A podcast dedicated to politics, religion, hermeneutics, culture, and everything else! It is all connected and we are going to figure out how!

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**Content Warning: Language**Hello and welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week is shorter than some previous episodes have been. I&#39;m talking today about something I saw when I was at the zoo on Sunday. And about hypocrisy.If you&#39;d like to support my work, you can do so by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!You can also <a href="https://medium.com/@coachjz/membership" rel="nofollow">join Medium</a> and follow the blog. That&#39;s $5 a month and half your subscription goes directly to me and the rest is divided up among the other members.Or, if you just want to follow the blog, you can access everything for free at my <a href="https://jeremyzerbycoaching.substack.com/" rel="nofollow">Substack</a>.Co-produced by <a href="https://swamisden.com/" rel="nofollow">Midnight $wami</a>.

Episode 22: Ignorance is Bliss and Everyone Matters

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Welcome back to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week we are going to be talking about the importance of self-care. If you have any of your own thoughts on the topic, or comments about this week&#39;s episode, stop by my new <a href="https://jeremyzerbycoaching.substack.com/" rel="nofollow">Substack</a>! There you&#39;ll find the latest from the blog as well as regular discussion threads based on those posts as well as the latest episode of the Podcast!You can also continue to support my work by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!If you&#39;re so inclined, <a href="https://medium.com/@coachjz/membership" rel="nofollow">sign up for Medium here</a>.Co-produced by Midnight $wami.

Episode 21: Self-Care Is Important

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Welcome back! It has been a long couple of weeks, but also a much-needed break for me! And we&#39;re not starting off slowly! This week does get a bit preachy, but if you&#39;ll bear with me, I think you&#39;ll find something here that you can find benefit from. In light of the recent Easter holiday, I am talking a bit about the Jesus story, specifically the death and resurrection and its implications for us today.<a href="https://patreon.com/JZandtheAmazingTechnicolorPodcast" rel="nofollow">Today I am launching a Patreon</a>! If you want exclusive content, this is the way to go! Once we hit 10 patrons, I&#39;ll start dropping bonus episodes!If Patreon isn&#39;t your thing, you can also <a href="https://medium.com/@coachjz/membership" rel="nofollow">support my work by joining Medium</a>.And, as always, you are more than welcome to <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>!

Episode 20: Resurrection is for Everyone

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This week I am just sharing some announcements about where I am going with this podcast. I&#39;ll be taking a break and you can find out for how long by giving this a listen.If there&#39;s something you&#39;d like me to discuss on the show, send me an email at <a href="mailto:jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com</a>For more great content, check out the blog at <a href="https://jeremyzerby.medium.com/" rel="nofollow">jeremyzerbycoaching.com</a>Sign up for Medium to support my work, and that of others like myself by clicking <a href="https://medium.com/@coachjz/membership" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Support me directly by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>.

Time for a Break

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Hello and welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week, I&#39;m discussing how it feels to stand for truth in our current cultural context. What I&#39;m reading today is a piece I wrote about 2 years ago, and it is still surprisingly relevant!If you have any comments, feedback, or topics you&#39;d like me to talk about, feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com</a>.If you like what you hear and would like another way to show your support, you can always <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>!If you&#39;re on Mastodon, you can connect with me <a href="https://me.dm/@coachjz" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Co-Produced by <a href="https://swamisden.com/" rel="nofollow">Midnight $wami</a>

Episode19: Woke and Stressed

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Hello everyone! Welcome to episode 18! This week, we are talking some more about the assault on the LGBTQ community and the impact that it is having on our children. Or at least the potential impact it can have on them.For this episode, I&#39;m channeling the energy I had in a series of posts over at the blog called &#34;What We Owe Our Kids&#34;. You can find the first part of the series <a href="https://link.medium.com/QuUhglVSXxb" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<a href="https://at.tumblr.com/politijohn/711064414169792512/dsc10crbflou" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s a post on Tumblr with a rundown of the anti-trans legislation being proposed nationwide</a>.Tennessee made drag shows <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160784530/tennessee-ban-public-drag-shows-transgender-health-care-youth" rel="nofollow">illegal</a>.Iowa is trying to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/iowa-lawmakers-propose-ban-sex-marriage-rcna72759" rel="nofollow">ban same-sex marriage</a> in the state.<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/03/02/how-a-texas-girl-scared-of-school-shootings-was-punished/?sailthru_id=626807b6d45f9d03f45bf6f5&utm_campaign=EveningRoundup_03022023&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_term=Evening+Roundup" rel="nofollow">This girl was expelled</a> for reporting a potential threat to the school.<a href="https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/whd/whd20230217-1" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s some information</a> from the United States Department of Labor regarding recent child labor violations.If Desantis has his way, you won&#39;t be able to talk about him unless you&#39;re <a href="https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/" rel="nofollow">registered with the government</a>.Here&#39;s a video of Michael Knowles calling for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yMRj8xS8Yo" rel="nofollow">the eradication of the Transgender community</a>. Co-produced by Midnight $wami.

