Best Blight Productions Podcasts (2025)

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227: Unabridged Interview: Max Lucado 1:17:14

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This is our unabridged interview with Max Lucado. Called “America’s Pastor," Max Lucado has sold more than 150 million products and authored over 40 nonfiction books. In this vulnerable career retrospective interview, Lee explores what led Max Lucado to become almost synonymous with grace, acceptance and forgiveness--namely some of his own wounds f…

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The Subtext: Keeping the Man in Superman 48:58

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In this episode, we dissect the summer blockbuster Superman that flips the script by emphasizing vulnerability and humanity over untouchable power. Fans have praised the way the movie let Superman cry, lose, and even ask for help, while critics argue it made him too weak. We connect these reactions to questions of faith, asking what it means to wor…

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227: Max Lucado: “America’s Pastor” on How to Tame Your Thoughts 51:42

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Called “America’s Pastor," Max Lucado has sold more than 150 million products and authored over 40 nonfiction books. In this vulnerable career retrospective interview, Lee explores what led Max Lucado to become almost synonymous with grace, acceptance and forgiveness--namely some of his own wounds from childhood experiences in a frugal, sometimes e…

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226: Unabridged Interview: Amy Sherman 1:08:12

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This is our unabridged interview with Amy Sherman. What if the church were known not for culture wars or abuses of power, but for building parks, strengthening schools, advancing science education, and championing restorative justice? That’s the vision Amy L. Sherman lays out in her book Agents of Flourishing. In this conversation, Sherman invites …

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Episode 34: Among the Cornstalks | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama 28:01

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There’s a quiet solitude that comes as one walks amongst the cornstalks—a sweet silence absorbed by the ever-present susurrus of leaf against leaf and silk twisting in the wind. The cornstalks were so tall, they damn near blocked out the sunlight, much less anyone or anything else. Why, Mateo Vigil, standing as he was in the middle of plowed row up…

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226: Amy Sherman: A Faith-Based Vision for the Common Good 50:56

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What if the church were known not for culture wars or abuses of power, but for building parks, strengthening schools, advancing science education, and championing restorative justice? That’s the vision Amy L. Sherman lays out in her book Agents of Flourishing. In this conversation, Sherman invites us to imagine faith communities not as insular inst…

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Episode 33: Apathy & Blight | A Supernatural Western Story 24:00

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On this weeks episode of the Foxkey Chronicles we take a dive deep deep underground, to the dark underbelly of Murkwood. Where evil is afoot, and death lurks. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing …

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225: Unabridged Interview: Parker Palmer (Part 2) 1:27:15

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This is part two of our unabridged interview with Parker Palmer. “Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.” At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive. In this episode, Parker covers a l…

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225: Unabridged Interview: Parker Palmer (Part 1) 1:24:57

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This is part one of our unabridged interview with Parker Palmer. “Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.” At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive. In this episode, Parker covers a l…

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Episode 32: The Creek | A Supernatural Western Story 21:58

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Gayla Austin woke up with a hankering for some biscuits and gravy and a deep burning desire to have a bath right about then, or else her neither bits might light themselves a fire. She was a fair lady with dark hair and eyes that were just a tad too big for her face. Her disposition was often rough, but then again, a lady in her position had to be …

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225: Parker Palmer: Courage, Vocation, and Paradox (Best of NSE) 50:42

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“Things didn’t come together vocationally for me until I was 50.” At 86 years old, Quaker writer, speaker, and activist Parker Palmer has much to say about living a good life. And in his experience, a good life is often hard-won and counterintuitive. In this episode, Parker covers a lot of ground, offering wisdom gleaned from a life lived with atte…

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Episode 31: The Boys in the Fog | A Supernatural Western Story 38:04

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In the mountainous outskirts of Murkwood, rides a lone man in a wagon. Only, he's not as alone as he thinks. There's something out there in the woods, something lurking, something waiting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Promotional Trailer for the Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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224: Unabridged Interview: Anne-Laure Le Cunff 58:44

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This is our unabridged interview with Anne-Laure Le Cunff. When Anne-Laure Le Cunff—then a high-achieving Google executive—was told to go to the hospital for a life-threatening blood clot, she found herself first checking her calendar. Her bizarre response told her something was wrong with her life and priorities. She left Silicon Valley, earned a …

