Reckonings
UPDATE: Reckonings is on indefinite hiatus. To pick up where the show left off, follow Stephanie Lepp on Twitter: @stephlepp
ABOUT THE SHOW
How do we change our hearts and minds?
What moves us to shift our political worldviews, transcend extremism, and make other kinds of transformative change?
Reckonings is an exploration of how we look in the mirror, and grow from what we see.
Stories have included that of a tough-on-crime prosecutor who revolutionized his understanding of our criminal justice system, a former Facebook executive who's since devoted his life to tackling technology addiction, and a perpetrator and survivor of sexual assault who managed to work through it using restorative justice.
If you're new to the show, start with this quick intro: bit.ly/1VypoeX
Then go for any of these episodes — Beyond Goliath, A Journalist Reckons With Truth, or A Survivor And Her Perpetrator Find Justice: reckonings.show/episodes
Reckonings is produced by Stephanie Lepp.
- Update frequency
- every 47 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2020
Trump concedes. Fake news?
For the last episode of Reckonings, none other than: Donald Trump. This episode is part of Deep Reckonings — a series of explicitly-marked deepfake videos that imagine Mark Zuckerberg, Brett Kavanau…
#29 || DEEP RECKONINGS
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 *ficti…
#28 || How To Tackle Trump's Lies
How do we cover the communications of a president who lies, especially when those lies can be fatal? The traditional rituals of journalism don't really work with a president who doesn't tell the trut…
#27 || How do people change?
How do we change our hearts and minds? What moves us to shift our political worldviews, transcend extremism, and make other kinds of transformative change? That's the $64 million dollar question that…
#26 || Biden, #MeToo, and Growing in Public
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's candidacy…
#25 || Beyond Goliath
He built Facebook’s business model. Then he went on to become the President of Pinterest. And then he realized: he was addicted to his phone. And later: he was complicit in his own — and all of our —…
#24 || How to turn a monster into an apologist
'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…
#23.5 || Where is Reckonings going?
Let's take a quick peek behind the curtain on a few things, including the question: where is Reckonings going?
#23 || An uncommon conversation about clergy sex abuse
She was sexually abused by her Catholic school teacher, a former nun.
As a young priest, he sexually abused boys in his parish.
Buckle your seat belts for an *uncommon conversation* about clergy sex …
#22 || An imaginary reckoning with Pope Francis
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.
#21 || A survivor and her perpetrator find justice
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 …
#20 || A journalist reckons with truth
Alternative facts.
Fake news.
How are journalists grappling with this moment??
Dive into one journalist’s reckoning with truth.
#19.5 || Behind The Mic
'Behind The Mic' is a series of short pieces I produce periodically, to bring you behind the microphone and reveal a bit of what’s going on back here. This time, I’m pulling the curtain on three thin…
#19 || How will we become majestic elephants?
‘I could have been a left-wing guerrilla in Columbia. Whatever would have grabbed me at the right time, I was ready for.’ What ended up grabbing Frank was neo-Nazism. What ended up grabbing Jesse was…
#18 || The defection of a Roger Ailes warrior
"Very earlier on, Roger called me Ailes Junior. He told my dad, 'I've never met anyone more like me than Joe.'" As the protégé of Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, Joe Lindsley was closer to the man who…
#17 || A paid climate skeptic switches sides
'I can say to climate skeptics on the right, 'I used to believe what you believe. Hell, I wrote your talking points, and for 20 years, I was there! But let me tell you why I'm not there anymore.'' As…
#16 || Two teens overcome bullying
'When I'm angry and I don't know how to get it out, I take it out on other people. I call people names, I say they're ugly, I talk about the way they dress. And when I get into fighting mode, I just …
#15 || From health insurance spin doctor to truth teller
'I was getting people to make decisions based on misleading information that could have life or death consequences.' That’s Wendell Potter, the former head of public relations for CIGNA. As the execu…
#14.5 || Behind The Mic
‘Behind The Mic' is a series of short pieces I produce periodically, to share what's going on behind the scenes. This time, I'm bringing y'all behind the microphone on two things: 1) an event Reckoni…
#14 || When her daughter became her son (and vice versa)
'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 su…