Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast

Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion Podcast

Keeping it 101 is the podcast that helps our nerdy listeners make sense of religion. Why religion? Well, if you read the news, have a body, exist in public, or think about race, gender, class, ability, or sexuality, you likely also think about religion — even if you don’t know it yet. Let us show you why religion is both a lot more important and a little easier to understand than you might think. Put us in your earholes and let us show you why religion isn’t done with you — even if you’re done with religion.

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May 28, 2025 49 mins

In which we announce, with sorrow and excitement, that we are wrapping this here pod — and we encourage you to revisit our VERY FIRST EPISODE, to reflect on what we’ve learned and how our thinking about religion has changed over this very, very long semester.

As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.


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In which we chat about the pod and the book with the host of Ten on Religion, Dr. Mark Banas.

As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.


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March 26, 2025 56 mins

In which we (mostly Ilyse) go all in on religion & tattoos. Special interest: ACTIVATE.

As always, check out keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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In which we discuss all things RINDWY with the fabulous Jenn Jordan for the Syosset Public Library's official podcast, Turn the Page. The library is OPEN, y'all!

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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In which Megan chats with a handful of folks who are also part of the Amplify Podcast Network's first Sustain stream--Sally Chivers (Wrinkle Radio), Charisse L’Pree (Critical and Curious), and M.E. Luke (Critical Technology Podcast)--plus pod bestie Hannah McGregor.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.


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February 12, 2025 24 mins

In which we review our very depressing and important miniseries discussion on religion and adoption AND play ridiculous orphan games as a reward for having done the hard things

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.


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January 29, 2025 65 mins

In which Megan tries not to spend the whole hour screaming about Dobbs whilst we discuss what adoption has to do with religious freedom.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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January 15, 2025 67 mins

Welcome to our very first movie discussion, nerds! In which we chat about the Ramayana with no Ram, why Hanuman is the Best Beast, Hijra superheroes, and also that Dev Patel should call us.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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December 11, 2024 22 mins

In which we reflect on what it was like to find our collective voice. (Spoilers: it was really hard! But also really awesome!)

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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In which Dr. Courtney Lewis shares her expertise and personal experience with the writing of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Dr. Lewis is Crandall Family Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and the Inaugural Director of the Native American Studies Initiative at Duke University, as well as an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation.

If you want to follow and boost more Native creators, Dr. Lewis recommends:...

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November 13, 2024 21 mins

In which we nerd out about how we chose which weirdass historical case studies to support our killjoy theories of religion.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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Because--to borrow from Anne Lamott--one of the two best prayers we know is "thank you, thank you, thank you."

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October 30, 2024 61 mins

What does adoption have to do with religious freedom? Quite a bit, actually.

Tune in to learn more about the ways religion--and especially, you guessed it, white Christian nationalism--shapes the adoption industry.

CN/TW: This episode discusses adoption, foster care, child abuse, and child removal.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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October 16, 2024 14 mins

Because books is what we do, nerds! Tune in to hear us geek out about why we decided to pivot to v̶i̶d̶e̶o̶ text in our almost-here new title, Religion Is Not Done With You.

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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Welcome to the first of our four episode miniseries on religion and adoption, which actually turned out to have five episodes because, well, there were just too many horrors to be neatly contained in an outline. We're starting off with some basics on adoption, including how different religious traditions do (or do not) engage in the practice. Plus a very special, very dark return of Primary Sources!

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September 18, 2024 52 mins

Welcome to our first ever book club episode, nerds! This one has it all: misandry, murder, and...martial religions?

Join us for a very wide-ranging chat about Lyndsay Faye's Jane Steele (and also our own research, because you know academics just can't help themselves).

As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.

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Did you miss us? We missed you!

Life, as y'all know, uh... finds a way. But we have beaten life back long enough to bring you this update on the pod and what we have scheduled for this, our SEVENTH season!!

Look out for our first-ever book club (Jane Steele, by Lyndsay Faye), two miniseries (one on religion and adoption, one on how we wrote our forthcoming book, Religion Is Not Done With You), plus some one-...

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In which we are delighted to talk to the wonderful humans of Miami University Ohio about the ways calendars smuggle white christian supremacy into our everyday lives. 

Recorded 2 April 2024

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In which we chat with our new bestie at the Amplify Podcast Network, Stacey Copeland, about podcasting, public scholarship, and why killing joy is the best way to have joy come back bigger, stronger, and more vibrant than ever.

Be sure to check out all the other cool conversations Stacey is having with our fellow nerds for the audio blog series Amplified!

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December 1, 2023 5 mins

WHAT A PREDICAMENT this year has been, nerds! 2023 was in many ways, uh, not our fave.

But we thought it would be good to end this chronological rollercoaster on a high note, so:

You are cordially invited to join us for a cozy winter Gothic misandrist queer murder book club moment! We're reading Lyndsay Faye's delightfully dark Jane Steele, and we think you should, too.

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