September 4, 2024 • 8 mins
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-off So Glad You Asked-style responses to listener questions about things like religion & tattoos AND a sneak peek into Megan's research on #CultsInc and the MOVE bombing.
As always, be sure to visit keepingit101.com for full show notes, homework, transcripts, & more.
It's all happening, nerds. Welcome back!
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Megan Goodwin (00:00):
Is it happening?
It's happening. It's happening.
It's all happening. Hi, hello.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (00:03):
Is happening? Hi, hello, Shall we
let us Okay, after many, manymonths, without further ado,
this is, this is keeping it 101,a killjoys. Introduction to
religion podcast, which is partof the amplify podcast network,
we are grateful to live teachand record on the current
(00:25):
ancestral and unceded lands ofthe Abenaki and Wabanaki
peoples, as well as the lands ofone federally recognized native
nation, the Eastern Band ofCherokee Indians, and seven
North Carolina state recognizedtribal entities. Increasingly,
though, native folks are pushingus to forgo land
acknowledgements altogether andfocus on action items. So let's
start with land back. And asalways, you can find material
(00:47):
ways to support indigenouscommunities on our website.
Megan Goodwin (00:50):
My current personal favorite way to support
native economic sovereignty issupporting North Carolina's
first end to date onlydispensary, the Great Smoky
cannabis company out on theboundary in Cherokee. Wado for
Oh, it's mestill. What's up, nerds, it's
the snacks and cute sweatshirts,fiends. I'm helping.
good to be back. We're a littleout of practice, but we're
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (01:07):
You are helping!
psyched as hell to be here. Hi,hello. I'm Megan Goodwin. I'm a
Hi, hello. I'm Ilyse MorgensteinFuerst, a historian of religion,
scholar of American religions,race, gender and politics.
Islam, race and racializationand South Asia,
(01:30):
which is a place and not just adrag race contestant, Ilyse it
feels like ages since we'vetalked, okay, that's just a
straight up lie, but it'sdefinitely ages since we
recorded our talking, it hasbeen we've missed you, dear
listeners, though not eachother. We're actually best
friends and family in real life.
We talk all the time, even if wedon't record it. But you may
have noticed that we have beenon a short to medium long
(01:53):
hiatus.
Megan Goodwin (01:57):
It was the hiatus that it needed to be, but we're
back, babies. We had to finishour book, which is now available
for pre order. Thank you verymuch. Officially drops on the
fifth of November, 2024 it's GuyFawkes day. It's, uh, it's an
election day in the US. That'sfine. That's that's fine. I'm
fine. I feel fine about it.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (02:17):
Yeah, remember, remember the fifth of
November, and it's fitting, uhand Goodwin, yes, geez, what is
the name of this not to bemissed, book?
Megan Goodwin (02:28):
Oh, wait, I know this one. I know this one. It is
called Religion Is Not Done WithYou.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (02:33):
Beacon Press, graciously. Let us write
a book loosely tied to this herepodcast. It has swears, as you
might imagine, and baseball,because I can't avoid sports and
maps and race and gender and lawand we think, Nay, We are fully
committed to the fact that youwill love it.
Megan Goodwin (02:51):
You will love it.
We know it. We know it in ourhearts. We would love it if you
would pre order it. Pre ordersequal love, please and thank
you. It helps the publisher knowthat people are excited about
the book, and we hope--we feelconfident that you will be
excited about the book. So we'dlove it the most if you pre
ordered from indie books or yourlocal bookstore, but it is
(03:12):
available literally everywhere,and will be in bookstores
nationally, like a real book.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (03:18):
I know it's so exciting. Geppetto did
all of his magic, and here weare
Megan Goodwin (03:24):
Aint no strings on me.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (03:25):
It turns out that writing a
podcast, writing a book, writingour own individual articles and
books and chapters and grants,as well as teaching and
designing websites and running ahumanities center and all of the
rest, made releasing bi weeklyepisodes literally impossible.
It turns out, even I havelimits, which seems ridiculous,
(03:49):
is ultimately true.
Megan Goodwin (03:51):
sometimes, sometimes calendar schedules.
You now you know how I feelevery goddamn day, but we're
back. We're back, and we have ayear of episodes planned for
y'all and we're really excitedabout it.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (04:05):
Yeah, we've got this year long season
like back to regular populatedwith short series, topical
episodes and somehow-does-the-sausage-get-made,
episodes about book writing.
Because, quite frankly, younerds keep asking us about it,
even when we went intohibernation.
Megan Goodwin (04:21):
So we will, we will share the sausage.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (04:25):
Yeah, well, we'll have a barbecue or
something.
Megan Goodwin (04:28):
Ah, good. Yes, delicious. I can't wait to chomp
into that. So, yeah, let's getinto it. Here is a rundown of
what we've got going on thisyear. We have a four part mini
series that we're so excited andscared, in the words of Stephen
Sondheim, to share with you, itis about religion and adoption.
