History Podcasts and Golden Thread Podcasts are both listed here - the religion and Faith selectors will only pull content from The Golden Thread.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1887
Central Character: Emmeline B. Wells
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Emmeline B. Wells lost the vote in 1887 and spent seventeen years working as if she'd get it back - and she did.
Central Character: Emmeline B. Wells
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Emmeline B. Wells lost the vote in 1887 and spent seventeen years working as if she'd get it back - and she did.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1888
Central Character: Lottie Moon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: A 19th-century missionary in China who saw the equality of men and women as fact, not aspiration---decades ahead of her time.
Central Character: Lottie Moon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: A 19th-century missionary in China who saw the equality of men and women as fact, not aspiration---decades ahead of her time.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1889
Central Character: Jane Addams
Faith: 19th century awakening
About this episode: A gentle look at how Jane Addams transformed compassion into civic responsibility, revealing why her quiet vision still shapes the moral world we live in today.
Central Character: Jane Addams
Faith: 19th century awakening
About this episode: A gentle look at how Jane Addams transformed compassion into civic responsibility, revealing why her quiet vision still shapes the moral world we live in today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1889
Central Character: Abdullah Quilliam
Faith: Islam
About this episode: In late Victorian Liverpool, a former Methodist solicitor named William Quilliam returned from North Africa with a new name-Abdullah
Central Character: Abdullah Quilliam
Faith: Islam
About this episode: In late Victorian Liverpool, a former Methodist solicitor named William Quilliam returned from North Africa with a new name-Abdullah
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1889
Central Character: Jane Addams
About this episode: Harmonia pauses our journey to reveal how 19th-century reformers—mostly women without authority—reshaped society through responsibility, preparing us to meet the remarkable figures who rewove the modern moral world.
Central Character: Jane Addams
About this episode: Harmonia pauses our journey to reveal how 19th-century reformers—mostly women without authority—reshaped society through responsibility, preparing us to meet the remarkable figures who rewove the modern moral world.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1890
Central Character: Frances Willard
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Frances Willard learns to ride a bicycle at 53, and reveals what it means to practice freedom before permission is granted.
Central Character: Frances Willard
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Frances Willard learns to ride a bicycle at 53, and reveals what it means to practice freedom before permission is granted.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jenkin Lloyd Jones organized the 1893 Parliament of Religions on a conviction that still matters: religious freedom is indivisible --- protect it for all or lose it for yourself.
Central Character: Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jenkin Lloyd Jones organized the 1893 Parliament of Religions on a conviction that still matters: religious freedom is indivisible --- protect it for all or lose it for yourself.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: John Henry Barrows
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Rev. Barrows organized the 1893 Parliament of Religions to demonstrate Christian superiority, but accidentally created the framework for American religious pluralism.
Central Character: John Henry Barrows
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Rev. Barrows organized the 1893 Parliament of Religions to demonstrate Christian superiority, but accidentally created the framework for American religious pluralism.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Virchand Gandhi
Faith: Jainism
About this episode: Virchand Gandhi introduced ahimsa to the West at the 1893 Parliament of Religions, planting seeds that grew through Gandhi and King into the world we inhabit today.
Central Character: Virchand Gandhi
Faith: Jainism
About this episode: Virchand Gandhi introduced ahimsa to the West at the 1893 Parliament of Religions, planting seeds that grew through Gandhi and King into the world we inhabit today.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Harriet Morison
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How a Dunedin tailoress's union fight for fair wages became the same struggle as New Zealand's historic 1893 vote for women.
Central Character: Harriet Morison
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: How a Dunedin tailoress's union fight for fair wages became the same struggle as New Zealand's historic 1893 vote for women.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Swami Vivekananda
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: Swami Vivekananda's 1893 Parliament speech and lecture tour built the infrastructure that opened America to Eastern spiritual traditions.
Central Character: Swami Vivekananda
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: Swami Vivekananda's 1893 Parliament speech and lecture tour built the infrastructure that opened America to Eastern spiritual traditions.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Kate Sheppard
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Kate Sheppard's escalating petitions won New Zealand women the vote in 1893 - the first nation to do so.
Central Character: Kate Sheppard
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Kate Sheppard's escalating petitions won New Zealand women the vote in 1893 - the first nation to do so.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1893
Central Character: Meri Mangakāhia
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Meri Mangakāhia, who stood before Te Kotahitanga in 1893 and claimed sovereignty and equality as a single truth.
