Episodes
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Mile High Theology: A Retrospective
In this bonus episode of Mile High Theology, the podcast's long-time host, Canon Broderick Greer, is interviewed by Evans Ousley, Director of Communications at Saint John's. They reflect on some of their favorite guests and moments from the podcast and talk about the conversations that still come...
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S6 E7: Reproductive Justice with Niyankor Ajuaj
In our final episode of Mile High Theology, host Canon Broderick Greer speaks with Niyankor Ajuaj of Soul 2 Soul Sisters about reproductive justice. Throughout this conversation, Ajuaj offers beautiful readings and meditations on poetry.
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S6E5: The Nicene Creed with Dr. Albert Hernandez
Composed in the fourth century by a council of the Church, the Nicene Creed is said enthusiastically by some Christians, said with crossed fingers by others, and rejected altogether by some others. Dr. Albert Hernández, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity, will lead a roundtable...
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S6E4: Diving into the Hebrew Bible with Dr. Amy Erickson
In the sixth season of Mile High Theology, we are engaging in conversation with ancient texts. In this episode, Canon Broderick sits down with Dr. Amy Erickson, Associate Professor of the Hebrew Bible at Iliff School of Theology, to discuss the composition and context of the Hebrew Bible, using…
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S6E2: Understanding the Quran with Dr. Aun Hasan Ali
In the sixth season of Mile High Theology, we are engaging in conversation with ancient texts. This fall, we are exploring the three Abrahamic religion’s sacred texts: The Torah, The Bible, and The Quran. In this episode, Dr. Aun Hasan Ali offers a descriptive analysis of the Quran.
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S6E1: Exploring the Torah with Rabbi Emily Hyatt
On the newest season of Mile High Theology, we are engaging in conversation with ancient texts. This fall, we are exploring the three Abrahamic religion’s sacred texts: The Torah, The Bible, and The Quran. In this episode, Rabbi Emily Hyatt of Denver's Temple Emanuel guides us through a Torah study.
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S5 E8: Innovative Farming and the Climate Crisis
While the climate crisis may make us feel fearful, overwhelmed, or exhausted, many organizations in the Denver area inspire hope for our future. Altius Farms is a local urban farm, which is working toward building stable and lasting farms that produce beautiful greens all year round, locally. In...
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S5 E7: Health & Housing Justice and the Climate Crisis
As the city of Denver grows, many of our neighbors are becoming displaced due to high cost of living and gentrification. The Globeville Elyria-Swansea Coalition Organizing for Health and Housing Justice (GES Coalition) is advocating to protect historically marginalized neighborhoods, to preserve...
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S5 E6: Black Denver and the Climate Crisis with Pastor Eugene Downing
Historically marginalized people suffer disproportionately from the climate crisis. Environmental hazards, such as pollution, contaminated materials, and industrial waste, often plague low-income communities of color. Pastor Eugene Downing, Senior Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church and member of...
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Season 5 Mid-Season Preview with Canon Broderick Greer and Christina Rutland
Canon Broderick Greer and Christina Rutland recap the first half of this season on the climate crisis and give us a preview of the final episodes coming this spring.
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S5 E4: Environmental Racism, Indigeneity, and the Climate Crisis
American systems actively silence and minimize the voices within Indigeneous communities, resulting in young Native Americans struggling to find representation. Spirit of the Sun, an Indigenous womxn-led nonprofit in Denver, empowers Indigeneous youth to become leaders and amplifies their voices…
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S5 E3: Reckoning with the Climate Crisis through Music with Logan Farmer
As we learn more and more about the effects of climate change, we find ourselves feeling overwhelmed rather than driven to create change. In his album "Still No Mother," musician Logan Farmer tells the story of our reckoning with the impending reality of climate change through American folk…
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S5 E2: Youth Activism in the Climate Crisis with Leala Pourier
When youth activist Greta Thunberg became a global leader against climate change, she inspired people around the world to recognize the already existing youth activists in their own communities. Earth Guardians, a nearly 30-year-old organization representing young activists, caught the attention…
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S5 E1: The Eurochristian Roots of the Climate Crisis with Dr. Tink Tinker
As European settlers came to the Americas, they prepared to claim and conquer the land, exploiting its various resources to further human life. Dr. Tink Tinker, Professor Emeritus of American Indian cultures and religious traditions at Iliff School of Theology, explores in many of his works how...
