How can we realize our kinship with nature? 20-minute scripted episodes for rethinking our relationship to nature and cultivating reverence and an open heart. priscillastuckey.substack.com
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Kinship Podcasts
Podcast by Kinship Carers Victoria
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Our podcast series is dedicated to exploring topics related to adoption, fostering and kinship care. We invite children’s social care professionals and experts by experience to join us to share best practices, their experiences and knowledge.
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Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national ...
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Zeena Speciale, a shamanic Reiki master teacher, certified sound healer, and co-founder of hiKin—a community where hiking and kinship move as one—guides this weekly podcast into the heart of mindful movement and soulful connection. Sacred Steps offers walking/hiking meditations, breathwork, and nature-rooted reflections to help you find presence on the trail and clarity within. Find Zeena at Soul Collective, her spirit-based yoga studio in the heart of Cave Creek, AZ, or at soulcollective.love.
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Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoption—one kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, she’s made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma histories—and she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast ...
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Kinship Together is a podcast where you get to hear real-life stories, experiences and advice from kinship carers. We hope that by listening to their stories, you gain useful information, confidence, and even a little advice to help you in your own kinship journey.
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The first Podcast dedicated to Kinship Care ran by Kinship Carers Liverpool. Please have a listen and share to all other Kinship groups. For more information please go to our website athttps://kinshipcarersliverpool.co.uk/Follow us on Facebook (Kinship Care Liverpool) Twitter (KinshipLpool) and Instagram (Kinshipcareliverpool) Enjoy and remember You Are Not Alone.
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Family for Every Child is a global network of 46 civil society organisations located in 37 different countries. We unite our skills and knowledge to achieve change for children and families world-wide. Visit us at www.familyforeverychild.org
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Over four decades of filmmaking, we’ve had the honor of interviewing visionary Indigenous leaders, scholars and activists who offer soulful words on the kinship of humans and nature, the profound importance of protecting sacred places, and pathways toward global healing and reconciliation. In the editing process, we used many 30-second gems but left most of those interviews on the cutting room floor—until now! Sacred Land Speaks brings you extended interviews with some of our world’s most in ...
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Hi, This is Jen & Tab here from Kinship Cultivated. We write a lifestyle blog where we talk authentically about having grace in friendships so we can help others to feel supported & encourage them to be intentional in their relationships. We focus on connecting women primarily in their local community.
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Sponsored by The Idaho Children's Trust Fund The Resilient Parenting Podcast tackles challenges facing ANYONE in a parenting role. Every family is different. The Resilient Parenting Podcast explores the unique strengths of every child, family and community. Join Ken Bass, long-time radio personality and Michelle Bass, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) as they interview professionals in the field, and folks with lived experience. Building parental resiliency and hope by creating a suppor ...
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Stories of faith, stories of loss, and Biblical stories retold with (many) liberties taken. If you think you’re the only one with questions, we are here to tell you that you’re not.
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On Bad At Goodbyes, we offer a calm, clear-eyed, creative look at plants and animals from the IUCN Critically Endangered Red List. Research-based, we share species details, behaviors, habitat, and conservation information. And then at the end of each show we perform an ambient soundscape, to hold space for contemplation, delight, awe and perhaps grief. Without dedicated conservation action, some of these species will not survive the 21st century. And so, though listening and learning, perhap ...
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The staff of Kinwell Academy, a last-chance high school in Marion, IN, quickly learned about the need for kinship with their students and each other to experience true growth and wholeness in God. The students, who come from an eclectic mix of urban and rural backgrounds, teach them more about life than they could ever learn in a textbook or classroom. Roger, Amanda, Tyler, and guests hang out to share these unique experiences and their growth along the way.100% of donations go directly towa ...
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You thought you were empty nesters. Then you became a Grand Family. Don't worry, you're not alone. Craig Nash is experiencing this right now and wants to share his journey with others. Millions of Grandparents around the world are now raising their Grandchildren. There are a variety of reasons why this happens, but often times people are unprepared for the challenges. We're here to help. This podcast will give you tips and real life stories on how to navigate kinship care and maximize it to ...
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“This is the podcast where real talk meets relationship chaos. Hosted by KJ.Mensah .It dives into the highs, lows, and everything in between—laughing through the mess of love, marriage, and life together. Tune in for candid conversations, relatable stories, and a whole lot of laughs.