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224: Anne-Laure Le Cunff: The Peril of Productivity, and the Happiness of Tiny Experiments 52:06

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When Anne-Laure Le Cunff—then a high-achieving Google executive—was told to go to the hospital for a life-threatening blood clot, she found herself first checking her calendar. Her bizarre response told her something was wrong with her life and priorities. She left Silicon Valley, earned a degree in neuroscience, and wrote Tiny Experiments: How to …

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223: Unabridged Interview: Baratunde Thurston 1:10:15

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This is our unabridged interview with Baratunde Thurston. What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? From writing for The Onion to hosting PBS’s America Outdoors and launching the hit podcast Life With Machines, Baratunde Thurston has spent a career telling stories about interdependence—with one another, with the natural world, and now, with r…

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223: Baratunde Thurston: Being Human in the Age of AI 51:38

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What does it mean to be human in the age of AI? From writing for The Onion to hosting PBS’s America Outdoors and launching the hit podcast Life With Machines, Baratunde Thurston has spent a career telling stories about interdependence—with one another, with the natural world, and now, with rising machine intelligence. Together, he and Lee unpack ho…

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222: Unabridged Interview: Dan Heath 1:09:28

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This is our unabridged interview with Dan Heath. Do you feel like your life needs a reset? Lee C. Camp sits down with Dan Heath, bestselling author and host of the podcast What It's Like To Be, to explore strategies of how we can change, whether at work or in our personal lives. In his new book Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working, Dan shares pr…

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222: Dan Heath: How to Change What’s Not Working 51:49

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Do you feel like your life needs a reset? Lee C. Camp sits down with Dan Heath, bestselling author and host of the podcast What It's Like To Be, to explore strategies of how we can change, whether at work or in our personal lives. In his new book Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working, Dan shares proven techniques he discovered to help transform s…

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221: Unabridged Interview: Sharon McMahon 1:15:29

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This is our unabridged interview with Sharon McMahon. Have you ever wished someone would explain the inner workings of America’s political landscape — without taking sides or fueling the outrage machine? With over 1.3 million Instagram followers, Sharon McMahon, known affectionately as “America’s Government Teacher,” has spent her career doing exac…

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221: Sharon McMahon: Escaping the Partisan Trap 51:49

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Have you ever wished someone would explain the inner workings of America’s political landscape — without taking sides or fueling the outrage machine? With over 1.3 million Instagram followers, Sharon McMahon, known affectionately as “America’s Government Teacher,” has spent her career doing exactly that. Drawing from her roots in public education, …

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220: Unabridged Interview: Emma Varvaloucas 1:03:14

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This is our unabridged interview with Emma Varvaloucas. What if the way you consume the news could shape the world for the better? In this stirring conversation, Lee C. Camp sits down with journalist and Buddhist practitioner Emma Varvaloucas, Executive Director of The Progress Network, to explore how we can reclaim our agency in a world addicted t…

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220: Emma Varvaloucas: Mind Over Media 52:04

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What if the way you consume the news could shape the world for the better? In this stirring conversation, Lee C. Camp sits down with journalist and Buddhist practitioner Emma Varvaloucas, Executive Director of The Progress Network, to explore how we can reclaim our agency in a world addicted to anxiety. Emma shares practical tips for engaging with …

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219: Unabridged Interview: Melina Laboucan-Massimo 1:05:32

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This is our unabridged interview with Melina Laboucan-Massimo. What does perseverance look like on the long road to justice? Melina Laboucan-Massimo was born in the Lubicon Cree community of Little Buffalo, in what today is called northern Alberta. Some of her earliest memories include chasing dragonflies through pristine wilderness and protesting …

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219: Melina Laboucan-Massimo: Indigenous Wisdom and the Fight for Justice 51:47

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What does perseverance look like on the long road to justice? Melina Laboucan-Massimo was born in the Lubicon Cree community of Little Buffalo, in what today is called northern Alberta. Some of her earliest memories include chasing dragonflies through pristine wilderness and protesting with her family against the oil and gas companies that threaten…

