About Gregory Soden

Greg Soden (M.Ed) teaches World Religions, Debate, Speech, World History, and Humanities at Mizzou Academy in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Missouri. He received his M.Ed from the University of Saskatchewan and his B.Sci at the University of Missouri. He hosts Classical Ideas Podcast and Unscripted Moments: A Podcast About Propagandhi. He lives in Buffalo, New York and cheers for the Bills.

NBN Episodes hosted by Gregory:

Phuc Tran, "Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In" (Flatiron Books, 2020)

November 2, 2024

Sigh, Gone

Phuc Tran
Hosted by Gregory Soden

For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In (Flatiron Books,…

Randall Stephens, "The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll" (Harvard UP, 2018)

August 28, 2024

The Devil’s Music

Randall Stephens
Hosted by Gregory Soden

I was immediately drawn to the book The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock n’ Roll (Harvard University Press, 2018) …

Franz Nicolay, "Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music" (U Texas Press, 2024)

August 6, 2024

Band People

Franz Nicolay
Hosted by Gregory Soden

A close look at the lives of working musicians who aren't the center of their stage. Secret (and not-so-secret) weapons, side-of-the-stagers, rhythm …

Samira Mehta, "The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging" (Beacon Press, 2023)

July 5, 2024

The Racism of People Who Love You

Samira Mehta
Hosted by Gregory Soden

The Racism of People Who Love You: Essays on Mixed Race Belonging (Beacon Press, 2023) is an unflinching look at the challenges and misunderstandings …

Matilda Bickers, "Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex" (PM Press, 2023)

May 5, 2024

Working It

Matilda Bickers, Janis Luna, and Peech Breshears
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Fiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex (PM Press, 2023) is an intimate portrait of the lives of…

Elyse Ambrose, "A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive" (T&T Clark, 2024)

April 11, 2024

A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics

Elyse Ambrose
Hosted by Gregory Soden

In A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive (T&T Clark, 2024), Elyse Ambrose looks to an archive of blackqueerness as a…

Sam McPheeters, "Mutations: Twenty Years Embedded in Hardcore Punk" (Barnacle Book, 2020)

March 28, 2024

Mutations

Sam McPheeters
Hosted by Gregory Soden

How can so many people pledge allegiance to punk, something with no fixed identity? Depending on who and where you are, punk can be an outlet, excuse,…

Aizaiah G. Yong, "Multiracial Cosmotheandrism: A Practical Theology of Multiracial Experiences" (Orbis, 2023)

March 11, 2024

Multiracial Cosmotheandrism: A Practical Theology of Multiracial Experiences

Aizaiah G. Yong
Hosted by Gregory Soden

In Multiracial Cosmotheandrism: A Practical Theology of Multiracial Experiences (Orbis, 2023), Aizaiah G. Yong critically considers how the lives and …

John Wray, "Gone to the Wolves" (FSG, 2023)

February 29, 2024

Gone to the Wolves

John Wray
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Kip, Leslie, and Kira are outliers—even in the metal scene they love. In arch-conservative Gulf Coast Florida in the late 1980s, just listening to met…

Josh Fernandez, "The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist" (PM Press, 2024)

February 13, 2024

The Hands That Crafted the Bomb

Josh Fernandez
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Today I talked to Josh Fernandez about his new memoir The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist (PM Press, 2024). Josh Fe…

Danielle Dulsky, "Bones & Honey: A Heathen Prayer Book" (New World Library, 2023)

February 4, 2024

Bones & Honey

Danielle Dulsky
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Bones & Honey: A Heathen Prayer Book (New World Library, 2023)l is a collection of nature-inspired prayers, mythic incantations, stories, and pagan po…

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and Jill Clingan, "Teaching Women's and Gender Studies (Grades 9-12)" (Routledge, 2022)

January 23, 2024

Teaching Women's and Gender Studies (Grades 9-12)

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and Jill Clingan
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Incorporate Women’s and Gender Studies into your middle school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. In Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and J…

Aaron Carnes, "In Defense of Ska: The Ska Now More Than Ever Edition" (Clash Books, 2023)

January 21, 2024

In Defense of Ska

Aaron Carnes
Hosted by Gregory Soden

The era of ska shame is officially over, and ska fans no longer need to hide in the basement, skanking alone. The creator of the popular podcast In …

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and Jill Clingan, "Teaching Women's and Gender Studies (Grades 6-8)" (Routledge, 2022)

January 20, 2024

Teaching Women's and Gender Studies

Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and Jill Clingan
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Incorporate Women’s and Gender Studies into your middle school classroom using the powerful lesson plans in this book. In Kathryn Fishman-Weaver and …

Waubgeshig Rice, "Moon of the Turning Leaves" (William Morrow, 2023)

January 16, 2024

Moon of the Turning Leaves

Waubgeshig Rice
Hosted by Gregory Soden

It’s been over a decade since a mysterious cataclysm caused a permanent blackout that toppled infrastructure and thrust the world into anarchy. Evan W…

Darnise C. Martin, "Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought Church" (NYU Press, 2005)

January 11, 2024

Beyond Christianity

Darnise C. Martin
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Darnise C. Martin's Beyond Christianity: African Americans in a New Thought Church (NYU Press, 2005) draws on rich ethnographic work in a Religious Sc…

Sheldon Birnie, "Where the Pavement Turns to Sand" (Malarkey Books, 2023)

December 13, 2023

Where the Pavement Turns to Sand

Sheldon Birnie
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Where the Pavement Turns to Sand (Malarkey Books, 2023) is a collection of working class, everyday heartbreaks and bad decisions. In a refreshing rura…

Rob Harvilla, "60 Songs That Explain The 90s" (Twelve, 2023)

December 12, 2023

60 Songs That Explain The 90s

Rob Harvilla
Hosted by Gregory Soden

A companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes listeners through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade. The …

Jason Lamb, "NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion, an Oral History" (PM Press, 2024)

October 28, 2023

NoMeansNo

Jason Lamb
Hosted by Gregory Soden

They were unlike any other band in the punk scene they called home. NoMeansNo started in the basement of the family home of brothers Rob and John Wr…

Sheldon Birnie, "Down in the Flood" (BookBaby, 2012)

October 27, 2023

Down in the Flood

Sheldon Birnie
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Sheldon Birnie's novel Down in the Flood (BookBaby, 2012) is the story of a man who is rapidly becoming lost in a sea of women, whisky, and bad weathe…

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein, "The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice" (U Notre Dame Press, 2023)

October 8, 2023

The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein's book The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye: Ecumenism, Feminism, and Communal Practice (U Notre Dame Press, 2023) explore…

Sheldon Birnie, "Missing Like Teeth: An Oral History of Winnipeg Underground Rock, 1900-2001" (‎Eternal Cavalier Press, 2015)

October 4, 2023

Missing Like Teeth

Sheldon Birnie
Hosted by Gregory Soden
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From 1990 to 2001, while the popular radio waves were consumed with the buzz of grunge and alternative rock, Winnipeg managed to craft a unique underg…

Sara Moslener, "Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence" (Oxford UP, 2015)

July 15, 2023

Virgin Nation

Sara Moslener
Hosted by Gregory Soden

First taking hold of the American cultural imagination in the 1990s, the sexual purity movement of contemporary evangelicalism has since received cons…

Peter L. Stiepleman, "An Imperfect Leader: Human-Centered Leadership in (after) Action" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023)

July 3, 2023

An Imperfect Leader

Peter L. Stiepleman
Hosted by Gregory Soden
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An Imperfect Leader: Leadership in (After) Action (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023) tells the story of a superintendent from his first days to the pandemi…