The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope

09/09/2025

Big news! As we prepare to launch Season 6 this week, we're making a change. We'll be moving away from this page and consolidating all content over on our main channel at Pendle Hill.

This move will allow us to focus all our energy on one place, giving you more content, more opportunities to connect, and even more ways to learn. Please join us on our main channel to stay up-to-date with all things podcast and Pendle Hill, and get ready for an amazing new season!

Thank you for being such an incredible part of our community. We can't wait to see you there!

02/28/2025

We're excited to release a surprise mini episode on this last day of Black History Month, featuring Hal Weaver of The BlackQuaker Project on "Friends' Historical and Ongoing Injustice to Retrospective Justice."

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or online at https://pendlehill.org/learn/podcast/

01/21/2025

In the wake of the inauguration, we wanted to share this mini episode as we process what's to come. Listen to "Towards a Just Democracy with Alicia McBride" wherever you get your podcasts.

This episode features a condensed version of the recent First Monday Lecture, “Towards a Just Democracy: Spiritual Grounding and Principled Action,” that Alicia McBride and José Santos Moreno of Friends Committee on National Legislation - FCNL delivered at Pendle Hill on November 4th, the eve of the presidential election. Alicia’s powerful message about how we can transform ourselves and our political system by acting with love continues to resonate as the new president now takes office.

12/16/2024

As a Pendle Hill podcast, The Seed will also be disengaging from X. You can continue to find Seed content here and on Instagram , and you can follow Pendle Hill on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

As of today, December 16th, we will be joining other Quaker groups worldwide in disengaging from X. We will no longer be posting content to that platform, but you can continue to find us here, and on Instagram, Mastodon, LinkedIn, YouTube, and now Bluesky

Find these and other organizations moving to Bluesky at https://bsky.app/starter-pack/globalquakers.bsky.social/3lcl74url3b2c

12/13/2024

Episode 4 is here Trickery, Culture, and Power: Keil Troisi and Favianna Rodriguez on Creative Activism.

Dwight Dunston speaks with filmmaker and activist Keil Troisi about the transformative power of art and culture in world-building and social change. Keil shares his experiences with The Yes Men, an art-activism group that creatively disrupts corporate power to inspire long-term hope. They explore how humor, trickery, and creativity can drive real-world impact, especially in environmental and social justice movements.

Favianna Rodriguez, an artist and cultural strategist, reads from her essay Harnessing Cultural Power to Heal the Planet and Ourselves, which appears in the anthology All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Her work calls for a cultural revolution in the climate movement, emphasizing the role of art in reshaping narratives.

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

11/27/2024

In preparation for the next mini episode coming out this Friday, make sure to fill out our listener survey so we can continue planting these seeds together: https://forms.gle/7W44RpjuRy1Mpff38

As a special gift from Pendle Hill, you’ll receive a coupon code after completing the survey for 20% off on any purchase in the Pendle Hill Bookstore before January 1, 2025. This code works on the honor system. We thank you for only using it once and not sharing it with friends. This code cannot be combined with other offers or discounts.

11/01/2024

New mini episode out now with Francisco Burgos on "The History of Worship at Pendle Hill."

Listen wherever you get your podcasts to learn more about this nearly 95-year-old tradition.

10/24/2024

Join Dwight for this workshop, coming up soon! In an age where the world feels uncertain and unknown, let's stretch our imagination muscles and make time for clowning.

"The Clownful Quaker: Strengthening Our Imagination in Service of the Beloved Community" is a fun workshop coming up this November 16th on campus with Dwight Dunston!

In the face of uncertainty and despair, our faith calls us to spiritually fortify ourselves in the journey toward the Beloved Community. Join us for the day to engage your imagination and creativity in this collective work. Register online at https://pendlehill.org/events/the-clownful-quaker-strengthening-our-imagination-in-service-of-the-beloved-community/

10/18/2024

New episode with Dr. Riyam Kafri Abulaban!
Tune in wherever you get your podcasts to listen to "Palestinian Education and Resistance" with Dr. Riyam and special guest Steve Tamari.

10/04/2024

Mini Episode 1 is out now!
Listen to Dr. Riyam Kafri Abulaban talk about the importance of food and culture in Gaza in this teaser for her full episode, coming in two weeks.
This segment won't make it into the full episode, so make sure you catch this incredible conversation in the mini ep!

09/27/2024

Dwight Dunston on the theme of Season 5: world-building and imagination.

09/23/2024

Welcome to Season 5 🙏
Francisco Burgos, executive director of Pendle Hill talks with host Dwight Dunston about how this Season is going to be a bit different:
🌏 We're talking about world-building and imagination with our guests. What future do we envision? How can we start living in that world today? How will we collaborate to create a more just, loving, and peaceful world?
👀Mini-Episode Preview: This season will include alternating mini-episodes featuring unaired content and new material created on the Pendle Hill campus. These shorter episodes will deepen the season’s exploration of world-building.
👯Two Guests! Each of our full episodes will include a main guest in conversation with Dwight and a second guest who will offer a short reflection, reading, poem, or song.
💻Online Quaker Worship with Dwight: Dwight will attend the Pendle Hill online Quaker worship on the last Friday of the month from 8:30 to 9:10 AM (Eastern Time). Visit https://pendlehill.org/explore/worship/ for details.

Follow along for more conversations for radical hope!