"If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny" ::: Examining "The Handmaid’s Tale". . .the fictional story that explores the real potential of the U.S. as a failed state.
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG In 2014 book #WhyIAmAnAtheistWhoBelievesInGod by @Frank_Schaeffer, he wrestles with faith. Frank is live on Thurs., Jan. 27 at 8 pm ET, w/ “If America Fails?” on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for our discussion on gender issues in The Handmaid’s Tale.
To varying degrees, I think it’s common to have internal conflicts about all sorts of things. As my mother, Loga B. Odom, frequently said, “life is not so much black and white, as it is gray.” Certainly a self-aware person like Frank Schaeffer, (Artist, Filmmaker & Author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy), wrestles with his own internal conflicts about faith in his 2014 book: Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace. Perhaps you relate, as well.
Frank Schaeffer is live on Thursday, January 27th at 8 pm ET, when he joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for our discussion on gender issues in The Handmaid’s Tale. — LMO
Works by Frank Schaeffer
“Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God,’ is [a] distillation of wisdom.” — Washington Post (June 12, 2014)
“Caught between the beauty of his grandchildren and grief at a friend’s death, Frank Schaeffer finds himself simultaneously believing and not believing—an atheist who prays. In Why I am an Atheist Who Believes in God, Schaeffer wrestles with faith and disbelief sharing his innermost debate with the poignant lyricism only a great writer of literary nonfiction can achieve. Schaeffer writes as an imperfect son, husband and grandfather whose adoration of his family, love and art trumps the ugly theologies of an angry God.” — Publisher
“Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Frank is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary movie director, a feature film director of four low budget Hollywood features Frank has described as ‘pretty terrible.’ He is also an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction and an artist with a loyal following of international collectors who own many of his paintings.
“Frank has been a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow Show on NBC, has appeared on Oprah, been interviewed by Terri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the Today Show, BBC News and many other media outlets. He is a much sought after speaker and has lectured at a wide range of venues from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the Hammer Museum/UCLA, Princeton University, Riverside Church Cathedral, DePaul University and the Kansas City Public Library.” — FrankSchaeffer.com
SEE | Why I Am an Atheist Who Believes in God: How to Give Love, Create Beauty and Find Peace | by Frank Schaeffer | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | May 7, 2014
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG @AtwoodSociety Psychiatrist James C. McIntosh, M.D. @DrJamesCMcInto1 joins Thurs., 2/3/22, 8 pm ET, “If America Fails?” looking at mental health issues in @HandmaidsOnHulu & American culture, on TWN’s YouTube channel. You’re invited! #MentalHealthMatters
Dr. James C. McIntosh, Retired Psychiatrist, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Committee to End Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP), WBAI radio host of the MIND FIELD, and author of The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Rudolph Giuliani and The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Donald Trump, joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” for the Thursday, February 3, 2022, 8 pm ET episode, we are pleased to announce.
This episode focuses our attention on the mental health issues in The Handmaid’s Tale and current American culture – both of which demonstrate many troubling stressors, traumas, challenges and threats.
What does it mean for the mind to be forced into servitude, without control over one’s body?
How is it that so many of the people of the U.S. seemingly went along with demands of the new Gilead regime?
Now that Donald Trump is off of Twitter and out of our faces, what is going on with the people who appear to be Ever Trumpers?
Why are Americans so divided over whom to hold accountable for January 6th, and what would a failure of accountability suggest for our future?
What is additional trauma to the Black community likely to mean – and is there a way to protect ourselves from a coming tyranny?
I am just beginning to think about questions to ask this mental health expert. You can take this time between now and February 3rd to let me know what questions you would like Dr. McIntosh to address. #MentalHealthMatters See you then! — LMO
Dr. James C. McIntosh, is a retired Psychiatrist who spent over 40 years practicing medicine in the five boroughs of New York City, a writer, community activist, educator, public speaker and talk radio host. His publications include The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Donald Trump (2017) and The Unauthorized Psychoanalysis of Rudolph Giuliani (2007), where James C. McIntosh, M.D. takes an insightful and irreverent view of these two public figures. For decades Dr. McIntosh has tended to the mental health and educational needs of the Black community as Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Committee to End Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP) and former Chairman of the Board for the Education of People of African Ancestry (BEPAA). These two community-based organizations, bring together some of the most distinguished leaders in the Black community to offer no-cost forums, panels, conferences and other events of relevance to the emotional, psychological, spiritual, and educational needs of Black America. Dr. McIntosh appears frequently in the media and has received numerous awards for his distinguished community service. Most recently, this busy retiree has begun hosting and producing MIND FIELD, a weekly program airing Wednesdays at 2:30 pm on WBAI 99.5 FM, where he shares the mic with Richardeanea Theodore, RN. Together they focus on mental health issues and interview thought leaders on critical issues impacting the community. Dr. McIntosh completed undergraduate work in Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, and medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. — If America Fails: The Coming Tyranny, a TruthWorks Network Production
MARK YOUR CALENDAR | Thurs., 2/3/22, 8 pm ET | Dr. James C. McIntosh, Retired Psychiatrist, Co-Chair and Co-Founder of Committee to End Media Offensive to African People (CEMOTAP), and Host, MIND FIELD | If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny | TruthWorks Network
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG #MovieAddicts explores the fate of Serena & her baby in Season 5 of @HandmaidsOnHulu. Enjoy! Join Thurs., 8 pm ET, 1/13 – 4/7/22, “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny.”