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218: Unabridged Interview: Michael Luo 1:05:01

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This is our unabridged interview with Michael Luo. When journalist Michael Luo was told to “go back to China” on a Manhattan sidewalk, it sparked a deeply personal journey into America’s past. In his new book Strangers in the Land, Luo unearths the overlooked history of Chinese exclusion in the U.S.—from early migrations and violent hostility to th…

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218: Michael Luo: Strangers in the Land 52:15

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When journalist Michael Luo was told to “go back to China” on a Manhattan sidewalk, it sparked a deeply personal journey into America’s past. In his new book Strangers in the Land, Luo unearths the overlooked history of Chinese exclusion in the U.S.—from early migrations and violent hostility to the nation’s first racially targeted immigration laws…

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217: Astro Teller: Captain of Moonshots on Purpose and Profit 52:22

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In a world that is increasingly dominated by profit over people, it’s easy to be cynical about the future. But what if there was a different way forward? Could capitalism, technology, and human flourishing go hand in hand, and what would it take to get us there? In this episode, Lee Camp invites Astro Teller, co-founder and "Captain of Moonshots" a…

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216: Unabridged Interview: David Blight 1:28:05

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This is our unabridged interview with David Blight. “If you’re not ready on some level for the tragedies of history, they’re coming to get you.” In September of 2020 Professor David Blight got an unexpected call from his boss. The President of Yale wanted Blight to work on a project about Yale’s historical involvement with slavery. The undertaking …

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216: David Blight: Why How We Remember the Past Matters 48:18

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“If you’re not ready on some level for the tragedies of history, they’re coming to get you.” In September of 2020 Professor David Blight got an unexpected call from his boss. The President of Yale wanted Blight to work on a project about Yale’s historical involvement with slavery. The undertaking was so enormous that the Pulitzer Prize winning hist…

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215: Unabridged Interview: Juliet Schor 1:11:05

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This is our unabridged interview with Juliet Schor. Are we working too much? “Time is a vital resource for us to connect with each other, to connect with the earth and …to come together in solidarity, to try and fix what's wrong.” We have accepted the 5 day work week as the status quo—caught in a cycle of working more so we can spend more, just to …

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215: Juliet Schor: The Extensive Benefits of a Four-Day Work Week 56:26

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Are we working too much? “Time is a vital resource for us to connect with each other, to connect with the earth and …to come together in solidarity, to try and fix what's wrong.” We have accepted the 5 day work week as the status quo—caught in a cycle of working more so we can spend more, just to keep up with the Jones’. But what if there's a bette…

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214: Unabridged Interview: Jemar Tisby 1:11:16

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This is our unabridged interview with Jemar Tisby. “The work of justice is daunting…It requires courage.” Have you found yourself asking the question “what can I do in the face of so much injustice?” Historian and New York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby may have some answers for you. From his own experience as one of the only Black worshipers…

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214: Jemar Tisby: The Spirit of Justice 53:05

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“The work of justice is daunting…It requires courage.” Have you found yourself asking the question “what can I do in the face of so much injustice?” Historian and New York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby may have some answers for you. From his own experience as one of the only Black worshipers at the “color-blind” Evangelical services of his y…

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212: Unabridged Interview: Amy Grant 1:09:33

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This is our unabridged interview with Amy Grant. Five weeks before her 16th birthday in 1976, Amy Grant was offered her first record deal. Now, after tens of millions of record sales, six Grammy awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a receipt of Kennedy Center Honors, she is widely recognized as the “Queen of Christian Pop.” From the ou…

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213: Walter Brueggemann: The Prophetic Imagination 56:09

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Renowned theologian Walter Brueggemann passed away in June 2025 at the age of 92. In this special retrospective episode of No Small Endeavor, we celebrate his remarkable life and legacy. Drawing from memorable conversations and insightful lectures, we revisit Brueggemann’s piercing critique of what he called the "totalism of market ideology"—the pe…

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212: Amy Grant: Fame, Vulnerability, and Staying Grounded (Best of NSE) 53:17

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Five weeks before her 16th birthday in 1976, Amy Grant was offered her first record deal. Now, after tens of millions of record sales, six Grammy awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a receipt of Kennedy Center Honors, she is widely recognized as the “Queen of Christian Pop.” From the outside, one might assume that Amy must be a charac…

