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Each week, Spirit In Action brings you stories of people living lives of fruitful service, of peace, community, compassion, creative action and progressive efforts. We will trace the spiritual roots t... more
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,265 episodes available.
May 16, 2025Help Someone Out of Their Grave Clothes: Bubble & SqueakToday's guest-host, Peterson Toscano, brings deep riches from his occasional podcast called Bubble and Squeak. There is deep encounter & meaning in this episode, wrestling with stories, overtones of stories, & personal resurrection of Lazarus in the Bible, and recovering from conversion therapy in reality, a recovery of oneself through true unbinding....more55minPlay
May 09, 2025Listening, Sound, and Art: Transforming Climate Anxiety into HopeOur guest-hosts today are Peterson Toscano & Elise Silvestra of Citizen's Climate Radio, bringing together voices exploring how emotional honesty, sound, and art can open pathways from climate despair to collective action....more55minPlay
May 02, 2025Harvard's DEI Refusal & Their Joyful Ex-Prisoner Chaplain: John BachPresident Trump has been wreaking havoc in so many corners of our country, including the disruption caused by his executive order to dismantle all DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) programs throughout the country. Harvard has been the most prominent school to refuse the order, causing joy & celebration among many. Today we're talking with John Bach about Harvard's policies and ethics from his perspective as a Harvard chaplain....more55minPlay
April 25, 2025Earth Service & The Sierra ClubMost of the time it is the top officials in an organization who are interviewed to learn about & understand the group, but today we're exploring The Sierra Club from the ground up. Paul Wagner has been very active with The Sierra Club for over forty years, connecting at the local, Chippewa Valley level, within the state of Wisconsin, and also nationally....more55minPlay
April 18, 2025Preparing for the Draft & Conscientious Objection with Wayne FinegarWayne Finegar is Executive Director of QuakerHouse, a resource located in Fayetteville, SC, which provides counseling and support to service members who are questioning their role in the military; educates them, their families, and the public about military issues, and advocates for a more peaceful world. Check out the GI Rights Hotline and also their Conscientious Objection resources....more55minPlay
April 11, 2025Pacifist Curmudgeon & War Tax RedirectionAcross the country, the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC) links energies of folks like Anne Barron of the Peace Resource Center of San Diego, the Truth & Poverty Tour in San Diego, and War Tax Redirection, and Larry Bassett, the curmudgeon...more55minPlay
April 04, 2025The “Bad Boy” Conscientious Objectors of WW2 in Germfask, MIWe're going back in time to the end of World War II today for SIA, to get to know about one of the 151 Civilian Public Service camps, this one for the “bad boys” of the conscientious objectors. Our guest is Jane Kopecky, and we'll be visiting about her book, World War II Conscientious Objectors - Germfask, Michigan: The Alcatraz Camp....more55minPlay
March 28, 2025Mystics, Misfits, and Mountain Dwellers at the First Church of the Higher ElevationsWe're seeking world healing in a different way today, for Spirit In Action. Our guest is Peter Anderson - author, mystic, misfit, & mountain dweller. His recent books have included First Church of the Higher Elevations: Mountains, Prayer, and Presence, and most recently, Riding the Wheel: Prose-Poems....more55minPlay
March 14, 2025A Real Democracy of, by, & for the People: IndivisibleToday we're catching a glimpse of the organization Indivisible and, specifically, Chippewa Valley Indivisible, the local chapter here in the place I happen to live. There are hundreds, even thousands, of chapters nationwide....more55minPlay
March 07, 2025Truth Among Red & Blue White People: Is It Racism, Is It Sexism?More than 10 years ago I interviewedBetsy Leondar-Wright about her superb book, Missing Class, and today we'll visit with her about the book she researched and wrote with Jessi Streib called Is It Racist?...more55minPlay
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,265 episodes available.