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Equipped for Life Podcast
The discussion podcast of Equal Rights Institute, a national organization that trains pro-life advocates think clearly, reason honestly, and argue persuasively. If you're looking for clear pro-life thinking, cutting-edge apologetics, and a fresh approach to abortion dialogue, you've come to the right place.
Episodes
Equipped for Life Podcast#113: How to Respond to Reproductive Anxiety in Dialogue
We spent the last episode defining reproductive anxiety and identifying Gen Z's top concern related to it. In this episode, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca…
Equipped for Life Podcast#112: Reproductive Anxiety is Affecting Your Conversations
There's an incredibly important trend going on right now that's influencing your conversations, and you probably haven't even noticed! In this episode, Emily…
Equipped for Life Podcast#111: When Not To Be Open-Minded
A trait that has always been essential to the core of ERI is being open-minded. But, what does that actually mean? Is there ever a time that we shouldn't be…
Equipped for Life Podcast#110: What if I Can't Express Compassion?
In this installment of the Equipped for Life Podcast, Emily Geiger and Dr. Rebecca Carlson dive deeper into what it means to express compassion in…
Equipped for Life Podcast#109: Creative Pro-Life Apologetics: Reaching Out Without Burning Out
We at ERI challenge you to see how many creative methods of outreach in this podcast you've heard of (we bet at least one of these will be new to you)! In this…
Equipped for Life Podcast#108: "Outreach" in Unexpected Ways & Unexpected Spaces
When is the last time that you've done outreach? Spoiler Alert: it might have been sooner than you think! In this episode, Emily Geiger and Rebecca Carlson…
Equipped for Life Podcast#107: How to Talk to Pro-lifers - Part 2
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers?…
Equipped for Life Podcast#106: How to Talk to Pro-Lifers - Part 1
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if there were a pro-choice version of ERI that taught pro-choice advocates how to effectively talk to pro-lifers?…
Equipped for Life Podcast#105: Political Activism in a Post-Roe World (w/ Ali Rak)
Josh Brahm and Emily Geiger welcome Ali Rak back to the Equipped for Life Podcast to discuss pro-life political activism, now that Roe v. Wade has been…
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#104: Are Women Being Denied Care? (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder wrap up their series of recent discussions by addressing denial-of-care stories. In this episode, Monica and Josh define what a…
Equipped for Life Podcast#103: Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life? (w/ Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder return to discuss the question: "Do You Need Religion to be Pro-Life?" The conversation touches on practical and philosophical…
Equipped for Life Podcast#102: Forensics and Abortion (w/ Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
After much anticipation, Josh Brahm FINALLY gets to interview Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life about her background and expertise in Forensics. Monica…
Equipped for Life Podcast#101: It's About the Babies, Not Your Sex Life (w/ Monica Snyder)
Content warning: This whole episode is about sex. It's probably not the episode to listen to around your kids. Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder returns to the…
Equipped for Life Podcast#100: Celebrating 100 Episodes! (with the Whole Staff!)
We brought the entire staff on for our 100th episode! The team planned the outline without Josh, and the result was a fun, retrospective celebration of the…
Equipped for Life Podcast#99: Practical Tips for 40 Days for Life Volunteers
It's October, and 40 Days for Life campaigns are in full swing! Josh, Emily, and Rebecca share and react to short video tips sent in from pro-life activists…
Equipped for Life Podcast#98: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 2 (w/ Monica Snyder)
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL's mailbag and give quick…
Equipped for Life Podcast#97: Listener Mail: Lightning Round! Part 1 (w/ Monica Snyder)
LIGHTNING!!! (in slow motion). In this podcast, Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life sort through listener mail from SPL's mailbag and give quick…
Equipped for Life Podcast#96: Survey Review: How Pro-Life & Pro-Choice People Define Abortion (w/ Monica Snyder)
We recorded another episode with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder, our favorite practically co-host, to discuss Secular Pro-Life's recent survey on the…
Equipped for Life Podcast#95: No, Abortion Pills Aren't Harming the Environment
Yes, abortion pills are harmful to women and unborn children. We're pro-life. But when you take an honest look at the evidence, there is no evidence that…
Equipped for Life Podcast#94: Can You Be a Professional Musician AND Pro-Life?
