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Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1378
Central Character: John Wycliffe
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Wycliffe asked who gets to stand between a soul and what it reaches for. Mother Teresa lived the answer.
Central Character: John Wycliffe
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: John Wycliffe asked who gets to stand between a soul and what it reaches for. Mother Teresa lived the answer.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1390
Central Character: Sultan Sahak
Faith: Yarsan
About this episode: A reflection on the Yarsan tradition, its origins around Sultan Sahak, and the quiet strength of faith that survives without institutions or power.
Central Character: Sultan Sahak
Faith: Yarsan
About this episode: A reflection on the Yarsan tradition, its origins around Sultan Sahak, and the quiet strength of faith that survives without institutions or power.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1395
Central Character: Julian of Norwich
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia steps into the quiet cell of Julian of Norwich-a medieval anchoress who lived through plague, famine, war and more
Central Character: Julian of Norwich
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia steps into the quiet cell of Julian of Norwich-a medieval anchoress who lived through plague, famine, war and more
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1400
Central Character: Lal Ded
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Lal Ded, 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poet, whose vakhs on the sacred dignity of every soul shaped a valley and seeded a revolution.
Central Character: Lal Ded
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Lal Ded, 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poet, whose vakhs on the sacred dignity of every soul shaped a valley and seeded a revolution.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1400
Central Character: Ramananda
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: How a Brahmin teacher in medieval Varanasi gave a blessing in the dark --- and followed it forward into history.
Central Character: Ramananda
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: How a Brahmin teacher in medieval Varanasi gave a blessing in the dark --- and followed it forward into history.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1405
Central Character: Christine de Pizan
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: Christine de Pizan built a library of words defending women's dignity when every authority said she was wrong.
Central Character: Christine de Pizan
Faith: Philosopher
About this episode: Christine de Pizan built a library of words defending women's dignity when every authority said she was wrong.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1415
Central Character: Jan Hus
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jan Hus refused to recant what he knew to be true. Six centuries later his gift to humanity --- that conscience cannot be surrendered to corrupt power --- is still compounding.
Central Character: Jan Hus
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Jan Hus refused to recant what he knew to be true. Six centuries later his gift to humanity --- that conscience cannot be surrendered to corrupt power --- is still compounding.
Podcast: History's ArrowCirca: 1434
Central Character: Chang Yŏngsil
About this episode: A slave-born engineer in 15th-century Korea builds the instruments that let a kingdom trust its own sky, then vanishes from history.
Central Character: Chang Yŏngsil
About this episode: A slave-born engineer in 15th-century Korea builds the instruments that let a kingdom trust its own sky, then vanishes from history.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1440
Central Character: Chökyi Drönma
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: This episode explores how Chökyi Drönma claimed spiritual authority despite royal expectations and patriarchal limits, showing how authenticity, courage, and inner calling can reshape both personal destiny and religious history.
Central Character: Chökyi Drönma
Faith: Buddhism
About this episode: This episode explores how Chökyi Drönma claimed spiritual authority despite royal expectations and patriarchal limits, showing how authenticity, courage, and inner calling can reshape both personal destiny and religious history.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1450
Central Character: Pipa
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: A Rajput king abandons his throne to become a wandering monk, and discovers the treasure was never outside himself.
Central Character: Pipa
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: A Rajput king abandons his throne to become a wandering monk, and discovers the treasure was never outside himself.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1450
Central Character: Ravidas
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: In this episode, Harmonia remembers Guru Ravidas, a 15th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement whose hymns defied caste, and revealed the sacred in work itself.
Central Character: Ravidas
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: In this episode, Harmonia remembers Guru Ravidas, a 15th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement whose hymns defied caste, and revealed the sacred in work itself.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1450
Central Character: Deganawida
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: How a grief-broken warrior and a visionary peacemaker planted an idea that grew into the foundation of modern shared sovereignty.
Central Character: Deganawida
Faith: Indigenous Spirituality
About this episode: How a grief-broken warrior and a visionary peacemaker planted an idea that grew into the foundation of modern shared sovereignty.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1450
Central Character: Pachacuti
Faith: Inca
About this episode: Harmonia explores Moray, the Inca agricultural laboratory near Cusco, where science, spirit, and reciprocity were never three things but one.
