The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope

In this opening episode of Season 4, Dwight and Francisco discuss grief, gratitude, staying grounded amidst uncertainty and polarization, and the guiding queries and themes of the season.

Dwight Duns…

Welcome to Season 4 of The Seed! Join us as we explore what spiritual alignment looks like in this moment of escalating social and political upheaval and violence: How do we cultivate discernment to …

K. Melchor Quick Hall is a popular educator, writer, and researcher. In this final episode of Season 3, she and Dwight explore the importance of nurturing practices of creative play, what it means to…

How do we begin to imagine futures not yet here? What can we do today to embody the liberation we want to see?

Matthew Armstead (they/them), an experiential facilitator and performance artist, asks ho…

How can we cultivate a relationship to communal silence? How can practices of silent worship allow us to build trust and open to the unknown?

Ingrid Lakey, co-founder of Earth Quaker Action Team, talk…

How do we create rituals to witness each other and our communities in transformative moments and cultivate a sense of belonging? What role does forgiveness play in our individual and communal spiritu…

Season 3 is here! As we begin to explore the practices that enrich our connections to ourselves and to each other, Dwight and Francisco share what's been spiritually nurturing them, their relationshi…

Welcome to Season Three of The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope. 

This summer, we're exploring the practices that enrich our connections to ourselves and to each other. How do we cultivate relatio…

When systems of oppression are so entrenched, omnipresent, and internalized, how can we discover, remember, and recognize the truth of who we are? 

Is it possible to transform our deepest-rooted convi…

How do we align our everyday decisions with our ideals to create the world we want to see?

Anton breaks down the distinction between morality and integrity, discussing the mystery, fear, and unknowns …

What can people of faith offer to broader environmental and other social justice movements? 

Cherice’s work in ecotheology–a field of liberation theology centered around the relationship between relig…

eppchez yo-sí yes, a Quaker playwright, inventor, and spiritual companion, offers ways to practice noticing patterns of faithfulness and patterns of oppression to begin moving through transformations…

Blanca Pacheco, co-director of New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, discusses the relationship between community care and self care, the power of laughter, and the need to elevate personal stories…

Why a podcast season on the Quaker testimony of integrity? What makes it relevant now? 

Host Dwight Dunston and Pendle Hill executive director Francisco Burgos give an introduction of the Quaker testi…

Welcome to Season Two of The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope. This season, we're exploring the Quaker testimony of Integrity: What does it look like to meaningfully live out our deepest spiritua…

“My life’s work is really finding ways to remind people of, and validate, what they already know.” Ricardo Levins Morales thinks of his art as a medicinal practice, dedicated to treating both our cul…

How can we practice courage?  How do we build our “fear toolbox” and find our roles in social change work? In this episode, Eileen breaks down concrete steps for discernment around these questions. H…

Cai Quirk frames their art and their work expanding gender narratives as a collaboration between themself, the natural world, and Spirit. Despite the continued erasure of queer stories, Cai reminds u…

Dwight sits down with Rev. Rhetta Morgan to discuss the power and purpose of heartbreak, the magic of sitting with grief, and the connection between healing self/others/world. What does it mean to he…

Can a podcast be a seed for social and individual healing? How can we expand Pendle Hill conversations?
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Welcome to The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope! In our opening episode, host Dwight Dunsto…