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Season 3 is two short weeks away. This season we’ll focus on “Quaker prophetic witness”: We’re talking about guerilla theater, loving your enemy as you’re confronting them, impossible odds, and stories of spiritual courage that you’ve never heard before. Episode details.

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Jeffrey Plaut on How Trump Made Me A Quaker: Faithful Resistance with Daniel HunterJune 18, 2025
Awesome podcast! Full of constructive, uplifting, helpful, practical ideas for dealing with these times. Thank you!
Charles Klasman on When Police Raid a Quaker Meeting HouseJune 16, 2025
It was an interesting story. I understand that England has different laws regarding free speech than does the US. However,…
Mark Helpsmeet on Quaker Anger: Trans Rights and Spiritual Activism with Chloe SchwenkeJune 4, 2025
I loved this interview with Chloe, so insightful, so well-spoken, that I’m arranging to have her on my Spirit In…
Lesley Laing on Beyond the Backlash: A Quaker Perspective on DEI with Niyonu SpannMay 22, 2025
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