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Progressive Spirit talks intelligently about spirituality and social justice. Listen to interviews with top scholars, authors, social justice activists, and spiritual leaders from around the world. 

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The Broken Country

Airs at: Mon, 11/20/2017 at 12:00am
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  The Broken Country is a book-length essay on cultural trauma and the inter-generational legacies of war. In 2012, a young Vietnamese man named Kiet Thanh Ly walked into a downtown Salt Lake City megastore, purchased a knife, and began stabbing white male passersby in the... Read more

The Mystery and Physics of World Trade Center Seven

Airs at: Mon, 11/13/2017 at 12:00am
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This is the fifth episode in my series on 9/11. These are interviews with those who are speaking out about the 9/11 false flag and cover up. These are scientists and scholars who are showing us that the science supports what we see with our own eyes, that the three World Tr... Read more

Love and Memory

Airs at: Mon, 11/06/2017 at 12:00am
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My two guests on this episode will help us love more and remember more. Love and memory.  Scott Stabile is the author of Big Love: The Power of Living with A Wide Open Heart." His inspirational posts and videos have attracted a huge and devoted social media following, incl... Read more

Mindfulness in Education and Economics (ENCORE)

Airs at: Mon, 10/30/2017 at 12:00am
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What if we brought mindfulness to schools and Buddhism to economics?   Clair Brown teaches at Cal Berkely and is the author of Buddhist Economics: An Enlightened Approach to the Dismal Science.  Caverly Morgan is the founder of Peace in Schools, the first for credit high sc... Read more

The Rape of Eve: Newly Discovered Texts of Resistance (Celene Lillie) ENCORE

Airs at: Mon, 10/23/2017 at 12:00am
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  ***Celene Lillie and Arthur Dewey will be at Southminster Presbyterian Church for a Jesus Seminar on the Road, November 10-11, 2017.***   The Nag Hammadi library discovered in 1945 has provided a number of alternative Christian texts.   They were not included in the Bib... Read more

Big Hunger, Big Chicken, Big Moment

Airs at: Mon, 10/16/2017 at 12:00am
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This week my guests discuss big problems regarding food. How can we work toward healthy food and enough food for everyone? Maryn McKenna is a journalist who writes about science, food, and disease. Like Superbug: The Fatal Menace of MRSA. But that’s not the end of it. We’v... Read more

Chris Ransford: God and the Mathematics of Infinity

Airs at: Mon, 10/09/2017 at 12:00am
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What can mathematics tell us about God? According to todays guest, physicist and mathematician, H Chris Ransford, mathematics can tell us quite a bit about the classic attributes of an infinite God who is all-knowing, all-seeing, and all-powerful. The logic and beauty of ma... Read more

Sex: The Illustrated History

Airs at: Mon, 10/02/2017 at 12:00am
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John R. Gregg is an historian, a writer, researcher, educator, and traveler. He has had a lifelong fascination for the beliefs and practices of peoples worldwide. He has taught World Civilization, Anthropology, American History, and Native American History and Culture, at t... Read more

Graeme MacQueen, 9/11: The Pentagon's B Movie

Airs at: Mon, 09/25/2017 at 12:00am
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This is my fourth episode in my series on 9/11. Most will dismiss this as a conspiracy theory as the CIA and its obedient media have instructed us. But some will open their minds and face the evidence. Opening minds is what we do on Progressive Spirit. Already in this seri... Read more

A Conversation with Justine Willis Toms of New Dimensions Radio/Media

Airs at: Mon, 09/18/2017 at 12:00am
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Since 1973, Justine Willis Toms has been exploring personal, social, and spiritual transformation through her work as an electronic journalist, editor, and writer. She is the co-founder, managing producer, and host of New Dimensions Radio/Media. She has also produced many ... Read more