Central Character: Meri Mangakāhia
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Meri Mangakāhia, who stood before Te Kotahitanga in 1893 and claimed sovereignty and equality as a single truth.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1894
Central Character: Sarah Farmer
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: Sarah Farmer missed the 1893 Parliament of Religions but gave its vision a permanent home --- Green Acre Bahá'í School, still welcoming all faiths after 130 years.
Central Character: Sarah Farmer
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: Sarah Farmer missed the 1893 Parliament of Religions but gave its vision a permanent home --- Green Acre Bahá'í School, still welcoming all faiths after 130 years.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1894
Central Character: Jane Manning James
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Jane Manning James, whose patient, lifelong petitions for spiritual standing mirror the courage and discipline of true investigation.
Central Character: Jane Manning James
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Jane Manning James, whose patient, lifelong petitions for spiritual standing mirror the courage and discipline of true investigation.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1894
Central Character: Tien Fuh Wu
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Tien Fuh Wu survived trafficking in 1890s San Francisco and spent 80 years proving every soul has worth.
Central Character: Tien Fuh Wu
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Tien Fuh Wu survived trafficking in 1890s San Francisco and spent 80 years proving every soul has worth.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1896
Central Character: Martha Hughes Cannon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The suffrage arc's closer: a polygamist physician who beat her own husband in an election and became America's first female state senator.
Central Character: Martha Hughes Cannon
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The suffrage arc's closer: a polygamist physician who beat her own husband in an election and became America's first female state senator.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1911
Central Character: Louis George Gregory
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: Harmonia traces the life of Louis George Gregory, whose grandmother's refusal to hate became a thread of racial unity he carried across forty-eight states at enormous personal cost.
Central Character: Louis George Gregory
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: Harmonia traces the life of Louis George Gregory, whose grandmother's refusal to hate became a thread of racial unity he carried across forty-eight states at enormous personal cost.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1917
Central Character: Rufus Jones
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Rufus Jones, the Quaker thinker and activist whose quiet conviction helped make equality, peace, and compassionate service feel like common sense
Central Character: Rufus Jones
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Rufus Jones, the Quaker thinker and activist whose quiet conviction helped make equality, peace, and compassionate service feel like common sense
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1920
Central Character: Toyohiko Kagawa
Faith: 19th century awakening
About this episode: A gentle look at Toyohiko Kagawa, whose life in the slums of Kobe revealed a global awakening of conscience and the power of compassion to reshape society.
Central Character: Toyohiko Kagawa
Faith: 19th century awakening
About this episode: A gentle look at Toyohiko Kagawa, whose life in the slums of Kobe revealed a global awakening of conscience and the power of compassion to reshape society.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1920
Central Character: Bo Min Gaung
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: Bo Min Gaung, a Burmese weizza saint, inspired 4000 villages to build pagodas under colonial rule, showing how sacred community endures.
Central Character: Bo Min Gaung
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: Bo Min Gaung, a Burmese weizza saint, inspired 4000 villages to build pagodas under colonial rule, showing how sacred community endures.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1920
Central Character: Meyan Khatun
Faith: Yazidi
About this episode: The story of Meyan Khatun, the Yazidi princess who governed her ancient people through half a century of empire, war, and catastrophe.
Central Character: Meyan Khatun
Faith: Yazidi
About this episode: The story of Meyan Khatun, the Yazidi princess who governed her ancient people through half a century of empire, war, and catastrophe.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1922
Central Character: Sergei Bulgakov
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Sergei Bulgakov, Russian theologian and exile, whose lifelong spiritual journey offers a map for the searching soul.
Central Character: Sergei Bulgakov
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: The story of Sergei Bulgakov, Russian theologian and exile, whose lifelong spiritual journey offers a map for the searching soul.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1922
Central Character: Pavel Florensky
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Pavel Florensky followed Einstein's equations past the speed of light and found the geometry of the Kingdom of God.
Central Character: Pavel Florensky
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Pavel Florensky followed Einstein's equations past the speed of light and found the geometry of the Kingdom of God.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1925
Central Character: Martha Root
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: An exploration of Martha Root's travels and how her faith met the demands of a newly interconnected world without coercion or fear.
Central Character: Martha Root
Faith: Baháʼí Faith
About this episode: An exploration of Martha Root's travels and how her faith met the demands of a newly interconnected world without coercion or fear.