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Progressive Spirit

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20 episodes

4 months ago

This is the final episode of Progressive Spirit. I say my goodbyes after seven years of weekly programs that always have been available for free to the public. In this final episode, I speak with professor emeritus Fred Provenza of Utah State University. We talk abo...

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This is the final episode of Progressive Spirit. I say my goodbyes after seven years of weekly programs that always have been available for free to the public. In this final episode, I speak with professor emeritus Fred Provenza of Utah State University. We talk abo...

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Episodes (20/20)

Progressive Spirit

Nutritional Wisdom with Fred Provenza

This is the final episode of Progressive Spirit. I say my goodbyes after seven years of weekly programs that always have been available for free to the public. In this final episode, I speak with professor emeritus Fred Provenza of Utah State University. We talk abo...

6 years ago

Progressive Spirit

Rebel in the Ranks: A Conversation with Brad Gregory

Martin Luther may very well turn over in his grave if he was able to see what happened to what he started 500 years ago. The Reformation. Studying its effects is not just for religious people. According to Notre Dame Professor of European History, Brad Gregory, the ve...

6 years ago

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The War on Yemen: A Conversation with Dr. Aisha Jumaan

The US Senate voted this week 56-41 to end US support of the war on Yemen. According to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders: “The Saudi intervention in Yemen has created the worst humanitarian disaster in the world, with millions of people facing imminent starvation. The ...

6 years ago

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A Gracious Heretic: The Importance of Not Shutting Up

Connie Lee Tuttle is the pastor of Circle of Grace, a small, progressive, ecumenical, feminist, Christian house church in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary on a path to ordination within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) She was refused...

6 years ago

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The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton: Hugh Turley Investigates His Death 50 Years Later

Heart failure, accident, or murder? John Shuck interviews Hugh Turley about the mysterious death of Thomas Merton. Investigative Reporter, Hugh Turley, makes the case that the conclusion that Thomas Merton died by accident cannot possibly be true. Hugh Turley and David...

6 years ago

Progressive Spirit

The Myth of the Hero: A Conversation with Bernie Taylor

The myth of the hero is as contemporary as Hollywood films and as ancient as 40,000 year-old cave paintings. Bernie Taylor, naturalist and author discusses this myth and how it shapes religion and science. Bernie Taylor is a naturalist, thought leader and author whose ...

6 years ago

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The Forgotten Creed: A Conversation with Stephen J. Patterson

One of the earliest creeds of the Jesus Movement may be embedded in one of the letters of Paul. It is an unusual creed in that it says nothing about the nature of God or salvation, but rather what it means to be human. Historian of religion, Stephen J. Patterson, retu...

6 years ago

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Discussing the Largest Event on Planet Earth

Having just returned from Iraq for Arbaeen in which over 15 million people from all over the world converged on the Holy City of Karbala, John Shuck discusses his experience and the significance of the world's largest event with Iraqi refugee and Portland resident, Ha...

7 years ago

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The Covenants of the Prophet with the Christians of the World: A Conversation with John Andrew Morrow (ENCORE)

Why do the powers that be try to convince us that there is a “clash of cultures” or a conflict between Islam and the West or between Islam and Christianity? To answer that, Dr. John Andrew Morrow discusses his book, The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Ch...

7 years ago

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US - Saudi War Crimes Against Yemen (ENCORE)

On February 3rd, 2018, Roots of Conflict and KBOO/Portland, co-sponsored a presentation at Portland State University called US-Saudi Coalition: Bringing Peace or War? In this episode you will hear from Yemeni activist, Aisha Jumaan and Mohammad al-Nimr, son of execut...

7 years ago

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Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh-Century Martyr (2 of 2) (ENCORE)

On April 28th 2018, The Husayniah Islamic Society of Seattle sponsored an interfaith educational event called Husayn Day. The event was a reflection upon Husayn, the martyred grandson of the Prophet Mohammad. Rather than bow to his oppressors, he, along with 72 famil...

7 years ago

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Arbaeen, The Walk: A Conversation with Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

15 - 20 million people participate in the annual pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq to visit the shrine of 7th century martyr, Imam Husayn. Yet few in the West know about it. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli has written the first book about Arbaeen in English. It is called Arbaeen: ...

7 years ago

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Husayn Means Beauty: The Attraction of the Seventh Century Martyr (1 of 2) (ENCORE)

This is a rebroadcast of an episode that originally aired in May 2018. I will be attending the pilgrimage to Arbaeen from Najaf to Karbala, Iraq, at the end of October, with a Maulana Mohammad Baig, courtesy of the Husayniah Islamic Society of Seattle. On April 28th ...

7 years ago

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Climate Change or How to Defeat Medusa: A Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore

Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore spoke at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon, September 30th, 2018. Hear her address, Bearing Witness (starts at 4:30). In this interview, she talked with John Shuck about her 2016 book, Great Tide Rising: Calling on Clarity...

7 years ago

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9/11 Unmasked, Part 4: Fran Shure and the Problem of the Media

This is the fourth of my four-part series on the 9/11 Consensus Panel, whose work was released in book form on September 11th, 2018. [Note: Amazon, as of September 25th, now reports the book as "Temporarily out of stock" even as the publisher says Amazon has many copie...

7 years ago

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9/11 Unmasked, Part 3: David Chandler and the Day of Magical Physics

In Part 3 of my four-part series on the work of the 9/11 Consensus Panel, I speak with David Chandler about the physics behind the collapse of the three World Trade Center Towers on September 11th, 2001. Why do the buildings look like they came down in controlled demo...

7 years ago

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9/11 Unmasked, Part 2: A Conversation with Dwain Deets about Able Danger

This is the second of a four-part series on 9/11, specifically, the work of the 9/11 Consensus Panel, an international 23 person panel of 9/11 researchers. The panel was spearheaded by Dr. David Ray Griffin and Elizabeth Woodworth. They have published a book on their ...

7 years ago

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9/11 Unmasked: A Conversation with Elizabeth Woodworth and Graeme MacQueen about the 9/11 Consensus Panel

This is the first of a four-part series on the new book released by the 9/11 Consensus Panel, 9/11 Unmasked: An International Review Panel Investigation. 9/11 Unmasked is the result of a six-year investigation by an international review panel, which has provided 51 p...

7 years ago

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America: The Farewell Tour -- A Conversation with Chris Hedges

In his latest book, America: The Farewell Tour, Chris Hedges shows how the effects of America's decline and decay affects its citizenry. As America sinks further into poverty and despotism, and as corporations and the military-industrial-media complex pirate the remai...

7 years ago

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Kindness, Compassion, and Healthy Leadership: A Conversation with Ling Rinpoche

His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche is on a teaching visit through the West Coast, August 15th through September 19th (See Schedule). He will be in Portland, September 7th through the 10th at the following venues: Gala for Tibet: An Evening with HE Kyab...

7 years ago