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Equipped for Life Podcast
by Equal Rights Institute
The discussion podcast of Equal Rights Institute, a national organization that trains pro-life advocates think clearly, reason honestly, and argue persuasively. If you're looking for clear pro-life thinking, cutting-edge apologetics, and a fresh approach to abortion dialogue, you've come to the right place.
Episodes
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#112: Reproductive Anxiety is Affecting Your Conversations
There's an incredibly important trend going on right now that's influencing your conversations, and you probably haven't even noticed! In this episode, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson introduce the concept of reproductive anxiety, help define what it means, and dive into some of the research...
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#111: When Not To Be Open-Minded
A trait that has always been essential to the core of ERI is being open-minded. But, what does that actually mean? Is there ever a time that we shouldn't be open-minded? In this episode, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson do a deep dive into the concept of open-mindedness, talk about what...
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#110: What if I Can't Express Compassion?
In this installment of the Equipped for Life Podcast, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson dive deeper into what it means to express compassion in conversation, particularly when discussing difficult topics like abortion, rape, and poverty. Note: Although this episode does not describe rape or...
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#109: Creative Pro-Life Apologetics: Reaching Out Without Burning Out
We at ERI challenge you to see how many creative methods of outreach in this podcast you've heard of (we bet at least one of these will be new to you)! In this podcast, Emily Geiger and Rebecca Carlson share some of the most creative forms of outreach that they've heard from the ERI Affiliate...
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#108: "Outreach" in Unexpected Ways & Unexpected Spaces
When is the last time that you've done outreach? Spoiler Alert: it might have been sooner than you think! In this episode, Emily Geiger and Rebecca Carlson discuss what defines an "outreach" and give some off-the-wall ideas on how to do outreach in less scary and more effective ways than what…
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#107: How to Talk to Pro-lifers - Part 2
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers? In Part 2 of "How to Talk to Pro-Lifers," Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger live react to three more TikToks where pro-choice advocates explain…
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#106: How to Talk to Pro-Lifers - Part 1
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers? In this episode, Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger live react to a popular new TikTok trend that does just that, as pro-choice advocates explain...
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#105: Political Activism in a Post-Roe World (w/ Ali Rak)
Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger welcome Ali Rak back to the Equipped for Life Podcast to discuss pro-life political activism, now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Much has changed since 2020 when Ali was last on the podcast, and the main focus of this episode includes an analysis of why the...
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#104: Are Women Being Denied Care? (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder wrap up their series of recent discussions by addressing denial-of-care stories. In this episode, Monica and Josh define what a denial-of-care story is, explain why abortion bans are often blamed for causing pregnancy-related deaths, identify the actual problems…
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#103: Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life? (w/ Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: "Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?" The conversation touches on practical and philosophical points, including discussion about objective and subjective morality and its relationship with deism, as well as Monica's experiences...
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#102: Forensics and Abortion (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
After much anticipation, Josh Brahm FINALLY gets to interview Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life about her background and expertise in Forensics. Monica explains how her work in forensics and DNA analysis affects her view on the abortion issue, particularly when it comes to questions about the...
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#101: It's About the Babies, Not Your Sex Life (w/ Monica Snyder)
Content warning: This whole episode is about sex. It's probably not the episode to listen to around your kids. Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder returns to the Equipped for Life Podcast for another series of episodes, beginning with the topic, "It's About Babies, Not Your Sex Life." Stemming from...
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#100: Celebrating 100 Episodes! (with the Whole Staff!)
We brought the entire staff on for our 100th episode! The team planned the outline without Josh, and the result was a fun, retrospective celebration of the podcast. Related Links: Ellen's first blog post: "Is It Okay to Find Edge Cases Challenging?" Ellen's most recent blog post: "What Should We...
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#99: Practical Tips for 40 Days for Life Volunteers
It's October, and 40 Days for Life campaigns are in full swing! Josh, Emily, and Rebecca share and react to short video tips sent in from pro-life activists from around the country on how to effectively participate in your local 40 Days for Life campaign. (SPOILER ALERT: it's not as hard as you...
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#98: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 2 (w/ Monica Snyder)
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL's mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 2 of 2 addresses eight main topics, to include the biological case for the unborn, how…
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#97: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 1 (w/ Monica Snyder)
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL's mailbag and give quick responses to several questions and requests. Part 1 of 2 (this episode) covers seven main topics, namely, whether the "pro-life movement"...
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#96: Survey Review: How Pro-Life & Pro-Choice People Define Abortion (w/ Monica Snyder)
We recorded another episode with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder, our favorite practically co-host, to discuss Secular Pro-Life's recent survey on the differences between how both sides of the issue define abortion. A critical part of clear communication is making sure you and your dialogue...
