Challenge 2.0 Show
Media with a Mission
2024 brought some exciting developments for PTU’s weekly TV show, Challenge 2.0. We doubled our number of subscribers on YouTube, the podcast version became available on Spotify and several other podcast apps we weren’t previously on, and most importantly: We produced several episodes “in the field”, visiting individuals and places that had inspiring stories to…
Read MoreUnder Fear
This week, I’m at the Episcopal Convention in Louisville, KY, together with our Dir. of Youth Engagement, Hannah, and our Dir. of Media, Ean. We are meeting with current and prospective partner organizations and testing how PTU’s Potluck for Democracy initiative can serve communities in the social context of Louisville and that region. As we…
Read MoreChallenge 2.0 Episode 3: The Me Too Movement Was the Beginning – What’s Next?
Jeff Renner (00:00): The issues of sex abuse, harassment, and domestic violence gained prominence in 2016. In 2017, the Silence Breakers were named the Time Magazine Person of the Year. New stories of suffering and failure to prevent such suffering continue to emerge. We’ve documented the issues behind the Me Too Movement in a past…
Read MoreTerms of Compassion – Faces Behind the Fear: Part One
Challenge 2.0 airs on MeTV on Sunday Mornings at 7:30 AM. ‘Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free’. So begins the inscription on the Statue of Liberty. But it is difficult to reconcile that promise with reality in this country, this year. In this edition of Challenge 2.0, ‘Terms…
Read MoreReclaiming Christmas
Americans are expected to spend more than 700 billion dollars on Christmas gifts this year. That’s an average of 16 million dollars every minute. The sense of disquiet over the commercialized version of the Christian Holy Day, a season often beginning before Halloween, is not new. The Puritans cancelled Christmas for 22 years in Boston,…
Read MoreWhen Money Speaks with Faith – Part Two
Last week, we explored the growing dissatisfaction with corporate misbehavior. Some within the faith community are increasingly recognizing what legal scholars have long pointed out; that the legal consequences for unethical and even criminal behavior by corporations and corporate leaders are typically far less certain or severe than for the same actions by people. What…
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