• Episode Twenty Teaser: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton
    Jan 25 2026

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    I speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over fifty years now in Pennsylvania for crimes he did not commit.

    Carol Menaker’s website: www.carolmenaker.com

    Abolitionist Law Center Website: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/


    Correspond with Mohammed Burton:
    Smart Communication TADOC
    SCI - Somerset, Fred Burton AF3896
    PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg FL 33733
    United States

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    5 mins
  • Episode Nineteen: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness
    Jan 15 2026

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    I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis. Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.

    Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.

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    53 mins
  • Episode Nineteen Teaser: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness
    Jan 8 2026

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    I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis. Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.

    Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.

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    6 mins
  • Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett
    Jan 1 2026

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    Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen. Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit. Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.

    Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University. You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com.

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    56 mins
  • Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett
    Dec 25 2025

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    Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen. Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit. Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.

    Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University. You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com.

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    7 mins
  • Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Solstice with Poetry Sustains and Maryam Barrie
    Dec 21 2025

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    December 21 marks the Capricorn Solstice--the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Poet Maryam Barrie joins me on this extended edition of Poetry Sustains to share Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Song". Song tells the story of a young girl, her beloved pet goat, and the cruelty that darkness brings. What happens when darkness meets light? When foolishness meets wisdom? When the heart and the brain work in power together? Join us as we explore "Song" and the light within us at the darkest time of the year.

    Here's link to the poem: https://poets.org/poem/song

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  • Episode Seventeen: Susan J. Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia
    Dec 15 2025

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    My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying."

    In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today.

    You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.com

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    58 mins
  • Episode Seventeen: Susan Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia
    Dec 10 2025

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    My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying."

    In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today.

    You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.com

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    6 mins