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Josh Brahm

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Josh has worked in the pro-life movement since he was 18. After 12 years of full-time pro-life work he launched Equal Rights Institute to maximize his impact on the movement.

A sought-after speaker, Josh has spoken for more than 29,000 people in six countries and in 25 of the 50 states.

Josh’s primary passion is helping pro-life people to be more persuasive when they communicate with pro-choice people. That means ditching faulty rhetoric and tactics and embracing arguments that hold up under philosophical scrutiny.

He has publicly debated leaders from Planned Parenthood, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), Georgians for Choice, and one of the leading abortion facilities in Atlanta.

Josh also wants to bring relational apologetics to the pro-life movement. “Some pro-choice people will not change their mind after one conversation on a college campus. Some of them will only change their mind after dozens of conversations with a person they trust in the context of friendship.”

Josh is formerly the host of a globally-heard podcast turned radio/TV show, Life Report. He now hosts the Equipped for Life Podcast. He’s also written dozens of articles for LifeNews.com and the ERI blog. He has been interviewed by the Washington Post, NPR, and Focus on the Family.
He directed the first 40 Days for Life campaign in Fresno, resulting in up to 60 lives saved.

Josh has been happily married to his wife, Hannah, for 19 years. They have three sons, Noah, William, and Eli. They live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
David Bereit, the National Director of 40 Days for Life, sums up Josh’s expertise this way: “Josh Brahm is one of the brightest, most articulate, and innovative people in the pro-life movement. His cutting-edge work is helping people think more clearly, communicate more effectively, and — most importantly — be better ambassadors for Christ. I wholeheartedly endorse Josh’s work, and I encourage you to join me in following Josh and getting involved in his work today!”

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Sidewalk Counseling Tips – Part 1

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I interview Jacob on the topic of sidewalk counseling.

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In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear Jacob share some of his thoughts on how much training people should have before they start sidewalk counseling as well as an outstanding tip for building rapport and buying the baby critical time.

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail – Is the #ShoutYourAbortion Campaign an Effective Strategy for Abortion Advocates?

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I respond to a question from a listener about how to evaluate the #ShoutYourAbortion campaign and others like it.

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In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear some of Tim’s and my thoughts on the effectiveness of #ShoutYourAbortion.

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Listener Mail – Arguments with Question Marks

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim and I respond to questions from listeners about the difference between a debate and a dialogue, how to think about arguments with question marks, and how to deal with people that are equivocating.

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In this clip from the full episode, you’ll hear part of our response regarding arguments with question marks.

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We noticed today that the comments section under some of our posts that have lots of comments is not loading correctly. We’re pretty sure this is because this blog’s domain changed a while ago, and so we have a migration process we need to do to get the Disqus settings correct. We’re working on this now, but it might take a day or two before everything is settled. I’ll post an update when we have one.

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COURSE PODCAST CLIP: Post-Election – Our Reaction

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Every other Wednesday we publish a new episode of the Equipped for Life Podcast, available to everyone who purchases our course, “Equipped for Life: A Fresh Approach to Conversations about Abortion.” Generally, these podcast episodes won’t be available to the general public, but we plan on releasing short clips from the episodes every Thursday, to give you a sense of what these podcasts are like.

In this episode of the Equipped for Life Course Podcast, Tim, Rachel, and I react to Donald Trump winning the presidential election.

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In these clips from the full episode, you’ll hear Rachel’s hilarious Trump impression and a few minutes of our discussion about the ramifications of the election.

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