Download MP3 | 1:24:44 It’s our first podcast with Emily Albrecht, the co-president of St. Olaf Students for Life and our next speaker/writer/coach! Josh and Emily discuss the recent HBO film “Unpregnant” because there are themes taught in this movie that may influence some of your conversations with pro-choice people who … Read More
Become an Effective Lobbyist Using These Practical Tips (with Ali Rak)
Download MP3 | 1:16:26 Josh Brahm interviews Ali Rak, an incredibly effective community organizer and activist in Maryland, to explain the nuts and bolts of how she gets people involved in contacting their political representatives in order to accomplish pro-life goals. Josh BrahmJosh worked in the pro-life movement starting at … Read More
4 Steps to Taking Your Empathy to the Next Level
Download MP3| 1:21:23 Josh interviews Family Therapist Julie Dodson to discuss the “Showing Understanding Skill” technique she’s been trained in. Pro-life advocates can use this skill to grow in their empathy and navigate conversations better, especially the ones that turn to particularly emotional aspects of the abortion debate. The four … Read More
How Men Can Serve Fathers in Pregnancy Centers (with Care Net’s Gary Freeman)
Download MP3 | 1:27:33 Josh interviews Gary Freeman from Care Net. They talk about how Gary went from being a preacher’s kid to serving fathers in pregnancy centers, including the struggles of trying to figure out the best way to do that! Jen Westmoreland
The Immorality of Harming an Unaware Victim
Download Audio MP3 | 00:44:19 Content warning: This conversation necessarily includes some thought experiments that relate to sexual abuse, as well as the real-world example of Jeffrey Epstein. As usual, the discussion isn’t graphic, but we want our listeners who are survivors of sexual assault to know that and make … Read More
Is Consent to Sex Consent to Pregnancy?
Download Audio MP3 | 00:54:04 Transcript PDF Josh and Rachel discuss the common pro-choice phrase, “consent to sex is not consent to pregnancy” in greater detail than we covered in our recent video on the “Abortion as Self-Defense” argument. There is a version of this argument that is so strong, … Read More
Why Do They Always Ask About Rape?
Download Audio MP3 | 00:31:56 Josh and Rachel share several observations they’ve recently made about what is REALLY going on when pro-choice advocates bring up the topic of rape, that may completely change the way you think about those discussions! They also include why Josh makes sure that he covers … Read More
Responding to “Back-Alley” Abortion Arguments
Download Audio MP3 | 00:47:40 Josh Brahm and Rachel Crawford dive deeper into the pro-choice argument regarding back-alley abortions than we ever have before on ERI. Topics include understanding why this argument is particularly persuasive to pro-choice people, the most persuasive responses, several bad pro-life responses, and how some pro-abortion-choice … Read More
Defining the Word “Abortion” Will Change Your Dialogues (with Dank Pro-Life Memes)
Download Audio MP3 | 00:40:02 Josh, Rachel, and Elijah Thompson from Dank Pro-Life Memes discuss the various ways pro-life advocates tend to define the word “abortion,” and how this can be confusing to pro-choice people. They also talk about tips for responding to life of the mother cases, and explain … Read More
Should Pro-Lifers be Snarky? (with Dank Pro-Life Memes)
[youtube id=”dy6_6ktel2c” height=”316″ width=”560″] Download Audio MP3 | 01:08:49 Josh and Rachel interview Elijah Thompson from Dank Pro-Life Memes to compare and contrast his messaging with ERI’s. Topics include the potential value of snark, whether it’s possible to make memes that aren’t strawmen, whether Dank Pro-Life Memes feeds people’s vice, … Read More