The News With Nicola Show

The News With Nicola Show

Religion reporter Nicola A. Menzie talks current events, culture and entertainment, and occasionally with experts to go deeper on tough and timely topics. nicolamenzie.substack.com

Episodes

Ep. 9: True Story Behind Will Smith's 'Emancipation' Movie on 'Whipped Peter'

December 4, 2022 • 4 mins

In this episode, religion reporter Nicola A. Menzie looks at Will Smith’s new movie “Emancipation.” The film is inspired by the true story of “Whipped Peter,” an escaped slave with a scarred back. She takes a look at the history and how faith is central to the film.



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Ep. 8: Black Church Politics and White Evangelical Hypocrisy

November 6, 2022 • 10 mins
White Evangelical churches can do it, but Black churches can't? In the Nov. 6 episode of “News With Nicola,” host Nicola A. Menzie takes a look at a news item related to Jamal Bryant, pastor of New Birth Missionary Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, and at the general issue of churches and pastors getting politically involved during election season.

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Ep. 7: KevOnStage, Netflix, and TD Jakes

October 1, 2022 • 7 mins
Christian comedian KevOnStage loses his brother, Netflix produces a Christian horror film based on true events, and Bishop T.D. Jakes steps aside for his daughter — this, and more, in the new episode of “News With Nicola,” hosted by religion reporter and faithfullymagazine.com managing editor Nicola A. Menzie.

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Ep. 6: FBI Raid Trump's Home and Trumpvangelicals Lose It

August 10, 2022 • 8 mins
Nicola takes a look at the FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s home and reaction from his Republican base and loyal White Evangelical supporters. Read the article for this episode at faithfullymagazine.com.

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Ep. 5: Ex-Fugitive Bobby Love and Wife Talk Redemption, Justice, and Faith

October 6, 2021 • 37 mins
Nicola talks with Bobby and Cheryl Love, a couple from New York City whose lives were turned upside down a few years ago when the NYPD and FBI showed up at their door, asking for Walter Miller. But who was Walter Miller, Mrs. Love wanted to know. As events unfolded over, Mrs. Love and her four children learned that the man they had called husband and father for the past 30-plus years had an astonishing past. Walter Miller — or Bobb...
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Ep. 4: Church COVID Outbreak, AME on Gay Marriage, Haitian Pastor Arrested (Plus: Jackie Hill Perry)

July 15, 2021 • 23 mins
In this episode of “News With Nicola,” we take a look at a church in Texas that has become the epicenter of a major COVID outbreak. We also look at the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s recent moves on same-sex marriage, and at the assassination of Haiti’s president and an evangelical pastor’s arrest in the case. Also, we hear a bit of Associate Editor Timothy Isaiah Cho’s interview with author Jackie Hill Perry about her latest...
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Ep. 3: Indian Boarding Schools, Hillsong Church, and Rioting Pastors (Plus: Dr. Anthea Butler)

June 27, 2021 • 27 mins
In this episode of “News With Nicola,” we look at residential boarding schools and cultural genocide of Indigenous communities, Hillsong Church’s “culture of chaos” getting the documentary treatment, and father-and-son pastors arrested for the Capitol siege. Plus, hear an excerpt of our interview with Dr. Anthea Butler, author of “White Evangelical Racism.” Get show notes and the full transcript at faithfullymagazine.com.

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Ep. 2: Juneteenth Is Not The Fourth Of July (Plus: Ex-Slave Narrative)

June 16, 2021 • 24 mins
In this episode of "News With Nicola" we take a look at Juneteenth becoming a new federal holiday. We also briefly take a look at Republican dissent to the bill — apparently celebrating the end of slavery is "unAmerican." And we wrap things up by listening to a few snippets of an archival interview with a formerly enslaved woman from Texas who comments on the first Juneteenth and what church was like for enslaved Af...
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Ep. 1: Critical Race Theory, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and the SBC (Guest: Glenn E. Bracey)

June 12, 2021 • 36 mins
Welcome to another episode of “News With Nicola,” a Faithfully Magazine podcast brought to you by Faithfully Media and hosted by Nicola A. Menzie, managing editor at faithfullymagazine.com.

In this episode of “News With Nicola” we take a look at three items closely related to everyone’s new favorite subject: Critical Race Theory, or CRT.

We look at the rash of state laws banning Critical Race Theory from being taught in classrooms; U...
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Ep. 0: Introducing News With Nicola Podcast Show

May 26, 2021 • 3 mins
Faithfully Magazine Managing Editor Nicola A. Menzie introduces the “News With Nicola” podcast in which she talks current events, culture and entertainment, and interviews experts to go deeper on tough topics. Make sure to hit the “subscribe” button and visit faithfullymagazine.com to learn more about how the “News With Nicola” podcast keeps it real, relevant, and faithful.

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