No Ordinary People

For our final episode of 2021, our guest is Amanda Hood. Amanda lives in Orange, CA and works as a Case Manager and Benefits Specialist for a homeless outreach services agency. She grew up in a small town in Louisiana, and we talk about what that was like and how her worldview has changed as her exposure to diversity expanded. Amanda gives us some great insights when it comes to people experiencing homelessness and how we can help support these neighbors in our communities. Check out the show notes on the website [https://aprilkolman.com/podcast/] for links to everything we talk about in the episode. You can connect with us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] to keep the conversation going. Thanks for listening!

CONTENT WARNING: Suicidal ideation Zach Scott recently moved from Arkansas to Las Vegas, NV with his husband.  He is the Head of Sales and Customer Success for The Dental A Team, a dental consulting company whose main goal is to increase profits, improve systems, and better everyone's involved in dental practices. On this episode, we talk about Zach's childhood growing up on a cattle ranch in the Bible Belt, his experience coming out to his family, and how his mental health was affected over the years. Check out the show notes on the website [https://aprilkolman.com/podcast/] for links to everything we talk about in the episode. You can connect with us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] to keep the conversation going. Thanks for listening!

On this third and final episode of this series, April is joined by Jamie Corbin [https://jamiekcorbin.com/], Ben Cremer [https://constantinvestigations.wordpress.com/], Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they finish their discussion about equity versus equality, how people are created equal AND created in God’s image, the dueling theologies of the Constitution and the Bible, how this is anti-CRT rhetoric is impacting students, and what we can do on a practical level. **Please note that this is a conversation among white community members specifically addressing how white people in their area are behaving and what needs to change; this is not intended to in any way center whiteness and/or speak on behalf of Black people about their experience. We acknowledge that no people group is a monolith, and we are are speaking from our own experiences and areas of knowledge. Check out the show notes on the website [https://aprilkolman.com/podcast/] for links to everything we talk about in the episode. You can connect with us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] to keep the conversation going. Thanks for listening!

On this second episode of this series, April is joined by Jamie Corbin [https://jamiekcorbin.com/], Ben Cremer [https://constantinvestigations.wordpress.com/], Kelly Holder, and Elicia Zahm as they pick up the conversation discussing the Christian voice that’s driving anti-CRT rhetoric and our personal struggles with church right now. Ben takes us to church as he shares about Jesus’ first sermon, the history of evangelicalism, and the history of Idaho. We talk about indoctrination--what it is, what it isn't, and is it really showing up in our schools? **Please note that this is a conversation among white community members specifically addressing how white people in their area are behaving and what needs to change; this is not intended to in any way center whiteness and/or speak on behalf of Black people about their experience. We acknowledge that no people group is a monolith, and we are are speaking from our own experiences and areas of knowledge. Check out the show notes on the website [https://aprilkolman.com/podcast/] for links to everything we talk about in the episode. You can connect with us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] to keep the conversation going. Thanks for listening!

After episode 14, we received quite a bit of feedback, most of it positive, but some of it was critical. The main complaint we got was that we should not have addressed Critical Race Theory without a Black person on the panel. In this episode, Jamie Corbin [https://instagram.com/corbincasa?utm_medium=copy_link] and April discuss how they responded to the feedback and ways to move forward in this anti-racism work when it feels like there are so many ways to get it wrong. This is a pretty raw, behind the scenes look as two friends who are committed to anti-racism work through criticism, discuss how to pause and process, and share ways they strive to maintain curiosity and humility. Check out the show notes on the website [https://aprilkolman.com/podcast/] for links to everything we talk about in the episode. You can connect with us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/noordinarypeoplepodcast/] to keep the conversation going. Thanks for listening!