Society & Culture
Father Rod Bower is an Anglican priest, known for the iconic sign out the front of his church on the main street of Gosford. You’ll see it if you drive past, but it also gets heavy traffic online, proclaiming justice for the marginalised and calling out power in short, simple sentences. It’s kind of like the original Twitter.But, there’s a lot more to Rod than the sign. He opened up his personal story to me and we spoke about loss and trying to fit in, and the pathway towards a deep sense of identity and belonging.Also, if you listened to season one of Man;Kind, you may have been missing hearing my friend Hannah on these episodes. So I gave her a call to check in, and get her thoughts on the state of the world as well as some reading recommendations. The back third of this episode is that conversation, so make sure you stick around to hear that.Also, if you're a fella like me who is committed to becoming a better man by listening more widely and deeply to the experiences of women, here is Hannah's recommended reading list referenced in the ep: Annabel Crabb’s ‘The Wife Drought’ & quarterly essay ‘Men At Work’Roxane Gay’s ‘Bad Feminist’Clementine Ford’s ‘Fight Like a Girl’ and ‘Boys Will Be Boys’Lindy West’s ‘Shrill’ & ‘The Witches are Coming’‘She Said’ by Meghan Twohey and Jodi Kantor‘The Hate Race’ by Maxine Beneba ClarkeTim Winton’s ‘The Shepherds Hut’Join the Man;Kind community through our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257962575401298/Man;Kind podcast is presented by the Central Coast Council and developed by Lead by Story.All music by the super talented Josh Corkill.