Trent Horn forwarded us a great question, so Josh brought ERI Club Coach/Video Editor Joshua Head onto the show, as Joshua is also a professional musician…
Equipped for Life Podcast#93 How to Have Better Conversations About IVF
ERI's Affiliate Groups have been busy working with their coaches on practical dialogue tips for talking about IVF, now that it's in the news more often. First…
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#92 Genuine or Performed? Acting Skills in Honest Dialogue
The Equipped for Life Podcast is back! After a long hiatus due to the production of Equipped for Life Academy, we've begun recording new episodes. We also have…
Equipped for Life Podcast#91: Intellectual Honesty, Transparency, and Observations about the Pro-Life Movement (with Apologist Dr. Randal Rauser)
Josh's favorite Christian apologist, Dr. Randal Rauser, joins the show. Randal describes himself as "progressively Evangelical and generously Orthodox." Josh…
Equipped for Life Podcast#90: The Psychology of Persuasion (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Josh Brahm and Monica Snyder have an open conversation about biology, philosophy, and how they interact with persuasion in the abortion debate. Monica has a…
Equipped for Life Podcast#89: Undercover at an abortion clinic while 28-weeks pregnant (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder)
Monica Snyder shares a very emotional story about going undercover in a late-term abortion facility in Washington DC while being 28-weeks pregnant. She talks…
Equipped for Life PodcastERI Update - Spring 2023
Josh Brahm gives an update on what we've been working on at ERI, including recent speaking trips in Europe, progress on Equipped for Life Academy, and hiring…
Equipped for Life Podcast#88: What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now? (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder) - Part 2
Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took…
Equipped for Life Podcast#87: What Should the Pro-Life Movement Do Now? (with Secular Pro-Life's Monica Snyder) - Part 1
Recorded in late 2022, Monica Snyder from Secular Pro-Life joined Josh to film a few episodes on what the pro-life movement should be doing right now. It took…
Equipped for Life PodcastAnnouncement: Podcast Production Changes
Josh explains how some upgrades to our podcast equipment will save us time editing the episodes later and how that will affect our listeners. (This will make…
Equipped for Life Podcast#86: ERI LIVE: Q&A with Josh at Fusion City Church
Josh Brahm was invited to answer questions about abortion late last year at Fusion City Church in Kannapolis, NC. Pastor Brian Duncan had preached on abortion…
Equipped for Life Podcast#85: Behind-The-Scenes: Emily on MSNBC (with Tim Hull)
We've received hundreds of messages and comments about Emily's appearance on MSNBC last week! By popular demand, Josh and Emily are joined by Tim Hull to…
Equipped for Life Podcast#66: AHA: The Anti-Abortionists Who Fight Other Pro-Lifers (with Jonathon Van Maren - Part 1)
NOTE: For some technical reason this episode didn't publish on podcast feeds before, so we're posting it now. Scroll down to catch the second part of this…
Equipped for Life Podcast#84: Abortion Dialogue on Campus: Outreach Stories and Trends - Part 2
Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they're noticing among pro-choice college…
Equipped for Life Podcast#83: Abortion Dialogue on Campus: Outreach Stories and Trends - Part 1
Josh and Emily share interesting stories from their last two semesters of campus outreach, and some of the trends they're noticing with respect to abortion…
Equipped for Life Podcast#82: Responding to 8 Types of Difficult Pro-Lifers (with Monica Snyder & Andrew Kaake - Part 2)
It's the question we're asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, "What should I do about the pro-life activist…
Equipped for Life Podcast#81: The Pregnant 10 Year-Old: Thinking Well About This Tragic Story (with Robin Atkins)
Everyone has been talking about the tragic case of a 10-year-old who was raped, became pregnant, and driven across state lines to get an abortion. Even…
Equipped for Life PodcastREPLAY: What Should I Say in a Post-Roe America?
