
In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer
Conversations with the Artists, Authors, Activists, and Change-Makers Who Are Shaping Our World Today.
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Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 13min
It Has to Be Read. • American Doom Loop by Dale Maharidge
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dale Maharidge, exploring the themes of his work and his book, American Doom Loop: Dispatches from a Troubled Nation, 1980s-2020s._____LINKShttps://journalism.columbia.edu/faculty/dale-maharidgehttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-dale-maharidgeShop the “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club List: https://bookshop.org/shop/frankschaeffer_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Sep 10, 2024 • 1h 11min
Michael Sheldrick
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Author and Global Citizen Founder Michael Sheldrick, exploring his work and the themes of his book, From Ideas to Impact._____LINKShttps://michaelsheldrick.comhttps://www.globalcitizen.org/en/https://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-michael-sheldrick_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Sep 6, 2024 • 1h 18min
It Has to Be Read. • Rift by Cait West
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Cait West, exploring her work and the themes of her book, Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy._____LINKShttps://www.caitwest.comhttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-cait-west_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Aug 27, 2024 • 59min
Jason Sokol
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with American Historian and Author, Professor Jason Sokol, exploring his work and the themes of his books, including The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr._____LINKSwww.jasonsokol.comhttps://ugapress.org/book/9780820365541/the-heavens-might-crack/https://love-children-planet.squarespace.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-jason-sokol_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Aug 13, 2024 • 1h 2min
It Has to Be Read. • The 9.9 Percent by Matthew Stewart
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Philosopher and Author Matthew Stewart, exploring his work and the themes of his books, The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture, and the forthcoming An Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War Over Slavery, and the Refounding of America._____LINKShttps://mwstewart.comThe 9.9 Percent is the New American Aristocracy 🎁 Link at The Atlantichttps://bit.ly/4crA21YLove, Children, Planet.https://bit.ly/3TDQpBb_____BOOKSThe 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culturehttps://bit.ly/3Pls0OfAn Emancipation of the Mind: Radical Philosophy, the War over Slavery, and the Refounding of Americahttps://bit.ly/3Tgx87dShop the “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club List: https://bookshop.org/shop/frankschaeffer_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Aug 9, 2024 • 1h 3min
Steven Hoffen
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Steven Hoffen, exploring his life and work as the Executive Director of Growing Peace, Inc._____LINKShttps://www.growingpeaceinc.orghttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-steven-hoffen_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Aug 2, 2024 • 1h 4min
It Has to Be Read. • Ask Not by Maureen Callahan
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist, and commentator, Maureen Callahan, exploring her work and the themes of her latest book, Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed._____LINKShttps://www.maureencallahan.nethttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-maureen-callahan_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Jul 30, 2024 • 1h 12min
It Has to Be Read. • Defending Democracy from Its Christian Enemies by Rev. Prof. Dr. David P. Gushee
Rev. Prof. Dr. David P. Gushee, a prominent author and scholar dedicated to defending democracy, discusses his latest book and the challenges facing American democracy today. He highlights the concerning ties between conservative Christianity and rising authoritarianism, particularly regarding the political manipulation seen in the Christian right. Gushee also emphasizes the dangers of Christian nationalism and advocates for love and community over divisive politics. Their conversation draws historical parallels to warn against the current climate surrounding faith and governance.

Jul 19, 2024 • 1h
It Has to Be Read. • This Is Going to Hurt by Bekah S. McNeel
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Journalist and Author Bekah McNeel, exploring her work and the themes of her book, This Is Going to Hurt: Following Jesus in a Divided America._____LINKShttps://bekahmcneel.comhttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-bekah-s-mcneel_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast

Jul 16, 2024 • 1h 10min
It Has to Be Read. • My American Dream by Barbara Sommer Feigin
Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Barbara Sommer Feigin, exploring her life and work and the themes of her book, My American Dream: A Journey from Fascism to Freedom._____LINKSwww.barbarafeigin.comhttps://www.lovechildrenplanet.com/events/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer-barbara-sommer-feiginShop the “It Has to Be Read.” Book Club List: https://bookshop.org/shop/frankschaefferBOOKMy American Dreamhttps://bit.ly/my-american-dream-bsf_____I have had the pleasure of talking to some of the leading authors, artists, activists, and change-makers of our time on this podcast, and I want to personally thank you for subscribing, listening, and sharing 100-plus episodes over 100,000 times.Please subscribe to this Podcast, In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer, on your favorite platform, and to my Substack, It Has to Be Said. Thanks! Every subscription helps create, build, sustain and put voice to this movement for truth. Subscribe to It Has to Be Said. Support the show_____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy. Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Substack, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and YouTube. https://frankschaeffer.substack.comhttps://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.instagram.com/frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.threads.net/@frank_schaeffer_arthttps://www.tiktok.com/@frank_schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTube In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer Podcast