No big deal where we're focusingon how religions approach
(04:51):
children without guardians, howadoption is related to religious
freedom and where reproductivejustice fits into this
conversation. We also have athree-part series of minisodes
on writing a book. So like howthat happens. Why write for a
public audience, how we worktogether. And then we've got
some fun standalone episodesabout religion and tattoos. I
(05:11):
just got a new tattoo. We'revery excited about it. Gonna
talk about it. We're doing ahistoric dive into the MOVE
bombing, and me, who I'm,Megan's new research, and we're
talking about maybe watchingMonkey Man, because that sounds
like fun. And also we arefinally doing our book club
episode about Jane Steele,
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (05:30):
yeah which makes this a great time to
remind you all that we said we'dread Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye
together, and we have, we justdidn't record anything about it,
which now we will, and we'regoing to talk about it in our
next episode. So if you areholding out on having read Jane
Steele, or if you read it a yearago and then forgot it, this is
(05:53):
a great time to revisit you knowyour Cliff Notes, quick quickie
refresher.
Megan Goodwin (05:56):
Oh, I wonder if there's an audio book. I bet
there is an audio book. MaybeI'll, maybe I'll look at that
anyway. So amazing. Excitednerds. If you feel like it, grab
that novel at your locallibrary, and we shall put on our
best LeVar Burton fan gogglesand talk about it on our very
next episode
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (06:11):
before we say peace out, nerds, the
sacred utterance, let me justsay we've gotten a ton of
requests recently to come andgive either book talks or
podcast talks, and that is soexciting and so humbling and so
fabulous. If you want to inviteus to campus or your local
(06:33):
bookstore, please, please,please, we have been instructed
to tell you to reach out to ourincredible marketing and
publicity Maven at Beacon Press,whose name is Caitlin Meyer, all
of that information is going tobe in our show notes and on our
website, but just so you heardit, we would love to come visit,
and particularly beacon wouldlove us if we came and visited,
(06:55):
but they are organizing all ofthat, so get in touch early and
often. We will do our best toshow up in your neck of the
woods.
Megan Goodwin (07:02):
that would be super fun. We are really excited
about this book, and we'rereally excited to talk to you
all about it. So once again, itis called Religion Is Not Done
With You. I love it so much.
Anyway, you can find us acrosssocial media. We're still
reluctantly on the zombie thatis Twitter. We're on instant
we're on Tiktok, we're onFacebook. Apparently, I don't
even know that! we should maybeget on blue sky. I don't know.
Let's talk about it. And if noneof that tickles your fancy, we
(07:24):
have a newsletter you can joinvia our website, which is
keeping it one on one.com, dropus a rating or review in your
podcatcher of choice. And withthat,
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (07:34):
peace out. Nerds.
Megan Goodwin (07:35):
Do your homework.
It's on the syllabus.
Unknown (07:59):
Oh, no.
Is it happening?
It's happening. It's happening.
It's all happening. Hi, hello.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (00:03):
Is happening? Hi, hello, Shall we
let us Okay, after many, manymonths, without further ado,
this is, this is keeping it 101,a killjoys. Introduction to
religion podcast, which is partof the amplify podcast network,
we are grateful to live teachand record on the current
(00:25):
ancestral and unceded lands ofthe Abenaki and Wabanaki
peoples, as well as the lands ofone federally recognized native
nation, the Eastern Band ofCherokee Indians, and seven
North Carolina state recognizedtribal entities. Increasingly,
though, native folks are pushingus to forgo land
acknowledgements altogether andfocus on action items. So let's
start with land back. And asalways, you can find material
(00:47):
ways to support indigenouscommunities on our website.
Megan Goodwin (00:50):
My current personal favorite way to support
native economic sovereignty issupporting North Carolina's
first end to date onlydispensary, the Great Smoky
cannabis company out on theboundary in Cherokee. Wado for
Oh, it's mestill. What's up, nerds, it's
the snacks and cute sweatshirts,fiends. I'm helping.
good to be back. We're a littleout of practice, but we're
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (01:07):
You are helping!
psyched as hell to be here. Hi,hello. I'm Megan Goodwin. I'm a
Hi, hello. I'm Ilyse MorgensteinFuerst, a historian of religion,
scholar of American religions,race, gender and politics.
Islam, race and racializationand South Asia,
(01:30):
which is a place and not just adrag race contestant, Ilyse it
feels like ages since we'vetalked, okay, that's just a
straight up lie, but it'sdefinitely ages since we
recorded our talking, it hasbeen we've missed you, dear
listeners, though not eachother. We're actually best
friends and family in real life.
We talk all the time, even if wedon't record it. But you may
have noticed that we have beenon a short to medium long
(01:53):
hiatus.
Megan Goodwin (01:57):
It was the hiatus that it needed to be, but we're
back, babies. We had to finishour book, which is now available
for pre order. Thank you verymuch. Officially drops on the
fifth of November, 2024 it's GuyFawkes day. It's, uh, it's an
election day in the US. That'sfine. That's that's fine. I'm
fine. I feel fine about it.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (02:17):
Yeah, remember, remember the fifth of
November, and it's fitting, uhand Goodwin, yes, geez, what is
the name of this not to bemissed, book?