What will happen to Serena and her baby when she learns Fred is dead?
Who is the baby’s daddy, anyway?
Since we now see Serena is capable of reproduction, will she become a Handmaid?
Will June kidnap Serena’s baby?
These and other questions are explored by Movie Addicts and give us something to muse about as we wait on the 2022 premiere of Season 5 of The Handmaid’s Tale. . . that is if you’re not consumed with watching the fascists in our midst. Enjoy! — LMO
“About Handmaid’s Tale: The Handmaid’s Tale is an American dystopian tragedy television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot features a dystopia following a Second American Civil War wherein a totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called ‘Handmaids,’ to child-bearing slavery. The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017…In September 2019, it was announced that Hulu and MGM were developing a sequel series, to be based on Atwood’s 2019 novel The Testaments. The Handmaid’s Tale’s first season won eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 13 nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. It is the first show produced by Hulu to win a major award as well as the first series on a streaming service to win an Emmy for Outstanding Series. It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama. Elisabeth Moss was also awarded the Golden Globe for Best Actress…” — Movie Addicts
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG #AnEndToAllThings @AtticusBooks is 1st book by @jysexton. Jared Yates Sexton joins premiere of “If America Fails?” Thurs., Jan. 13, 2022, at 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel.
One of the things I love about Prof. Jared Yates Sexton is his beautiful use of language. Not surprising, I suppose, since he teaches Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University-Statesboro. His first book, described below, was An End To All Things, published in 2012.
This expert on threats to democracy, will join “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for the premiere! — LMO
“In Jared Yates Sexton’s debut, the stories are small town tales of desperation. The characters are impoverished, lost, and staring deep into the end of things, whether that means their relationships, their way of life, or the world itself. Called ‘shades of Barry Hannah, Raymond Carver, and Breece D’J Pancake,’ the The Portland Book Review declared it ‘the beginning of a long literary career.’” — Publisher
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG #CrazyFaith @JudsonPress is early book by @cassady2euca Rev.Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith who joins “If America Fails?” Thurs., Jan. 20, 2022, 8 pm ET, on TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, analyzing religious references in @HandmaidsOnHulu. Join us!
An early book by IAF Guest Expert Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith is Crazy Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, published in 2009. Williams Smith joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” Thursday, January 20, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, helping us analyze the religious references found in The Handmaid’s Tale. She is Founder and Executive Director of Crazy Faith Ministries – and will bring important insights on our viewing experience.
People of “crazy faith” have changed the world, teaches Smith as she challenges us all to follow their lead in Crazy Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives.
— LMO
“‘It hasn’t been extraordinary people who have changed the world; rather, it’s been people who have been willing to act and live on faith,’ observes pastor and author Susan Smith. Drawing on biblical, historical, and contemporary stories of what she calls ‘crazy faith,’ this inspirational volume challenges readers to dare to step out and make a difference in the world. Faith is ‘vision fueled by action,’ Smith declares. Follow in the footsteps of those who have earned a place in the Hall of Faith, including Moses, Harriet Tubman, David, Nelson Mandela, Sarah and Abraham, Mother Teresa, Noah, and Mary McLeod Bethune.” — Publisher
Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith is an ordained minister, pastor, musician, writer, activist and mother of two, living in Columbus, OH, where she now serves as Founder and Executive Director of Crazy Faith Ministries. This is a non-traditional church with faith ministries providing outreach and services for homeless people; services for children of incarcerated parents; and voter education and registration, among other things. Pastor Williams Smith also leads Freedom Choir that sings songs of freedom at marches and events offering messages of social justice through music. She previously served for 22 years as pastor of Advent United Church of Christ, also in Columbus, and maintains an interest in the relationship between politics, religion, and race. A prolific writer and author of several books, Williams Smith began her career as a newspaper reporter in Baltimore. Her books include Crazy Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives (2009), and most recently, With Liberty & Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America (2020), Dr. Williams Smith also blogs at Candid Observations and has written for the Washington Post and Huffington Post. With a Doctorate in Ministry, she maintains leadership roles in many national and community organizations and religious networks. — If America Fails: The Coming Tyranny, a TruthWorks Network Production
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG More Than a Method, on film performance, is the 1st book by IAF expert #CynthiaAnnBaron who joins Thurs., 1/20/22, 8 pm, “If America Fails?,” focusing on Cults, Cultures & Religions theme in @HandmaidsOnHulu, on TWN’s YouTube channel.
