In this, our third bonus episode for 2020, Kyle and Daniel talk about what they are learning from the COVID-19 Lockdown. 

Note that this episode was recorded on April 30, 2020. Since that time there have arisen plenty of issues that Daniel and Kyle would have loved to have mentioned or talked about, including the over-abundance of conspiracy theories and, more importantly, the murder of George Floyd and the worldwide Black Lives Matters protests. As Kyle mentioned at the beginning of the episode, he and Daniel unequivocally state that Black Lives Matter. Daniel especially recommends the And Campaign’s statement for a Christian response to the killings. While two white guys talking about race would need to balanced by minority voices, an episode on racism and faith is something we would love to record in the future. 

Show Notes:

The Globe and Mail article on the Italians social life is here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-the-coronavirus-quarantine-is-social-torture-for-italians/

Here is a sample video of the Italians social distancing balcony performances: https://youtu.be/EBByYjjvNzs

The video of a theatre audience reacting to Avengers: Endgame can be found here: https://www.polygon.com/2020/4/7/21212000/watch-avengers-endgame-live-audience-reactions-captain-america-thor-hammer-iron-man

The episode from our first season about church and theatre can be found here: http://www.danielmelvilljones.com/blog/2017/6/28/the-cathedral-and-the-cinema-assumptions-season-one-episode-8

There are many articles about “Zoom Fatigue”. Here is one that Daniel found interesting: https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/p/a-theory-of-zoom-fatigue

Our episodes from our last season in which we interviewed Christians who live alone include “Bonus Episode: An Interview with Wesley Hill”, “Bonus Episode: An Interview with Joy Beth Smith”, and “Bonus: Interview with Barry Danylak.” Daniel specifically mentions the episode with Wesley Hill.

We mention our two last episodes: a bonus episode in which Kyle interviewed Daniel called “Love Reveals Itself” and in which Daniel interviews Kyle called “Losing Your Passion”. 

Daniel mentioned an episode of The Daily podcast that covers a coronavirus digital funeral: deaths-grief.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/podcasts/the-daily/coronavirus-deaths-grief.html

Kyle mentioned an article about the Roaring 20s: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/i-predict-your-predictions-are-wrong/611896/

The movies Kyle describes are Misery, Witness, Sunset Boulevard, Brazil, and The Thing from Another World. You can follow Kyle on Letterboxd @thekylemarshall. 

The song Daniel described and recorded  is “I Shall Not Want” by Paul Zach and W. David O. Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKUVLy__jv4

We mention our previous season, Love in Our Times.

The two podcasts Kyle described creating are Putting It Together and Kyle and Dave vs. The Machine.

Kyle mentions Rosie O’Donnell’s live show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sePAgItK9sM

Daniel mentioned that the Greek word from which we get “apocalypse” actualy means “revealing” and here is an excellent video explaining how that works: https://youtu.be/UNDX4tUdj1Y

Sponsors:

Assumptions is a member of the Alberta Podcast Network. On this episode our sponsors were Park Power and Kyle’s other podcast, Kyle and David vs the Machine.

Credits:

Assumptions is written by Daniel Melvill Jones and Kyle Marshall and is produced by Media Lab YYC.

This episode edited by Kyle Marshall.

Our soundtrack comes from The Parson Red Heads.

Podcast artwork designed by Chris Taniguchi.

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