Episode 116 - Why The 4th of July Might Feel Complicated & Why That’s Okay…

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

That Sounds Fun Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Roman candles, fireflies, and sweet tea… I LOVE the Fourth of July. I love this country and the ideas that it was founded on, and I love the opportunities it has given me and my family.

But just because I love America doesn’t mean that I have to accept its DYSFUNCTION.

It’s okay to be PROUD of your country and celebrate. And it’s okay to have a COMPLICATED relationship with this holiday.

This episodes gets into WHY the Fourth can feel complicated…

And why there is still HOPE for this country.

THANK YOU for leaning into these conversations with me and for sharing them. Our empathy will be the thing that leads us all toward freedom!

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Watch my trip to Panama with my dad here: ⁠https://youtu.be/BasID3OFg-E

Listen to my conversation with Kobe Campbell here: ⁠Episode 113: Mental Health Series - Our Bodies and Trauma with Kobe Campbell

Read NPR's 6 Immigrants Reflect on their Complicated Relationships with the 4th of July here: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/04/1109722326/4th-july-independence-day-immigrants

Get tickets for Summer Worship Nights with Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake and ME here: https://summerworshipnightstour.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	What is going on human-hope familiar this episode one 16 the human-hope podcast like I one thing for you
0:06.6	Man-women and children hope is in the building
0:12.2	It's right come on come on
0:15.7	Man-women and children hope is in the building
0:20.2	Man-women and children hope is in the
0:23.0	Hope is in the hope is in the hope is in the hope is in the building
0:27.1	Oh man, I'm getting braver and braver as the days go by
0:32.8	As I'm barreling towards 50 years old
0:38.6	I don't know I got a new swagger in me. I got a new swagger in me
0:45.3	It's like things just I I
0:48.4	I don't shame my game anymore, you know if I want to be a rapper men women and children hope is in the building
0:55.6	Like if I want to be a rapper then I'm gonna be a rapper which is where you find ourselves
1:00.1	I also find myself. Oh if you're watching on YouTube I'm holding this side of my face just a few days
1:05.9	past
1:06.9	When I got a tooth extracted that was a whole thing wasn't it?
1:10.9	That was a that was a whole thing
1:13.4	Instagram you you followed along the journey of
1:18.2	My poor little tooth here if you're if you're in your 20s and 30s
1:23.6	Take care of your mouth take care of your teeth
1:26.9	Because if not you're gonna have to live the life that I'm living which is
1:32.6	Emergency dental procedures way too often and so if I'm speaking a little bit out of the right side of my mouth of my mouth
1:39.9	Just know that I'm trying to let the left side of my mouth heal and there's all kinds of gross stuff
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