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Squarecast Episode 75 | February 2023

God Squad: Let Friendship Redeem the Republic

In our year-long celebration of the superpower of healthy friendships across differences, you’ll meet God Squad’s friends who they don’t quite agree with. Then we’ll let friendly disagreement rip (and live to tell).
fixing what’s broken in democracy

The Democracy Group welcomes SquareCast!

Village SquareCast is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what’s broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Click the headline to learn more about The Democracy Group and subscribe to Village SquareCast wherever you get your podcasts.
Squarecast Episode 74 | January 2023

God Squad: Holy Misconceptions, Batman!!

Isn’t Hanukkah the most important holiday to Jews? Don’t Catholics object to sex unless reproduction is the goal? Don’t all religions worship the same God and (more or less) teach the same things? The God Squad will consider many of the myths, truths, and misunderstandings that everyday people have about religion in America.
Squarecast Episode 73 | January 2023

Hedrick Smith:
Who Stole the American Dream?

We’ll be joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith, who wrote an important book about the powerful forces that have made the American dream pull further and further out of reach for far too many Americans.
Squarecast Episode 72 | December 2022

Chloé Valdary:
The Theory of Enchantment

Chloé Valdary has a fresh take on how to heal racism and bigotry—and she’s named it the “Theory of Enchantment” or “ToE.” The three laws of enchantment: “treat people like human beings not political extractions,” “criticize to lift up and empower, never to tear down and destroy,” and “root everything you do in love and compassion.” Hmmm…
Squarecast Episode 71 | December 2022

Respect, Rebel, Repeat:
Subversive Friendships for Divided Times.

In divided times like ours and through history, brave and unlikely friendships have endured, inspired and redeemed. You’ll meet a pair of fantastically dissimilar friends who have been rebelling together for about a decade now and are convinced liberals and conservatives are better together.
Squarecast Episode 70 | November 2022

Mónica Guzmán:
I Never Thought of It That Way

According to our special guest Mónica Guzmán, seeing where people are coming from isn’t just possible—it’s how we ought to be living our lives. “The barriers between us are lower than we think.” Find the answers you need by talking with people—rather than about them—and asking the questions you want across the divides you want, curiously.
Squarecast Episode 69 | November 2022

God Squad: Souls to the Polls?

It’s an election year. Should churches have political candidates speak at Sunday services? Should clergy tell congregants how to vote? Should congregations organize political rallies or get-out-the-vote efforts? What are the proper lines for religious involvement in politics? And what are the consequences when these lines get crossed?
SquareCast Episode 68 | October 2022

Bridge Building +
Bipartisanship

In the midst of a divisive election season, we’ll take a pause to chat with leaders in the bridge building field about the outlook for cooperation across political differences. Is there hope of a tipping point in favor of bridge building?
Squarecast Episode 67 | October 2022

God Squad -- Wanted:
A few civic heroes.

In celebration of The Village Square’s determination this year to celebrate what’s working and worth emulating (in a world in which much seems broken), God Squad will kick off their 13th season thinking about our fellow humans who have behaved heroically during these challenging times.

Squarecast Episode 75 | February 2023

God Squad: Let Friendship Redeem the Republic

fixing what’s broken in democracy

The Democracy Group welcomes SquareCast!

Squarecast Episode 74 | January 2023

God Squad: Holy Misconceptions, Batman!!

Squarecast Episode 73 | January 2023

Hedrick Smith: Who Stole the American Dream?

Squarecast Episode 72 | December 2022

Chloé Valdary:The Theory of Enchantment

Squarecast Episode 71 | December 2022

Respect, Rebel, Repeat: Subversive Friendships for Divided Times.

Squarecast Episode 70 | November 2022

Mónica Guzmán:I Never Thought of It That Way

Squarecast Episode 69 | November 2022

God Squad: Souls to the Polls?

SquareCast Episode 68 | October 2022

Bridge Building + Bipartisanship

Squarecast Episode 67 | October 2022

God Squad -- Wanted: A few civic heroes.

Hedrick Smith:
Who Stole the American Dream?

Chloé Valdary:
The Theory of Enchantment

Respect, Rebel, Repeat:
Subversive Friendships for Divided Times.

Mónica Guzmán:
I Never Thought of It That Way

Bridge Building +
Bipartisanship

God Squad -- Wanted:
A few civic heroes.