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Kids, Culture, Community – SNAICC Yarns is the official podcast from SNAICC – National Voice for our Children dedicated to amplifying the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, families and communities. Produced by Australia’s national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, the Kids, Culture, Community podcast fills a vital gap in the podcast landscape. With a strong focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led solutions, each episode ...
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“Dude, you can get past a dog. Nobody f's with a lion.” - Grandma's Boy “You notice things if you pay attention.” - In The Mood For Love Marcus Pinn likes movies. Scott Thorough likes movies. Marcus writes about movies (Pinnland Empire, The Pink Smoke), and Scott sometimes scores movies (Newlyweeds, Manos Sucias). They both have a background in hyper underground rap music, and enjoy sandwiches. Through a deep love of rap music, wrestling, and dissecting low and high brow cinema, Marcus and S ...
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The Anthem Award winning BONUS BABIES podcast is the only one of its kind that features the compelling true-life hard-hitting stories of those with a lived foster care experience and the people who care for them––all via the unique 360* lens of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer. Through raw first-hand accounts, BONUS BABIES reveals the daunting complexity of the foster care world while documenting the challenges, failures and successes of the system as well as the people an ...
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Radical Discipleship: Essays. Poetry. Prayers. Podcasts. Reflections on following Jesus.
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Makwa Zoongide'ewin is a podcast series that shares stories and reflections from the Drift/Benner Family of Nett Lake Village, Bois Forte Nation. Four generations speak about their deep and enduring relationship with the bears that share their homeland. Through voices of elders an youth, listeners learn about the Bear Clan, cultural teachings, and the balance of respect, protection, and coexistence that defines Ojibwe life. These stories reveal how ancestral knowledge, humor, and spiritual c ...
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Mr. Woods: The Roles of Leadership & Kinship in School-Home-Community Partnerships
Mr. Woods: The Roles of Leadership & Kinship in School-Home-Community Partnerships
This is a brief introduction to part 3 of the Y.L.C Wraparound seminar coming up on August 15 at the Ferguson Library from 12pm to 3pm. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/barry-woods/support
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This is a podcast that is focused specifically on my thoughts and ideas about Life,Love, friendship and Kinship. I definitely think outside the box and question everything. Dont You?
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We love to make things with our own two hands, things like clothes, book illustrations, delicious meals...and a vibrant, mindful life! To be fully lit up! This is the In Kinship Podcast, and I am your host, Tina VanDenburg. I'm a maker and I imagine you might be a maker too, and you stumbled upon this podcast because maybe you want to elevate your life as a maker. In this podcast, we're gonna explore the idea of living a vibrant, fully awake life as a person who loves to create things.
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Chris and Jen in the Morning: Funny Conversations on Self-Care, Personal Growth, Happiness, and How Our Brains Work
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Two friends with a podcast about gratitude, self-care, personal growth, and finding happiness - all with a side of levity and laughter. Long-distance friends, we shorten the miles between DFW and NYC in our weekly podcast where we focus on self care, seeking happiness, and trying to live our best life. We add in a splash of neuroscience and talk about what happens in our brains, why we feel and react the way we do, and how to live better, more authentic, more fulfilling, happier lives. In ou ...
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Foster Parent Well is the go-to podcast for foster and adoptive parents who are navigating the complexities of parenting children with trauma while trying to stay sane in the process. Hosted by Nicole T Barlow, a foster and adoptive mom of six, parent trainer, and wellness coach, this podcast is where faith, resilience, and practical strategies come together. If you're feeling burnt out, overwhelmed, or just plain exhausted from the daily realities of foster care and adoption—you're not alon ...
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Now in its 5th year, with over 100 episodes, Swan Dive features inspiring people who had the clarity and courage to pivot in life and chase their dreams. Hosts and life-long friends, Ron Rothberg and Stu Sheldon, both made massive swan dives from successful careers in media and finance to the unknowns of content creation and fine art. Through failures and successes, both eventually found the soul satisfaction of becoming "who they wanted to be when they grew up." Their joyful wisdom graces e ...
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Chicken Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship and the Stories that Made Us this Way. The South is full of two things: stories and storytellers. The Chicken Fried Women podcast brings you both. These are the stories told around kitchen tables, church pews and front porch swings. They are the tales we laughed at growing up and that have been repeated down through time. Welcome to the friendships, the kinships and the stories that made us this way.
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Emergence Magazine is an award-winning magazine exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. Our podcast features exclusive interviews, author-narrated essays, fiction, multipart series, and more. We feature new podcast episodes weekly on Tuesdays.
