Friends Journal podcast

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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 Stan Becker reads “One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing”

Excerpt from One Friend’s Experience of Clearness Regarding Childbearing: Contemplating words to share about a decision not to have biological children… Stan Becker

Author chat with Stan Becker on clearness on children

From the article: Friends are very active in environmental concerns now. But it is probably true that for most American… Stan Becker

Poet Meredith Trede reads “I Tell Him About the Body Bags”

FJ Poetry: Meredith Trede is a poet and editor. Her collection, Field Theory, was published by SFA Press, Stephen F.… Meredith Trede

Author chat with Raed Jarrar on living in Baghdad and discovering the AFSC

We’re still considered among the lucky ones. We lost our country, our friends, and many of our belongings, but we… Raed Jarrar

Interview with Lynn and Steve Newsom of Quaker House

A Friends Journal interview with the directors of Fayetteville, N.C.’s Quaker House. You can also watch the video of this interview.… Lynn and Steve Newsom

Author chat with Ralph G. Steinhardt, on the humanity and Inhumanity of the Manhattan Project

What does Quakerism require of us when we hold someone in the Light? It is easy enough for me to… Ralph G. Steinhardt

Author chat with David Harrington Watt on the continued educational work around Hiroshima and Nagasaki

we believe that certain lessons can be drawn from historians’ accounts of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One lesson… David Harrington Watt

Author Jack Ciancio on supporting post-traumatic stress disorder victims

Author reading. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the emotional ghost of a life-threatening event. It lingers in the shadows of… Jack Ciancio

Author Ralph G. Steinhardt reads his poignant story, “Memories of My Father’s Memories”

Author reading. Ralph G. Steinhardt

Author chat with Jeffery W. Perkins on financial strategies for social change

Hear from June/July author Jeff Perkins in our latest author chat; he talks about how shareholder advocacy works, plus offers… Jeffery W. Perkins

Organizing with the Spirit

A tragedy among Nebraska Friends provides a model for faith-based activism that supports community. Lucy Duncan

Main Street Activism and Wall Street Advocacy: Strange Bedfellows?

Working together on different but complementary strategies for change. Jeffery W. Perkins

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