Encountering Silence

Encountering Silence


Latest Episodes

Kaitlin Curtice: Silence, Faith, and Indigenous Culture (Part Two)
June 22, 2020

Kaitlin B. Curtice is a member of the Potawatomi Nation, as well as a Christian, public speaker, and poet. She is the author of Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, which has been highly praised by Barbara Brown Taylor ("Kaitlin Curtice ...

Kaitlin Curtice: Silence, Faith, and Indigenous Culture (Part One)
June 16, 2020

Kaitlin B. Curtice is a member of the Potawatomi Nation, as well as a Christian, public speaker, and poet. She is the author of Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, which has been highly praised by Barbara Brown Taylor ("Kaitlin Curtice ...

Lerita Coleman Brown, PhD: Silence, the Disinherited, and the Wisdom of Howard Thurman for Our Time
June 09, 2020

One of the first guests on this podcast was Dr. Lerita Coleman Brown, who joined us on our episode #9 in 2018. Today we are delighted to welcome her back to the podcast. You can hear Professor Brown's previous conversation with us here. -

Kerry Connelly: Silence, Privilege, and Dismantling Racism (Part Two)
June 01, 2020

This episode continues our conversation with blogger/activist Kerry Connelly. As in part one of this interview, we explore one of the most pervasive forms of toxic silence in our culture: the silence embedded in white privilege and systemic racism.

Kerry Connelly: Silence, Privilege, and Dismantling Racism (Part One)
May 25, 2020

On this podcast we often explore the toxic side of silence. In this episode we explore one of the most pervasive forms of toxic silence in our culture: the silence embedded in white privilege and systemic racism.

Kathleen Norris: Silence, Acedia, and Pandemic (Part Two)
May 21, 2020

This week's episode — our 100th overall, not counting our "pilot episode" — features the conclusion of Kathleen Norris's second conversation with Encountering Silence. - Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer,

Kathleen Norris: Silence, Acedia, and Pandemic (Part One)
May 11, 2020

Our returning guest Kathleen Norris is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Acedia and Me, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing Grace, and The Virgin of Bennington.

In Pursuit of Silence, Earth Day, and the Dawn Chorus (Episode 98)
April 22, 2020

To honor the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day, and in recognition of the continuing challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Encountering Silence's own Cassidy Hall joins with her colleague at Transcendental Media, Patrick Shen,

Mike Morrell: Silence in the Divine Dance (Part Two)
April 20, 2020

Mike Morrell may be best known as the collaborating author, with Richard Rohr, of The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation. Mike was involved with the founding of the Wild Goose Festival, a justice,

Mike Morrell: Silence in the Divine Dance (Part One)
April 16, 2020

Mike Morrell may be best known as the collaborating author, with Richard Rohr, of The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation. Mike was involved with the founding of the Wild Goose Festival, a justice,