Armchair Expert episode 651

Jedidiah Jenkins (author and memoirist)

Jedidiah Jenkins (Mother, Nature) is an author and memoirist. Jedidiah joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how being Christian affected his identity, what sexuality could be like without social rules, and practicing not getting a boner. Jedidiah and Dax talk about what it means to be a centrist now, how it's difficult for him to know when someone is flirting with him, and his relationship with his mother and her faith. Jedidiah explains how he learned to find common ground with people who don't share the same beliefs, embracing the double helix of the narrative and experiential self, and why he wanted to retrace his mother's walk across America.

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Jedidiah Jenkins (Mother, Nature) is an author and memoirist. Jedidiah joins the Armchair Expert to discuss how being Christian affected his identity, what sexuality could be like without social rules, and practicing not getting a boner. Jedidiah and Dax talk about what it means to be a centrist now, how it's difficult for him to know when someone is flirting with him, and his relationship with his mother and her faith. Jedidiah explains how he learned to find common ground with people who don't share the same beliefs, embracing the double helix of the narrative and experiential self, and why he wanted to retrace his mother's walk across America.

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  1. 0:02welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert it's Thanksgiving we miss that turkey oh yeah
  2. 1:16:53full of certainly non vaxed humans Italy is you can't come here without a vax
  3. 2:37:04to be home in 12 minutes you got to get home on shove that thing in the oven I'm going to let everyone know...
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