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Alan Cohen—president and CEO of Child Poverty Action Lab—has a goal to cut child poverty in Dallas by 50% in twenty years. Hear the plan, the data and the steps you can take to help.

Michael Horne is the President and CEO of the Parkland Foundation at Parkland Hospital, a public hospital specializing in the belief that no one should be left out of care.

Craig Antico, once the guy collecting your medical debt, is now the one erasing it. Hear his story, along with an exciting announcement from our parent organization, Faith Commons!

Prolific author, co-pastor and equality activist, Jen Hatmaker bonds with George Mason over their paralleled experience becoming LGBTQ affirming at their churches.

Robert P. Jones is the author of two important books about race, The End Of White Christian America and White Too Long. He and George talk about segregation in the south, and how the civil rights movement was the unspoken influence of fundamental Christian ideologies.

What makes Imam Omar Suleiman and Reverend George Mason such good friends? The two reflect on their roles as faith leaders amidst the police brutality of the last decade and the effect it has had on their interfaith friendships. Whether it’s offering a shoulder for each others’ sorrow when their global communities are attacked, or working as co-conspirators for justice, Omar and George are an exam...

Michael Sorrell on everything from the issues in the higher education model, the tragic racial disparities revealed by COVID-19, and that campus football field he turned into a farm.

Greg Garrett and George Mason analyze the Spike Lee joint Blackkklansman, and discuss the role films play in the history of race in this country.

Tim Wise, a white, Jewish anti-racism author and activist, has advice on how to find your power to fight racism, both individually and as a church.

Former mayor of Dallas, a US trade representative under Barack Obama, a former Texas secretary of state and a lawyer whose professional life is motivated by one central factor: justice.

Gary Simpson is the 30-year pastor of Concord Baptist Church, a historic Black church in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. George and Gary -- two renowned practitioners of preaching -- talk about their craft and the future generation of preachers that they are bringing up. If you ever listen to sermons and wonder what it's like to prepare for that week after week, you'll be interest...

Gerald Britt was at the front lines with civil rights leaders like Peter Johnson, Zan Holmes, Martin Luther King III and many others, fighting for equality and opportunity for the black community. He and George have been friends for years, and they discuss the evolution of their relationship, and how to be pastors who speak up about social justice, even if it means making people uncomfortable.

Richie Butler and George talk about the economic and racial divides in Dallas. They also discuss the Botham Jean murder indictment and the implications of that tragedy on Dallas and our wider culture.

Dr. Brian Williams was a surgeon on call at Parkland Hospital on July 7, 2016 and operated on the victims of the Dallas police shooting that launched the Back the Blue campaign. Hear how that night and its trauma, combined with the tragedies of the previous two days--the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile--positioned him to be a spokesperson and activist for racial justice.

Michael W. Waters is a pastor, author and activist leader in the Black community. He speaks with George about the need for confederate monuments to come down, his work on the Poor People’s Campaign, and the racial and economic injustices in Dallas.

Rev. Starsky D. Wilson is a pastor, a foundation president for child wellbeing, and activist. In the wake of Michael Brown's death by police brutality, he was charged with leading the Ferguson Commission, and they helped elect black leadership, advocate a political agenda that was created by the people, and change laws. His vision is to create a place where people's life expectancy is not determin...

President and CEO of Big Thought, Byron Sanders, speaks on the racial inequity in Dallas and the ways in which we can help create a better Dallas for the next generation. Conversations like this are so important in fostering an awareness among white people of what life is like in Dallas for people of color. Byron shares a recent personal experience of having the police called on him for legally ca...

Prolific author, co-pastor and equality activist, Jen Hatmaker, bonds with George Mason over moments in their ministry when they risked their security for the sake of their integrity.

Michael Sorrell is back to talk with George about everything from the continued need for HBCU's, the tragic racial disparities revealed by COVID-19, and that campus football field he turned in to a farm.

Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College, thinks the higher education model needs a reboot, and now may be the time to do it.

Danielle Shroyer describes how she felt "called out" by God to discover her new role as a spiritual director; and she gives listeners a crash course in two soul-nurturing practices you can try at home.

Danielle Shroyer is an author, minister and advocate, who has made a life reimagining what church can look like. She does so for people, like herself, who struggle to connect with church as they know it, but have a lot of love for God.

Jody Dean talks to George more about how his faith connects with his life's work in television and radio, including the reasons behind his new "good news" program: More Life, on Saturdays at 11am on CBS11.

Dallas radio personality Jody Dean talks about his life as an adopted child, the faith he saw in his mother, and how those things have shaped his own life of faith for the better. You'll definitely connect with his stories and insights.

Bob Satawake recently wrote a book called "Breaking Protocol," about his experience as the spouse of an American diplomat where a male spouse, and certainly a gay male spouse, was an unwelcome surprise.