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#95: No, Abortion Pills Aren't Harming the Environment
Yes, abortion pills are harmful to women and unborn children. We're pro-life. But when you take an honest look at the evidence, there is no evidence that abortion pills are poisoning our wastewater. This episode includes a visual slideshow, and can be viewed at our YouTube channel here:...
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#94: Can You Be a Professional Musician AND Pro-Life?
Trent Horn forwarded us a great question, so Josh brought ERI Club Coach/Video Editor Joshua Head onto the show, as Joshua is also a professional musician. Joshua went above and beyond, creating a list of tips for musicians in college as well as post-college. This is a pretty niche topic, and...
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#93 How to Have Better Conversations About IVF
ERI's Affiliate Groups have been busy working with their coaches on practical dialogue tips for talking about IVF, now that it's in the news more often. First, Emily and Rebecca present to Josh for the first time what our groups have been working on. Afterward, they had a more personal discussion...
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#92 Genuine or Performed? Acting Skills in Honest Dialogue
The Equipped for Life Podcast is back! After a long hiatus due to the production of Equipped for Life Academy, we've begun recording new episodes. We also have some old episodes in the archives we'll be publishing as well. We loved this episode as our first episode back though. After introducing...
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#91: Intellectual Honesty, Transparency, and Observations about the Pro-Life Movement (with Apologist Dr. Randal Rauser)
Josh's favorite Christian apologist, Dr. Randal Rauser, joins the show. Randal describes himself as "progressively Evangelical and generously Orthodox." Josh asks him about open-mindedness, his observations about the pro-life movement, when it's appropriate to call leaders out publicly, and the...
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#90: The Psychology of Persuasion (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder have an open conversation about biology, philosophy, and how they interact with persuasion in the abortion debate. Monica has a STEM background so she and Josh compare notes on how STEM professionals and philosophers feel about each other, and why many of them are...
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#89: Undercover at an abortion clinic while 28-weeks pregnant (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Monica Snyder shares a very emotional story about going undercover in a late-term abortion facility in Washington DC while being 28-weeks pregnant. She talks about what was harder than she expected and the perspective she gained about the employees at the clinic. She also helps Josh understand…
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ERI Update - Spring 2023
Josh Brahm gives an update on what we've been working on at ERI, including recent speaking trips in Europe, progress on Equipped for Life Academy, and hiring our new administrator. Chapters: 00:00 Why Josh is in Paris 03:16 Cool story from England conference 06:08 Emily update from Denmark 09:13...
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#88: What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now? (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder) - Part 2
Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took us a while to get back to regular podcast editing due to a TON of travel, but everything they said is still relevant. The discussion...
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#87: What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now? (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder) - Part 1
Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took us a while to get back to regular podcast editing due to a TON of travel, but everything they said is still relevant. The discussion...
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Announcement: Podcast Production Changes
Josh explains how some upgrades to our podcast equipment will save us time editing the episodes later and how that will affect our listeners. (This will make even more sense if you watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2cqGMIgp9mM There's a short 2-minute summary, and then a longer "nerdier"...
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#86: ERI LIVE: Q&A with Josh at Fusion City Church
Josh Brahm was invited to answer questions about abortion late last year at Fusion City Church in Kannapolis, NC. Pastor Brian Duncan had preached on abortion the week prior and asked Josh to help field the questions that came from the congregation afterward. *Sorry for the bad audio during the...
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#85: Behind-The-Scenes: Emily on MSNBC (with Tim Hull)
We've received hundreds of messages and comments about Emily's appearance on MSNBC last week! By popular demand, Josh and Emily are joined by Tim Hull to discuss the behind-the-scenes story of how Emily ended up discussing abortion with the President of NARAL on national television live from NBC...
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#66: AHA: The Anti-Abortionists Who Fight Other Pro-Lifers (with Jonathon Van Maren - Part 1)
NOTE: For some technical reason this episode didn't publish on podcast feeds before, so we're posting it now. Scroll down to catch the second part of this series in episode 67. Thanks! Jonathon Van Maren joins the podcast to discuss what is going on with a hostile anti-abortion group called…
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#84: Abortion Dialogue on Campus: Outreach Stories and Trends - Part 2
Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they're noticing among pro-choice college students. This is part two of the series, and includes the story of protesters apologizing to us, why we might change the way we promote...
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#83: Abortion Dialogue on Campus: Outreach Stories and Trends - Part 1
Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they're noticing with respect to abortion dialogue among pro-choice college students. This is part one of a two-part series, and includes the story of a young woman who chewed Josh…
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#82: Responding to 8 Types of Difficult Pro-Lifers (with Monica Snyder & Andrew Kaake - Part 2)
It's the question we're asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, "What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my dialogues with pro-choice people?" Josh and Emily invited ERI...
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#81: The Pregnant 10 Year-Old: Thinking Well About This Tragic Story (with Robin Atkins)
Everyone has been talking about the tragic case of a 10-year-old who was raped, became pregnant, and driven across state lines to get an abortion. Even President Biden referenced her story in public. Multiple ERI followers have asked us how pro-life people can answer questions about this story...
