A former evangelical turned witch, Jamie Lee Finch shares wisdom from this ancient goddess religion on navigating the climate crisis. We explore her surprising spiritual journey, the history of witches as healers, how climate justice connects with desire and sex magic, and why honoring our bodies is critical in the fight to heal our earth home. A sex witch, embodiment coach, activist, and poet, Jamie is also the author of: “You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity”. In this new “Bring the Light” season, we’re exploring how spirituality helps us face the climate crisis. This isn’t something we can beat with technology, policy and science alone. It takes heart and strength and courage - the kinds of things many people draw from their spiritual practices and faith traditions. Additional music: Chad Crouch - PacingChris Zabriskie - The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does Islam teach us about facing climate change? We ask Ibrahim Abdul-Matin: an urban strategist, author and thought leader who has advised political leaders and corporations on climate policy. He also wrote a beautiful book called: “Green Deen : What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet.” In this new “Bring the Light” season, we’re exploring how spirituality helps us face the climate crisis. This isn’t something we can beat with technology, policy and science alone. It takes heart and strength and courage - the kinds of things many people draw from their spiritual practices and faith traditions. Additional Music: Alan Spiljak - Empty Days Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this new “Bring the Light” season, we explore how spirituality helps us face the climate crisis. This isn’t something we can beat with technology, policy and science alone. It takes heart and strength and courage - the kinds of things many people draw from their spiritual or faith traditions. This episode we speak with Mike McHargue, a Southern Baptist turned atheist turned science-loving mystic follower of Jesus. Mike tackles the big questions on his podcasts The Liturgists and Ask Science Mike, and we were thrilled to talk with him about his faith journey, learning from the Gwich’in in the Arctic Refuge, and where he draws strength in trying times.The Liturgists: https://theliturgists.com/podcastMike’s website: https://mikemchargue.com/Additional music: Doctor Turtle - Dead From The Beginning Alive Til The End  Daniel Birch - Sleep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Season 3, Bring the Light, we'll explore how faith and spirituality, in all its forms, can help us wrap our arms around the climate crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This bonus episode of No Place Like Home was produced in partnership with Drilled. Host Amy Westervelt speaks with Anna Jane about the importance of good storytelling around the climate crisis, and how culture and entertainment can motivate action. Also featured are Mary Annaïse Heglar, Adam McKay, and David Wallace Wells. This is the second of two Drilled episodes on the subject, find the first and others at https://www.criticalfrequency.org/drilledTo support Bernadette Demientieff and her family in the wake of the murder of her son by gun violence, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/donate/522078001704649/10162526309580282/Join us for our new season of No Place Like Home, starting in early December, where we explore the power of faith, spirituality, and ancient wisdom traditions to inspire the climate movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This season on No Place Like Home we’ve been diving into *All The Climate Feels* - the emotional, psychological and spiritual elements of climate change. For our season finale, we chat all the climate feels - and our vision for a new world - with one of our fave pod friends and listeners, Mary Annaïse Heglar. Mary Annaïse is a treasured climate justice essayist and the Director of Publications at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), as well as a twitter extraordinaire. She has a giant heart and brilliant mind - and profound courage and insights on climate justice to share with all of us.Show notes: - Climate Action! Please protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - and the Gwich'in people who depend on it for survival: https://p2a.co/SWk1fuB- "How Rachel Held Evans really should be remembered" via the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-rachel-held-evans-really-should-be-remembered/2019/05/08/7fcf0f4c-71cb-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html?utm_term=.39e376a6fa09- "A Wild Love for the World" On Being interview with Joanna Macy: https://onbeing.org/programs/joanna-macy-a-wild-love-for-the-world/ - "I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle." - Vox essay by Mary Annaïse Heglar https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/5/28/18629833/climate-change-2019-green-new-deal- "Climate Change Ain’t the First Existential Threat" by Mary Annaïse Heglar https://medium.com/s/story/sorry-yall-but-climate-change-ain-t-the-first-existential-threat-b3c999267aa0- "THIS LAND IS NOT YOUR LAND. OR MINE." - Dame Magazine essay by Mary Annaïse Heglar https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/04/16/this-land-is-not-your-land-or-mine/769312 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is devoted to faith, spirituality, religion - and how it contributes to (and complicates) our lives and the climate fight. We’re excited to bring y’all a beautiful, thought-provoking conversation with Karenna Gore - Al Gore’s daughter - who has emerged as a leading spiritual thinker on climate change and spirituality.“Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” ― Pope John Paul IIThis season on No Place Like Home we’ve been diving into “All The Climate Feels” - the emotional, psychological and spiritual landscape of climate change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This season we’ve been taking a deep dive into how climate change makes us feel - how it impacts us emotionally and spiritually - on a heart level. But what if your whole culture and identity were imperiled right now? This episode, we're honored to share the powerful, aching story of Bernadette Demientieff - a leader of the Gwich’in in Alaska. She's fighting for the survival of her way of life and sacred land - threatened by being on the frontlines of climate change, but also a cruel new effort to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Show notes: - Please protect the Arctic Refuge from drilling: https://p2a.co/SWk1fuB- No Place Like Home is hosted by Mary Anne Hitt and Anna Jane Joyner - We are produced by Zach Mack- Our theme music is by River Whyless- We are supported by the Sierra Club***This special episode is also sponsored by our friends at The Wilderness Society. Since their start in 1935, The Wilderness Society has been at the forefront of nearly every major public lands victory in the United States. https://www.wilderness.org/We lovingly dedicate this episode to our mentor and friend, Lenny Kohm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we ask that age-old question: can art really save the world? Or at least help us find sanity, courage, and joy in the face of climate change? Join us for some powerful poetry, musings on the revolution, and more with Joel McKerrow, a renowned writer, performance poet, speaker & teacher. Joel McKerrow is one of Australia’s most revered performance poets. Read more about his story and art here: https://www.joelmckerrow.com/If you likewise fall in love with Joel's poetry, you can find more of it here: https://www.joelmckerrow.com/albumsAnd stay tuned for his soon-to-be-launched podcast "The Deep Place: On Creativity and Spirituality" - available on Feb 12 from iTunes, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk taking care of ourselves and each other - and the utter importance of finding and fighting for joy in the midst of the climate apocalypse. Join us and the AMAZING Adrienne Maree Brown - a writer, facilitator, emergent strategist, healer, doula, sci-fi scholar, philosopher and pleasure activist. Warning: we're passionate people and strong language is used in this episode. Show notes: - If you're able, please support California wildfire relief: https://act.sierraclub.org/donate/rc_connect__campaign_designform?id=7010Z0000027HsrQAE&formcampaignid=7010Z0000027HmiQAE- How to Survive the End of the World: a podcast from the Brown sisters on learning from the apocalypse with grace, rigor, and curiosity https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices