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44 episodes

S3 Ep1: This Is My Story with Megan Westra

This Is My Story is a special season of Impolite Company focused on telling the stories of women who have made voting an act of faith. In th...

41:42Aug 18, 2020

S3: Coming Soon: A Special Season of Impolite Company

Coming Soon: This Is My Story , a special season of Impolite Company , focused on telling the stories of women who have made voting an act o...

3:31Aug 12, 2020

S3 Ep1: "I'm So Tired of Being Yelled At"

Your eyes and ears do not deceive you! We are back with a special Campaign 2020 episode. This episode was recorded before the South Carolina...

42:18Mar 4, 2020

S2 Ep9: Religious Liberty in America: From Burning Convents to Baking Cakes

This week Amy is joined by journalist and author Steven Waldman, whose new book SACRED LIBERTY: AMERICA'S LONG, BLOODY, AND ONGOING STRUGGLE...

84:12May 10, 2019

S2 Ep8: Mayor Pete, Democrats, and the Religious Left

We are back! (Sort of.) With everyone but your condo board president jumping into the Democratic presidential race, and an astonishing numbe...

48:51Apr 9, 2019

S2 Ep7: "Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Absentee Ballots"

Nish is off this week, so Amy is joined by award-winning journalist Jack Jenkins of Religion News Service for a discussion about the civil r...

94:24Dec 7, 2018

S2 Ep6: "Two things can be true at the same time."

This week, we dive right into the midterm elections. What does it mean to be in a country that makes great strides in one midterm election -...

51:44Nov 16, 2018

S2 Ep5: "Call it what it is--it's the erasure of Jews."

In this episode, we talk about the massacre of eleven Jews during Shabbat services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. We discuss t...

55:55Nov 1, 2018

S2 Ep4: "We've rallied when a policy did not strike us as fundamentally fair"

This week, Nish talks with Rachel Esplin Odell and Jennifer Walker Thomas, two leaders of the organization Mormon Women for Ethical Governme...

66:34Oct 24, 2018

S2 Ep3: "I am done modulating my emotions to protect you from my rage"

In this episode, we are done. Done done done. The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process is over but we are just getting started. We talk abou...

54:06Oct 11, 2018

S2 Ep2: "These freakin' guys"

This week, Nish and Amy talk about the wrong way to do faith outreach, as well as an attempt by a group of LDS women to appeal to the four M...

56:52Sep 27, 2018

S2 Ep1: "It's a really horrible time to be a Catholic"

And we are back! Welcome to the Season Two premiere of Impolite Company, in which we discuss new revelations of abuse and coverup in the Cat...

75:38Sep 21, 2018

S1 Ep31: The It's-Almost-Time-for-Season-Two! Update

We're just days away from launching the second season of Impolite Company, listeners! In the meantime, we wanted to share this conversation...

21:26Sep 13, 2018

S1 Ep30: The Mid-Summer Break Update

In this mini episode, Amy checks in to tell listeners that Impolite Company will be back for Season Two after Labor Day, and bemoans the man...

7:54Aug 3, 2018

S1 Ep29: "They're using religion as a sword to harm other people"

Note: This episode was recorded before Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, and before an armed man slaughtered f...

51:19Jun 29, 2018

S1 Ep28: "This is one of those moments"

Buckle up, listeners. We recorded this week's episode just an hour or so after Jeff Sessions cited Romans 13 to justify the Trump Administra...

51:34Jun 16, 2018

S1 Ep27: "Next question!"

This week we're taking a break from our regular discussions of everything awful and devoting an entire episode to fielding listener question...

63:48May 31, 2018

S1 Ep26: "Try Googling 'John Hagee and End Times'"

This week, we talk about Vice President Mike Pence's commencement address at Hillsdale College, in which he declared that religiosity is on...

60:11May 20, 2018

S1 Ep25: "We are swimming in a sea of red flags"

This week, Nish and Amy talk about Trump's belated announcement of a White House faith office, as well as the backlash among Southern Baptis...

67:36May 11, 2018

S1 Ep24: "Well, that escalated quickly"

We begin this week by discussing the Case of Paul Ryan and the Disappearing Chaplain. But in the time between recording this episode and rel...

64:07May 4, 2018

S1 Ep23: "Welcome to our world, Tim Keller"

In this episode, we discuss the unfamiliar sight of a world leader admitting a mistake, apologizing, and asking forgiveness--as Pope Francis...

53:13Apr 23, 2018

S1 Ep22: "There's a lot of collateral damage."

Nish and Amy are back together again! This week we talk about the abrupt resignation/retirement of Willow Creek's founding pastor Bill Hybel...

