Isolation and Connection - Coping with Being Cooped - 164

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In this episode co-hosts juxtapose isolation and connection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It begins with each co-host describing their own COVID coma as they shelter-in-place. Collectively the descriptions expose both connection and diversity in what has become a globally shared experience. The conversation turns toward learning and meaning-making. Co-hosts imagine the ways our shared life could be changed forever, for the better, like with a different attitude toward capitalism and health care.

Along the way -- trigger warning -- co-hosts reflect on their fundamentalist backgrounds revealing how they might have responded to the pandemic if they were still in their former religious communities. Terms like “God’s protection,” “Christ’s coming,” “the end times” and “prophecy” surface. Co-hosts reflect on the hidden loneliness embedded in having all one's “connections” controlled or managed through dogma.

With a nice mix of disorientation, frustration, uncertainty, fear and isolation, all five co-hosts find their way through a conversation about an unfolding experience -- one that seems to change day by day, maybe even hour by hour, while befuddled experts tell us what to do and expect. When life throws you a novel virus, you’ll need a good and angry playlist. Listen to the end to hear Jeff’s, Allen’s, Bonnie’s, Casey’s and Rajeev’s favorite angry songs.

Conversation on Isolation and Connection (00:03:59)

Playlist Segment (01:04:42)

RELEVANT LINKS

From Our Conversation on Isolation and Connection

• The Trolley Problem
• The Good Place - The Trolley Problem (YouTube Problem)

From Our Playlist Segment

• The Completed Spotify Playlist
• Casey’s Picks
• • No Scrubs by TLC (YouTube Video)
  • Lose Yourself by Eminem (YouTube Video)
  • Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks (YouTube Video)
• Bonnie’s Picks
• • Gloria by Patti Smith (YouTube Video)
  • Inside Out by Eve 6 (YouTube Video)
  • Ironic by Alanis Morrisette (YouTube Video)
• Rajeev’s Picks
• • Maggie’s Farm by Rage Against the Machine (YouTube Video)
  • Drawing Flies by Sound Garden (YouTube Video)
  • The Ghost of Tom Joad by Rage Against the Machine (YouTube Video)
• Allen’s Picks
• • B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down (YouTube Video)
  • Dukes Up by Modest Mouse (YouTube Video)
  • Bodies by Drowning Pool (YouTube Video)
  • BENNY HINN: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor (YouTube Video)
• Jeff’s Picks
• • Dear God by Dax (YouTube Video)
  • The Way I Am by Eminem (YouTube Video)
  • Here’s To Us by Halestorm (YouTube Video)
• Other Mentions
• • Killing in the Name of by Rage (YouTube Video)
  • Billie Jean by Chris Cornell (YouTube Video)
  • Forgiven by Alanis Morissette (YouTube Video)
  • War Pigs by Black Sabbath (YouTube Video)
  • Dear Mr. President by Pink (YouTube Video)
  • So What by Pink (YouTube Video)
  • Pork & Beans by Weezer (YouTube Video)

Trans Musician - KC SHANE

Singer, songwriter and musician KC Shane grew up in small town Indiana but in the spring of 2012 he decided to adventure out west and is currently based in Sacramento, CA. He has been singing his whole life and started writing and composing his own music in 2004 at age 14. Some of the words used to describe KC's music are hauntingly beautiful, powerful, emotional, and soulful. Many compare him to City & Colour, Hozier, Sam Smith, Stained, James Taylor and Tracy Chapman. KC is well known for his talents but is also known for being an out and proud transgender queer man. His most favorite compliment he has received is that his music is "good medicine." Bringing people together, building community, sharing the healing power of music and letting people know they are important and they matter are his ultimate goals when sharing his music with the world.

KC Shane is releasing his first single "Empty Words" on January 1, 2020 which is available on all streaming services. Follow KS Shane on Facebook and YouTube.

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Rev. Bonnie Rambob, MDiv | co-host | [e-mail]

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Pastor Casey Tinnin, MTS | co-host | [e-mail]

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CREDITS

Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin.

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