On the radio show this week we talk about hope in the holidays — and how to find more hope and joy in this often stressful season; we cover transformative justice and electronic language dissonance talk about pulling the fire alarm on the childcare crisis in America; and discuss how wins are happening in a BIG way in states across the nation.

*Special guests include: Rachel Thomas, LeanIn, @LeanInOrg; Andy Izenson, attorney with Diana Adams Law & Mediation; Lynette Fraga, Childcare Aware of America, @childcareaware; and Karyn Bruggeman, State Innovation Exchange (SiX), @stateinnovation

FRANCES MOORE LAPPE, (Diet For A Small Planet; Eco-Mind) whose work for decades has consistently updated the best the 60's had to offer and ADAM EICHEN, who only graduated from college in 2015, met on a pro-democracy march and have co-authored a book that brings their generations together and offers stories of how democracy got broken and of Americans working successfully to restore it.

Nurse Talk 12-16-2017 by Progressive Voices

Democracy dodged a bullet this week in Alabama. But that’s not likely to slow down political religious right efforts to dominate our nation. We’ll look at what a real values vote would look like with theologian Gina Messina, author of the book Jesus in the White House.

Also, an important new report from the non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute. PRRI CEO Robert P. Jones will be with us to look at the highlights of One Nation, Divided, Under Trump: Findings from the 2017 American Values Survey.

And the untold story of interreligious cooperation in a time of global crisis… in the 13th Century! You’ll meet Michael Wolfe, executive producer of The Sultan and the Saint.

Off-kilter 12-16-2017 by Progressive Voices

Richard Fowler Hour One 12-16-2017 by Progressive Voices

Richard Fowler Hour Two 12-16-2017 by Progressive Voices

Randi Rhodes PV Promo 12 - 15 - 17 by Progressive Voices

The BradCast 12-15-2017 by Progressive Voices

Nicole Sandler What's News 12 - 15 - 2017 by Progressive Voices