Episode:  001; Allow Me To Introduce Myself

Airdate:  October 5, 2020

Length:   40:46

Guests:   Debut Podcast

Engage with host Phil Allen, Jr. at the intersection of race, culture and theology in the debut podcast of Intersections. Hosted by theologian, author and activist Phil Allen, Jr., Intersections is a forum for emerging, established, and respected voices across the spectrum of race who positively impact our culture through their work in social activism, sports, psychology, education, entertainment, science and more.

In Allow Me To Introduce Myself – the debut episode of Intersections – Phil Allen, Jr. shares his background, his passions and how they helped bring his podcast into being. He also speaks to the September 2020 ambush shooting of two Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies, reactions to it, and its impact on the pursuit of racial justice.

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Phil Allen, Jr. is a Los Angeles-based pastor, social justice activist, filmmaker and author. His book Open Wounds explores the murder of Nate Allen—Phil Allen’s grandfather—in the Jim Crow era of South Carolina and how that traumatic event resonated through generations of his family. His book Open Wounds – which is based on the Allen-produced documentary of the same name – will be published in February 2021. Allen is a Ph.D. student studying Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.

Join us next week at the intersection of race, culture and theology for Intersections with Phil Allen, Jr. Phil’s guest will be Dr. Rodney Smith, author of Are We Really Crabs in a Barrel?, in a discussion on the content of Dr. Smith's book, and the history and implications of racism on the African American community.