs. I am what up San Diego what up nerds.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Hello listeners

Megan Goodwin:

through we have listeners now. This is

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

keeping it 101 A killjoys Introduction to the Study of Religion. How are you? Oh, I'm Elise more. Do you first most importantly, I am a religious studies killjoy.

Megan Goodwin:

Who am I you ask? I'm Meghan Goodwin, and I am a professional explainer of why you have to care about religion even if you yourself are not religious.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

So Megan, what are we doing here? What is keeping it 101

Megan Goodwin:

Pajama party

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

if we offer a podcast up, it's a way to get in touch with our students. It's way to talk with fellow colleagues about how they might teach about religion. But also it's always about my dad. Is this something my dad can pop in his ears while he's doing his weirdo? Post military 5am walk around the block and actually learn a thing. And I think that kind of public scholarship needs to be in as many venues as possible. And we are some chatty nerds can confirm why do you think you should be doing this? What is your role in this podcast?

Megan Goodwin:

I'm worried about your dad to this Play.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Everyone's worried about what's up, Lloyd.

Megan Goodwin:

No, I Well, again, I run a program on public scholarship of religion. So I think I think contemporary Americans know shockingly little about religion. And more than that, I think they know less than they think they know. Public education in the United States doesn't talk about religion in constructive or academic ways. So everyone assumes that their personal experience with religion is universally visible. And that is, a not true and be really dangerous because we get into situations where people regulate legislate, incarcerate folks for doing religion in ways that aren't necessarily recognizable. They think of it as doing religion wrong. So I'm really concerned about the material effects of our understandings of religion. And I am hoping that the podcast can help folks like Lloyd understand why religion matters, even if they don't have personal religious commitments.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

So stay tuned and tune in.

Megan Goodwin:

Do your homework is on the syllabus.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Peace out nerds. I feel like I've got this really dope announcer voice going on.

Megan Goodwin:

How are you not already a sportscaster is my question.

Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst:

Yeah. Then then just fulfill all of my tiny Butch fantasies.

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