Best Brad Weaver Podcasts (2025)

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Tyler Chesser's Playbook: Achieving $2.1M Exits and $150M Targets in a Volatile Market 45:48

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In this episode, Brad chats with Tyler Chesser, co-founder and managing partner of CF Capital. Tyler leveraged his background as a top multifamily broker to scale his portfolio and develop CF Capital into a respected partner for investors. He shares his philosophy of constant improvement and details his journey from corporate America to real estate…

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John Casmon on 'Failing Forward' and the Power of Midwest Real Estate 1:04:58

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In this episode, Brad chats with John Casmon, former marketing executive, founder and managing partner of Casmon Capital Group , and host of the top-rated Multifamily Insights podcast. John shares his journey from corporate America—where he survived two company bankruptcies that spurred his need for a "Plan B" —to a full-time real estate investor w…

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John Wijtenburg on Transforming a $100M Resort and the CRE Growth Operating System 28:47

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In this episode, Brad chats with John Wijtenburg, founder of LXK Group, an expert in commercial real estate operations and systems, who helps investors and operators scale their portfolios while maintaining their core values. John shares his journey from an economist at Fannie Mae and an apartment broker to a successful hotel operator and asset man…

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John Todderud's Journey from Tech to Multifamily Syndication 31:48

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In this episode, Brad chats with John Todderud, the founder of Cardinal Oak Investments and a former tech professional who transitioned into multifamily real estate. John shares his journey from buying small, rural properties to scaling a full-fledged syndication business. He opens up about the biggest lessons he learned from his "worst" and "best"…

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Beyond the First Deal: Scaling a Real Estate Portfolio with Ian Cruz 34:03

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In this episode, Brad chats with Ian Cruz, a former CPA and boxing coach who has successfully transitioned into multifamily real estate. Ian shares his journey from his roots in big four public accounting to becoming a value-add multifamily investor focused on the Cincinnati, Ohio market. He discusses the importance of building a strong local team …

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Bruce Fraser on Distressed Multifamily and Macro Investing 43:35

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In this episode, Brad chats with Bruce Fraser, a Forbes Real Estate Council Member and Managing Partner at Elkhorn Capital Partners. Bruce shares his unique journey from running a successful hedge fund for over a decade to becoming a multifamily investor. He explains how his background in macroeconomics led him to focus on hard assets, specifically…

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From Cybersecurity to $217M in Real Estate: Tenny Tolafari's Journey 28:51

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In this episode, Brad connects with Tenny Tolafari, a cybersecurity professional turned real estate mogul and co-founder of Xsite Capital. Tenny shares his incredible journey from working 60-hour weeks in corporate America to building and managing a $217 million real estate portfolio. He recounts the full-circle story of a cold call that led to a v…

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Lessons from a $650M Portfolio: Insights from Real Estate Veteran Dusty Eddy 33:23

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In this episode, Brad chats with Dusty Eddy, founder of Eddy Capital Group, and a veteran real estate investor with over 23 years of experience. Dusty, who has led over $650 million in multifamily investments and completed 15 full-cycle deals with impressive returns, shares his journey from an institutional background to building his own firm. He d…

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From Start-Up to $1 Billion Portfolio: Lessons in Commercial Real Estate with Carlos Salguero 53:32

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In this episode, Brad chats with Carlos Salguero, an entrepreneur and real estate expert with over 20 years of business and investment experience. After starting four seven-figure companies and exiting one for an eight-figure sum, Carlos is now focused on helping others invest in commercial real estate and building a $1 billion portfolio. He shares…

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40 Years of Real Estate Experience with Arn Cenedella 36:40

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In this episode, Brad chats with Arn Cenedella, founder of Spark Investment Group, who brings over 40 years of real estate experience, including 35 years as a realtor in Silicon Valley. Arn shares his transition from single-family to multi-family real estate investing, the lessons learned from his biggest investing mistake during the 2008 subprime …

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From LP to Operator to Business Owner: Sam Khairi’s Pivot from Real Estate to Entrepreneurship 32:38

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In this episode, Brad chats with Sam Khairi, founder of Afto Capital and a former mechanical engineer who walked away from a secure 15-year career to chase freedom through real estate and business ownership. Sam shares his journey from passive investor (LP) to active syndicator (GP), the challenges of entering the multifamily space full-time in 202…

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From Wholesaling Hustle to 400+ Units: How Marine Veteran Joseph Kimbrough Built a Real Estate Empire 22:32

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In this episode, Brad sits down with Joseph Kimbrough, Marine Corps veteran turned entrepreneur, and the CEO of both Baruk Capital Group and Apex Real Estate Investments. Joseph’s journey started with door-knocking and speeding tickets—and led to creative financing on a 400+ unit deal in Phoenix. We talk wholesaling, multifamily syndications, the i…

