Part one of a rich assortment of guests & original music of some Winter Holidays, like the Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, and the New Year. This week includes visits from Cris Williamson, John McCutcheon, Billy Jonas, Steve Suffet, & Sigrid Christiansen.

David Eberhardt was one of the Baltimore Four, along with Phil Berrigan, and David spent 21 months in prison for pouring blood on Selective Service draft records. David's book, For All the Saints: A Protest Primer, details his experience with the “Hit & Stay” action, his time in prison, and his insights & lessons into protests & activism, and much more.

A delightful retrospective of Song of the Soul guests from Summer 2020, ranging lighthearted to profoundhearted.

Karl Meyer has been a deep-thinking & devoted practicing advocate for peace and justice since his mid-teens. His pioneering in war tax refusal, and his enthusiastic & fearless advocacy of refusal of complicity with injustice, whether in war, in nuclear weapons, in environmental conditions, or in economics, has inspired legions of activists. Heavily influenced by the Catholic Worker movement, but definitely going his own road, Karl is now in his mid-80s and is assembling his autobiography to pass his lessons on to others.

Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Catholic Worker, Non-affiliated, Gandhi

Cindy Yurth's vocational & spiritual journey can be an inspiration for everyone. From her time starting a literacy program in Utah with VISTA, to work in Liberia as part of the Peace Corps, and again in Africa, in Ghana, with the Society of African Missions (Catholic), Cindy has sought out world-healing work.

Although Lee Mynett had music in her bones and heart from a tender age, she didn't start writing songs till the age of 50, sort of like what happened with Melvina Reynolds of Little Boxes fame. Lee has a passion for music and story-telling, and has played music as Magdaleena's Muse, Gypsy Maggie, and as Lee Mynett and the Root Tappers, and after decades in the South, she has returned to her native habitat of Eau Claire, WI. Her new album is Anecdotes.

Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Lutheran, UU/Unitarian Universalist, Non-affiliated

Mike Boehm has spent 3 decades working on healing Vietnam, where he served in the US military during the Vietnam War. With the help of Joe & Joanne Elder, Mike founded MQI (Madison Quakers Inc) to do things like build schools, establish a loan fund, construct a My Lai Peace Park, and much more. There remain deep wounds in Vietnam, and Mike and his supporters, including Phan Van Do, Mike's Vietnamese counterpart, continue to do the necessary work of healing & rebuilding.

Past/present religious/spiritual influences: Catholic, Unaffiliated

Featured Music:
Oh America - by Holly Near

Audra Kubat is deeply connected to the Earth, and her rootedness grows, blossoms, and sometimes weeps through her beautiful music. She is a talented multi-instrumentalist, but there is exceptional power in her voice and in her profound and moving lyrics.

4 more artists from Georgia, Texas, North Carolina, & Wisconsin, with songs of welcoming, Dreamers, cages, & loving our neighbors. Songs of the Border #2 & heart melodies from John McCutcheon, Richard Paul Thomas, Joe Troop , & Micah Sommersmith

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