Brenda Asterino guest-hosts Spirit In Action today, sharing a 2014 speech in Seattle, WA, by John Dear, former Jesuit priest, nonviolence activist & teacher, and author of 35-plus books. John Dear's life and choices brought him to leave his Jesuit life as he practices a path that follows his religious belief and his love for humanity. Hear of his experiences with many spiritual souls including the Dalai Lama, MLK Jr, Nelson Mandela, and many others.

Today guest-host Peterson Toscano brings a potpourri of audio from his occasional podcast called Bubble and Squeak. He takes conversations, personal stories, radio comedies, and recordings of random sounds, then mashes them altogether. Our show today comes in six parts.

Chuck Collins, longtime activist with inequality.org, is a devoted worker for the good, and with his latest book, Altar to an Erupting Sun, he has become an amazing novelist.

Guest-host Peterson Toscano shares moving, insightful, and transformational portions of his Quakers Today podcast, dealing with all kinds of issues of interest to all listeners, things like spirituality, inclusion/separation, transgender understandings, manumission & reparations from slavery, abusive religion, and deep, personal, transformation.

A visit with Helen Jaccard, VFP Golden Rule Project Manager, about the work, history, purpose, & travels of the sailboat The Golden Rule, from its origins protesting nuclear testing in the Marshall Island back in 1958, and onward to its resurrection in the early 2010's, to continue education and organizing against nuclear dangers.

Parfaite Ntahuba led a concerted effort in Burundi so that the 2020 national elections might have a much better outcome than the bloody results of the 2015 elections.

Guest-hosts today are from the Climate Changed podcast, Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis, of the BTS Center, accompanied by Peterson Toscano.

Back in 2020 we looked at the history of pandemics & racism via something called the 

Sheng Elizabeth Lor founded The Social X Change Project a few years ago, when she set out to help vulnerable groups reduce loneliness and improve mental health and well-being through creativity and connection workshops. Since then Sheng has increased the scope of her work, including helping folks produce & share media to reach out to the community.

Tackling a few topics today via guest-host Peterson Toscano of Citizen's Climate Radio.