Synopsis
Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.
Episodes
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197b: Leo the Great - Use Lent for general improvement in the whole round of Christian duties
29/03/2021 Duration: 40minThe Right Man for The Job. In this episode, we finish reading and discussing Leo the Great’s Lenten sermon about Christ’s two natures. What happens when the old Adam adds to Scripture’s witness to Jesus’ two natures? SHOW NOTES: Sermon 46 https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360346.htm Pope Leo I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_I — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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197a: Leo the Great - All the actions of Christ reveal the presence of the twofold nature
27/03/2021 Duration: 45minGod Really Bodies Our Salvation. In this episode, we read and discuss a Lenten sermon from Leo the Great. What happens when the two natures of Christ are divided? SHOW NOTES: Sermon 46 https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360346.htm Pope Leo I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_I — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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196b: Luther - Paul cuts out all merit and gives glory only to God
19/03/2021 Duration: 59minGrace Means Never Having to Try Harder. In this episode, Martin Luther’s comments on the letter to the Galatians regarding God’s mercy and predestination. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 352 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians Meghan and Harry Oprah Interview Body Language Analysis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYyEx20DiKU Stefan Molyneux: “Cancel Culture is a Dress Rehearsal for Mass Murder” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L0dPKpfHRA — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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196a: Luther - I was forgiven only by God’s boundless grace
16/03/2021 Duration: 55minThe stunning truth about God’s grace. In this episode, Luther’s comments about Galatians 1:15. What do we do when it’s revealed God chooses to be gracious to us while we are wicked and blasphemous? SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 352 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians The End of Civil Rights in Kimberlé Crenshaw’s “Mapping the Margins”https://newdiscourses.com/2021/03/end-civil-rights-kimberle-crenshaws-mapping-margins/ — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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195b: Luther - Mesmerized by the wizardry of the devil
13/03/2021 Duration: 01h02minYou’re A Wizard, Lucifer! In this episode, Martin Luther continues to commentate on the apostle Paul’s letter to the Galatians, and his question, “Who has bewitched you...?” SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 352 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians COVID Charts CNN Forgot https://tomwoods.lpages.co/covid-charts-cnn-forgot/ Chaos Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory #50: Seculosity - David Zahl https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/50-zahl Let Loose the Seuss! - A Poem by Bret Weinstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSvtGz6LjN8 — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley
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195a: Luther - Ancient serpent bewitches not only the senses but also the mind with false and evil thinking
10/03/2021 Duration: 42minSatan Rules The World, And Is It’s God. In this episode, Martin Luther expands on the apostle Paul’s question to the Galatians, “Who has bewitched your...?” SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 352 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians COVID Charts CNN Forgot https://tomwoods.lpages.co/covid-charts-cnn-forgot/ Chaos Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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194b: Luther - Our knowledge of God is merely passive
01/03/2021 Duration: 40minJust Sit Back and Let It Happen. In this episode, we continue our reading of Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, passive faith, internalizing virtue, and the law of the jungle. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures, p. 352 Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians Heinrich Seuse Denifle https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04719a.htm — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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194a: Luther - God’s will is to bless all nations... through Christ
24/02/2021 Duration: 41minFree Will Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. In this episode, more from Luther’s Galatians lectures. This week, God’s will, free will, identity, and taking the moral low ground. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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193b: Luther - Christ has made us free, not civilly, not physically, but divinely
20/02/2021 Duration: 49minFree For It All. This week on the podcast, we continue our Lenten series on Christian freedom in Martin Luther’s Galatians lectures. In this episode, Gospel, Satan, and competing freedoms. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians Lego Movie https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/lego-the-piece-of-resistance Hebrews 6:4 Bible Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JycHA0fJsBQ Struggle Session https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struggle_session — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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193a: Luther - It is for freedom that Christ has set us free
18/02/2021 Duration: 49minLent Is About Freedom. In this episode, we read Martin Luther’s 1525 Galatians commentary. Why is freedom a vulgar word to the old Adam? And we consider why freedom must be Lent's primary focus for Christians. SHOW NOTES: Martin Luther's Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle To the Galatians (1535) https://shop.1517.org/products/martin-luthers-commentary-on-galatians-1535-lectures Banned Books - Luther’s Galatians Lectures episodes https://www.1517.org/podcasts/luther-galatians — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter Telegram SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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192b: Solzhenitsyn - Never knowingly support lies!
13/02/2021 Duration: 01h17minA spirit of timidity and a Spirit of courage. In this episode, we conclude our reading of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church chooses a spirit of timidity in order to spare itself affliction? Also, the sins of the fathers and the true meaning of sanctuary. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies All Art Is Propaganda: Christopher Hitchens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32BEjvU7QM 63: Chad Bird - "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born" https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/63-bird TIME - The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ Learned Helplessness Theory https://www.lotuseaters.com/learned-helplessness-theory-part-1-or-weekend-podcast-21-06-02-21 The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Super Bowl Ad https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/08/the-3-worst-things-about-that-terrible-jeep-super-bowl-ad/ Josh McDowell - Mo
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192a: Solzhenitsyn - “I am Violence! Make way, step aside, I will crush you!”
10/02/2021 Duration: 47minHow Quickly They Forget. In this episode, we continue to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies. What happens when the church takes the easy path of learned helplessness? SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-lies All Art Is Propaganda: Christopher Hitchens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W32BEjvU7QM 63: Chad Bird - "The Infant Priest Was Holy Born" https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books/63-bird TIME - The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ Learned Helplessness Theory https://www.lotuseaters.com/learned-helplessness-theory-part-1-or-weekend-podcast-21-06-02-21 The 3 Worst Things About That Terrible Jeep Super Bowl Ad https://thefederalist.com/2021/02/08/the-3-worst-things-about-that-terrible-jeep-super-bowl-ad/ Josh McDowell - More than a Carpenter https://amzn.to/2N7W02R Restrepo - Sebastian Junger https://www.amazon.com/Restrepo-Sebastian
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191b: Solzhenitsyn - We lie to ourselves for assurance
06/02/2021 Duration: 01h06minGag me with a spoon. In this episode, part two of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We consider herd mentality, our fear of doing standing up to unjust authority, and the secular indoctrination that infects the church. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 to Get Expanded Deluxe Edition Reissue https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/black-sabbath-vol-4-super-deluxe-edition/ MARK MANSON - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck https://markmanson.net Game Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory Serenity Prayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer Alan Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts Gad Saad quote https://youtu.be/fLty-9XXTSU Heather Heying thread https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1355997697874907139 Psalm 106 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20106&version=ESV No tuna in Subway's tuna sandwiches and wraps, lawsuit claims https
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191a: Solzhenitsyn - Things have almost reached rock bottom
04/02/2021 Duration: 54minLies Taste Like Wonder-bread. In this episode, part one of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s essay, “Live Not by The Lies.” We discuss the two kingdoms, the need for Christ alone with no additives, and the importance of having an ethos. SHOW NOTES: Live Not By Lies - Alexander Solzhenitsyn http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles/SolhenitsynLies.php Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 to Get Expanded Deluxe Edition Reissue https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/12/black-sabbath-vol-4-super-deluxe-edition/ MARK MANSON - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck https://markmanson.net Game Theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory Serenity Prayer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serenity_Prayer Alan Watts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Watts Gad Saad quote https://youtu.be/fLty-9XXTSU Heather Heying thread https://twitter.com/HeatherEHeying/status/1355997697874907139 Psalm 106 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20106&version=ESV No tuna in Subway's tuna sandwiches and wraps, lawsuit claims https://www.cbsnew
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190: Kennedy - The Gospel deals with all of life, because it comes to heal the whole man
26/01/2021 Duration: 01h54minKeep it Spiritual, Keep it Safe. In this episode, the conclusion to our discussion of Gerald Kennedy’s sermon, Communism in the Churches. Should churches mind their own business in regards to social and cultural matters? What happens when churches and Christian organizations avoid controversy in order to maintain the status quo? Does the Gospel have any power outside our churches’ walls? SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/# How Are Socialism and Communism Different? https://www.history.com/news/socialism-communism-differences Kulak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kulak George Soros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros Fight Club & Nietzsche: Overcoming Emasculation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpxHFNvlUmU Murray Rothboard - The Progressive Era https://mises.org/library/progressive-era-0 The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity - Douglas Murray https://amzn.to/2LTujdV The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast - Season
