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The Snowball Effect

Hidden Brain Podcast

How do certain memes go viral? And why do some social movements take off and spread, while others fizzle? Today on the show, we talk with sociologist Damon Centola about social contagion, and how it can be harnessed to build a better world.

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‘There Is Not Some Separation Between Jesus and Justice.’ How Rev. William J. Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for the Poor

Barber’s newsmaking actions were founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice.

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Mary C. Curtis
2020
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Beyond Good and Evil

It sounds simple, yet it’s more than a technique for resolving conflict. It’s a different way of understanding human motivation and behavior.

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D. Killian
2003
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Rev. angel Kyodo williams on Why She’s Hopeful About This Moment in US Politics

Rev. angel Kyodo williams shares why the incoming US administration provides a great opportunity for activists to come together, take action, and create a new vision for a more inclusive country.

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angel Kyodo Williams
2017
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Love Everyone: A Guide for Spiritual Activists

Real political change must be spiritual. Real spiritual practice has to be political. Buddhist teachers Sharon Salzberg and Rev. angel Kyodo williams on how we can bring the two worlds together to build a more just and compassionate society.

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Sharon Salzberg, angel Kyodo williams
2019
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Daisy Khan

Interview with leading American Muslim activist Daisy Khan, who is co-founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement, and driving force behind the proposed Islamic cultural centre near Ground Zero in New York.

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Daisy Khan
2011
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Rabbi Noa Kushner Speaking at S.F. City Hall Anti-Hate Rally

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Noa Kushner
2017
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Spirituality in Jewish Social Justice Activism: R' Shmuly Yanklowitz Interviews R' Danya Ruttenberg

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, President & Dean of Valley Beit Midrash interviews Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on the topic of "Spirituality in Jewish Social Justice Activism."

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Danya Ruttenberg
2017
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Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit

In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us the tools to do it. This timely, courageous, and practical work—intensely personal as well as political—is not about them, "those people" in Washington, D.C.

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Parker J. Palmer
2014
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Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

MLK’s classic account of the first successful large-scale act of nonviolent resistance in America: the Montgomery bus boycott. A young Dr. King wrote Stride Toward Freedom just 2 years after the successful completion of the boycott.

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Martin Luther King Jr., Clayborne Carson (introduction)
2010
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The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism

“Every age has its teachers, who keep the eternal truths alive for all of us,” writes Marianne Williamson, the best-selling author of The Age of Miracles. “In the case of Andrew Harvey, the light he sheds is like a meteor burst across the inner sky.

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Andrew Harvey, Caroline Myss (foreword)
2009
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