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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.

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Episode 23 – Agriculture

July 17, 2025

In this episode, Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the relationships among food, power, and labor. Rev. Deborah talks about the rise of agribusiness, and Dr. Thorpe discusses Cesar Chavez. 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. DDM [00:40] Welcome. So today Elizabeth and myself want to speak a little bit about agriculture, our food systems, farm workers, and some of the issues that are important for us to be aware of as we consider issues of justice, human…

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Episode 22 – Judas

July 3, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss Judas.

Episode 21 – Juneteenth

June 19, 2025

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…

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Episode 20 – South Africa and the Episcopal Church

June 5, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the adminstration’s demand that the Episcopal Church resettle Afrikaners.

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Episode 19 – Prison

May 22, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss the prison system.

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Episode 18 – Economics

May 8, 2025

Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss different perspectives on economics.

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Episode 17 – AI

April 24, 2025

Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe and Rev. Deborah Duguid-May discuss artificial intelligence.

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Episode 16 – Immigration

April 3, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss immigration from a Biblical and legal perspective.

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Episode 15 – Mary Magdalene

March 20, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss Mary Magdalene and how narratives about women are often obscured by those in power.

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Episode 14 – Checking In

March 6, 2025

Rev. Deborah Duguid-May and Dr. M. Elizabeth Thorpe discuss events from their local community and their reactions.

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