61:06Apr 14, 2018

S1 Ep21: Mormons & The Mailbag

This week, Nish is back! But it's Amy's turn to take the week off. It was a big week for the LDS Church - sustaining a new prophet, appointm...

43:55Apr 7, 2018

S1 Ep20: #InTheSpiritOfHolyWeek

This week Amy is joined by guest co-host Jack Jenkins , superstar religion journalist and national reporter for Religion News Service. We di...

49:24Apr 1, 2018

S1 Ep19: "Christians are called to lay down our lives, not to take down other lives."

Nish is away this week, so Amy is joined by guest co-host Rachel Johnson , executive minister of communications at Riverside Church in New Y...

45:41Mar 23, 2018

S1 Ep18: "Why do critics of the Social Gospel think Christianity is a zero-sum game?"

This week we tackle the Atlantic cover story about Trump and evangelicals: "The Last Temptation" by former George W. Bush speechwriter Micha...

63:28Mar 16, 2018

S1 Ep17: "Christians! Do not hold those Purim parties!"

This week we tackled a delicate issue for many American Christians--churches that hold their own observances of Jewish holidays. Amy talked...

64:50Mar 8, 2018

S1 Ep16: "This is a group of Catholics who are willing to stand in the gap."

This week we took on a trio of stories from the Catholic world: the overwhelming united support for Dreamers among U.S. Catholics, including...

56:32Mar 2, 2018

S1 Ep15: "What good is access if you're not using it to preach truth to power?"

In which we call B.S. on the court evangelicals who want us to believe that they're counseling Trump about his misogyny and racism and cruel...

52:05Feb 23, 2018

S1 Ep14: "The Bible is not clear. Your interpretation of the Bible is clear."

This week, we discuss Rob Porter, former White House Staff Secretary who resigned after images of alleged domestic abuse surfaced in the med...

63:27Feb 16, 2018

S1 Ep13: "Donald Trump is the conduit to God's will on earth?!"

In this episode, we talk about the belief by many conservative charismatics in America that God helped put Donald Trump in the White House,...

70:00Jan 31, 2018

S1 Ep12: "I want to be defined by what I'm for and not by what I'm against."

This week, we introduce a new segment at the top of the hour: "Three Minutes of Twitter." Since Nish deactivated her Twitter account and now...

75:19Jan 25, 2018

S1 Ep11: When cursing is a problem, but racism is just fine.

This week, we give an update on two stories from last week: the selection of a new prophet for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain...

61:20Jan 19, 2018

S1 Ep10: "There are consequences to your actions."

Happy New Year! We're back with our first episode in 2018. This week, we discuss the 100 largest churches in America, and how none of them a...

62:21Jan 11, 2018

S1 Ep9: "The Nones Are Alright"

In our final episode for 2017, we take a look at the dynamics, challenges, and benefits of interfaith families, particularly in Jewish commu...

66:50Dec 22, 2017

S1 Ep8: "I have never been so happy to be so wrong."

Doug Jones beats Roy Moore in the race for Alabama's Senate seat! We dissect the exit polling - How did Evangelicals vote? What does this sa...

48:43Dec 14, 2017

S1 Ep7: "Religious freedom for thee? Or religious freedom just for me?"

This week, we take a look at the ramifications of Trump's decision to scale back two national monuments in Utah, particularly for Native Ame...

64:04Dec 8, 2017

S1 Ep6: "The President of the United States is promoting a big conspiracy theory."

It's the start of the holiday season, which can only mean one thing: The War on Christmas! This week, we take a deep dive into what is basic...

53:20Nov 29, 2017

S1 Ep5: "I'm sorry, America."

In this episode, we discuss Notre Dame's birth control reversal and the epic disaster of Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican nominee for the US...

58:20Nov 16, 2017

S1 Ep4: "This is a sickness."

This week, after the mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, TX in which 26 people were killed, we devote the entire hour to dissecting the lin...

45:14Nov 9, 2017

S1 Ep3: “Go Go Gadget Treason Detector”

We break down the implications of the first indictments in Robert Mueller’s investigation, including the response from some of Trump’s evang...

51:12Nov 1, 2017

S1 Ep2: "I'm so happy the bar is THAT low."

This week, we discuss: 1. Donald Trump attacking yet another Gold Star family. 2. Disgraced former megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll getting a...

55:26Oct 26, 2017

S1 Ep1: Charismatics and Bond Villains

In the inaugural episode, we tackle the impact of the Harvey Weinstein allegations within evangelical Christianity, Willow Creek's big decis...

52:03Oct 18, 2017

Trailer

Why did white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in greater numbers than they have for any other presidential candidate in history? Why do...

1:46Oct 18, 2017