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From Boston House Hacker to Large-Scale Syndicator: Chris Lento’s Multifamily Journey 23:48

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In this episode, Brad sits down with Chris Lento, founder and managing member of EM Capital Group, to hear how he went from hacking a four-unit house in East Boston to managing large multifamily syndications across the Southeast. With over 18 years of experience in multifamily real estate, Chris shares hard-earned lessons, a few war stories, and wh…

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From Physical Therapist to 800+ Units: Building a Purpose-Driven Real Estate Business with Lee Yoder 26:36

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In this episode, we sit down with Lee Yoder, founder of Threefold Real Estate Investing, who went from physical therapist to full-time multifamily investor with over 800 units under management. Lee shares how he followed a calling to build something, overcame fear and resistance, and leaned into faith, family, and real estate to change the trajecto…

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From Aerospace to Apogee: How Jonathan Nichols Engineered His Multifamily Success 23:13

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In this episode of First, Worst, Best & Next, host Brad Weaver sits down with Jonathan Nichols—CEO of Apogee Capital, aerospace engineer turned full-time real estate investor. Jonathan shares his transition from side-hustling real estate with his wife into full-scale multifamily syndication. From a fourplex house hack near AT&T Stadium to a 75-unit…

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Market Focus & Vertical Integration: Axel Ragnarsson's Multifamily Playbook 35:37

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In this episode, host Brad Weaver talks with investor, entrepreneur, and podcast host Axel Ragnarsson, founder of Aligned Real Estate Partners and host of the Multifamily Wealth Podcast. Axel shares his journey from flipping cars in college to building a 450-unit multifamily portfolio focused in New Hampshire. He opens up about the hard lessons lea…

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From Land Flips to a Multifamily Mindset: How Jazmin Salinas Scaled Her Real Estate Portfolio 19:39

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In this episode, host Brad Weaver talks with entrepreneur, investor relations manager, and founder of She Is Her, Jazmin Salinas. Jazmin shares her inspiring journey from immigrating to the U.S. at 19 to becoming a successful real estate investor with over 100 land transactions and 1,300 multifamily units. She dives into lessons from her early deal…

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Mac Shelton on Underwriting, Markets, and Management: Lessons from Multifamily Deals 25:25

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This episode features Mac Shelton from Sweet Bay Capital discussing his experiences in multifamily real estate investing. Mac shares insights into his firm's investment strategies, detailing both successes and challenges. He dives into specific deals, including his "best" and most challenging, offering valuable lessons on underwriting, market selec…

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From Flipping Duplexes to a $100M+ Portfolio: Will Matheson’s Multifamily Journey 23:48

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In this episode, Will Matheson of Matheson Capital shares how he went from brokering deals to building a $100M+ multifamily portfolio across the Southeast. He walks us through his first debt deal, the challenges of navigating COVID-era operations, and the keys to scaling profitably while protecting investor capital. Will also discusses lessons from…

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From Flipping to Multifamily: How Jason Yarusi Scaled His Real Estate Business 23:14

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In this episode, Jason Yarusi shares his journey from starting in real estate by flipping houses to scaling his business to managing multifamily properties across multiple states. He discusses the importance of strategic planning, setting clear expectations with investors, and lessons learned from both successful and challenging deals. Key Takeaway…

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Last Word 4 with Eve Poole and Golibe Omenaka and friends 1:11:30

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The start of the new season in 2024 marks the end of the current season for Tent Talks. We are bringing our podcast in to land, with a series of final thoughts from former guests, hosts and friends of the show. Join Stephen Backhouse in a series of conversations as we explore The Last Word. This final episode contains conversations with Eve Poole a…

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Last Word 3 with Rachel Howell 1:42:39

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The start of the new season in 2024 marks the end of the current season for Tent Talks. We are bringing our podcast in to land, with a series of final thoughts from former guests, hosts and friends of the show. Join Stephen Backhouse in a series of conversations as we explore The Last Word. Episode Three features co-host Sean McCoy in a conversatio…

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Last Word 2 with Lisa Weaver Swartz and Amanda Holm Rosengren 1:33:34

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The start of the new season in 2024 marks the end of the current season for Tent Talks. We are bringing our podcast in to land, with a series of final thoughts from former guests, hosts and friends of the show. Join Stephen Backhouse in a series of conversations as we explore The Last Word. Episode Two features co-host Chris Marchand offering a cod…

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Last Word 1 with Brad Jersak, Natasha Beckles and friends 1:49:35

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The start of the new season 2024 marks the end of the current season for Tent Talks. We are bringing our podcast in to land, with a series of final thoughts from former guests, hosts and friends of the show. Join Stephen Backhouse in a series of conversations as we explore The Last Word. Episode One features Brad Jersak, Natasha Beckles and friends…

