Spirit in Action

Today's guest-host, Peterson Toscano, is bringing us an incredible creative gift to us today, and it's clear to me that he's not just showing off his writing gifts, which are considerable, but he's hoping to inspire you to develop and use similar gifts, hopefully for the kind of world-growing, world-healing, purposes that are at the core of Peterson's work. So, on one level, you'll hear some of th...

The religious soup we grow up in affects all of us. Sometimes the influences are helpful and favorable, but especially for those off the mainstream, they can be very painful and alienating. Even passages from holy books, initially innocent or positive, can by so badly misconstrued as to become life-threatening.  K.

A visit with Ahmed Quereshi , the executive director of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee , a wide variety of 22 judicatories, large and small, working to build “ a strong, peaceful, and sustainable community where all are treated with justice, mutual respect, and dignity ”.

Our guest-host today is Jan Spencer , and in this episode of A Primer For Paradigm Shift , Jan Spencer describes several examples of "push back" to the System.

Today we'll introduce you to Betsy Small , and we'll take you on Betsy's moving saga in Sierra Leone, exploring the tribulations and elations of her Peace Corps experience in the West African country, as told in her book, Before Before: A Story of Discovery and Loss in Sierra Leone .

Peterson Toscano helps create a variety of podcasts, among them Climate Changed , Bubble & Squeak , Quakers Today , The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope , Stories That Stay , and many others.

Today we're going on an adventure with Kazu Haga , a high school dropout whose path turned radically into a passionate study & sharing of nonviolence. Having learned from/with & befriended some of the greatest activist and nonviolence workers & trainers of the past 70 years, Kazu found & refined his life's mission in many phases.

The 2026 Earth Day in Eau Claire, WI, featured an Earth Fest with a wealth of tables, displays, demos, and more, among them the table for Kaiserson Bee Company . Their varieties of honey infusions, like chili, hibiscus, Tulsi, vanilla, coffee, and lavender were certainly intriguing, but the whole story and method of their production was even more interesting.

We've got some powerful witness to be shared today, brought together by Nonviolence International , doing powerful, insightful, work leveraging the world toward peace & wholeness. They brought together the webinar that will be over half of today's show, with 3 well-placed activists focused on the topic Solidarity in Action: Resisting Occupation in Palestine & Minnesota .

Peterson Toscano is back this week for his monthly guest-hosting, and this one feels so rich, so deep, so wonderful to me. He's really pulled together some amazing glimpses into the soul of Ireland.

Through the suggestion of one of our Northern Spirit Radio board members, Janine Thull, I decided to attend a presentation last week here in Eau Claire by the Blue Zones Project crew, and my eyes were opened. I''ll let their Vice President, Business Development, Margaret Brown , spell it out, but what I think I learned about was a thoughtful and brilliant mechanism to help us live longer and...

The 4 th installment of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, today's songs are harvested from Minnesota, Washington State, the Bay Area of California, and, again, Minnesota, so these songs will be witnessed and sung from both the inside and outside. You'll hear heartbreak & admiration, determination & inspiration, and love & power.

Thom Hartman  just released his latest book,  The Hidden History of American Democracy: Rediscovering Humanity's Ancient Way of Living , and it's full of the kind of historical scrutiny and keen analysis to expose and clarify the facts behind our much-vaun

In this special Spirit in Action episode, guest-host Nicole Diroff welcomes a new Climate Changed host, Autumn Brown , and the focus is on learning to create stories leading us into a better future, nurturing our wholeness as we find our path forward.

Chuck Collins , longtime activist with  inequality.org , is a devoted worker for the good, and with his latest book,  Altar to an Erupting Sun , he has become an amazing novelist.

We have an amazingly creative, thoughtful, and passionate guest with us today. Jamie Logan produces media to move our consciousness toward veganism and animal liberation.

In the third installment of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, the songs are harvested from Minnesota, Nashville, Bethlehem, PA, and the Southern coast of England. All four musicians and songs you'll be hearing are energy & affirmation for the valiant community of the Twin Cities of Minnesota, and a spotlight on the vile government force the community has stood up against. Bil...

Our guest-host today is Jan Spencer , bringing with him insights and guidance about sustainability and what he calls A Primer for Paradigm Shift . Jan has been at this for some decades, observing others moving toward sustainability, learning various systems, ideas, and techniques to support the transition, and experimenting with it on his own suburban property in Eugene, Oregon.

Peterson Toscano is guest-host today, and he's leading across a vast tapestry of people & subjects, starting with issues surrounding Period Poverty & Menstrual Cups.

Today we're sharing part 2 of songs inspired by the Minnesota Uprising, and today's songs were birthed in West Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina, highlighting the heart & spirit threads that knit the diverse regions of our country together with a shared passion and activism. Chris Haddox is a musician, but also an Associate Professor of Sustainable Design at West Virginia University.

Today we're looking at the Minnesota Uprising through the alchemy of music. Watching the events taking place in Minnesota, just next door to Wisconsin, has been both horrifying and inspirational. Watching the deaths of folks like Renee Nicole Good, Alex Pretti, and others has been frightening, but seeing how tens of thousands of common folks pulling together for their neighbors has been beautiful...

We're fortunate to have Peterson Toscano back today as guest-host for Spirit In Action, is bringing us segments from his Bubble & Squeak podcast. This episode is about sex, gender, and Jesus - and what happens when our bodies get wrapped in shame, pleasure, politics, and power. It comes in 4 parts including a visit with Rev. Dr. Tina Beardsley , a priest, theologian, and trans woman who’s been...

Parfaite Ntahuba  led a concerted effort in Burundi so that the 2020 national elections might have a much better outcome than the bloody results of the 2015 elections.

John Wilmerding 's life as a traveling minstrel was cut short by a drunk driver, but it lead him into a vocation in peace, starting from his work with restorative justice.

After a couple years hiatus, we welcome back Patricia Stansbury (AKA Sunny Gardener) as guest-host for today's Spirit In Action, sharing programming from her What Wakes Me Up shows on WRIR - Richmond Independent Radio . She speaks with 2 different military veterans, one who served in Vietnam, one who served in the Middle East, about their experiences, some while in the military, and some from afte...