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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 1,263 episodes available.
July 10, 2020Unscrewing America - Mike McCabeMike McCabe is a political reform activist. Farm-raised, Peace Corps-deepened, journalist-honed, Mike worked 15 years with the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. He ran in the 2018 Democratic primary for Wisconsin Governor, and shares the motivations, experiences, & lessons of that run in his new book, Unscrewing America: Hopes from the Heartland ....more55minPlay
July 04, 2020Lessons We Should Have Learned: Joe McCarthyConsummate journalist & author,Larry Tye shares about his new book, DEMAGOGUE: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy, full of lessons completely applicable to today, especially considering that the McCarthy playbook was passed directly to his assistant, Roy Cohn, and from Roy to Donald Trump. Larry Tye makes history accessible & enthralling, and serves it up for the betterment of the world. Larry worked at the Boston Globe and a number of other newpapers before writing, up to this moment, 8 books, and founding the Boston-based Health Coverage Fellowship...more0minPlay
June 27, 2020Healing from Prison & Racism: Carl FieldsCarl Fields emerged from 16 years in prison with a passion & a gift for healing. In addition to his work a program manager with the Hospitality Center at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, he has been on the board of EXPO Wisconsin, heads ROC (Restoring Our Communities) with Racine Interfaith Coalition, and was just appointed to the new Mayoral Task Force on Police Reform for Racine, WI....more0minPlay
June 20, 2020A Voice for the Deaf & the Kendal SparrowBarbara Luetke recently retired after 10 years as the Outreach & Literacy Coordinator at the Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and decades more in the field. She's written a number of textbooks in that field. Her latest book is an historical novel, The Kendal Sparrow about Elizabeth Fletcher, an early Quaker teacher & activist in an century that did not empower 15-year old females to speak in public, especially as equal with male preachers. Book review in Friends Journal...more0minPlay
June 19, 2020A Voice for the Deaf & the Kendal SparrowBarbara Luetke recently retired after 10 years as the Outreach & Literacy Coordinator at the Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children and decades more in the field. She's written a number of textbooks in that field....more55minPlay
June 13, 2020Healing Black & Brown GirlsIn Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls, Monique W. Morris orchestrates a vision of ways forward for the healing of the black & brown girls in the USA. Drawing on the science & the art of human change, Monique identifies the obstructions, & spot-lights the ways over, around, & through them. Featured Music: I'm a Woman - performed by Koko Taylor God Bless the Child - performed by Billie Holiday Nobody Knows My Name - performed by Queen Latifa Collard Greens & Cornbread - performed by FantasiaOriginal Air Date: 12/07/2019...more0minPlay
June 12, 2020Healing Black & Brown GirlsIn Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls, Monique W. Morris orchestrates a vision of ways forward for the healing of the black & brown girls in the USA. Drawing on the science & the art of human change, Monique identifies the obstructions, & spot-lights the ways over, around, & through them....more55minPlay
June 06, 2020Raising White Kids Beyond Color-BlindRacial Color-Blindness & Diversity Training can't get us to MLK's Dream, but maybe Race-Conscious Parenting can. Jennifer Harvey is the author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, with both practical & philosophical guidance for those who would like to make the dream real. Jennifer's Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary is in Christian Social Ethics, and she is Professor of Religion at Drake University. Original Air Date: 04/06/2019...more0minPlay
June 05, 2020Raising White Kids Beyond Color-BlindRacial Color-Blindness & Diversity Training can't get us to MLK's Dream, but maybe Race-Conscious Parenting can. Jennifer Harvey is the author of Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, with both practical & philosophical guidance for those who would like to make the dream real. Jennifer's Ph.D....more55minPlay
May 30, 2020Bono & Neoliberal CapitalismChad Seales writes & speaks eloquently on neoliberal capitalism, religion, spirituality, & their intersection with U2 star, Bono, in his book Religion Around Bono: Evangelical Enchantment and Neoliberal Capitalism. Scrutinizing secularism, sincerity, and the factual effects of well-intentioned attempts to be helpful, Chad spotlights the realities behind the forms. Chad Seales teaches in the Dept of Religious Studies at UT-Austin....more0minPlay
FAQs about Spirit in Action:How many episodes does Spirit in Action have?The podcast currently has 1,263 episodes available.