The Trace
This is the Trace. Here you will hear conversations with a wide variety of guests about religion, politics, movies, music, and more. We get into the personal and the political here so beware; all of those things that we are told not to talk about are on the table here. Who is it that doesn’t want us talking about sex, politics, class, and religion anyways? Here we will talk openly about all of those topics and more. I am Andrew Hackett. Welcome to The Trace.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
S3 E9 - Rabbi Mark Sameth and the Dual-Gendered Name of God
Rabbi Mark Sameth is the author of The Name: A History of the Dual-Gendered Hebrew Name for God. His essays include “Our Father, Who Art Our Mother” which you can read on Religion Dispatches, and th…
S3 E8 - Jennifer Butler on "Who Stole My Bible?"
The Reverend Jennifer Butler is the founding Executive Director of Faith in Public Life and author of "Who Stole My Bible?: Reclaiming Scripture as a Handbook for Resisting Tyranny". Reverend Butl…
S3 E7 - Crystal Cheatham on Coming Out and Deconstructing Religious Identity
Crystal Cheatham is the creator of Our Bible App and the host of Lord Have Mercy, a podcast about God, sex and the Bible. As a writer and social justice warrior she has been featured in Essence Magaz…
S3 E6 - Erin Green on Queer Christianity and Future Public Life
Erin Green is an affirming biblical scholar and LGBTQ+ activist. Erin's passion is helping those excluded by the church to heal from spiritual abuse and trauma by navigating the biblical text in res…
S3 E5 - Overcoming and Forgiveness with Brett Bashaw
Brett Bashaw and I have been friends since high school. We traveled together in parts of the USA and Mexico in our late teens and early 20's. I have always known Brett to be a sincere searcher for …
S3 E4 - Disturbing (in a good way) Movies with the Saints and Cinema Podcast
Tim and Jay Winterstein are programmers of the Newport Beach Film Festival and host a podcast called Saints and Cinema. Their show is about movies and religion. This (of course) caught my attention…
S3 E3 - Wendi Cervantes on Making Music in Strange Times
Wendi Cervantes is a singer, songwriter, and musician from San Bernardino, California who is now based out of Seattle. She does all kinds of styles and does them all well. Her newest single is a co…
S3 E2: 90's Indie Christian Music and What it Means Now
Jason Anderson and Jeremy Krommendyk are music lovers who fully identified with the same music scene as myself. We were fully invested in 90's underground Christian bands like Starflyer 59, Roadside…
S3 E1 - Jennifer Buck on Feminist Theology and Pacifism
Jennifer Buck teaches at Azusa Pacific University and wrote Reframing the House: Constructive Feminist Global Ecclesiology for the Western Evangelical Church. Jennifer has wonderful insights on Chri…
S2 E34 - Season 2 Finale + 5 Films for Spiritual Disruption
A few weeks before election results feels like the right time to end season 2 of The Trace. It's been a fantastic 34 episodes and I am so grateful to every guest for being a part of this with me.
I …
S2 E33 - David Llama on Interconnectedness, Mexico, and Living in the USA
David Llama is a filmmaker and friend who grew up in Mexico City and now lives in Seattle. He has wonderful insights about all kinds of things in life. In this episode we talk about the transition …
S2 E32 - Johnathon Ford
I am so fortunate to have Johnathon Ford as my guest. Johnathon is an incredible musician known for his work with Unwed Sailor, Roadside Monument, and many other bands. We talk about going all in w…
S2 E31 - Odie Henderson and Writing About the Movies
Odie Henderson writes for Rogerebert.com, Slant, and Big Door Vandalism. He has been published in The Village Voice, Vulture, and much more.
He is one of my very favorite film critics writing toda…
S2 E30 - Author Isaac Marion
Isaac Marion is the author of "The Warm Bodies Series" with the most recent and final being "The Living". We talk about writing, scary stories, facing the darkness, homeschooling, and the future of …
S2 E29 - Top 10 Films of the 2010's (and where to see them)
This last decade was an incredible time for film. We are in a strange pause for movies right now while living through a pandemic. This is a chance to look at some of the special ones from recent ti…
S2 E28 - Doug Lorig of Roadside Monument
Doug Lorig is a Seattle musician most known for his guitar playing in Roadside Monument and Raft of Dead Monkeys. He currently plays in the band Graphic Nature.
We talk about falling in love with …
S2 E27 - Top 10 Horror with Louie Romo
Louie Romo is the house manager of the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, Washington. We both break down our top 10 horror films. These are subjective lists of course! Get ready for some Carpenter, R…
S2 E26 - Sherae Lascelles and Radical Authenticity
Sherae Lascelles is running for Legislative District No. 43. Sherae and I talk about radical authenticity, mutual aid, harm reduction, and how all these issues relate to both Seattle and life in gen…
S2 E25 - Reclaiming Progressive Christianity with Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons is the author of the forthcoming Book "Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity". In this talk we discuss the state of our times and how progressive Christianity ha…
S2 E24 - Why Watch Horror Movies?
There is a cliche that horror films are immoral and cheap. Here I explore the ethical value of watching scary movies. How do fear and empathy relate to each other? What good can be found in confro…