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REPLAY: What Should I Say in a Post-Roe America?
The days after Roe v. Wade's overturning have been riddled with confusion, panic, anger, protests, and misinformation. There has never been a more important time for pro-life advocates to provide clarity, explain what overturning Roe v. Wade really means, and describe how we want to see our…
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#80: Responding to 8 Types of Difficult Pro-Lifers (with Monica Snyder & Andrew Kaake - Part 1)
It's the question we're asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, "What should I do about the pro-life activist near me who is being difficult? Should I approach them differently than I do my dialogues with pro-choice people?" Josh and Emily invited ERI...
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#79: The Latest Research on Fetal Pain (with John Bockmann and Bridget Thill, MD, MS)
In this podcast, two authors discuss recent research regarding fetal pain: John Bockmann, co-author of "Reconsidering Fetal Pain" (2020) and Dr. Bridget Thill, MD, MS, author of "Fetal Pain in the First Trimester" (2021). Bridget and John graciously typed out a full transcript of this episode…
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#78: What's Really Up with the High African-American Abortion Rate? (with Gary Freeman)
This is a continuation of Josh's conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they discuss the high abortion rate in the African-American community and why that is, and how we should think about the debate over Planned Parenthood being an…
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#77: Talking "Black Church", "White Church", and the Pro-Life Movement (with Gary Freeman)
This is a continuation of Josh's conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they contrast Gary's position with those who say that you can't be pro-life unless you agree with them on other social issues, why people in black churches are…
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REPLAY: The Five Bodies of Aborted Fetuses Found in DC
Josh and Emily went live last Friday with Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac from Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) to discuss the story people around the world are talking about, and get answers to the questions everybody is asking. Lauren and Terrisa were incredibly open and shared a…
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#76: A Black Pro-Life Speaker on Crossing the Racial Divide (with Gary Freeman)
This is the first of a three-part series of conversations with Josh and Gary Freeman, a former guest on our podcast. In this episode they discuss Gary's new ministry, on relationships being key to white and black people understanding each other better, as well as the need to serve people well in...
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#75: Refuting Myths about Pregnancy Centers (with Meredith Maloley & Jacob Nels)
While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St. Olaf, and now volunteers as an ERI Club Coach and works at a Pregnancy Resource Center. In this episode they discuss the most common…
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#74: Transitioning from ERI Training to Pregnancy Center Work (with Meredith Maloley & Jacob Nels)
While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St. Olaf, and now volunteers as an ERI Club Coach and works at a Pregnancy Resource Center. In this episode they discuss what pro-life...
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#73: Reprotection's Innovative Approach to Closing Abortion Facilities (with Missy Stone)
Jacob interviews Missy Stone, CEO of Reprotection, a new organization that helps pro-life advocates protect women and children from harm by investigating and closing down dangerous abortion providers. In this interview you will learn about how Reprotection works, the many government agencies that...
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ERI Update - TikTok and Top 5s of 2021
Josh Brahm shares why the podcast was on hiatus for three months, our surprising success on TikTok, and the top 5 videos, podcasts, and articles of 2021. Chapters: 00:00: Intro and why we haven't published podcasts lately 05:35: Surprisingly fast success on TikTok! 08:22: Top 5 videos of 2021...
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REPLAY: 2022 Sneak Peek Live Stream
Josh Brahm and Emily Albrecht discuss pull the curtain back and talk about what ERI has done in the last year before announcing our biggest project of 2022! Finally we take questions from the live viewers. Thanks to apologist Tim Hull for hosting the live stream! Help us reach our goal and make...
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REPLAY: The Supreme Court Abortion Case: Your Questions, Answered
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is widely considered to be the most important Supreme Court Case on abortion in nearly three decades. We want you to understand what's happening in real-time and equip you with tools to discuss it effectively. ERI staff members Josh Brahm, Andrew…
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#72: Muslim Intellectual Debunks Pro-Choice Islamic Scholars (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)
In this episode Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi refutes pro-choice arguments made by famous Islamic scholars. Javad reacts to multiple videos in this episode, so to watch this episode on YouTube, click here: https://youtu.be/4DKXWOKhjeE Otherwise, there are links to everything he references…
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#71: A Muslim Intellectual's Journey from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)
This is the first of a two-part series with Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi. In this episode Josh interviews him about his journey from pro-choice to pro-life and how Muslims think about moral culpability and human value. They spend the rest of the episode having an impromptu nerdy…
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The discussion podcast of Equal Rights Institute, a national organization that trains pro-life advocates think clearly, reason honestly, and argue persuasively. If you're looking for clear pro-life thinking, cutting-edge apologetics, and a fresh approach to abortion dialogue, you've come to the right place.
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