Great news and let me get right to it! Season Two of the #GrassrootsPodcast is out now!
Check out our first episode on vulnerability and lament featuring Kayla Craig and Peter Harris of A Rocha on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. And please... rate, review, and tell a friend!
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Last year, I launched the podcast for Plant With Purpose as a way to steer conversations about climate back towards the front lines. So much dialogue is set in academic or corporate circles that sometimes lose sight of the communities most threatened by climate change around the world. In our first season, I got to feature guests representing DR Congo, Mozambique, Thailand, rural Appalachia, inner city Philly, Hong Kong, and many other places. We looked at the issues through a spiritual lens, and I heard from many listeners that it brought a perspective they’d been looking for for a long time.
I had some exciting plans for Season Two, but right around March had to scrap them all. I doubt I need to explain why. But my team put our heads together virtually and decided to use our show to create a mini-season, responding to some of the urgent things going on around us:
🎙 Lament and vulnerability
🎙 The pandemic, of course
🎙 Environmental racism
🎙 An extremely divided culture
Lessons from the environment and our faith absolutely apply to the moment. So these are the themes of our second season!
With this show, I tried to make something I believe the world really needs. But for it to reach people, I do need some help:
🌿 Algorithms, man. When you subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple’s podcast app... it really helps us get noticed. Last year, your help helped us hit the top 100 of the Government category! Why that category, idk, but let’s do it again!
🌿 Word of mouth- Share a screenshot of the show. Tag me and Plant With Purpose, and I’ll pick a couple of you to win some books written by podcast guests.
🌿 Interviews - In more normal times, I’d throw launch parties for the show. Maybe even a tour. I can’t do that in 2020, but what I can do are OPP- other people’s podcasts. Know of a show where I would be a good interview fit? Let me know in the comments!