Matthew is a singer songwriter that has produced a number of CDs including href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew_levine/a_house_divided" target="_blank"A House Divided, href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-a-sacrifice-to-thee" target="_blank"A Sacrifice to Thee, and href="https://9starmedia.com/matthew-levine-acquiescence" target="_blank"Acquiescence. We sample a number of his songs from these CDs in the interview along with some that have not been published yet. Visit Matthew's href="https://matthewlevinemusic.weebly.com/" target="_blank"website for information about him.

Joan has spent most of her adult life in Guatemala and Bolivia . She has written several books, the most recent of which is href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Bahai-Response-to-the-Crisis-of-Our-Time-The-P8816.aspx" target="_blank"The Baha'i Response to the Crisis of our Time: What Each of Us Can Do to Create a Better World. We discuss the book in the interview as well has having Joan read an excerpt.

Roya serves as Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Mass Communications, St. Cloud State University. In addition to research and publication in the field of international mass communication, Dr. Akhavan has maintained a research interest in peace studies. She is a frequent speaker at national and international forums on gender issues, the root causes of war, and spirituality in the 21st century. Her most recent work is a book entitled href="https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Peace-For-Our-Planet-P8829.aspx" target="_blank"Peace for Our Planet: A New Approach. We discuss the book and Roya reads an excerpt during the interview.

Michael is the author of the book href="https://www.michaelvday.com/"Journey To A Mountain (The Story of the Shrine of the Bab). It is an incredible story of the efforts to hide the remains of the martyred messenger of God, the Bab, for over 50 years, so that it could be entombed in a gold-domed shrine in the bosom of Mt. Carmel in Haifa, Israel. The story of the Bab itself is an incredibly parallel one to the life and crusifiction of Jesus.

Kathleen is the author of the book " href="https://www.amazon.com/Persian-Historical-Victorian-England-Persia-ebook/dp/B00JVE7OLO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8amp;qid=1511913287amp;sr=8-1amp;keywords=Kathleen+Babb+The+Persian" target="_blank"The Persian". A novel that takes place during the 19th century about a European professor and his experience in Persia and his fascination with the prophetic missions of the Bab and Baha'u'llah. Kathleen reads an excerpt from her novel in the interview.

Don is the author of the book " href="http://onevoicepress.com/content/ginny" target="_blank"Ginny: How Virginia Rogers went from broke to blessed" which is an interesting biography about a women who was penniless and left having to support two children, became a business success. Don reads an excerpt from the book in the interview.

Bill and his wife Jean have written two books published by Calumet Editions, " href="http://calumeteditions.com/authors/bill-jean-harley/" target="_blank"Now that I am here, What should I be Doing?" and " href="https://www.amazon.com/Transformed-Make-Decisions-That-Change/dp/1939548632" target="_blank"Transformed: How to Make the Decisions That Change Your Life". It is their 2nd book, "Transformed" that describes the concept of compassionate consultation, and how important this idea in this divisive culture we currently live in. We talk about the concept of compassionate consultation in the interview.

David is a singer songwriter with two published albums. His first album is called The Earth and the Eagle, and his second album is called Live at Erica's. We feature selections from both albums in the interview, plus one piece yet to be published. You can find his music at href="https://david-hunt-music.com/music" target="_blank"David-Hunt-Music.com.

Kacie is the author of the book Hot Air which is a young adult novel about Annie who comes from a broken family and decides to leave her home, but hasn't figured out how - until one day at a fair, she sees a hot air balloon, and gets an idea. Her experience teaches her about the people she meets and also about herself. You can find Kacie's book at href="https://onevoicepress.com/content/hot-air" target="_blank"OneVoicePress.com.

Bob is a recognized authority on life story interviewing, personal mythmaking, and soul-making, and is professor emeritus of cross-cultural human development and religious studies at the University of Southern Maine. His latest book is href="http://www.bahaibookstore.com/Story-of-Our-Time-The-P8780.aspx" target="_blank"The Story of Our Time: From Duality to Interconnectedness to Oneness. He is online at href="http://www.RobertAtkinson.net" target="_blank"www.RobertAtkinson.net.