Heartland Ep. 1: What Does 'Spirituality' Mean Anyway?
Welcome to the new podcast where we create conversations about spirituality and how it intersects with everyday life. Check out the program page for a little more info, if you wish - but for now, let's...
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 2: Spiritual Art &The Science Of Meditation
Welcome to our second episode! We have an interview with science editor for The Guardian , James Kingsland. His new book is called: Siddhartha's Brain: Unlocking the Ancient Science of Enlightenment ....
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 3: Finding Fulfillment In Community & Nature
This episode, Keil and Rachel head to Jubilee Farm , just outside of Springfield in New Berlin. They meet with the Catholic Dominican Sisters who operate the site which focuses on ecology and...
View ArticleJubilee Farm: A Place For 'Spirituality & Ecology'
Right outside of Springfield, in New Berlin, is a rolling landscape of over 100 acres of farmland. The llamas and alpacas are some of the first things you'll see to know you've arrived at Jubilee Farm .
View ArticleSpirituality Series: 'Sacred Conversations On Race' Reflections
Since this spring, four churches and congregations in Springfield have met to hold a series of events titled 'Sacred Conversations on Race + Action.' The events were put on by the Faith Coalition for...
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 4: Visual Art & Meditative Music As Tools To Connect
Welcome to Heartland, the place where we explore the multitude of ways various people practice spirituality or strive to become more grounded in the world around them and connected to others.
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 5: 'Nuns On The Bus' + Gender-Outlaw/Former Scientologist Kate...
On today's episode we talk with Sister Simon Campbell, a nun who leads by example when it comes to social justice. She stopped by the statehouse with a bus load of other nuns last week for their ' Mend...
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 6: Film Chronicles 22 Years In A Cult + A Conversation On...
On this episode we speak with Will Allen about the film Holy Hell , a documentary released this year. It chronicles the 22 years he spent in a cult headed by one man, it was called Buddhafield.
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 7: Tarot & "Energy Healing"
In this episode, Rachel & Keil spend a day visiting a "magical penthouse" -- a top-floor apartment in Springfield where Teri Freesmeyer performs various types of healing energy work. They later...
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 8: Post-Election Reflections On Active Spirituality
The personal is political on this episode. But that's nothing new, religion and politics have a long and vast history of intersection.
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 9: Muslim Interfaith Leader + Chiara Center For Reflection
We visit a historic Springfield location, the St. Francis of Assisi Church . It was built after nuns decided to create a sanitarium to treat tuberculosis patients out in the country side - it now...
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 10: Artists Ari Honarvar & Amanda Grieve
On this episode we get to know Ari Honarvar, an Iranian-American, artist, activist and more. We also visit with visual artist Amanda Grieve at her Edinburg farmhouse, in rural Sangamon County.
View ArticleHeartland Ep. 11: Processing Death
On this episode of Heartland, we take on the topics of death and coping with the grief it often brings.
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