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This podcast is a home of conversations about how we strengthen kinship and collaboration in times of great change. Host Beth Tener explores stories of how healthy communities and relationships can bring out the best in people and change destructive patterns. We glean what works to give you ideas you can apply in your context. For those ready to generate more human connection and care rather than fear and separation, welcome to the conversation. This podcast is part of Kinship – a hub for pe ...
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Adventures on the vast steppe in search of Hungarian origins. This podcast and its accompanying projects are sort of an ethnography of ethnographies, covering magic, war, language, spies, and the stars. Together, we'll peer into the lives and ideas of the Hungarians and others who have gone to unfathomable lengths finding Hungarian and "Turanian" kinship. See you there.
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A safe space to promote the discussion of issues in the areas of Faith, Family, and Sports which creates a kinship that supports, encourages and matures one another to “Be the Best You!”
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: newbooksnetwork.com Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/ ...
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The Kinship Crisis, DFCS Denying Family Placement is a hard-hitting investigative podcast exposing how DFCS routinely denies family placement and prioritizes foster care and adoption over kinship care. Hosted by Veteran Nurse, Grandmother and Advocate Lenora Buckley, this podcast brings you real stories, legal insights, and expert interviews to hold the system accountable and elevate the voices of families fighting for their rights. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this podcas ...
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In a world of contention and division - regarding politics, power, and even religion - the spirit of God unites. God Unites is an interfaith audio and video podcast program fostering "Spiritual Unity in Religious Diversity" through sharing stories of faith journeys and conversations and commentary about topics of common interest. Topics include freedom of religion, strengthening families, worship practices, justice and forgiveness, and the reality of God and God's workings in our lives and i ...
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Sharing Ideas for Meaning, Joy and Success in Your Life. Host Randye Kaye, Co-hosts: Nicky Tomboulides, Diana Hall
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A podcast about friendship, career, travel, dreams and life. You know, all the things we need to get so real about.
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Faith in the Flats tells the story of the Dolores Mission community, situated in the Russin Flats neighborhood in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.
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The Great Simplification is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Through conversations with experts and leaders hosted by Dr. Nate Hagens, we explore topics spanning ecology, economics, energy, geopolitics, human behavior, and monetary/financial systems. Our goal is to provide a simple educational resource for the complex energetic, physical, and social constraints ahead, and to inspire people to play a role in our collective future. Ultimately, we ...
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Holding the Fire: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling
Post Carbon Institute: Indigenous Voices on the Great Unraveling
Indigenous thought leaders offer their unique perspectives on this moment of shared crises, the consequence of global industrialized society having been built on extraction, colonialism, perpetual growth, and overexploitation of nature. Award-winning journalist and author Dahr Jamail hosts in-depth interviews with leaders from around the world to uncover Indigenous ways of reckoning with environmental and societal breakdown. If you’re concerned about climate change, species extinctions, loss ...
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Welcome to the Forever Family Podcast, brought to you by Loftus-Vergari & Associates. Join us as we delve into child welfare, bringing experts, families, and local voices together to share insights and guidance on creating forever families. Whether you're embarking on adoption, navigating foster care or kinship care, or seeking post-permanency support, the Forever Family Podcast is here to guide and inspire. Join us on the journey to building strong, loving families through adoption and beyond.
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Java folklore or in Indonesia is called a dongeng, is a story that comes from Indonesian society which is told by word of mouth since ancient times until today. These stories generally have local wisdom values that are closely related to the occurrence of things such as events, incidents, and so on. This local wisdom is usually reflected in the arts, livelihoods, language, kinship, technology and natural knowledge. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/javafolklore/ ...
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Young heroes bound in love and kinship are forced on a quest to discover the truth behind the magic of dragons and seek those that stole it, before their world itself is destroyed by the growing power of the Dark Army.. Raised by former knights in hiding, they have grown up taking on different skills, each one unique and valuable to each other. Not only use of magic or mastery of a sword they are also tied to a great destiny. A destiny foretold in lost tomes they have yet to discover, but th ...