Episode 18: What We Owe Our Kids (Audio Edition)

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Hello everyone! We&#39;re back with another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast!This week, I am building on what we discussed last week when we talked about rethinking God. I ended with the idea that God is nonbinary. You might be guessing where I&#39;m going, but I urge you to listen anyway and give it a chance.<a href="https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/anti-trans-legislative-digest-a-rundown" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s a rundown of the latest anti-transgender legislation around the country.</a>If you have any questions, feedback, or topics you&#39;d like me to discuss, my inbox is always open at jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.comI greatly appreciate all your support! I can&#39;t do it without you! If you&#39;d like to contribute, <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>!Co-produced by Midnight $wami

Episode 17: It Makes No Sense

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Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This is an episode that I&#39;ve had a hard time putting together. It&#39;s one I&#39;ve mentioned that I keep pushing back. This week we&#39;re going there. We&#39;re talking about God, how we speak of God, and how God might be revealing Godself. If you&#39;re not religious, I urge you to give this episode a chance. If you are religious, I urge the same thing.As always, if you&#39;d like to support my work, you can <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>.You can read about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeland_Revival" rel="nofollow">the Lakeland Revival</a> here (trust me, it&#39;s relevant).Here are a couple of stories about the revival that has been happening at Asbury College recently. Also relevant.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/asbury-revival-christian-what-is-cec/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/us/asbury-revival-christian-what-is-cec/index.html</a><a href="https://www.wkyt.com/2023/02/19/asbury-university-addresses-public-safety-concerns-schedules-end-revival-campus/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wkyt.com/2023/02/19/asbury-university-addresses-public-safety-concerns-schedules-end-revival-campus/</a>Co-Produced by Midnight $wami

Episode 16: Rethinking God

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Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week, we are going to be discussing what we need to do when stuff just feels broken. When things aren&#39;t going as we had anticipated. Life doesn&#39;t always feel like it makes sense, but maybe our discussion today will help make those times a little bit easier.This episode adds an element, Co-produced by Midnight $wami! You can check out everything he does and all the services he offers at <a href="https://swamisden.com/" rel="nofollow">swamisden.com</a>.If you like what&#39;s happening here, please show your support by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!And for a deeper dive into what I am talking about today, check out this article entitled &#34;<a href="https://www.lionsroar.com/impermanence-is-buddha-nature-embrace-changemay-2012/" rel="nofollow">Impermanence is Buddha Nature</a>&#34;.

Episode 15: Everything Falls Apart

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Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week we&#39;re going to explore the trail mix section at your local grocery store and how it pertains to a creative block. Yes, there is a connection.If you wanna support the podcast and my other future endeavors, you can do that by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!I mention a secret blog post during this week&#39;s episode, and <a href="https://medium.com/@jeremyzerby/ron-desantis-is-racist-34d2a03daf56" rel="nofollow">you can read that here</a>, if you&#39;re so inclined.

Episode 14: Trail Mix

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Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week, I am discussing the way we, as a nation, are treating our kids. Spoiler alert: It&#39;s not good.<a href="https://popular.info/p/inside-the-audacious-new-scheme-to" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s a short piece on some shenanigans going on in Michigan. </a><a href="https://medium.com/@jeremyzerby/what-we-owe-our-kids-part-4-6436d1119cfe" rel="nofollow">Here&#39;s something I wrote for my blog</a> last year that is relevant to this discussion. If you like what I&#39;m doing and want to support my work, <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>!My inbox is open! Feel free to share any feedback or topic suggestions by emailing me at jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com.

Episode 13: Collateral Kids

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Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! TW: This episode is marked explicit due to the mention of suicide and self-harm. If you are having thoughts of suicide, seek out a trusted loved one or call the national suicide prevention hotline. You can also chat with someone at <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" rel="nofollow">https://988lifeline.org/</a> This week&#39;s episode is a tough one. I&#39;m discussing bullying. It&#39;s come up in conversations in our home and it comes up from time to time in the news. But it&#39;s important to keep it at the forefront of our minds, especially if you&#39;re a parent or have plans or hopes of being one someday.If you&#39;re a part of the LGBTQ community, I know things are especially tough for you right now. Check out <a href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/" rel="nofollow">The Trevor Project</a> if you need someone to talk to or want to connect with others who share your struggles.For some sobering statistics, head over to <a href="https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/stats.asp" rel="nofollow">https://www.pacer.org/bullying/info/stats.asp</a>For information on bullying prevention, for not only parents and educators but also children, check out <a href="https://www.stopbullying.gov/" rel="nofollow">https://www.stopbullying.gov/</a>

Episode 12: Bullying

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Hello again! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! I&#39;m releasing this one a day earlier than normal in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His words and philosophy on truth are the main source for this week&#39;s episode, speaking about truth. It always wins. King had powerful words about truth and a powerful legacy of standing for it.Dr. King&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech can be found here: <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/acceptance-speech/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/acceptance-speech/</a>If you like what I&#39;m doing, and want to support my work, you can <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a> and read and <a href="http://jeremyzerbycoaching.com" rel="nofollow">follow the blog</a>!

