I've got a new podcast called Digital Poets: Learning to decode the 21st Century.

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Leo "Bud" Welch began his recording career at age 81. A Mississippi native who spent 30 years as a lumberjack, he embodies the sound of the working class bluesman, a craft he's gracefully been maturing since the young age of 15 when he first picked up a guitar. We talk about perseverance, hard work, and the way songs move.

Mike Foster is the founder and Chief Chance Officer of People of the Second Chance, a nonprofit organization championing not-so-perfect people. We talk about shame, the Muppets, and what to do with a purpose that won't let go of you.

Shauna Niequist is the author of The New York Times Bestseller, Present Over Perfect, as well as Bread & Wine, Bittersweet, and Cold Tangerines. We talk about the struggle to stay present in a culture that demands perfection.

CJ sits down with storyteller, curator, and illusionist, Harris III, to discuss how stories restore order, why imagination can cause worry, and Harris' latest endeavor, Story Gathering, a place where the senses and soul collide.

Krista Tippett is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author. In 2014, she received the National Humanities Medal at the White House. She is the host & executive producer of "On Being," a social enterprise with a radio show at its heart. We talk about why following your dream may not be the most important thing, why movements are local & particular, and why her latest book, "Becoming Wise" is striking a chord with a generation.

Rob Bell is a bestselling author, international teacher, and highly sought after public speaker. His books include The New York Times bestseller Love Wins, along with What We Talk About When We Talk About God, The Zimzum of Love, Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Jesus Wants to Save Christians, Drops Like Stars. At age 28 he founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Michigan, and under his leadership it was one of the fastest-growing churches in America. In 2011 he was profiled in Time Magazine as one of their 100 most influential people. We talk about his latest book, How To Be Here, honing your craft, combatting cynicism, and why movements need artists to grow.

Photographer and activist, Jeremy Cowart, joins us on the season premier of the Sounds Like A Movement Podcast. Jeremy has been called by The Huffington Post, the most influential photographer on the internet. He's taken portraits of many familiar names such as Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Tim Tebow, and The Kardashians. Jeremy is also the founder of Help-Portrait, a worldwide movement of photographers using their time, equipment, and expertise to give back to those less fortunate. His latest project is a hotel chain he's building simply called "The Purpose Hotel." We talk about growing a movement that lives beyond you and why the weirdest ideas are often the most rewarding.

On the season finale, CJ goes behind the scenes of Thistle Farms, an uncommon movement led by women who are survivors of addiction, trafficking, and extreme poverty. Among the women of Thistle Farms, CJ interviews the program's founder: author, social entrepreneur, and Episcopal minister, Becca Stevens. They talk about the difference between a campaign and a movement, the myth of balance, and the {evident} healing power of love.

The song, "Flying Down the Freeway" by Genx Beats is part of our soundtrack and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). Other music appears courtesy of Tony Anderson.

Sr. Simone Campbell is a catholic nun who was named a "bad influence" by the vatican for working too much with the poor. She is a lawyer, author, poet, and founder of the Nuns on the Bus movement which lobbies for the rights of the oppressed marginalized all over the country. She's been a guest on the Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and spoke at the Democratic Convention in 2012. We talk about transforming our community, how movements are like snowballs, and the difference between story and schtick.