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Representation Politics: Finding the Middle with Claudine and Kuda 1:00:29

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Left, Right, or in the middle? Guest host and previous guest to the Tent Sheyi Martin-Allens presents a series of conversations with black and brown friends from across the political spectrum to discuss their thoughts on having Britain's first Asian prime minister along with a government containing an increasing amount of ethnic minorities. The ser…

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Representation Politics: Finding the Middle with Chine and David Gyasi 55:58

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Left, Right, or in the middle? Guest host and previous guest to the Tent Sheyi Martin-Allens presents a series of conversations with black and brown friends from across the political spectrum to discuss their thoughts on having Britain's first Asian prime minister along with a government containing an increasing amount of ethnic minorities. The ser…

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Representation Politics: Leaning Right with Sunday, Peter, and Adrian 1:35:52

2y ago1:35:52

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Left, Right, or in the middle? Guest host and previous guest to the Tent Sheyi Martin-Allens presents a series of conversations with black and brown friends from across the political spectrum to discuss their thoughts on having Britain's first Asian prime minister along with a government containing an increasing amount of ethnic minorities. The ser…

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Representation Politics: Leaning Left with Nee, Richard, and Nova Reid 1:09:29

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Left, Right, or in the middle? Guest host and previous guest to the Tent Sheyi Martins-Allens presents a series of conversations with black and brown friends from across the political spectrum to discuss their thoughts on having Britain's first Asian prime minister along with a government containing an increasing number of ethnic minorities. The se…

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A Christmas Tent Talk with Emily Hunter McGowin 52:11

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Dr. Emily Hunter McGowin has entered the Tent to take part in Chris Marchand's annual Christmas episode. She has just released her new book Christmas: The Season of Life and Light which offers reflections, insights, and gentle challenges about how we celebrate the holiday season. The conversation dwells on the major themes Chris addressed in his ow…

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Bonus: Tolkien and Nonviolence? with Austin M. Freeman 35:19

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Austin M. Freeman, professor at Houston Christian University, joins the tent for another bonus episode to discuss J.R.R. Tolkien's views on non-violence and war. Who exactly is the "pacifist" in The Lord of the Rings and why isn't it Tom Bombadil? In two archival episode segments Melody Green, dean of Urbana Seminary, is featured with her owns thou…

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Bonus Episode: Rachel Wilhelm on Singing the Words of Jeremiah 40:21

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Musician, songwriter, and worship leader Rachel Wilhelm joins the Tent with Chris Marchand to discuss her new album Jeremiah and how she approached writing songs that speak truth to leaders in power while also calling for communal repentance. Though a bonus episode, this conversation pieces together a number of elements from previous Tent Talks ser…

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Bonus Episode: "Nutrition With Love" with Clare Backhouse 15:17

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One of the episodes we received the most feedback about was when Clare Backhouse, Stephen's wife, appeared in our "How to Love" series. Clare, a qualified and registered nutritional therapist, is now launching her own podcast, "Nutrition With Love." Her first episode, which we are releasing as a bonus, goes into her background story and why nutriti…

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Disagree 5: Danielle Shroyer & Thomas Jay Oord on Facing Tough Issues With a Calm Presence 40:53

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Previous Tent guests Danielle Shroyer and Thomas Jay Oord join Sean for the fifth episode of the Disagree series to offer their perspective on how to enter into difficult conversations with calmness and an inner peace that does need to force other people to switch to your side of an argument. It may take us years to do so, but they point the way to…

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Disagree 4: Ryan Walker Professional Lobbyist 30:23

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Ryan Walker joins Sean McCoy for the fourth episode of the Disagree series to discuss the ins and outs of being a lobbyist and policymaker within the U.S. Government. Taking a relational approach Ryan hopes to help groups in Washington D.C. "wade through the bureaucracy and manage the increasing unpredictability of politics" in order to help them c…

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Disagree 3: Anika Prather on Addressing Racism 1:05:36

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Dr. Anika Prather is a literature professor, classical educator, and author. She is currently the Director of High Quality Curriculum and Instruction at Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy and with her husband founded The Living Water School. She joins the Disagree series to discuss with Chris Marchand how to approach teaching about and ha…

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Disagree 2: Pete Wehner on Jesus, patriotism and killing 1:38:52

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Pete Wehner is an American writer and former speechwriter for the administrations of three Republican U.S. presidents. He is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times and a contributing editor at The Atlantic, He joins Stephen Backhouse for a respectful and honest conversation on violence, patriotism and the Christian witness: topics abo…

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Disagree 1: Simon Croft on Nonviolent Communication 1:18:21