Central Character: Pachacuti
Faith: Inca
About this episode: Harmonia explores Moray, the Inca agricultural laboratory near Cusco, where science, spirit, and reciprocity were never three things but one.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1453
Central Character: Nicholas of Cusa
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicholas of Cusa discovered that recognizing the boundary of human understanding freed him to live faithfully, bridging the divine mystery with purposeful action.
Central Character: Nicholas of Cusa
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Nicholas of Cusa discovered that recognizing the boundary of human understanding freed him to live faithfully, bridging the divine mystery with purposeful action.
Podcast: History's ArrowCirca: 1454
Central Character: Gennadius Scholarius
About this episode: Constantinople falls in 1453, and a reluctant scholar is made head of an entire people by the very conqueror who took his city.
Central Character: Gennadius Scholarius
About this episode: Constantinople falls in 1453, and a reluctant scholar is made head of an entire people by the very conqueror who took his city.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1473
Central Character: Catherine of Genoa
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Catherine of Genoa, a mystic and hospital administrator who found God inside her ordinary, unchosen life rather than apart from it.
Central Character: Catherine of Genoa
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Harmonia tells the story of Catherine of Genoa, a mystic and hospital administrator who found God inside her ordinary, unchosen life rather than apart from it.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1480
Central Character: Kabir
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Harmonia takes us to the bustling lanes of Benares, where Kabir, a humble weaver, spoke verses that challenged priests and mullahs alike.
Central Character: Kabir
Faith: Mysticism
About this episode: Harmonia takes us to the bustling lanes of Benares, where Kabir, a humble weaver, spoke verses that challenged priests and mullahs alike.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1490
Central Character: 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
Faith: Islam
About this episode: Sufi master and poet 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya mapped the architecture of spiritual transformation in 15th-century Damascus --- and it still holds.
Central Character: 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
Faith: Islam
About this episode: Sufi master and poet 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya mapped the architecture of spiritual transformation in 15th-century Damascus --- and it still holds.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1494
Central Character: Girolamo Savonarola
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Girolamo Savonarola rose as a fierce moral voice in an anxious city.
Central Character: Girolamo Savonarola
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Girolamo Savonarola rose as a fierce moral voice in an anxious city.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1500
Central Character: Mardana
Faith: Sikhism
About this episode: This episode explores how Bhai Mardana’s music and companionship helped shape a spiritual movement, revealing how friendship, humility, and shared purpose can still carry transformative truth into the modern worl
Central Character: Mardana
Faith: Sikhism
About this episode: This episode explores how Bhai Mardana’s music and companionship helped shape a spiritual movement, revealing how friendship, humility, and shared purpose can still carry transformative truth into the modern worl
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1510
Central Character: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave up Sanskrit scholarship to lead ecstatic street singing that dissolved caste lines in 16th-century Bengal.
Central Character: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Faith: Hinduism
About this episode: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu gave up Sanskrit scholarship to lead ecstatic street singing that dissolved caste lines in 16th-century Bengal.
Podcast: History's ArrowCirca: 1514
Central Character: Christiern Pedersen
About this episode: A young scholar's years-long search to save Denmark's vanishing oldest chronicle, and the 1514 printed edition that ensured its survival.
Central Character: Christiern Pedersen
About this episode: A young scholar's years-long search to save Denmark's vanishing oldest chronicle, and the 1514 printed edition that ensured its survival.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1520
Central Character: Qazi Qadan
Faith: Islam
About this episode: The life of Sindhi Sufi poet and judge Qazi Qadan, whose legacy of grace and interfaith love flowered in his grandson Mian Mir at the Golden Temple.
Central Character: Qazi Qadan
Faith: Islam
About this episode: The life of Sindhi Sufi poet and judge Qazi Qadan, whose legacy of grace and interfaith love flowered in his grandson Mian Mir at the Golden Temple.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1525
Central Character: Conrad Grebel
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Conrad Grebel drew the line between state and conscience in 1525. Harmonia asks whether we still know where it is.
Central Character: Conrad Grebel
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Conrad Grebel drew the line between state and conscience in 1525. Harmonia asks whether we still know where it is.
Podcast: The Golden ThreadCirca: 1525
Central Character: Katharina von Bora
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Katharina von Bora’s life shows how faith transformed when devotion moved from cloisters into homes, partnerships, and daily responsibility.
Central Character: Katharina von Bora
Faith: Christianity
About this episode: Katharina von Bora’s life shows how faith transformed when devotion moved from cloisters into homes, partnerships, and daily responsibility.