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A version of this story\nfirst appeared in <\/em>Disciples News Service<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Holland (l) and Silvers returned to campus last year to record a podcast on Women in Political Leadership. (Photo: Pantsuit Politics)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When 2003 Transylvania graduates Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers started a political podcast in November 2015, they planned to discuss specific policies from their opposing perspectives, providing the nuanced conversations they didn\u2019t hear anywhere else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, Pantsuit Politics<\/a>, hosted by \u201cSarah from the Left\u201d and \u201cBeth from the Right,\u201d is more often a discussion of deeper values than of specific policy positions. This project has grown since its inception, now with over three million downloads, and inspiring a second podcast, The Nuanced Life<\/a>, which tackles other topics like families, careers and relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holland’s and Silvers\u2019 professional focus on values, in many ways, developed from their personal faith journeys. Both grew up in religious families, but left church life after college. Holland joined her husband at an Episcopal church after they had their first son, wanting a community in which to raise their family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For\nSilvers, a business major at Transylvania, the 2016 U.S. presidential election\ninspired her to find a new church family. \u201cI needed something stable in my\nlife, because the world felt so unstable,\u201d Silvers remembers. \u201cI wanted to find\nways to reconnect with new institutions and find female leaders to serve as\ngood role models for my young daughters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found everything she was looking for at Florence Christian Church<\/a>. \u201cI have found something in the Disciples of Christ that\u2019s very different from what I grew up in,\u201d Silvers says. \u201cThere is a focus on discernment that I didn\u2019t know I needed in my faith, but it has been wonderful for my family, and even how I analyze issues on the podcast. I don\u2019t think I would have as grounded political analysis without it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since joining new churches, these Kentucky co-hosts have noticed their faith and politics intersect. \u201cIt\u2019s always presented as \u2018spirituality can help you survive politics,\u2019\u201d explains Holland. The basic premise of their podcast and forthcoming book<\/a> argues, \u201cyes, but politics can help you grow as spiritual person. Being involved in politics, talking with people who disagree with you\u2014those conversations can push you along on your spiritual journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ngoal of their work together is not to convince audience members to agree with\neither of their perspectives, but to encourage listeners to start similar\nconversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holland, a political science major at Transylvania, suggests the best way to start a nuanced political discussion \u201cis just to start. You have to give yourself grace\u2014it\u2019s not always going to feel great because it\u2019s hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silvers recommends beginning difficult conversations with \u201cthe purpose of strengthening your relationship, getting to know yourself and each other better\u2026Take a step back from the issue or law and focus on your values,\u201d she says. \u201cIf our faith communities can\u2019t be leaders in that, then we\u2019re in trouble. If we can cultivate a sense of grace around tough issues, then we can proceed to make the changes we need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emily Martin is a 2015 graduate of Transylvania and communication and Disciples Mission Fund coordinator for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination.\u00a0Transylvania is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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