The days after Roe v. Wade's overturning have been riddled with confusion, panic, anger, protests, and misinformation. There has never been a more important…
Equipped for Life Podcast#80: Responding to 8 Types of Difficult Pro-Lifers (with Monica Snyder & Andrew Kaake - Part 1)
It's the question we're asked more often than any other, and we want to answer it carefully. The question is, "What should I do about the pro-life activist…
Equipped for Life Podcast#79: The Latest Research on Fetal Pain (with John Bockmann and Bridget Thill, MD, MS)
In this podcast, two authors discuss recent research regarding fetal pain: John Bockmann, co-author of "Reconsidering Fetal Pain" (2020) and Dr. Bridget Thill…
Equipped for Life Podcast#78: What's Really Up with the High African-American Abortion Rate? (with Gary Freeman)
This is a continuation of Josh's conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they discuss the high abortion…
Equipped for Life Podcast#77: Talking "Black Church", "White Church", and the Pro-Life Movement (with Gary Freeman)
This is a continuation of Josh's conversation with Gary Freeman on crossing the racial divide in pro-life work. In this episode they contrast Gary's position…
Equipped for Life PodcastREPLAY: The Five Bodies of Aborted Fetuses Found in DC
Josh and Emily went live last Friday with Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac from Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) to discuss the story people around…
Equipped for Life Podcast#76: A Black Pro-Life Speaker on Crossing the Racial Divide (with Gary Freeman)
This is the first of a three-part series of conversations with Josh and Gary Freeman, a former guest on our podcast. In this episode they discuss Gary's new…
Equipped for Life Podcast#75: Refuting Myths about Pregnancy Centers (with Meredith Maloley & Jacob Nels)
While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St…
Equipped for Life Podcast#74: Transitioning from ERI Training to Pregnancy Center Work (with Meredith Maloley & Jacob Nels)
While at our AirBnb in Washington, D.C. we filmed a set of podcasts with Emily, Jacob, and Meredith Maloley. Meredith helped Emily run the pro-life club at St…
Equipped for Life Podcast#73: Reprotection's Innovative Approach to Closing Abortion Facilities (with Missy Stone)
Jacob interviews Missy Stone, CEO of Reprotection, a new organization that helps pro-life advocates protect women and children from harm by investigating and…
Equipped for Life PodcastERI Update - TikTok and Top 5s of 2021
Josh Brahm shares why the podcast was on hiatus for three months, our surprising success on TikTok, and the top 5 videos, podcasts, and articles of 2021…
Equipped for Life PodcastREPLAY: 2022 Sneak Peek Live Stream
Josh Brahm and Emily Albrecht discuss pull the curtain back and talk about what ERI has done in the last year before announcing our biggest project of 2022!…
Equipped for Life PodcastREPLAY: The Supreme Court Abortion Case: Your Questions, Answered
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is widely considered to be the most important Supreme Court Case on abortion in nearly three decades. We want you…
Equipped for Life Podcast#72: Muslim Intellectual Debunks Pro-Choice Islamic Scholars (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)
In this episode Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi refutes pro-choice arguments made by famous Islamic scholars. Javad reacts to multiple videos in this…
Equipped for Life Podcast#71: A Muslim Intellectual's Journey from Pro-Choice to Pro-Life (with Dr. Javad Hashmi)
This is the first of a two-part series with Muslim intellectual Dr. Javad Hashmi. In this episode Josh interviews him about his journey from pro-choice to…
Equipped for Life Podcast#70: Mental Health and Informed Consent in Abortion (with Robin Atkins)
Robin Atkins is back to discuss mental health, informed consent, abortion risks, the level of counseling in abortion facilities, and more. Robin is a licensed…
Equipped for Life Podcast#69: A Mental Health Counselor on Psychology in Debate (with Robin Atkins)
Robin Atkins is back to discuss psychology in debate. Robin is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a…
Equipped for Life Podcast#68 Bonus Discussion: Should Sidewalk Counselors Should EVER Bring Up Adoption?
This is a companion discussion to our first episode with Robin Atkins, "A Different Perspective: Adoption vs. Foster Care vs. Abortion", which you can watch…
Equipped for Life Podcast#68: A Different Perspective: Adoption vs. Foster Care vs. Abortion (with Robin Atkins)
Robin Atkins is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. She spent four years doing…
Equipped for Life Podcast#67: AHA Fails to Understand Pro-Life History (with Jonathon Van Maren - Part 2)
Jonathon Van Maren joins the podcast for the second part of a discussion on what is going on with a hostile anti-abortion group called Abolish Human Abortion…
Equipped for Life Podcast#65: Dealing with a Hostile Campus as a Pro-Life Club
Emily pulls back the curtain to explain the ways that her club leaders established a good working relationship with their administration, dealt with vandalism…
Equipped for Life Podcast#64: Emily's First Dialogue Mistakes
Now that she has talked about the initial outreach mistakes the Oles for Life club at St. Olaf made, Emily discusses their initial dialogue mistakes. Toward…
Equipped for Life Podcast#63: Emily's First Outreach Mistakes
Our regular listeners have heard by now about the great successes of Oles for Life, the pro-life student club at St. Olaf College. In this episode, Emily…
Equipped for Life Podcast#62: A Comedian Shares Tips for Using Humor in Dialogue
Josh Brahm interviews comedian Josh Harris about how he got into sidewalk counseling, how he uses humor on the sidewalk, and some practical tips for you to use…