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Ep. 12Belief & Identity·1h 04m

What We Lose When We Refuse to Listen

with Dr. Amara Okonkwo · July 21, 2026

A conflict mediator who has spent twenty years in rooms where people are certain the other side is the enemy. We talk about the small, unglamorous habits that let strangers stay in a hard conversation long enough to change.

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Ep. 11·Systems & Suppression

Who Profits From Our Division?

with Marcus Bell

Following the money behind outrage: how attention markets reward the loudest, least generous version of each of us.

July 14, 2026 · 58mListen
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Ep. 10·Sacrifice & Service

The Cost of Standing Alone

with Reverend Lydia Cross

What it actually costs to say the unpopular thing in your own community — and why she'd do it again.

July 7, 2026 · 1h 11mListen
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Ep. 09·Belief & Identity

Faith, Doubt, and the People We Fear

with Imam Yusuf Adeyemi

Two believers from different traditions on doubt as a doorway rather than a threat.

June 30, 2026 · 1h 02mListen
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Ep. 08·Power & Politics

Power Without a Podium

with Senator Ruth Vance

A retiring legislator on what she'd say if re-election were no longer a consideration.

June 23, 2026 · 49mListen
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Ep. 07·Systems & Suppression

The Quiet Machinery of Silence

with Nadia Farouk

An investigative journalist on the ordinary systems that make speaking up feel impossible.

June 16, 2026 · 1h 20mListen
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Ep. 06·Sacrifice & Service

Serving People You Disagree With

with Chief Daniel Ortiz

Thirty years of emergency response, and a hard-won view of what unity looks like at 3 a.m.

June 9, 2026 · 55mListen
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