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Our podcast features poems and articles read by authors, along with the audio of our monthly author chat interviews. We started this service in part to make the magazine more accessible for those with vision impairments. Please share this information with friends and loved ones who might be better able to keep up with “Quaker thought and life today” through the spoken word!

PS: our video project QuakerSpeak also now has a podcast!

Author Amy Ward Brimmer reads “Fall Down Seven Times”

A story about failure, dead ends, and misunderstandings. Amy Ward Brimmer

Interview with poet Bryan R. Monte, of “No One Ever Asks”

An interview with a March 2016 FJ poet. Bryan R. Monte

Author Catherine Bly Cox reads “A Ministry of Prayer and Learning”

The School of the Spirit Ministry teaches Friends how to live and grow in grace. A Friends Journal podcast. Catherine Bly Cox

A reading of Timothy Leonard’s “L’Arche and Quaker Testimonies of Equality and Peace”

A movement serving those with intellectual disabilities demonstrates what it is to be human. A Friends Journal podcast. Timothy Leonard

Interview with Melody George, author of “Imagining a Trauma-informed Quaker Community”

Stigma and fear can make it difficult to see people as more than their disabilities. Melody George

Reading of Maryhelen Snyder’s “Love Story”

A meeting finds a loving way to include a member with hearing impairment. Maryhelen Snyder

A reading of Helen Kobek’s “Accommodating Embodiment within Our Meetings”

Every body entering a meetinghouse has needs that must be met. An Friends Journal podcast. Helen Kobek

Interview with Peter Taylor, author of “The Zen of Quakerism”

Both George Fox and the Buddha experienced a transformative, liberating awareness. Peter Lane

Author Arla Patch reads “Peace Is Possible,” truth, healing, & reconciliation in Maine

Truth, healing, and reconciliation in Maine. Denise Altvater, Maria Girouard, Arla Patch, and Elizabeth Koopman

Interview with David Gross, author of “How Quaker War Tax Resistance Came and Went, Twice”

A history of a sometimes-forgotten Quaker witness. David Gross

Author Jane Purcell reads “Jake’s Chickens”

Motherhood and science fairs. Jane Purcell

Author Seres Kyrie reads “Guns and Pepper Spray”

Teetering on the threshold of peace and self-defense. Seres Kyrie

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