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Georgia 

Hello, everyone! I’m Georgia Sparling.

Jon

And I’m Jon Watts.

Georgia

We’re the co-hosts of Thee Quaker Podcast. And we have an announcement.

Jon

Should I say it? Do you want to say it?

Georgia

I’ll say it. Season 2 is almost here!

Jon

Yeah it’s almost here.

Georgia

And if you haven’t listened to us before, this is a podcast about…well, Quakers.

Jon

Quakers, yeah. Also known as The Religious Society of Friends.

Georgia

I’m the resident non-Quaker here to ask a lot of questions.

Jon

Right and I’m a lifelong Quaker. I’m here to help answer some of them, but I also have a lot of questions.

Georgia

On the show, we explore the many forms that Quakerism takes.

Jon

We tell the stories of Quakers from past and present and how Quakerism has shaped them and moved them to do some big things.

Georgia

And we explore the burning questions about Quakerism. 

Jon

Questions that don’t always have easy answers. 

Maggie Fiori  

And then suddenly, we were still and like, there were there was this like vibration between all of us. And people were sharing out of like, a far more vulnerable place than if we had just like, walked down the street and walked in and sat down. That was really incredible. 

Georgia  

We’re going to look at some of the areas where Quakerism is thriving and explore some of the challenges, too.

Isabel Penraeth

I’d read all this Quaker stuff and what was weird to me about the old Quaker stuff, they described my spiritual experience exactly…But then when I tried to talk to other Quakers about it, they hadn’t had those experiences, and they had explanations for why what happened for the old Quakers doesn’t happen anymore. 

Jon  

We’ll share stories of spiritual courage.

David Heartsough  

That was the most challenging two days in my life. People came up and spat at us. They put lit cigarettes down our backs. And each time something like this would happen, we will try to respond in a nonviolent, loving way.

Georgia  

We’ll explore the lives of groundbreaking Quaker activists.

Michael Long  

Bayard Rustin was the brilliant strategist of the Black Civil Rights Movement. And he was somebody who had been pushed into the margins because of his gay sexuality. 

Jon 

And we’ll have some lighthearted stuff, too.

Max Carter  

As in anything, Quaker, ask five Quakers, you’ll get six different opinions. 

Georgia  

Season 2 begins February 14. 

Jon 

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Recorded by Georgia Sparling and Jon Watts and edited by Georgia.

Original music and sound design by Jon Watts (Listen to more of Jon’s music here.)

Mastered by Studio D.

Supported by listeners like you (thank you!!)