Positive Indoctrination w/ Nat Gertler

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Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Author Nat Gertler is the publisher of the About Comics line and a "professional peanuts nerd". He has written over a hundred comic book stories and has twice been nominated for Comic-Con's Eisner Award. He went on to publish The Negro Motorist Green Book - Jim Crow-era travel guides for African Americans, an important historical document previously out of print. Rachel and Nat discuss how representation in influential forms of popular media can create a positive form of indoctrination that can ultimately lead to progressive societal change. Before You Go: Rachel expands on the idea of representation in media and the positive impact it can have in minority communities of all kinds. She compares it to the affirmation people who've left cultic groups feel when their experiences are shared with the majority through mass media. Follow Indoctrination on Social Media: Twitter @_indoctrination IG: @indoctrinationpodcast Facebook: @indoctrinationpodcast Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to indoctrination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
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0:41.4	And now, for our guest today, we're going to be talking about something that seems quite
0:47.7	different, but actually isn't. Today on the show, we have someone who's very special to my family, Nat Gertler.
0:57.0	He is the writer of dozens of books, the publisher of the About Comics line, and a professional
1:05.4	Peanuts nerd.
1:07.7	He has written over 100 comic book stories and has twice been nominated for Comic Dums Eisner Award.
1:16.5	He has blogged about peanuts at blog.org.com. That's A-A-A-U-G-H for 20 years.
1:26.5	Did 60 episodes of a Peanuts podcast, and his books about peanuts
1:31.6	includes the Ben Franklin Award winning the Snoopy Treasures and the upcoming self-help
1:38.1	gift book, Be More Snoopy. Oh, I think we all should be.
1:47.9	When he's not out saving the world, which is always, he can be found in his California home with his wife, Dr. Lara Gertler, and their two
1:56.7	wonderful kids. Here's Nat now.
2:07.7	Thank you. wonderful kids. Here's Nat now. So today on the show, I'm so happy to have Nat Gertler on. He's a special person to my family
2:13.8	and also has done some very, very cool things. Can you tell us a little bit about
2:20.9	who you are and what you do as part of the work that you do and part of the reason that we're
2:27.1	going to be talking today? Okay, well, I have a few hats that I wear. I'm a writer and I'm a
2:34.1	publisher. And we tell people that you'm a writer and I'm a publisher.
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