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To not accept an event in the world is to wish that the world did not exist
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Should We Let Our Adopted Babies Cry It Out? - Weekend Wisdom
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18:53Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We have been matched with an expectant mom due in a couple of months. She is having twins. As we are preparing for the next steps, sleep training has come up frequently in newborn care books. What research is there on the cry-it-out method or other popular sleep training m…
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An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind - KINSHIP - 12.20.2025
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1:39:52Support the show -- My newsletter is the most edifying email in your inbox every week (my weekly writings, favorite quotes, reading suggestions and more): https://www.acceptingtheuniverse.com/ To meet and interact with like-minded people, you can join the Accepting the Universe Discord community: https://www.acceptingtheuniverse.com/discord You can…
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Diaspora Wars, Part 1: Amo & Monèt Get Real About Grief, Kinship, and the Stories We Tell About Each Other
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43:55Send us a text What actually sits at the root of the “diaspora wars” — the jokes, the tension, the misunderstandings between Black Americans and Black folks across the continent? And what happens when two best friends, one raised in the U.S. South and one born in South Africa, decide to talk about it with honesty, humor, and a whole lot of care? In…
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The bougainvillea around my kitchen window many years ago showed me something so precious that it changed me for good. It helped me work my slow way beyond the dualistic world of Descartes and toward a world of kinship. Today, some reflections on the decades it can take to step into a relational worldview, a world where every being and element in n…
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As It's A Grand Life completes its third year, we thought it would be a good time to look back with some testimonials. Enjoy these great stories! Watch the video version here. https://youtu.be/XKqy1MXwCuI https://www.itsagrandlife.com #grandfamily #grandfamilypodcast #grandparentsraisinggrandchildren…
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Sven Beckert, "Capitalism: A Global History" (Allen Lane, 2025)
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1:00:59No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organize our politics. Sven Beckert, author of the Bancroft Prize–winning Empire of Cotton, places the story of capitalism within the largest conceivable geographical and historical framework,…
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Healing & Strengthening Your Family Dynamics
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54:34Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you looking for practical ways to build your child's resilience and sense of safety, and to strengthen your family's connectedness? Listen to this conversation with Ginger Healy, MSW, LCSW, director of programs for the Attachment & Trauma Network and host of the podcast “Regulat…
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Episode 511 - Advent—Love Arrives, Shines & Saves with Sandra Flach
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28:25"In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." -1 John 4:9-10 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foste…
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'Adoption & Fostering' journal #20 | Vol.49 Issue 4 introduction with Dr Dennis Golm and Vicky Walker
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31:48Welcome to the latest episode of the Adoption & Fostering journal podcast. In this episode, hosts Vicky Walker and Dr. Dennis Golm discuss the contents of Volume 49, Issue 4, released in December 2025. Dennis talks through his editorial, which focuses on the impact of first name changes of adopted children by adoptive parents – the subject of one o…
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Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman, "The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation" (Bridget Williams Books, 2024)
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55:59What do the economics of decolonisation mean for the future of Aotearoa? This question drives the work of Dr. Matthew Scobie and Dr. Anna Sturman as they explore the complex relationship between tangata whenua and capitalism in The Economic Possibilities of Decolonisation (Bridget Williams Books, 2024). By weaving together historical insights and c…
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Adoptive Parent Profiles, But for Foster Care Adoption - Weekend Wisdom
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15:46Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I would love to hear about family profiles for adopting older teens. Resources: Adopting a Child of a Different Race or Culture Adopting Older Kids Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care Adoption Support the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced…
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Behavioral Thermodynamics Part 1: Beyond the 4th Law?
