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In part one of our conversation, advocate-educator-artist Noor Abbady speaks with us about her self-taught woodworking skills, how her Islamic faith roots her, and how her experience as an immigrant led her toward equity work.

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Part two of our conversation with pastor-author-poet Adam Mixon about the sacred and the profane, our shared complicity, and betting on yourself. Plus, he reads us a couple of his poems.

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Part one of our conversation with pastor-author-poet Adam Mixon about finding your voice, getting past the caricatures, and living an undivided life.

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Anticipating the upcoming ABC series "Women of the Movement", we are revisiting our 2019 conversation with actor Sekou Laidlow.

In our last Wild Goose Festival episode this year, songwriter/artist Jacob Roland speaks about his songs, his work at Mission Gathering Issaquah, and what it means to create deconstructed worship music; plus some of his live performance on the Cafe Stage! And a bonus: Flamy Grant performing on the Festival's Main Stage!

Musician/writer/producer Erin McKeown spoke with us at Wild Goose Festival about the polished gems of the singer-songwriter, her musical Miss You Like Hell, and her chance encounter with Sting. Plus, some of her live performance at the Festival!

Musical duo The World in Lights is Dani Rocca and Joel Herbert. We caught them backstage at Wild Goose Festival, where we talked about their musical smorgasbord, how their influences shape their music, and we get a chance to hear some of their live performance at the Festival!

In a conversation recorded backstage at Wild Goose Festival, folk-rocker Debra Lynn Rodriguez spoke about what she loves about being a multi-instrumentalist, learning to speak her truth, and how important it is to break through our polarization whenever possible. Plus, we share a couple of her songs from the Wild Goose cafe stage!

In a conversation recorded backstage at Wild Goose Festival, musical duo HuDost (Moksha Sommer and Jemal Wade Hines) talk about musical collaboration, lyrics that deepen beyond their intended meaning, and moving beyond compartmentalization. Plus, we share a couple of their songs from the Wild Goose main stage!

A double-header episode from Wild Goose Festival featuring conversations with the Revs. Ron Bonner and Jennifer Butler. Ron Bonner is Associate Pastor for Community Engagement at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. He speaks with us about the criminality of racism, and how understanding racism as "sin" has allowed white Christians to avoid confronting it. Jennifer Butler is CEO of Faith in Public Life and the author of Who Stole My Bible? She speaks with us about reclaiming scripture as a handbook for resisting tyranny.