Liam Myers and Jim Robinson

Under the Ginkgo Tree

Religion EN ↓ 5 episodes

Under the Ginkgo Tree is a project of the Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit. Rooted at Iona University, our aim is to cultivate conversations with eco-justice minded scholars and faith-based activists who are engaged in embodying integral ecology. In each episode, co-hosts Jim Robinson and Liam Myers facilitate reflection on our place in the wider web of life through conversations with guest speakers, embodied spiritual practices, and by identifying a particular plant on campus. Join us, Under the Ginkgo Tree!

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Liam Myers and Jim Robinson

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Painting with the Spirit and Traveling for God, with Dimitri Kadiev 29.09.2025 1:16:20

For this episode we welcome our dear friend, Dimitri Kadiev, to join us under the ginkgo. Dimitri sat with Liam at Maryhouse Catholic Worker in the East Village for an extended conversation. This was at the end of a great week spent with Liam and Jim, as well as over 100 students at Iona University, where he led a community mural project. Dimitri speaks of pilgrimage, epiphanies, and the artistic...

Learning the Rhythms of the Land and Growing Food to Give It Away, with Edgar Hayes and Ann Rader 03.07.2025 43:42

Edgar Hayes and Ann Rader join us to speak about Freedom Farm, the community that they co-founded in 2006. Freedom Farm is “a faith-based organization based in Mount Hope, New York, that grows food to share with people who don’t have access to or can’t afford fresh produce.” They identify as a “gathering place for learning, healing, and reconnecting to this sacred earth, each other, and God.” Thro...

Loving the Least of These While Working for Justice with Martha Hennessy and Dr. Cornel West 25.05.2025 51:04

Welcome back to Under the Ginkgo Tree. Today we revisit a panel conversation moderated by Liam at Maryhouse Catholic Worker with Martha Hennessy and Dr. Cornel West on May 1st, 2022. This conversation was a celebration of Mayday, which is known as the "birthday" of the CW movement. On this day in 1933, Dorothy and her friends went to Union Square to hand out the first edition of the newspaper. In...

Tracing the Black Mystical Tradition from Tubman to Thurman, with Jordan Jones 02.04.2025 45:04

Join us for another conversation, Under the Ginkgo Tree, this time with Jordan Jones. Jordan is a minister, theologian, and community organizer. After he completes his Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary this spring, he will continue his faith based organizing and his ministry at Metro Hope Church, a congregation in East Harlem. In this episode, Jordan shares the wisdom of both Har...

Telling the Story of the Universe, with Sam King. 19.02.2025 44:21

On our first episode of Under the Ginkgo Tree, we are joined by Sam King. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, Sam serves as Director of Sustainability for the U.S. Marist school network and as Project Manager for the Journey of the Universe film and multimedia project. In his work, Sam engages with both the scientific story of the universe as well as the eco-spiritual wisdom of a range of religiou...