More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance is the first book published by Dr. Cynthia Ann Baron, Associate Professor, Theatre and Film, Bowling Green State University.
Baron joins the Thursday, 1/20/22, 8 pm episode of “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” focusing on the Cults, Cultures and Religions theme in The Handmaid’s Tale. — LMO
“Though it is often neglected in cinema scholarship, screen performance is a crucial element in the ideological and emotional impact of films. More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance features twelve essays that analyze performance in post-1950s film, addressing distinct questions about the working relationships between actors and directors and discussing the interplay between performance and other cinematic techniques. The authors explain the context for performance analysis as they address an international array of film genres, actors, and directors including Alfred Hitchcock and Gus Van Sant, Robert Bresson, Michelangelo Antonioni, Robert Altman, John Cassavetes, John Sayles, Neil Jordan, Tomàs Gutiérrez Alea, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Carrey, and John Woo.
“More Than a Method provides the reader with a historical perspective on film performance theory and explains the importance and relevance of analyzing acting. The essays are divided into three sections: modernism, neo-naturalism, and postmodern film performance. The authors clearly define terms relating to acting and acting styles and provide brief overviews of the significant themes and predominant visual styles of each director. The volume’s essays share a cohesive focus on the art and craft of acting, each emphasizing performance as it is presented on-screen, challenging the idea that the best (or only) way to categorize performance is by training or working method. Through dynamic and sophisticated analyses of a wide range of acting styles and choices, More Than a Method fills an important gap in today’s film scholarship.” — Publisher
Dr. Cynthia Ann Baron is an Associate Professor in Theatre and Film at Bowling Green State University, where she researches and teaches; authors scholarly books and articles on subjects related to the discipline; and provides keynote speeches and other presentations at conferences both domestically and internationally. Her research and teaching interests include American Independent Cinema; Screenwriting; Taste Formation; Censorship; Food Studies; Women’s Cinema; and Actor Training, Stardom, and Screen Performance, among other subjects. She has taught courses on intersections between the film-media industry, national security, and cultural moments such as the Cold War and the Vietnam era. Some other courses Dr. Baron teaches are American Independent Cinema; Hollywood, Censorship, and American Culture; and Performance and Theatre in the Americas.
Most recently, she published Acting Indie: Industry, Aesthetics, and Performance (with Yannis Tzioumakis), (2020), which illustrates the many ways that actors contribute to American independent cinema and analyzes industrial developments; Modern Acting: The Lost Chapter of American Film and Theatre (2016), which, in part, highlights women’s key contributions to American film and theatre; and Denzel Washington (2015) where Baron traces the star’s persona and impact on mainstream society. Current book projects include: Recasting (White) Genres: Race, Ethnicity, and Performance in Contemporary Film and Television; Intersecting Aesthetics: Literary Adaptations and Cinematic Representations of Blackness, with co-editor Charlene Regester; and Imprisonment: Representation in Global Film and Media, with co-editor Karen Ritzenhoff. She is co-chair of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Caucus on Class and has participated in events such as the Rethinking Realist Acting Conference in New York, and the Acting in Film Conference in Potsdam. — If America Fails: The Coming Tyranny, a TruthWorks Network Production
SEE | More Than a Method: Trends and Traditions in Contemporary Film Performance | edited by Cynthia Baron, Diane Carson, and Frank P. Tomasulo | (Wayne State University Press, 2004)
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG See the bio of @cassady2euca on the IAF website. Smith joins “If America Fails?” Thurs., Jan. 20, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for chat on Cults, Cultures and Religion and @HandmaidsOnHulu.
