Spirit in Action

Peterson Toscano  of  Citizen's Climate Radio  guest-hosts today, and he shares visits with  Chantal Bilodeau  of  Climate Change Theatre Action

The KKK experienced a "rebirth" in the early 1900's, growing virulently across the country, differently manifesting depending on the area.  Dr.

18 months ago we had the privilege of interviewing  Chief Richard Quiet Thunder Gilbert , a deep visit about his place in creation, and that of his tribe, the  Lenni Lenape  people, and about their lessons of right relationship with the Earth.

Guest-host Patricia Stansbury (AKA Sunny Gardener) shares interviews with 2 different guests. First up is Duron Chavis and building  Resiliency Gardens  is Duron’s life work. Learn local food systems & how they intertwine with justice, prudence and hard work. Part 2 is a visit with  Joseph Rogers .

In  These Walls Between Us – A Memoir of Friendship Across Race and Class  Wendy Sanford helps us all travel with her a path away from white supremacy, white privilege, and micro-aggressions, to true interracial friendship, by witnessing Wendy's journey of growth & self-examination.

Andy Douglas  is author of  Redemption Songs – A Year In The Life of a Prison Community Choir , a piercing look inside US prisons, and he is also author of a memoir  The Curve of the World: Into the Spiritual Heart of Yoga , about his 7 years in Asia as a devotee and monk with  Ananda Marga .  Redemption Songs  is a powe

Dwight L. Wilson  returns today for Spirit In Action - we had him with us about 2 years ago discussing, among many things, his book series  Esi Was My Mother , a fictional account of the real situations of his enslaved ancestors.

Thom Hartmann , #1 progressive talk show host in the USA, is back today for SIA, discussing his newest book,  The Hidden History of American Healthcare: Why Sickness Bankrupts You and Makes Others Insanely Rich .

Carl Fields emerged from 16 years in prison with a passion & a gift for healing. In addition to his work a program manager with the  Hospitality Center at St.

3 guests, 2 writers of fiction touching on the  Indian Boarding Schools ,  William Kent Krueger , author of  This Tender Land , and  Patricia Reynolds , author of the  Keeper of the Souls series , and they are joined by a guest from Alberta, CA, 

Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio guest-hosts today, visiting with Jacques Kenjio from Cameroon, Mary Kathryn Nagle of the Cherokee Nation and partner in a small law firm where she works to protect tribal sovereignty and to protect their women and children from domestic violence and sexual assault. She is also a playwright, putting these issues on stage. Also featured is G...

Patricia Stansbury  returns to guest-host Spirit in Action for the third time, with this episode adapted from her program, Groundswell, originally recorded for WRIR, Richmond Independent Radio. In late June, Patricia visited John Boyd and Kara Brewer Boyd on their farm, Let's Get Growing, in Boydton, Virginia. In this episode, she talks with Kara about the discrimination faced by Black farmer...

This week’s Spirit in Action has been adapted from a recording of a webinar on July 7 hosted by the Canadian  No New Fighter Jets Coalition , who are working to stop the Canadian government from purchasing 88 new fighter jets.

Our guest is  David Hartsough , author of  Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist , a wonderful book combining the stories and inspiration for a better world that David has lived out and been witness to.

In the past 5 years, Fiacre Mutabazi has created an amazing variety of organizations and efforts to make both Rwanda and the world a better place. The first was the  MyStoryRwanda YouTube Channel , and then there was what was first called the Rwanda Artist Network, now called  Kunda Arts Collective .

The topic is individual spiritual discernment, and our guests are Jerry Knutson, author of a  Pendle Hill Pamphlet  on the subject, and Kat Griffith, who is working with Jerry on translating it into Spanish for a Latin American audience, with the prospect of jointly leading workshops on the topic.

Guest-host  Patricia Stansbury  visits with folks connected with the  Veterans Resiliency Holistic Clinic , which provides a multidisciplinary approach to trauma, treating the person, not the disease.

Guest-host  Peterson Toscano  brings highlights from his  Bubble&Squeak podcast , including visits with queer writer/film producer  Kristin Peterson Kaszubowski  about 

When a Jewish Trans Educator ( Liam Hooper ) and a Cantankerous Hermit-ish Mendicant Farmer ( Don Durham ) come together for a  Bible Bash , you'll find radically different lessons from anything taught before.

Michael Beer , director of  Nonviolence International  since 1998, has just released his book, 

Peterson Toscano  of  Citizen's Climate Radio  guest-hosts today, featuring visits with  Dr.

Listen to much of  Nonviolence: An Interfaith Conversation , co-sponsored by the  Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice, and Public Understanding at St.

Rabbi Katy Allen co-founded  Jewish Climate Action Network (JCAN)  in 2013 as an urgent and visionary Jewish voice on the crisis of climate change.

Many  Spirit In Action  listeners eat consciously, maybe natural foods, local foods, or organic foods. Maybe you grow a portion of your own foods, or buy from CSAs and local farms, but if you can't verify the quality of your food first-hand, you may depend on the official federal Organic certification for that assurance.

In  Powerarchy: Understanding the Psychology of Oppression for Social Transformation , psychologist Melanie Joy helps us find a way to  rethink power, rewrite our future  by understanding the structure, workings, & consequences of powerarchy. Melanie is also author of  Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows , and currently lives in Berlin, Germany, doing her work of buil...