Megan Goodwin (02:28):
Oh, wait, I know this one. I know this one. It is
called Religion Is Not Done WithYou.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (02:33):
Beacon Press, graciously. Let us write
a book loosely tied to this herepodcast. It has swears, as you
might imagine, and baseball,because I can't avoid sports and
maps and race and gender and lawand we think, Nay, We are fully
committed to the fact that youwill love it.
Megan Goodwin (02:51):
You will love it.
We know it. We know it in ourhearts. We would love it if you
would pre order it. Pre ordersequal love, please and thank
you. It helps the publisher knowthat people are excited about
the book, and we hope--we feelconfident that you will be
excited about the book. So we'dlove it the most if you pre
ordered from indie books or yourlocal bookstore, but it is
(03:12):
available literally everywhere,and will be in bookstores
nationally, like a real book.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (03:18):
I know it's so exciting. Geppetto did
all of his magic, and here weare
Megan Goodwin (03:24):
Aint no strings on me.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (03:25):
It turns out that writing a
podcast, writing a book, writingour own individual articles and
books and chapters and grants,as well as teaching and
designing websites and running ahumanities center and all of the
rest, made releasing bi weeklyepisodes literally impossible.
It turns out, even I havelimits, which seems ridiculous,
(03:49):
is ultimately true.
Megan Goodwin (03:51):
sometimes, sometimes calendar schedules.
You now you know how I feelevery goddamn day, but we're
back. We're back, and we have ayear of episodes planned for
y'all and we're really excitedabout it.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (04:05):
Yeah, we've got this year long season
like back to regular populatedwith short series, topical
episodes and somehow-does-the-sausage-get-made,
episodes about book writing.
Because, quite frankly, younerds keep asking us about it,
even when we went intohibernation.
Megan Goodwin (04:21):
So we will, we will share the sausage.
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (04:25):
Yeah, well, we'll have a barbecue or
something.
Megan Goodwin (04:28):
Ah, good. Yes, delicious. I can't wait to chomp
into that. So, yeah, let's getinto it. Here is a rundown of
what we've got going on thisyear. We have a four part mini
series that we're so excited andscared, in the words of Stephen
Sondheim, to share with you, itis about religion and adoption.
No big deal where we're focusingon how religions approach
(04:51):
children without guardians, howadoption is related to religious
freedom and where reproductivejustice fits into this
conversation. We also have athree-part series of minisodes
on writing a book. So like howthat happens. Why write for a
public audience, how we worktogether. And then we've got
some fun standalone episodesabout religion and tattoos. I
(05:11):
just got a new tattoo. We'revery excited about it. Gonna
talk about it. We're doing ahistoric dive into the MOVE
bombing, and me, who I'm,Megan's new research, and we're
talking about maybe watchingMonkey Man, because that sounds
like fun. And also we arefinally doing our book club
episode about Jane Steele,
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (05:30):
yeah which makes this a great time to
remind you all that we said we'dread Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye
together, and we have, we justdidn't record anything about it,
which now we will, and we'regoing to talk about it in our
next episode. So if you areholding out on having read Jane
Steele, or if you read it a yearago and then forgot it, this is
(05:53):
a great time to revisit you knowyour Cliff Notes, quick quickie
refresher.
Megan Goodwin (05:56):
Oh, I wonder if there's an audio book. I bet
there is an audio book. MaybeI'll, maybe I'll look at that
anyway. So amazing. Excitednerds. If you feel like it, grab
that novel at your locallibrary, and we shall put on our
best LeVar Burton fan gogglesand talk about it on our very
next episode
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (06:11):
before we say peace out, nerds, the
sacred utterance, let me justsay we've gotten a ton of
requests recently to come andgive either book talks or
podcast talks, and that is soexciting and so humbling and so
fabulous. If you want to inviteus to campus or your local
(06:33):
bookstore, please, please,please, we have been instructed
to tell you to reach out to ourincredible marketing and
publicity Maven at Beacon Press,whose name is Caitlin Meyer, all
of that information is going tobe in our show notes and on our
website, but just so you heardit, we would love to come visit,
and particularly beacon wouldlove us if we came and visited,
(06:55):
but they are organizing all ofthat, so get in touch early and
often. We will do our best toshow up in your neck of the
woods.
Megan Goodwin (07:02):
that would be super fun. We are really excited
about this book, and we'rereally excited to talk to you
all about it. So once again, itis called Religion Is Not Done
With You. I love it so much.
Anyway, you can find us acrosssocial media. We're still
reluctantly on the zombie thatis Twitter. We're on instant
we're on Tiktok, we're onFacebook. Apparently, I don't
even know that! we should maybeget on blue sky. I don't know.
Let's talk about it. And if noneof that tickles your fancy, we
(07:24):
have a newsletter you can joinvia our website, which is
keeping it one on one.com, dropus a rating or review in your
podcatcher of choice. And withthat,
Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst (07:34):
peace out. Nerds.
Megan Goodwin (07:35):
Do your homework.
It's on the syllabus.
Unknown (07:59):
Oh, no.
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