If Brett Kavanaugh, Alex Jones, and Mark Zuckerberg had a crisis of conscience, what would they say? Reckonings presents Deep Reckonings — a project that uses deepfakes to take Reckonings in a *fictional* direction, and imagine public figures having a reckoning. Watch the full series and learn more about the project: deepreckonings.com

This is the last Reckonings episode for a while, and maybe...the last episode.

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Joe Biden stands accused of sexual assault. And the Democratic Party leadership, which had been loud in its support for #MeToo, is suddenly……..silent. But, is it possible to support Biden without abandoning MeToo? Can we take Tara Reade's allegation seriously while deeming Biden a worthy candidate for president??

In this bonus episode of Reckonings -- alas, no -- we're not doing a restorative justice dialogue between Joe Biden and Tara Reade. What we're doing is being introduced to Reckonings' new sister show: Infinite Lunchbox! And we're going to hear an Infinite Lunchbox episode on Biden, #MeToo, and the prospect of growing in public.

NOTE: Infinite Lunchbox is better *viewed* than heard — watch this episode on YouTube: https://bit.ly/350RJmG

Show Notes:

• Rebel Wisdom — let them know you want Reckonings to LIVE on their platform
• Reckonings episode #23 — featuring restorative justice for clergy sex abuse
• Biden's 2019 not-quite-apology video
• Michelle Goldberg's 2020 NYT opinion on Tara Reade's allegation
• Strong Feelings podcast

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​Musicians + Tracks: Tannhauser's Fin de Año and Rock Off

'In writing this apology, I moved him from monster to apologist…and in doing that, he lost power over me.'

That's Eve Ensler, talking about her recent *masterpiece* of a book, The Apology. In it, she imagines the apology her father never gave her for the abuse he inflicted on her as a child. It echoes the imaginary Pope in Reckonings episode #22 — except that Ensler did it for her own father.

Ensler was recently interviewed about the book by Lauren Schiller on Inflection Point, and their conversation had SO MUCH resonance to Reckonings, that I'm bringing it to you right here, in the feed.

Enjoy!

And when you're done, please tell Eve that she'd enjoy Reckonings — on Instagram @TheApology :)

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​Let's take a peek behind the curtain on three things: what happened with Anwen and Sameer from episode #21, what was up with the imaginary Pope in episode #22, and where is Reckonings going?

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​Musician + Track:​ David Sestay's Mountains

As a young priest, he sexually abused boys in his parish. 

In high school, she was sexually abused by her Catholic teacher, a former nun.

Buckle your seat belts for an uncommon conversation about clergy sex abuse.

Enormous gratitude to the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice, and to The Gilead Project — a 501(c)3 devoted to healing and preventing sexual abuse.

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• Chris Peck: Matope 2
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi, Fin de Año
• David Sestay: Mountains
• Rob Voigt: Outro

If the Pope had a reckoning, what would it sound like?

And then after you listen.....if you're curious *why* this was made, go to episode #23.5 and scroll to 01:18 for an explanation.

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​Tracks:​ Outro by Rob Voigt

 Sameer met Anwen freshman year. He was into her, and they started seeing each other. Then one night, after a fraternity party, Sameer convinced Anwen to come home with him — which is when he coerced her into sexual activity. Their senior year, Anwen invited Sameer into a process of restorative justice.

This story features *both* Anwen and Sameer, talking about how they worked through sexual assault using restorative justice.

What does it sound like for a survivor to get her needs met? What does it sound like for a perpetrator to take responsibility for his sexual abuse of power?

Heartfelt thanks to the Friend Foundation, Varda Rabin, and David Karp at the Campus PRISM Project, which helps universities explore the possibility of applying restorative justice to sexual assault.

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• Chris Peck: Matope 1
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi, Fin de Año
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme, Mountains
• Rob Voigt: Outro

 
'You have all these plans, all these dreams, and then it hits you: my daughter's no longer a daughter, she's a son.' In struggling to accept her daughter as a transgender man, Rita DiNicola had to surrender dreams of wedding dress shopping and biological grandchildren. Similarly, in accepting her son as a trans woman, Catherine Hyde had to reckon with the fact that — as a tomboy from a young age — she'd always wanted, and believed she'd gotten, a son as her only child. Together, Rita's and Catherine's stories provide a hopeful window into what might help other parents, and other people more broadly, overcome transphobia and expand our understanding of gender.​

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• Chris Peck: Matope 
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi
• Rob Voigt: Outro
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme
• Brak Okzu: Pozytywizm, Zmienność

​Remember the bombastic black intellectual Glenn Loury from episode #5, and his story of sex, drugs, politics, and religion? Voilà another round with him, in collaboration with the venerable podcast Love + Radio.

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​'What I regret is not being aware of the extent to which what I was pronouncing as right or wrong for the world was motivated by my own personal issues.' So admits Glenn Loury, prominent academic economist and one of the nation's foremost black intellectuals. Loury's story is expansive, involving drugs, sex, politics, and religion. Most distinctly of all, it's an odyssey of worldview transformation, swinging from the staunch neoconservative right to a more nuanced, progressive position on the left. As a public intellectual who influenced US economic policy, Loury is reckoning with the impact of his early views — not only because he now opposes them, but because he endorsed them for strikingly personal reasons.

Our conversation is split into two parts: Part 1 dives into Loury's early neoconservative views, cocaine addiction and recovery, adultery, and spiritual rebirth. This is part 2, which explores his worldview transformation and the impact of his former views.

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​'What I regret is not being aware of the extent to which what I was pronouncing as right or wrong for the world was motivated by my own personal issues.' So admits Glenn Loury, prominent academic economist and one of the nation's foremost black intellectuals. Loury's story is expansive, involving drugs, sex, politics, and religion. Most distinctly of all, it's an odyssey of worldview transformation, swinging from the staunch neoconservative right to a more nuanced, progressive position on the left. As a public intellectual who influenced US economic policy, Loury is reckoning with the impact of his early views — not only because he now opposes them, but because he endorsed them for strikingly personal reasons.

Our conversation is split into two parts: This is part 1, which dives into Loury's early neoconservative views, cocaine addiction and recovery, adultery, and spiritual rebirth. Part 2 explores his worldview transformation and the impact of his former views.

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