We’ve updated the IAF Guest Book with a bio on Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith at the link below. Smith joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” Thursday, January 20, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, when we tackle the themes of Cults, Cultures and Religion and The Handmaid’s Tale. Learn more about Dr. Smith, get your questions ready, and join us on January 20th. See you soon! — LMO
Rev. Dr. Susan K. Williams Smith is an ordained minister, pastor, musician, writer, activist and mother of two, living in Columbus, OH, where she now serves as Founder and Executive Director of Crazy Faith Ministries. This is a non-traditional church with faith ministries providing outreach and services for homeless people; services for children of incarcerated parents; and voter education and registration, among other things. Pastor Williams Smith also leads Freedom Choir that sings songs of freedom at marches and events offering messages of social justice through music. She previously served for 22 years as pastor of Advent United Church of Christ, also in Columbus, and maintains an interest in the relationship between politics, religion, and race. A prolific writer and author of several books, Williams Smith began her career as a newspaper reporter in Baltimore. Her books include Crazy Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives (2009), and most recently, With Liberty & Justice for Some: The Bible, the Constitution, and Racism in America (2020), Dr. Williams Smith also blogs at Candid Observations and has written for the Washington Post and Huffington Post. With a Doctorate in Ministry, she maintains leadership roles in many national and community organizations and religious networks. — If America Fails: The Coming Tyranny, a TruthWorks Network Production
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG Learn more about @Frank_Schaeffer by visiting his website. He joins “If America Fails?” on Thurs., Jan. 27, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for our discussion on Gender and The Handmaid’s Tale.
If you don’t know much about Mr. Frank Schaeffer, the website of the author of Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy, is a great way to fill the gap. Why would you want to do that? Well,
Frank is joining “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” on Thursday, January 27, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, for our discussion on Gender and The Handmaid’s Tale.
He’s an interesting person – an artist who sold his first painting to a Rockefeller – a writer who has published 15 books including fiction and nonfiction – a filmmaker who used his own fascinating story to explore his break with American evangelicals.
He’ll inspire you…and he’ll you remind you of what really matters in this life…and these days, I think we can all use a dose of that! 🙂
“Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Frank is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary movie director, a feature film director of four low budget Hollywood features Frank has described as ‘pretty terrible.’ He is also an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction and an artist with a loyal following of international collectors who own many of his paintings.
“Frank has been a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow Show on NBC, has appeared on Oprah, been interviewed by Terri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the Today Show, BBC News and many other media outlets. He is a much sought after speaker and has lectured at a wide range of venues from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the Hammer Museum/UCLA, Princeton University, Riverside Church Cathedral, DePaul University and the Kansas City Public Library.” — FrankSchaeffer.com
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG Enjoy this interview of @jysexton by @PeteDominick & watch premiere of “If America Fails?,” Thurs., Jan. 13, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, when Jared Yates Sexton joins us for a discussion on Democracy & @HandmaidsOnHulu.
In this episode of Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, with “author, writer, historian, podcaster, YouTuber and Professor Jared Yates Sexton,” the two men go deep into several important topics related to the unfolding dystopia some of us are witnessing in the U.S. today. As Sexton generously shares results of his research and family experience, they discuss things like:
Robocop, capitalism and sexlessness in western society;
IFS (Internal Family System) trauma therapy;
Fun facts about Christopher Columbus;
Female vs. Male Leadership;
Climate Change and Democracy;
Conspiracy theories, evangelical white paranoia, and the Satanic Panic;
The January 6th coup attempt and diseased parts of American society;
Critical Race Theory; and
The need to actively engage in politics.
I’ll share a couple of tantalizing quotes, but really recommend you listen to the entire interview between 33:25 and 1:16:20. Then, watch the premiere of “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny,” on Thursday, January 13, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel, when Jared Yates Sexton joins us for a discussion on Democracy and The Handmaid’s Tale.
“We even see some people who aren’t even engaging in certain relationships based on what their economic need is or economic precarity. I actually think that technology and capitalism have just absolutely…submerged us in an artificial life at this point. I think that is one of the larger problems…that we feel alienated from one another. . .”
