HeyJaredMy Second Cup of Coffee
A podcast to create Common Memory, Walk in Beauty and help people make sense of the USA's social, political and religious chaos, one cup of coffee at a time.Mark Charles is a dual citizen of the United States and the Navajo Nation.
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Remembering 9/11, Decentering Trump (with a prayer) and Decolonizing Health with NEAT (opens the original)
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. In this weeks episode of My Second Cup of Coffee, I begin with a short reflection on the complex history of 09/11 and then de-center the chaotic rhetoric of President Trump (with a prayer) so we can focus our conversation on walking in beauty. I share the foundation of my journey to Decolonize Health, exploring how small, daily movements (NEAT) transformed my physical health without diets or gyms memberships. We then wrap up with the Navajo word for cell phone (first taug
No Agenda. Just coffee and some conversation. (opens the original)
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. After nearly 3 weeks since my last Second Cup of Coffee I decided to air this episode with no agenda, just a cup of coffee and some conversation. I invite you to join me. LINKS: Politico: Trump-aligned board votes to put his name on the Kennedy Center — again https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/trump-kennedy-center-naming-01036403 Washington Post: Kennedy Center board votes to inscribe Trump’s name on building https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/08/13/kennedy-c
Update on my journey to Decolonize Faith (and why it's important) (opens the original)
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss how my ongoing efforts to write and publish my next book, "Decolonizing Faith", is radically shifting (nearly breaking) my paradigm on the Church. I invite you to join me. LINKS: Church & State 250: Doctrine of Discovery and America Before 1776 (July 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Jj14Dir_Y My Second Cup of Coffee: Decolonizing Faith - A gentile to the Jews and a savage to the American Church (May 2021) https://www.you
Creating Common Memory (as an Act of Resistance) (opens the original)
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Yá'át'ééh my relatives. Today over My Second Cup of Coffee I discuss the importance of Creating Common Memory, in light of efforts by the Trump White House to whitewash US history as it seeks to Save America's Story. I invite you grab a cup of your favorite morning beverage and join me. LINKS: White House: Saving America's Story https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/saving-americas-story/ Native News Online: White House Report Targets Smithsonian’s Treatment of Native History, Criticizes ‘
Are the Founding Documents of the USA Aspirational? (opens the original)
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Are the Founding Documents of the USA Aspirational? Yá'át'ééh my relatives. As our nation is celebrating the Fourth of July and it's Semi-Quincentennial, and I would like to have a discussion about our Founding documents and whether or not they are aspirational? I invite you to join me.LINKS: Blog: The Dilemma of the Fourth of July https://wirelesshogan.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-dilemma-of-fourth-of-july_11.html What if we struck racism and sexism from the Constitution of the United States, actua
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