No True Irishman .

Part 2 of 2

The second part of our interview with Jesse Clarke about growing up Irish Catholic during the tumultuous 1960s. For episodes of their podcast memoir, visit https://radioreimagine.com/show/life-in-stories.

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No True Irishman, Part 2
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Timestamps
  • 1:04 – Dropping out of school and couchsurfing
  • 7:26 – Getting help from a Catholic priest
  • 15:35 – Covering the transsexual confession
  • 18:00 – Liberation theology
  • 20:56 – South African divestment campaign
  • 23:27 – To California
  • 25:38 – Reply to skeptics about Clarke’s visions and gender
  • 29:37 – Divisions within the “trans”: where is gender located?
  • 32:00 – Reasons for leaving Catholicism
  • 34:00 – Violence and Catholicism
  • 36:36 – Resurgence of conservative factions within the Church
  • 41:04 – Clarke’s religious present