On Human Remains | Discourse! May 2021 (with video)

It’s a bumper episode of Discourse this month, as four (count them, four!) RSP editors sit down to discuss how the media are talking about religion this month. First, Breann Fallon, David G. Robertson, and Dave McConeghy introduce Andie Alexander as the RSP’s new Managing Editor, before we discuss mass COVID cremations in India, a new synagogue at the site of a Nazi massacre in the Ukraine, protests over a new telescope in Hawaiʻi, and the scandal over the remains of the victims of the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia. It’s not our most lighthearted episode.

Watch the video of the episode:

Relevant Links for the Discussion

• “‘This is huge’: black liberationist speaks out after her 40 years in prison,” The Guardian
• “About MOVE,” On a Move
• Documentary on the MOVE Bombing, Let the Fire Burn
• “City of Philadelphia should thoroughly investigate the MOVE remains’ broken chain of custody | Opinion,” The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Babyn Yar Synagogue
• “Why the world must witness pictures of India’s mass Covid-19 cremations,” Vox
• “Why Native Hawaiians are fighting to protect Maunakea from a telescope,” Vox
• “Why Are Native Hawaiians Protesting Against a Telescope?” New York Times