The Priest & the Prof is a conversation about faith, culture, and what it means to be a progressive Christian in the 21st century – without all the fire and brimstone.
New episodes posted every two weeks at 9:00pm on Thursday nights.
Episode 22 – Judas
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss Judas.
Episode 21 – Juneteenth
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Producer Carl Thorpe discuss Juneteenth. Transcript DDM [00:03] Hello and welcome to The Priest and the Prof. I am your host, the Rev. Deborah Duguid-May. MET [00:09] And I’m Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe. DDM [00:11] This podcast is a product of Trinity Episcopal Church in Greece, New York. I’m an Episcopal priest of 26 years, and Elizabeth has been a rhetoric professor since 2010. And so join us as we explore the intersections of faith, community, politics, philosophy, and action. MET [00:40] Hello listeners and welcome. Today is a very exciting day. We wanted to do a special episode for Juneteenth, but Reverend Deborah is away. So what we did is we brought in a special guest host. MET [00:55] And I have to tell you, I am very excited. This is Carl Thorpe. And Carl Thorpe is, if you don’t know, kind of the…
Episode 20 – South Africa and the Episcopal Church
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the adminstration’s demand that the Episcopal Church resettle Afrikaners.
Episode 19 – Prison
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the prison system.
Episode 18 – Economics
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss different perspectives on economics.
Episode 17 – AI
Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss artificial intelligence.
Episode 16 – Immigration
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss immigration from a Biblical and legal perspective.
Episode 15 – Mary Magdalene
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss Mary Magdalene and how narratives about women are often obscured by those in power.
Episode 14 – Checking In
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss events from their local community and their reactions.
Episode 13 – Budde and the Sin of Empathy
Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the controversy surrounding Bishiop Mariann Budde’s sermon delivered to President Donald Trump the day after his second inauguration.