Podcast
Spirit in Action
Hosted by Northern Spirit Radio · EN
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.
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Healthy Masculinity & Peaceful at Heart: Men & Mennonite Insights
Jan 900:55:00Tap to summarizeDon Neufeld's decades of service in social work, in child welfare, and in private practice has deeply equipped him for insights into a wide variety of men's (and society's) issues, like violence, fathering, and masculinity - and more. He's authored a number of books, including A New Hope and Living That Matters.
Transcribe →Fighting Afghan Daughters for Sale with Rap: Sonita Alizada
Aug 8, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeSonita Alizada grew up in Afghanistan under that Taliban, and then later in Iran, in a culture where females faced all kinds of trials, including forced marriage for young girls, and much more. Sonita found refuge and nurture via education by NGOs working in Iran, and through which she discovered a talent as a rap artist, with songs like Daughters For Sale.
Transcribe →Saving Our Young Men from Fascism
Aug 1, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeThough fears about rising fascism in the US are rampant at the beginning of Donald Trump's 2nd term, there has been a wide-spread increase in fascist movements world-wide over the past few decades, and today's guest, Craig A.
Transcribe →Jewish Earth Alliance & Mirele Goldsmith
Jul 25, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeI am so grateful when I find people working for a better world from the depths of their spiritual tradition, and that's exactly what today's guest, Mirele Goldsmith does. She is an environmental psychologist, something that I didn't even know existed, and she is co-founder of the Jewish Earth Alliance.
Transcribe →Deep Dive into Africa, Trans, and USAID with Chloe Schwenke
Jul 18, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeChloe Schwenke is a teaching professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy of Georgetown University, and has keen observations about the incredible damage, destruction, and death being visited upon Africa and many other areas by the Trump administration's reckless attack on US Agency for International Development, USAID.
Transcribe →Growing Heart in the Heartland – Maaria Mozaffar
Jul 11, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeSome 15 years ago Maaria Mozaffar began as a civil rights lawyer & mediator, and since then her work has grown to center around both education and legislative advocacy, crafting & organizing legislation centered on religious freedom and rights. As a Muslim, Maaria sees more clearly the tilt, and sometimes the walls, that US society builds against minority faiths and ethnic groups.
Transcribe →Finding Happy with Peter Samuelson, the Crescendo - Part 2
Jul 4, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeThis week is the conclusion of our visit with the amazing & inspirational Peter Samuelson about his new book, Finding Happy: A User's Guide to Your Life, With Lessons From Mine. You'll laugh, cry, gasp, pray, & get wiser though all the stories, insights, & lessons that Peter shares.
Transcribe →Finding Happy - Mentored by Peter Samuelson, Part 1
Jun 27, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeYou've likely encountered Peter Samuelson through his work in the movie industry, like with his movies Revenge of the Nerds, Finding Henri, Wilde, and Tom & Viv, but you may or may not have known of the amazing & extensive work he's done through his non-profits, like Starlight Children's Foundation, First Star Academies, and EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof).
Transcribe →Forth to Basics: A Guide to Goin' Off-Grid (And Living More with Less)
Jun 20, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeWe visit with David Welder, and his wife, Veronica, at their off-grid home called Fisher Cat Creek Forest Preserve (on airbnb and Hipcamp), to talk about his book, Forth to Basics: A Guide to Goin' Off-Grid (And Living More With Less), and his life experience leading up to
Transcribe →Faith, Power, and Climate Justice: A Climate Changed Conversation with Shanon Shah
Jun 13, 202500:55:00Tap to summarizeIn this special Spirit in Action episode, guest-host Nicole Diroff welcomes Dr. Shanon Shah, Director of Faith for the Climate, for a conversation that weaves together faith, identity, and the urgent call for climate justice. A queer Muslim scholar, journalist, and advocate, Shanon shares how his lived experience and academic insight converge in powerful ways to challenge systems of oppression and invite communities into courageous collective action.
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