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189: Kennedy - A Christian stands for truth even when it hurts the most
19/01/2021 Duration: 01h35minWhite Bread with Bologna and Propaganda Spread. In this episode, we continue reading a sermon preached by Bishop Gerald Kennedy, on Communism in Churches (c. 1960). The discussion focuses on whether propaganda is more important than the truth. SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/# What Are the Seven Techniques of Propaganda? https://classroom.synonym.com/what-are-the-seven-techniques-of-propaganda-12080912.html Yuri Bezmenov lectures https://bezmenov.net/lecture/ Military Joint Chiefs statement condemning 'sedition and insurrection' at US Capitol https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/joint-chiefs-memo-capitol-insurrection/index.html The Shadow Government - They Might Be Giants https://genius.com/They-might-be-giants-the-shadow-government-lyrics Raised by Wolves (American TV series) https://www.hbomax.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GX0WFcAlf5r5cuAEAAADu Brazil (1985) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/ Radiolab: Dispatch 4
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188: Kennedy - This communist doctrine that God is something we can take or leave
17/01/2021 Duration: 01h40minReligion is Extra Important. In this episode, is religion an extra? How has the communist doctrine on religion influenced our society and the churches? When is it time for churches to preach against society, and to what end? SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/# How to Watch TV News - Neil Postman (1992) https://amzn.to/35IPjdR 1917 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8579674/ Dark Docs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl3SuH2Ue044b7ACX1syk4A CFW Walther Critique of Communism https://steadfastlutherans.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Walther-Communism-and-Socialism.pdf Project Veritas - PBS Principal Counsel Lays Out Violent Radical Agenda https://www.projectveritas.com/news/pbs-principal-counsel-lays-out-violent-radical-agenda-says-americans-are-f/ Monty Python - Right to Self Determination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bqQ-C1PSE The Club of Rome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Rome The Expanse (Amazon) https://amzn.to/39F
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187: Gerald Kennedy - Contentiousness is not listed as Christian virtue
07/01/2021 Duration: 01h29minRed Dawn in the Church. In this episode, a sermon by Bishop Gerald Kennedy on communism in the churches. What did it mean in 1960, and what does it mean today that religion is an opiate? Also, we start with a debrief highlighting our brief hiatus. SHOW NOTES: Gerald Kennedy - Communism in the Churches https://wallbuilders.com/sermon-communism-churches-c-1960/# The Book of We https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61963/61963-h/61963-h.htm Metropolis critique https://youtu.be/DJjbfaEtPN0 Doctor Zhivago (1965) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/ The Cultural Revolution - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the decade of upheaval in China under Mao's revolt within his own party, led at first by the Red Guards, from 1966 until his death in 1976. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000q9b6 Monsanto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto Moralistic therapeutic deism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moralistic_therapeutic_deism SOCIAL MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY, & CULTURAL DECLINE - Has smartphone technology changed the way we
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186: Christmas During the Civil War
17/12/2020 Duration: 01h09minCan We Just Have A Civil Christmas? In the episode, what was Christmas like during the Civil War? Puritans, holiday traditions, and why the Church is an incarnate Church. SHOW NOTES: Christmas During the Civil War https://civilwarsaga.com/christmas-during-the-civil-war/ Children of Men (2006) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Men How War-Torn Savannah Celebrated Christmas 1864 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121933069 General Sherman’s Christmas in Savannah https://emergingcivilwar.com/2018/12/25/general-shermans-christmas-in-savannah/ — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517
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185: Christmas after the Enlightenment
11/12/2020 Duration: 01h33minHave Yourself A Very Enlightened Christmas. In this episode, an examination of the impact of the Enlightenment on the Church, especially the preaching and traditions of Advent and Christmas. SHOW NOTES: What was the Enlightenment, and what impact did it have on Christianity? https://www.gotquestions.org/Enlightenment-Christianity.html Bette Midler - From A Distance (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN4AcFzxtdE Songbird (2020) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12592252/ Jesus Seminar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Seminar ONscript: Conversations on current Biblical scholarship https://onscript.study — CONTACT and FOLLOW BannedBooks@1517.org Facebook Twitter SUBSCRIBE YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play TuneIn Radio iHeartRadio SUPPORT Gillespie Coffee (gillespie.coffee) Gillespie Media (gillespie.media) Donavon Riley The Warrior Priest Podcast 1517 Podcast Network Support the work of 1517