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211: Unabridged Interview: Charles Marsh 1:15:38

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This is our unabridged interview with Charles Marsh. Has religion ever kept you from doing something that was actually good for you? It did for Charles Marsh. As a boy growing up in the evangelical South, Charles was taught to distrust his own body, to fear his desires, and to treat suffering as a gift from God. So when debilitating panic attacks s…

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211: Charles Marsh: Evangelical Anxiety 59:21

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Has religion ever kept you from doing something that was actually good for you? It did for Charles Marsh. As a boy growing up in the evangelical South, Charles was taught to distrust his own body, to fear his desires, and to treat suffering as a gift from God. So when debilitating panic attacks shattered his world as a young man, he thought that he…

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210: Unabridged Interview: Holy Post 1:08:45

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This is our unabridged interview with Holy Post. Can you do insider critique with a sense of humor? You might know Phil Vischer as the creator of the beloved children’s show VeggieTales, or Skye Jethani for his work as a pastor, speaker, and author. Both of them are long-time public Christian voices. These days, though, they find themselves hosting…

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Episode 30: The Book and the Betrayer | A Supernatural Western Horror Story 34:54

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Rain poured from the sky, spilling from the clouds in a deluge that splattered against the earth and bore holes into the ground. This wasn’t a normal rain, no, it burnt against the skin, stinging and leaving behind tracks of red in its wake. The sky above was the dark purple of a bruise, with traces of green on the horizon that hinted at something …

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210: Phil Vischer and Skye Jethani: Navigating Faith, Politics, and Humor 53:08

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Can you do insider critique with a sense of humor? You might know Phil Vischer as the creator of the beloved children’s show VeggieTales, or Skye Jethani for his work as a pastor, speaker, and author. Both of them are long-time public Christian voices. These days, though, they find themselves hosting the Holy Post podcast, doing the hard work of in…

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209: Unabridged Interview: Freddie O'Connell 1:05:14

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This is our unabridged interview with Freddie O'Connell. “If we want to thrive across the board, then there has to be an accounting for the fact that you may have things that befall you in your life that you have no control over.” In this episode of No Small Endeavor, Lee C. Camp sits down with Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for a conversation a…

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209: Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell: Everything is Political 53:41

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“If we want to thrive across the board, then there has to be an accounting for the fact that you may have things that befall you in your life that you have no control over.” In this episode of No Small Endeavor, Lee C. Camp sits down with Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell for a conversation about moral leadership, political realism, and the promise…

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208: Unabridged Interview: Michele Norris 1:07:32

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This is our unabridged interview with Michele Norris. “I wanted to create a vehicle that allowed people to talk about this allegedly toxic topic on their own terms.”- Michele Norris. Could you describe your experience of race in America in just 6 words? That’s the very thing Journalist Michele Norris asked 200 strangers to do back in 2015, when she…

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Episode 29: The Garden | A Supernatural Western Horror Story 21:36

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It's a hot summer day, and Vera was spending it out in the garden, tilling the earth, and planting. Only, Felix doesn't seem to be acting as normal, and it has Vera worrying. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journ…

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208: Michele Norris: Race, Your Story, 6 Words, Please Send 53:29

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“I wanted to create a vehicle that allowed people to talk about this allegedly toxic topic on their own terms.”- Michele Norris. Could you describe your experience of race in America in just 6 words? That’s the very thing Journalist Michele Norris asked 200 strangers to do back in 2015, when she printed a stack of postcards with these simple direct…

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207: Unabridged Interview: Kristin Neff 49:58

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This is our unabridged interview with Kristin Neff. Is high self-esteem crucial to human flourishing, or, rather, a hindrance? “The biggest problem with self-esteem is that it tends to be contingent,” says Kristin Neff. “We only feel good about ourselves when we succeed.” Far too often, high self-esteem breeds narcissism, bullying, and prejudice. K…

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Episode 28: Mire | A Supernatural Western Story 22:42

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Out on the prairies of Texas lies a homestead, that was besieged by evil, both human and not. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing trials and tribulations, she must defy the odds in order to keep …