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S4 E9: Visual Art with Lanecia Rouse Tinsley
When Canon Broderick's parents renovated their home a few years ago, he gave them one of Lanecia Rouse Tinsley's paintings as a house-warming gift. In a note to his parents, Tinsley wrote, "I am happy one of my creations has found a home with you." It has been said that Lanecia’s art is known for...
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S4 E8: National Poetry Month with Natasha Oladokun
"They say, Lord, piety is speaking to you, // but madness is hearing you // speak back." And so Natasha Oladokun stings her audience in her 2020 poem "Black Credit." In line after line, essay after essay, and poem after poem, Oladokun teases out of us what good literature usually teases out of…
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S4 E7: Art and Reproductive Justice with Adriann Barboa
Adriann Barboa is a New Mexico policy director of Forward Together, an organization dedicated to ensuring "rights, recognition, and resources for all families" that recently led a people-powered coalition to defeat state infringements on access to reproductive healthcare. In this interview, we…
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S4 E6: Sabrina & Corina with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajarado-Anstine's "Sabrina & Corina" seemed to barrel onto the literary scene not so much with a bang, but with the elegance of an experienced skydiver, every short story landing gracefully inside her readers' imaginations. Set primarily on the ancient lands of Colorado and New Mexico,...
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S4 E5: Myth-Making with Manuel Aragon
Myth-making is a central dimension of being human and fiction writers are the midwives of that process for the rest of us. Manuel Aragon, a Denver-based Latinx writer, director, and filmmaker reads his short story "The Last Snowstorm" and discusses the role of good fiction in the creation of a…
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S4E4: #BlackLivesMatter and #AllLivesMatter
In 2013, Patrisse Cullors coined the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter when she used it to comment on her friend Alicia Garza's Facebook post in response to George Zimmerman's acquittal of the killing of Trayvon Martin. In the months and years that followed, well-meaning white Americans reacted to the...
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S4 E3: “What just happened?”: Processing the 2020 Election
In this episode of Mile High Theology, Canon Broderick speaks with the Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey. As we reflect on last week's election, Dr. Lightsey unpacks the circumstances that led her to write "Our Lives Matter: A Womanist Queer Theology," how the centering of certain stories reveals our core...
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S4 E2: Qualified Immunity and Black Lives
After the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police Department officers on Memorial Day weekend, a wave of law enforcement reform proposals flooded city halls and legislative chambers in cities and states across the country. State Representative Leslie Herod has spearheaded those efforts in…
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Bianka Emerson
The Rev. Canon Broderick Greer speaks with his friend, Bianka Emerson, for a special episode of Mile High Theology. Bianka is deeply involved in politics, holding degrees in law and social science. Show Notes: Proposition 115 on BallotPedia.org Proposition 115 Explained on the Colorado Sun Ballot...
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Dr. Apryl Alexander
Dr. Apryl Alexander discusses the death of Elijah McClain in Aurora, the history of policing in the U.S., and the Movement for Black Lives with Canon Broderick. Dr. Alexander is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver. Show…
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Adrienne Norris
In this special episode of Mile High Theology, Canon Broderick Greer talks with Adrienne Norris, a local artist and activist who designed and led the painting of the Black Lives Matter mural in Denver in front of the Colorado Capitol. This conversation was hosted in partnership with the Christian...
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Vic Vela
In this episode of Mile High Theology, Vic Vela, a weekend host and reporter for Colorado Public Radio, discusses addiction, meaning, and recovery.
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Pastor Anne J. Scalfaro
Canon Broderick conducts a Zoom interview with Pastor Anne J. Scalfaro about practicing resurrection in the time of quarantine. The Rev. Scalfaro is senior pastor of Denver's Calvary Baptist Church.