Episode 11: Unarmed Truth

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Hello everyone! Welcome to another episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This is the first episode I recorded using a tablet and a DAW, so let me know what you think of the audio quality and what you think I can work on, since I&#39;m new to the world of audio editing, by sending me an email at jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com.As always, if you want to support my work, you can do so by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!Today, we are talking about integrity. It matters and we need to value it more than we do. I talk about what it is, what it looks like, and what we can do ourselves to cultivate lives marked by it.Enjoy!

Episode 10: Integrity Matters

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Welcome to 2023! A new year and a new season of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! This week, I am just sharing a little of my personal story to give you a better sense of who you&#39;re listening to every week. As always, if you like what I&#39;m doing and would like to show your support, simply <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>!I am also starting a new thing where you can share any questions or thoughts you may have on topics or themes you would like me to discuss. Just send me an email at jeremyzerbycoaching@yahoo.com .

Episode 9: You Don't Know Me!

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Hello everyone! We&#39;ve made it to Episode 8! And this is the season finale before I take a couple of weeks off. But don&#39;t worry, I&#39;ll be back on January 3! As always, if you like what I&#39;m doing and want to support my work, simply <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee</a>! And here&#39;s a fun little movie clip. Don&#39;t worry, it&#39;s relevant. <a href="https://youtu.be/3pxFr3t-tHw" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/3pxFr3t-tHw</a>Have a safe and blessed holiday everyone!

Episode 8: Season's Greetings (Season Finale)

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And here we are again! We&#39;ve made it to Episode 7! This week is a little different than normal. I am going to be reading my latest blog post and then making some further commentary on it! But there&#39;s a lot of good stuff there, so just give it a chance!Here&#39;s a relevant meme that came across my Tumblr today to set the tone: <a href="https://at.tumblr.com/socialjusticeinamerica/703474627050192896/ptwo55s6ebc2" rel="nofollow">https://at.tumblr.com/socialjusticeinamerica/703474627050192896/ptwo55s6ebc2</a>As always, you can support my work by buying me a coffee! I&#39;ve got a lot of plans for the future, but I need your help to make it happen! Just go here and show your support: <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching</a>At the 2:10 mark, I mention the roots of Jerry Falwell Sr&#39;s &#34;Moral Majority&#34; movement. Here it is in Mr. Falwell&#39;s own words: <a href="https://liberty.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17184coll1/id/1310" rel="nofollow">https://liberty.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17184coll1/id/1310</a>Here&#39;s a relevant podcast from The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/05/evangelicals-republican-voters/618845/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2021/05/evangelicals-republican-voters/618845/</a>And if you haven&#39;t read it, here&#39;s Jonathan Edward&#39;s famous sermon &#34;Sinner&#39;s in the Hands of an Angry God&#34;: <a href="https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/edwards_jonathan/Sermons/Sinners.cfm" rel="nofollow">https://www.blueletterbible.org/Comm/edwards_jonathan/Sermons/Sinners.cfm</a>

Episode 7: You're Being Misled

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Welcome to episode 6! This week, I am beginning to wade into the topic of love, something I mentioned briefly last week.What is love?What does love look like?Those are the questions we are discussing.As always, if you like what I&#39;m doing and would like to support my work, you can buy me a coffee! <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">Just click here</a>!Also, <a href="https://www.forgeonline.org/blog/2019/3/8/what-about-romans-124-27" rel="nofollow">here&#39;s some information on the discussion of homosexuality in the Bible</a>. Trust me. It&#39;s relevant.

Episode 6: Love Keeps A Detailed List of Wrongs

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And we&#39;re back with the latest episode of JZ and the Amazing Technicolor Podcast! Today we&#39;re discussing how disrespectful our discussions have become with those who think differently than us. And all of us are guilty of it. I&#39;m offering us today a way out of it.You can support my work by buying me a coffee at <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching</a>And here are some statistics about the rise of far-right violence in the United States. It&#39;ll make sense as you listen. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/domestic-terrorism-data/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/domestic-terrorism-data/</a>

Episode 5: Ditching Disrespect

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The holidays are fast approaching! I can say I wasn&#39;t ready for it. And I&#39;m sure some of you are unprepared as well. Use today&#39;s discussion to help center yourselves and get into a different mindset that can possibly alter your entire perception of what this season represents.If you like what I&#39;m doing here, you can support my work by <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jzcoaching" rel="nofollow">buying me a coffee</a>!

Episode 4: What Are You Thankful For?

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