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30:47In this week's Frankly, Nate takes thermodynamics out of the physics classroom, utilizing its principles to explain the invisible forces behind growth, competition, and complexity in our world. Competing life systems build organization out of chaos in order to maximize power usage today, even if it potentially undermines survival tomorrow. Within o…
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Episode 9: Wrapping Support Around Families: A Yarn with Richard Weston on Family Matters 2025
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31:40In this episode of Kids, Culture, Community – SNAICC Yarns, Michael speaks with Meriam man Richard Weston, CEO of Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation, about the findings of the 2025 Family Matters Report and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-led solutions that work to ensure children grow up safe, cared for and connected to family …
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Episode 100: A last look back, and a grand finale
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1:06:43Episode 100 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.In this, our final episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with several previous guests and show producer Colin Wambsgans. You'll hear clips from some of our guests, such as Father Greg Boyle, Sister Helen Prejean, and Padraig O’Tuama, and new check…
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Winnemem Top Doctor Florence Jones (rebroadcast)
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48:45Native California healer Florence Jones (1907-2003), was the top doctor of the Winnemem Wintu and a fierce protector of Mt. Shasta, known to the Winnemem as Buliyum Puyuk—the Great Mountain. In 1994, Florence gave the Sacred Land Film Project unprecedented access to film her conducting ceremony, healing her people and protecting her territory. In t…
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2025 in Review: Lessons Learned in Gratitude, Anxiety, Growth, Confidence, Self Worth, Bravery, Self Compassion, and So Much More
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1:07:58In this episode, Chris and Jen reflect on their journey throughout the year, discussing personal growth, the challenges of vulnerability, and the importance of gratitude during the holiday season. They share insights from their podcasting experience, emphasizing the lessons learned about self-worth, bravery, and emotional intelligence. The conversa…
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To be great is to be misunderstood - KINSHIP - 12.14.2025 -
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End of Year Reflections: Four Years of The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
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27:13In this week's episode, Nate reflects on four years(!) of the podcast by answering listener-submitted questions, which cover a broad range of topics related to The Great Simplification. He invites subscribers to investigate how they navigate a complex and ever-changing world, while avoiding overly prescriptive solutions that brush aside personal ag…
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Between Cultures: One Transcultural Adoptive Family's Story
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54:49Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What is it like to be the only biological child in a large transracial adoptive family? Our guest, Elaine Duncan, shares her story of how transcultural adoption impacted her identity and resilience. She is a writer, speaker, and strategist whose work bridges storytelling, healing, a…
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Be Earth Now – Rainer Maria Rilke recited by Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
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22:00Earlier this year, the remarkable eco-philosopher Joanna Macy passed away at age ninety-six. Among her many gifts, she was a seminal translator of the great twentieth-century poet Rainer Maria Rilke. In our final episode of the year, we return to a selection of translations of Rilke from The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, by Joanna and award-win…
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Mariana Ortega, "Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad" (Duke UP, 2024)
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1:16:41How can habits of racialization be affected by art, in its reception and its creation? How can a carnal aesthetics help us understand Latinx life? What if we listen to photographs? How might they undo us? Can we be undone? In Carnalities: The Art of Living in Latinidad (Duke UP, 2025), Mariana Ortega focuses on photography using a hermeneutics of l…
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"I'm Fine, Everything's Fine"-Dealing with Holiday Stress
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18:13Send us a text It's that time of year again for mirth and merriment but also STRESS. Learn some helpful tips to bring the joy and not the humbug to this holiday season. The last episode of 2025! RESOURCES: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/scientific-mommy/202512/better-ways-to-manage-your-holiday-stress https://www.healthline.com/health/holi…
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Episode 510 - Advent—The Arrival of Joy with Sandra Flach
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35:31“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” -Romans 15:13 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care. On this episode, host Sandra …
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Expert Advice for Handling Sexual Abuse by a Sibling - Weekend Wisdom
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5:28Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I have a friend whose 12-year-old adopted son (adopted at age 6) has been sexually abusing his younger siblings. She self-reported to CPS and law enforcement, but they have not done a formal removal yet, and their solutions involved bringing the child back home or kinship …
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Dana Hargus: And Nobody Is Bothered By This But Me?
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1:07:29Send us a text Jayne Amelia speaks with therapist and founder of Restore Of Ada, Dana Hargus, M.Ed., LPC. Dana is a foster mom and adoptive mom, and now a grandmother of many children. Dana was raised in the Ada area and has a bachelor's in education and special education and a master's degree in school counseling. After successfully working with s…
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Sunk Cost and the Superorganism | Frankly 116
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23:29In this week's episode, Nate unpacks the pervasive behavioral pull of sunk cost as a force shaping our material reality, identities, and collective expectations about the future. Past investments – in careers, possessions, and cultural narratives – lock us into patterns of defending what might no longer actually serve us. This tendency becomes more…