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Bobby LeFebre
Bobby LeFebre, Colorado's Poet Laureate, joins us on Mile High Theology for an evening of poetic reflection on our common life as a city, state, and nation. Canon Broderick conducts the interview with Mr. LeFebre, an award-winning Denver slam poet, writer, playwright and performer.
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Dr. Eric Smith
Dr. Eric Smith, Assistant Professor of Early Christianity and Contemporary Christian Practices at Iliff School of Theology, discusses his new book about St. Paul.
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The Rev. Eunjoo Kim
The Rev. Eunjoo Kim, Ph.D., professor of homiletics and liturgics at Iliff School of Theology, discusses the interplay between ethnicity, memory, liturgy, and preaching.
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The Rev. Dr. Valerie Jackson
The Rev. Dr. Valerie Jackson, senior pastor of University Park United Methodist Church, discusses Advent; Mary, Mother of God; and black womanhood.
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The Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee, Part 2
The Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee, Dean of the Faculty at Iliff School of Theology, discusses how post-colonial readings of theology and embodiment empower marginalized groups to unapologetically claim their unique personhood.
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The Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee, Part 1
A two-part episode, The Rev. Dr. Boyung Lee, Dean of the Faculty at Iliff School of Theology, discusses how her day-to-day, her childhood, and her education impacted her place as a theologian.
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Daniel Ramos
Daniel Ramos, Executive Director of One Colorado, will discuss how the embodiment of LGBTQ people is a gift to the world and how those we understand least need the most protection.
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Shea Watts
Shea Watts, Associate Director of Contemporary and Family Worship at Christ Church, Charlotte, NC discusses the role of our unique embodiments in Christian liturgy.
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Andrea Gibson and Julien Baker
You are invited to a night of poetry, music, and theology at Saint John’s Cathedral featuring performances by poet Andrea Gibson and musician Julien Baker. In addition to the performances, Canon Broderick Greer interviews the artists about love, heartbreak, meaning and what those themes say about...
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Eric Smith
Dr. Eric Smith, New Testament professor at Iliff School of Theology, leads us in a Bible study on the Samaritan woman at the well story from John.
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Adrian Miller
Canon Broderick interviews Adrian Miller, soul food scholar and culinary historian, about the spiritual and political dimensions of soul food and other black culinary traditions.
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Sommer Browing
Canon Broderick interviews Sommer Browning about art, meaning, and creativity. Browning is a poet, artist, comedian, and curator of GEORGIA, a pop-up art space located in Denver's La Alma neighborhood.
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Wil Gafney
Canon Broderick Greer interviews the Rev. Wil Gafney, Ph.D. about her new book "Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and the Throne." Dr. Gafney is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Emilie Townes
Canon Broderick interviewed the Reverend Emilie M. Townes, Ph.D., about the cultural production of evil and what she calls the "ultimate queer, womanist move." Dr. Townes is an African American Christian social ethicist and theologian, and is currently Dean of Vanderbilt Divinity School.
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Bree Davies
Canon Broderick interviews writer, reporter, television, and podcast host Bree Davies about Denver's most pressing systemic issues.
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Michael Hidalgo
Canon Broderick Greer interviews Michael Hidalgo, Lead Pastor of Denver Community Church, one of a handful of LGBTQ-affirming evangelical churches. They will discuss DCC's journey toward becoming LGBTQ-affirmning and what that means about the future of US evangelicalism.
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Reason & Experience: The Master of Improv
How does our own reason, or experience, speak into our faith?
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Tradition: A Passing On and a Betrayal
What is tradition in the Episcopal Church?
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How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith - Part 2
Canon Broderick interviews the Reverend Mihee Kim-Kort, a Presbyterian minister and author of the book "Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith." Music: "Orange Sunshine" on Enchanted Forest by Rod Hamilton and Tiffany Seal is licensed under a…
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How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith - Part 1
Canon Broderick interviews the Reverend Mihee Kim-Kort, a Presbyterian minister and author of the book "Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith." Music: "Orange Sunshine" on Enchanted Forest by Rod Hamilton and Tiffany Seal is licensed under a…
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