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The French Revolution wasnât just a political revolution where one government was replaced with a new one.Â
The French Revolution was also a social revolution. The largest social institution in France at the time of the revolution was the Catholic Church.Â
At the start of the revolution, the revolutionaries attempted to create a new state religion which was quite unlike anything else the world had seen before or since.Â
Learn more about the Cult of Reason and the attempts of Revolutionary France to create a state religion that wasnât a religion on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
Americaâs Congress may be gridlocked, but its state legislatures certainly arenât. The laws theyâll pass this year will probably impact more people more directly than anything Congress does, with just a fraction of the public attention. Why things are looking up for Meta. And reflecting on the legacy and achievements of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistanâs former president.
In recent years, stories of religious universities and institutions grappling with their slave-owning past have made headlines in the news. People find it shocking that the Church itself could have been involved in such a sordid business. The Slaves of the Churches: A History (Oxford UP, 2020), the result of many years of research, is a study of the origins of this problem.
Mary E. Sommar examines how the church sought to establish norms for slave ownership on the part of ecclesiastical institutions and personnel, and for others' behavior towards such slaves. The story begins in the New Testament era, when the earliest Christian norms were established, and continues up to thirteenth-century establishment of a body of canon law that would persist into the twentieth century. Along with her analysis of the various policies and statutes, Sommar draws on chronicles, letters, and other documents from each of the various historical periods to provide insight into the situations of unfree ecclesiastical dependents. She finds that unfree dependents of the Church actually had less chance of achieving freedom than did the slaves of other masters. The church authorities' duty to preserve the Church's patrimony for the needs of future generations led them to hold on tightly to their unfree human resources. This accessibly written book does not present an apology for the behavior of past Christian leaders, but attempts to learn what they did and to arrive at some understanding of why they made those choices.
Mary Sommar has taught ancient and medieval history for the past twenty years, most of them at Millersville University in Pennsylvania. She also spent two years as a visiting scholar at the Stephan Kuttner Institute for Medieval Canon Law in Munich, Germany and a year as a Visiting Fellow at Yale University.
Morteza Hajizadeh is a Ph.D. graduate in English from the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His research interests are Cultural Studies; Critical Theory; Environmental History; Medieval (Intellectual) History; Gothic Studies; 18th and 19th Century British Literature. YouTube channel.
Despite some combative moments from Republican lawmakers, Tuesday's State of the Union address was meant to deliver a message of unity to a divided Congress. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to What A Day co-host Juanita Tolliver about some of President Biden's bipartisan wins â and his challenge to Congress to "finish the job."
And in headlines: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy paid a surprise visit to the U.K., Disney announced a massive restructuring plan that will cut 7,000 jobs worldwide, and LeBron James broke the all-time NBA scoring record.Â
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We'll tell you about ongoing relief efforts in Turkey and Syria in the aftermath of what's become one of the deadliest earthquakes in a century.
Also, the problem at the southern border might be moving to the northern border.
Plus, what to know about the latest virus outbreaks, which late-night talk show is ending for good, and how much Americans are expected to wager this Super Bowl Sunday.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
U.S. officials revealed a week ago, on Feb. 2, that a Chinese surveillance balloon was flying over the country. Two days later, on Feb. 4, an American fighter jet shot down the spy balloon with a missile.Â
Chris Miller, acting defense secretary under President Donald Trump, weighs in on the Biden administrationâs decision to shoot down Chinaâs balloon and whether he would have handled the situation differently.Â
âThat goes back to when was it identified and when did our sensors pick up that,â Miller says of the spy balloon on âThe Daily Signal Podcast,â adding: âI was a bad map reader, and people that worked with me in the military will attest to that. But I did look at the track of the balloon, and when it came over the Aleutian Islands [off Alaska], there was a lot of blue space.âÂ
âThere was a lot of doggone ocean where something could have been done,â he says. âIâve heard that whole [Biden administration] justification: âWell, we didnât want to knock it down because it wouldâve fallen on somebody. Could have injured somebody or killed somebody.â I mean, thatâs a valid request.âÂ
Miller adds:Â
Let me give you this one, Samantha: You spent a trillion dollars, $850 billion, [on] defense and we did not have the capability to take control of that doggone balloon and bring it down on our own terms without having to send up a hundred-million-dollar fighter aircraft to shoot a $400,000 Sidewinder missile?
On the podcast, Miller discusses some of Bidenâs comments on China during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, his thoughts on how the Biden administration responded to the Chinese spy balloon, and his new book âSoldier Secretary: Warnings from the Battlefield and the Pentagon About Americaâs Most Dangerous Enemies.â
Paris Marx is joined by Edward Niedermeyer to discuss the rollercoaster ride of Teslaâs share price, the escalating regulatory and legal scrutiny the company faces, and the challenges it faces in the electric car market.
Tech Wonât Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
The podcast for people tired of tuning into bad news is back with a fourth season and brand new ways to interpret the word âcitizenâ as a verb! This season weâre asking, how can the practice of âcitizening,â in ways big and small, create a dope culture of democracy?Â
Cause we need to prioritize the culture we create around our democracy as much as the systems that make it function!
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How To Citizen is hosted by Baratunde Thurston. Heâs also host and executive producer of the PBS series, America Outdoors as well as a founding partner and writer at Puck. You can find him all over the internet.Â
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CREDITS
How To Citizen with Baratunde is a production of iHeartRadio Podcasts and Rowhome Productions. Our Executive Producers are Baratunde Thurston and Elizabeth Stewart. Allie Graham is our Lead Producer and Danya AbdelHameid is our Associate Producer. Alex Lewis is our Managing Producer. John Myers is our Executive Editor. Original Music by Andrew Eapen and Blue Dot Sessions. Jasmine Lewis and Gabby Rodriguez are our Audience Engagement Fellows. Special thanks to Joelle Smith from iHeartRadio and Layla Bina.