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Popcorn Eschaton 71 - 'Scrooged' and 'The Muppet Christmas Carol'
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1:17:26It's the holidays on Popcorn Eschaton! On this episode, Scott and John discuss two adaptations of Charles Dickins's 1843 novella 'A Christmas Carol:' Richard Donner's 'Scrooged' and The Jim Henson Company's 'The Muppet Christmas Carol'! They get into how each film tackles the text's spiritual and social commentary, as well as why The Muppets, and p…
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Kaitlin Curtice: story and cyclical spirituality
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40:05Episode 99 of Messy Jesus Business podcast, with Sister Julia Walsh.In this episode of Messy Jesus Business podcast, Sister Julia Walsh, FSPA talks with Kaitlin Curtice. They explore Indigenous spirituality, the power of stories, the cyclical nature of being, expansiveness and liminality, the difference between certainty and faith, joy in art, Moth…
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IAGL teamed with OLHSA to help some people recently. Listen to Craig Nash and Lisa Grodsky explain. Watch the video version here. https://youtu.be/zFzOhwEjZz8 https://www.itsagrandlife.com #grandfamily #grandfamilypodcast #OLHSA #lisagrodsky #grandparentsraisinggrandchildrenBy Ryan Armbrustmacher
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Chris and Jen - Christmas Movies are Self Care...and Jen hates the Jim Carrey Grinch
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1:05:21In this festive episode, Chris and Jen dive into the world of holiday movies, gift-giving, and the nostalgia that comes with the Christmas season. They explore their differing opinions on classic films like 'The Grinch' and 'It's a Wonderful Life', discuss the importance of thoughtful gift-giving, and share their gratitude for experiences and momen…
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Reacting to ignorance with anger is ignorant - KINSHIP - 12.6.2025
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2:03:07Support the show -- My newsletter is the most edifying email in your inbox every week (my weekly writings, favorite quotes, reading suggestions and more): https://www.acceptingtheuniverse.com/ To meet and interact with like-minded people, you can join the Accepting the Universe Discord community: https://www.acceptingtheuniverse.com/discord You can…
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Fighting for a Livable Future: Exploring Frontier Climate Interventions with Kelly Erhart
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1:06:57While current conversations about global heating tend to center around a few well-established pieces of science, we don't often hear about the scientists and leaders working at the frontier of what is still unknown about Earth's systems. This includes unpredictable tipping points and cascading effects of our rapidly changing climate, as well as the…
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Introducing Our New Executive Director, Linda Fiore
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45:38Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. We're thrilled to introduce you to our new Executive Director, Linda Fiore. Listen to today's conversation about her journey to Creating a Family and where we're heading in this next chapter under her leadership. In this episode, we discuss: What first brought you into the world of …
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Alive in the Skin of a River’s Flow – Susan Murphy Roshi
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31:06In this week’s story, Australian writer and Zen roshi Susan Murphy explores how haiku’s reflections of the seasons are being disrupted by the climate crisis. How will this poetic form bear witness to the ferocity of change reshaping the seasons? Woven with verses from Bashō, Buson, Issa, and fellow Volume 6 contributor Ron C. Moss, this story conte…
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Episode 509 - Advent—Peace at Home with Sandra Flach
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40:00“Jesus said, I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” -John 16:33 Welcome to The Adoption & Foster Care Journey—a podcast to encourage, educate and equip you as you care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care and kinship care. On th…
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Episode 31: Providing psychosocial support following wildfires. Featuring Paicabi
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30:06En este episodio, Ron Gutiérrez, Director Clínico de Servicios Legales para Niños y miembro del consejo de Family for Every Child, habla con Denisse Pérez, coordinadora de proyectos en Paicabi, sobre el proyecto Wara, una iniciativa única en respuesta a los incendios forestales de 2024 en Chile. Si bien la ayuda inicial se centró en viviendas y nec…
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Episode 8: The Murawina Story with Aunty Norma Ingram and Aunty Margret Campbell
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43:23In this inspiring episode of Kids, Culture, Community – SNAICC Yarns, we sit down with two legendary Elders, Aunty Norma Ingram and Aunty Margret Campbell. Hosted by Narelda Jacobs, this conversation takes us back to Redfern in 1973, to Sheppard Street where Aunty Norma, Aunty Margret, and a group of determined Aboriginal mothers created Murawina, …
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Help! My Foster Child Is Being Bullied! - Weekend Wisdom
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12:33Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Help for a youth dealing with being bullied because they are in foster care? Resources: 5 Steps to Effectively Advocate for a Child Who is Being Bullied Are Transracial Adoptees More Likely to Be Bullied? Helping Our Kids Cope with Bullies at School StopBullying.gov Suppor…
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Inflation, Deflation, & Simplification: The 8 Things That Influence Prices | Frankly 115
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26:09In this week's Frankly, Nate explores how the prices we encounter in our daily lives are influenced by not only how much money is in the system, but also by resource depletion, technology, affordability by 'the masses,' and trust within a complex global system. Prices are deeply intertwined with the biophysical reality that underpins our society, a…
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In this walking meditation, Zeena invites you to let your steps become a tuning fork for your nervous system—feeling your feet, knees, hips, and breath find a natural rhythm as you move. Along the way, you’ll visualize unclipping the heavy “backpack” of obligations and invisible labor you’ve been carrying, and remember that it isn’t the calm you ch…
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