We're back after a brief hiatus! On this episode, we speak with undergraduate student and poet Gabriela Portillo Alvarado about their Quaker faith, their research, and their poetry. Gabriela also shares a brand new poem, written for our convers...

On this episode of the Soul Force Ones podcast, we speak with Josh Barousse, the co-founder and executive director of the award winning San José Spotlight, a non profit news organization dedicated to independent local reporting. We discuss a va...

This week we are joined by Cherice Bock. Cherice works as a Creation Justice Advocate with Oregon Interfaith Power & Light and Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, and you can find more about her amazing work ...

On episode 40 (40!!!), Jon and colin do something a little different. The hosts discuss a theme that spans several recent episodes, violence.  Is violence the antithesis of soul force?What does it mean to aspire for pe...

Episode 39 features Dr. Ted Khoury, Associate Professor of Management and the Cameron Professor of Strategy, Sustainability, and Entrepreneurship at Portland State University. An accomplished entrepreneurship scholar, Dr. Khoury discusses a few...

In episode 38, Jon and colin speak with José Santos Woss, the Director for Justice Reform with the Friend’s Committee on National Legislation. We explore how he came to Quakerism as a y...

This week's guest is Anthony Miranda, an ex-sergeant of the NYPD after over 20 years on the force. He has brought cases of discrimination against the New York Police Department, is an advocate for police accountability, and an executive chairma...

On episode 36, hosts Jon and colin chat with firearms trainer and certified armed security professional Patrice Thomas. Patrice talks about her experiences as a Queer Black woman training in the police academy, instructing others on firearm saf...

On today’s episode we are joined by Sheila Krishnan, director of career and professional development at the Harvard school of public health. We chat about social determinants of health, explore a few similarities and differences between ...

Elysse Grossi-Soyster is a Microbiology & Immunology graduate student with Stanford University's School of Medicine. She is the founder of the STEM Outreach Collective and a community ...

This week's guest is Beau Vandendolder. Beau is an acupuncturist, herbalist, yoga teacher, meditation leader, and instructor of Buddhist and Daoist philosophy. On this episode we discuss Integrated Daoism that incorporates Buddhism and C...

This week, we are joined by Dr. Omid Safi, professor of Iranian and Islamic studies at duke university. Dr. Safi was the director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center, and his books include

On today’s episode Jon and colin share some laughs with comedian, musician, and vegan linguistics master Myq Kaplan. Myq has appeared on Comedy Central’s Live at Gotham, The Tonight Show, and Last Comic Standing. His specials include Vegan Mind...

Jon and colin talk with Chabre Vickers, Wells Fargo Vice President of Community Development in Oregon and Southwest Washington. We discuss her work to increase access to resources for underserved folks in the community, what liberation might lo...

Dr. Ravi Ravindra is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax (Canada) where he served for many years as a Professor in the departments of Comparative Religion, Philosophy, and of Physics.   Ravi has a Phd in Physics.  He...

Lillian Rambus is the owner of Simply Soulful Cafe in Seattle, WA.  Lilian shares about  carrying on the family tradition of feeding the community,  how great cooking comes from the heart and soul, and how 'soul food' epitomizes ...

This week we’re joined by Marlan Simpson Jr. Marlan is an educator and entrepreneur,  life coach, artist, designer, producer, and  former HS principal. He's also  a former student of Mr. Tommie Lindsey, who we interviewed in epis...

 Dr.  Sofia Adawy, MD is  director of the health center for IMAN, the Inner-city Muslim Action Network in Chicago.  Dr. Adawy shares about the history of IMAN, her Muslim faith, a holistic approach to health care, the import...

 Dr. Thomas Sharpton is a Microbiome surveyor, metagenome analyzer, bioinformatics programmer, and Associate Professor of microbiology at Oregon State University. Jon and colin talk about spirituality and science, the gut/brai...

Marilyn Freeman is a writer, filmmaker, multimedia artist and  author of the Illuminated Space: A Personal Theory and Contemplative Practice of Media Art. Contemplative, queer and creative, Marilyn is a Benedictine Oblate of St. Pl...

Reema Datta, an Indian-American yogi, teacher, speaker, mother, humanitarian, author and musician shares about transcending labels and identities, her experience growing up in India and the United States and navigating respect for family while ...

Will Duncan, lavender farmer, lecturer, meditation teacher,  yoga  instructor and musician, shares about the difference between a vocational calling and work, his journey of self discovery, his years in silence at a retreat, the abili...

Laurie Childers, ceramic artist, educator, and singer/songwriter, shares about her work with clay, her Quaker faith, and her rather miraculous healing from a fifteen foot fall from a tree.🎧 Audio Podcast -- Listen, Subscribe and Revi...

Side B features the intro from Episode 20 - I Wish I Was a Lil' More Palmer (The Remix w/ Jon and colin) - set to the instrumental of  "I Wish" by Skee-lo 

Colin and Jon put in some work, working out their inner workings in contemplation of the contemplative's remarks.  Colin and Jon reflect on last week’s discussion with author, activist, and educator, Parker Palmer. The...