Perestroicast

The podcasters are wrapping up season one and talking about how valuable it has been having intentional conversations with friends during the lockdown has. We also get an update on why Sweden isn’t doing very well compared to other Nordic countries and the frustration because of the failing strategies. And lastly, why it makes sense that a second season would be about how we can create change in society. Music: Wilhelm, "Awake" https://soundcloud.com/iamwilhelm/awake

America is going through a time of internal turmoil and change. In this episode Joel speaks to his good friends Noah and Jamie Stepro living outside of Los Angeles about what’s going on around them. They talk about what it’s like living through Covid-19 as a family of seven, leading a church, American politics, Black Lives Matter and their frustration with white evangelicalism and identity politics in America.

Johan calls yet another friend in Brazil to follow up on the countries covid-19 development - the country now being one of the most affected in the world. With the past weeks growing recognition of racism in America, André explains how the situation is for the black community in Brazil and how the image of the country has changed, but become more true after the election of Jair Bolsonaro as president.

In this episode we shift focus for a couple of minutes and focus on the recent events leading up to protests under the hashtag #blacklivesmatter in a conversation with Edward Thomas. Music: "Rest" by Wilhelm