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Jesuitical

Fighting Islamophobia with social justice comedy. Ep. 64

Jesuitical

America Media

News, News Commentary, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

How do you change the mind of someone who thinks you don’t belong in this country because of your faith? Make them laugh, says Negin Farsad, Muslim-American comedian, actress, writer and filmmaker. And she does. Back in 2014, she took a troupe of Muslim comedians on tour in America’s heartland to talk (and joke) about Islamophobia for the documentary film “The Muslims Are Coming!” Today, she continues to work in what she calls “social justice comedy,” using humor to confront religious hatred and racism. We ask her how she walks the line between laughing with and laughing at the people she would like to convince. In Signs of the Times, the supporters of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment suffered a resounding defeat in the May 25 referendum, opening the door to abortion on demand. We talk about the future of the church and the pro-life movement in light of this setback. Plus: an archbishop in Australia faces jail time for failing to report sexual abuse; an ecumenical group of faith leaders takes on racism in Minnesota; and a new poll shows only 50 percent of Catholics support welcoming refugees to the United States. What gives? When you’re done listening, you can hop on over to our Facebook group and let us know what you think! Follow us on Twitter @jesuiticalshow and send us feedback and cocktail recipes at jesuitical@americamedia.org. And if you haven’t yet, please consider leaving us a review on Apple podcasts—it’s a great way to help other people find the show. Links from the show: Catholics who voted Yes should consider confession, says Bishop Catholic archbishop convicted in Australia of concealing child sex abuse New Minnesota faith alliance takes on racism Only 50% of U.S. Catholics believe the U.S. Should Accept Refugees What’s on tap? Brooklyn Brewery Lager hand delivered by Patron Emilee Hunter-Maguire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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No, I took seven years of Spanish.

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Oh, you didn't just go to Peru for a week, exactly.

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Hello and welcome to Judge Whiticle, a podcast by the Eternamente Young, Suppestimente Hip E Total Mente,

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Lae editors of America in media.

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That lay part means we aren't Jesuits, but we work with them.

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Join us each week for a smart Catholic take on faith culture in the news, often over drinks.

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I'm Ashley McKinless and I'm joined by Olga Segura.

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Hey guys, how did I do with those?

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I was super impressed.

0:32.3

I was super impressed. I was super impressed.

0:33.0

Yep, those seven years of Spanish really paid off.

0:37.0

So Zach is in Minneapolis for the Catholic Campus Ministry Association meeting.

0:44.0

Last we saw he was camped out at the Mall of America's.

0:48.0

So he will be, he joined us for the interview,

0:50.0

but we will be doing the rest of the show without Zach so that falls on me to say what is on tap which

0:58.1

is Brooklyn Brewery Logger brought to us by patron Emily Hunter McGuire who came by the studios last

1:04.6

Friday and is really lovely they was she came from Iowa it was her first time in

1:09.4

New York City and she brought us these beers so we are going to enjoy those today so

1:14.7

cheers. Thank you Emily. Thank you and who's our guest Olga? So this week we're

1:19.5

super excited to welcome Naguin Farstad. She is an American comedian actress, writer, and filmmaker

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of Iranian descent based in New York City.

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And she's got a really cool story.

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