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This is the first episode in our new series "Disagree". We are talking with people from different sides of different aisles and from people on the frontlines of some of the most contentious issues of the day. How can we disagree well? What is the value of disagreement? Is it worth it? Can be it good? What happens when it goes bad? To help kick off …

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Interrupting Serious Youth Violence 4:Church and Community 52:52

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In the final episode of her series on Interrupting Serious Youth Violence Rev. Natasha Beckles covers how the Compassionate Communities toolkits are centered around helping churches to work within their communities to interrupt serious youth violence. Using the meaning behind the figure of the Pieta as a foundational image (Mary holding Jesus after…

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Interrupting Serious Youth Violence 3: Privilege and Power with Leroy Logan 1:05:39

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In episode 3 of Interrupting Serious Youth Violence Tent Talks co-host Rev. Natasha Beckles discusses power and privilege with Leroy Logan. Logan is the UK's most highly decorated and well known black police officer and is the founding member of the Black Police Association. He is the author of "Closing Ranks", which detailed his time as a senior p…

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Interrupting Serious Youth Violence 2: Education & Belonging With Rachel Clarke 1:00:11

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Tent Talks co-host Rev. Natasha Beckles continues her series on Interrupting Serious Youth Violence with a discussion about education and belonging in a conversation with education thought leader Rachel Clarke. Through conversations and interviews, Natasha takes on the systemic and personal issues that create unsafe communities for our children and…

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Interrupting Serious Youth Violence 1: The Big Picture, Birth & Bereavement 52:32

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In this episode Tent Talks co-host Revd. Natasha Beckles begins her series on Interrupting Serious Youth Violence. Through conversations and interviews, Natasha takes on the systemic and personal issues that create unsafe communities for our children and looks to solutions for what schools and churches can do about it. This first episode gives an o…

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Out of the Embers 4: Judith Moses talks with Brad Jersak 1:06:12

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Brad Jersak's most recent book Out of the Embers deals with deconstruction in all its forms. Tent Talks invited Brad to make a four-part series on the themes of his book. In this fourth episode has a conversation with Judith Moses, a seasoned indigenous political activist in Canada who is known for working on the committee that worked with Canadian…

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Out of the Embers 3: Felicia Murrell talks with Brad Jersak 1:00:51

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Brad Jersak's most recent book Out of the Embers deals with deconstruction in all its forms. Tent Talks invited Brad to make a four-part series on the themes of his book. In this third episode he sits down with Felicia Murrell to explore deconstruction from a path of love and understanding but also as a black woman in the American context. Felicia …

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Out of the Embers 2: David Hayward (the NakedPastor) talks with Brad Jersak 57:54

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Brad Jersak's most recent book Out of the Embers deals with deconstruction in all its forms. Tent Talks invited Brad to make a four-part series on the themes of his book. In this second episode he sits down with David Hayward, the NakedPastor, to talk about deconstruction, staying in relationship as we go through the process of reshaping our faith,…

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Out of the Embers 1: Brian Zahnd talks with Brad Jersak 1:10:32

2+ y ago1:10:32

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By Brian Zahnd, Brad Jersak, Stephen Backhouse

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Love 5: Food of Love with Clare Backhouse 33:03

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Clare Backhouse is a nutritional therapist who specialises in human system and lifestyle health. She joins the Tent to talk about the chemistry and biology of anxiety, safety and affection, and tackles the question of how what we eat helps us how to love. You can find out more about Clare's practice and writing at www.transformationnutrition.org. H…

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Love 4: God is Love with Thomas Jay Oord 30:48

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Thomas Jay Oord is the Professor of Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary and the author of a number of books on love, and what this might mean when we talk about power and God. You can find out more about Thomas Oord and his works HERE. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us b…

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Love 3: How to Love an Enemy with Melissa Florer-Bixler 32:48

2+ y ago32:48

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The love of enemies is the most famous, and least practiced, of all forms of love. We talk with Melissa Florer-Bixler, who is an Anabaptist activist, Mennonite pastor and author, amongst other things, of How to Have an Enemy. You can find our more about Melissa and her work HERE. How to Have An Enemy is available widely. You can find out more about…

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Love 2: The Spirit of Love with Chris Green 36:45

2+ y ago36:45

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Dr Chris Green is a theologian of great stature and a wise and gentle soul. He sits down with Stephen to discuss the theologies and movements of love: if love is so central to divine revelation then why do so many Christian systems seemed designed around anything but? All about Chris and his works can be found HERE. Has anything we make been intere…

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Love 1: The Beloved Community with Tinasha LaRayé 30:03

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Tinasha LaRayé is an actor, poet, pastor, activist and a powerful force of goodness in this world. She joins the Tent to kick off our first episode in a new series on Love. Has anything we make been interesting, useful or fruitful for you? You can support us by becoming a Fellow Traveller on our Patreon page HERE.…