— Jared Yates Sexton
From the discussion on Robocop, capitalism and sexlessness in western society:
“I actually think the idea of apps, both in terms of…hookup culture, dating apps, you can even talk about the proliferation of pornography – all of these things are sort of the market and technology being brought into human relationships and human interactions…you actually take a look at some of these dating apps and people are actually, through algorithms, matched whether or not they look on the same level as each other, whether or not their business or their careers match up…a lot of people are necessarily living solitary lives at this point. We even see some people who aren’t even engaging in certain relationships based on what their economic need is or economic precarity. I actually think that technology and capitalism have just absolutely…submerged us in an artificial life at this point. I think that is one of the larger problems…that we feel alienated from one another, we feel at a distance from one another. We’ve been told by everything from the internet to the media…starting with the beginnings, I would say, of Reality TV in the 1990s, basically the egg got cracked open and we looked inside and we saw that we were all competitors, we’re all lying to one another, we’re all trying to get one over on each other, we’re all just waiting to stab the knife in each other’s backs. We’ve basically been told over the past few decades – going back if you want to make the marker Robocop in 1987 – for decades now, starting with Reaganism and hypercapitalism, we’ve been told not to trust anybody, and I mean that’s by design. I think that that has ripples throughout politics, economics, labor, the whole kit and caboodle.” — 38:13 to 40:01 – Jared Yates Sexton
From their chat on Climate Change and Democracy:
“We have a really daunting thing ahead of us, which is we have these democratic problems that are just absolutely pressing. We have a Right who…they’re openly talking about coups. They’re talking about reinstating hierarchical power and moving beyond liberal democracy. On top of that, their main scapegoat are People of Color and immigrants; and what we’ve already seen in terms of forced sterilizations here in my state of Florida – how they treated people at the border – the moment that our borders start shrinking because of floods and fires and scarcity of resources, what we’ve seen so far, and what we’ve experienced so far, it’s only going to escalate in accordance with that.” — 52:35 to 53:21 – Jared Yates Sexton
Sexton never fails to deliver thoughtful, stimulating and eloquent commentary, and his frequent appearances on Stand Up! with Pete Dominick demonstrate this host has what it takes to bring out his best. When we listen to Jared Yates Sexton, we benefit. — LMO
“Jared Yates Sexton is the author of The Man They Wanted Me to Be and The People Are Going to Rise Like the Waters Upon Your Shore. His political writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times, The New Republic, Politico, and Salon.com. Sexton is also the author of [four] collections of fiction and is an associate professor of creative writing at Georgia Southern University.
“From writer and political analyst Jared Yates Sexton comes a journey through the history of the United States, from the nation’s founding to the twenty-first century, which examines and debunks the American myths we’ve always told ourselves.
“In recent years, Americans have faced a deluge of horrifying developments in politics and culture: stolen elections, fascist rallies, families torn apart and locked away. A common refrain erupts at each new atrocity: This isn’t who we are.
“In American Rule, Jared Yates Sexton upends those convenient fictions by laying bare the foundational myths at the heart of our collective American imagination. From the very origins of this nation, Americans in power have abused and subjugated others; enabling that corruption are the many myths of American exceptionalism and steadfast values, which are fed to the public and repeated across generations. Working through each era of American growth and change, Sexton weaves together the origins and perpetuation of these narratives still in the public memory, and the acts we have chosen to forget.
“Stirring, deeply researched, and disturbingly familiar, American Rule is a call to examine our own misconceptions of what it means, and has always meant, to be an American.
LISTEN from 33:25 to 1:16:20. | Author, Writer, Historian, Podcaster, YouTuber and Professor Jared Yates Sexton – Episode 404 | Stand Up! with Pete Dominick, a podcast | 8/3/2021
@ASoulAFire @JaniceOCG See bio of @Frank_Schaeffer on IAF website. Frank Schaeffer joins “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on Thurs., Jan. 27, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel. Explore the many talents of this painter, filmmaker & author of Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy.
The Bio of Frank Schaeffer, author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy, is now live on the IAF website. Schaeffer will join “If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny” on Thursday, January 27, 2022, 8 pm ET, on the TruthWorks Network YouTube channel.
Frank Schaeffer is a multi-talented, multi-faceted individual. He writes. He paints. He makes movies. He’s an introspective person with the capacities to admit when he’s wrong and speak truth to power. Learn why we very much look forward to our conversation with this loving #DemocracyDefender – on the topic of Gender – when he joins the chat on January 27th. Hope to see you there! — LMO
“Frank Schaeffer is a New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Frank is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood, an acclaimed writer who overcame severe dyslexia, a home-schooled and self-taught documentary movie director, a feature film director of four low budget Hollywood features Frank has described as ‘pretty terrible.’ He is also an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction and an artist with a loyal following of international collectors who own many of his paintings.
“Frank has been a frequent guest on the Rachel Maddow Show on NBC, has appeared on Oprah, been interviewed by Terri Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air and appeared on the Today Show, BBC News and many other media outlets. He is a much sought after speaker and has lectured at a wide range of venues from Harvard’s Kennedy School to the Hammer Museum/UCLA, Princeton University, Riverside Church Cathedral, DePaul University and the Kansas City Public Library.” — FrankSchaeffer.com
SEE | Frank Schaeffer’s Bio on the IAF Website | Author, Fall in Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy | If America Fails?: The Coming Tyranny | 12/15/2021
If America Fails? 