Spirit in Action podcast

Spirit in Action

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 that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we will seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life. Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music.

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 that support and nourish them in their service. Above all, we will seek out Light, Love and Helping Hands, being shared between our many neighbors on this planet, hoping to inspire and encourage you to sink deep roots and produce sacred fruit in your own life. Spirit In Action is an hour of interviews with those providing leadership in peace, justice and "good works", interspersed with relevant music.

 

#773

Healthy Planet, Healthy You: Ximena Yáñez Soto

Ximena Yáñez Soto is the author of [Healthy Planet, Healthy You: Simple Habits to Create a Brighter Future] (https://www.believetransformbe.com/book) which is an exploration of the health connections between what we eat, why we eat it, how it affects us, & how these are linked to the well-being of other inhabitants of our globe & of the planet as a whole. ... Read more

17 Jan 2025

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17 Jan 2025


#772

Slaves for Peanuts - An Epic Story of Plants, People, & Culture in West Africa

[Jori Lewis] (https://www.jorilewis.com/) is the author of [Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History] (https://www.amazon.com/Slaves-Peanuts-Conquest-Liberation-Changed/dp/1620971569) . ... Read more

10 Jan 2025

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10 Jan 2025


#771

Mike McCabe's Miracles Along County Q

We've visited with [Mike McCabe] (https://substack.com/@mikemccabe) several times in the past 15 years, about his work with the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, about the need for real people in government, and relative to his run for Wisconsin governor. Today we have Mike here for something different, a book of fiction called [Miracles Along County Q] (https://littlecreekpress.com/product/miracles-along-county-q/) . ... Read more

03 Jan 2025

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03 Jan 2025


#770

Community-Owned Healthcare - A New Way? Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative

Are there alternatives to the expensive, complicated, healthcare system in the US? ... Read more

26 Dec 2024

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26 Dec 2024


#769

Native Wisdom on Coping With Life & Climate Changed

This heart-opening episode is guest-hosted by [Peterson Toscano] (https://petersontoscano.com/) , Nicole Diroff & Ben Yosua-Davis of the [BTS Center] (https://thebtscenter.org/) and is from their [Climate Changed Podcast] (https://thebtscenter.org/climate-changed/) , This program is possible because of the sound and journalism mastery of<a data-mce-href="https://petersontoscano.com/" href="h"></a> ... Read more

20 Dec 2024

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20 Dec 2024


#768

The Long Road to Women Doctors, Written in Poetry: Alice Rothchild

[Alice Rothchild] (https://alicerothchild.com/) is many things: a woman, a Jew, a doctor, a feminist, a poet, and the author of 6 books, the latest being [Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician] (https://alicerothchild.com/inspired-and-outraged/) . ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

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12 Dec 2024


#767

Tell It Slant - Chuck Fager, Emma Lapsansky-Werner, & 60 Years of Peace & Justice Journalism

We welcome back [Chuck Fager] (https://afriendlyletter.com/) , a writer & activist with some 60 years of work, and we also welcome [Emma Lapsansky-Werner] (https://www.haverford.edu/users/elapsans) , the co-author of [Tell It Slant: Chuck Fager, A Prophetic Life of Adventure &am] (https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Slant-prophetic-adventure-religion/dp/B0D59VXQPZ) ... Read more

06 Dec 2024

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06 Dec 2024


#766

Another Mother's Child - A Jewish Quaker Reaches Out

Many of us have been in pain about events in the Middle East for years, a pain that was horribly amplified by the massacre of Jews on October 7th, 2023, and the horrific and disproportional retribution that followed in Gaza by Israelis. Today's guest is Sandy Green, a Jewish Quaker, formerly a Zionist, who found she could not un-see the evils perpetrated by Israel on Palestinians, not just recently, but for decades. Late in her long life, Sandy has become a visible activist, facing painful consequences, but remaining steadfast to a fuller and wider love. ... Read more

28 Nov 2024

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28 Nov 2024


#765

Positive & Practical Primer for Paradigm Shift

[Jan Spencer] (https://www.suburbanpermaculture.org/) is back today to guest-host today Spirit In Action with the 4th installment of his series Primer for Paradigm Shift, and this one is fun for the positive and practical examples of this kind of work actually taking place. While keeping his eye on the needed ways of seeing and thinking about the world in order to become sustainable and to leave our world-wrecking ways behind us, Jan shows us real folks making real change with real fun. ... Read more

22 Nov 2024

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22 Nov 2024


#764

Hot Mess & Citizens' Climate Radio

Guest-host [Peterson Toscano] (https://petersontoscano.com/) of [Citizens' Climate Radio] (https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/category/podcast/) is sitting in today for Spirit In Action, sharing climate info through a True Crime lens, in a series he's callingHot Mess. ... Read more

15 Nov 2024

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15 Nov 2024


#763

WNPJ Fall Assembly: Elena Terry, Alan Chavoya, & Samer Alatout

Threespeeches from the October 19thmeeting of the Fall Assembly of the [Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice] (https://wnpj.org/) . In our broadcast version we'll have onlytwo of the three speakers, but the podcast version will have allthree of them, sharing on a range of peace and justice topics. ... Read more

08 Nov 2024

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08 Nov 2024


#762

A Better Life From a US/Italian Viewpoint

Usually for Spirit in Action we are talking to a person or group who are engaged in some specific world-healing work, while today We'll be talking to John Bachman and Christina Yocca, former residents of Eau Claire, currently back for a short visit, who have been living in Italy for 2 years now, which is their permanent home. Our hope is that by talking with John and Christina, we'll form a clearer view of the strengths and the weaknesses of the two different countries, and to explore the possibilities for improving the world, and ourselves, by choosing a new home. ... Read more

01 Nov 2024

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01 Nov 2024


#761

Working for a Just, Nonviolent World: Leah Robshaw Robinson

We visit with the recent executive director of [FNVW/Friends for a Nonviolent World] (https://www.fnvw.org/) , Leah Robshaw Robinson. ... Read more

25 Oct 2024

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25 Oct 2024