Kurt was my roommate for most of my time at Koinonia. After our four month internship together he decided to become a full time member of the community while I moved on to New York. It thought it would be fun to get an update from him and also talk about the SOA vigil.

dichotome.net
Koinonia Partners
The Open Door
SOA Watch
Puppetistas
Kurt’s Flickr Pics
the simple way
Potter Street Records

music:
A Celebration - Mar
Ol’ Glory - psalters
Try on Life - Jes Karper

Happy Merry…

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Vegan bodybuilder and motivational speaker Robert Cheeke takes a break from his busy touring schedule to talk about his diet, training and the philosophy behind his decision 13 years ago to maintain a plant based diet.

Linkies:
www.veganbodybuilding.com
Robert’s MySpace
Robert’s You Tube videos

Featured Music:
Jesus-Page France

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Talking with punk rocker and activist George Tabb about the fatal illness he developed after the 9-11 attacks. Despite the fact that his illness resulted from his proximity to the World Trade Center during and after the attacks, he has been denied any financial help with his medical expenses. Visit his MySpace page to learn more about his situation, and to help him if you can.

The opening tune is Anthrax (Powerballad Version) by the great Kimya Dawson.

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Dan Mathews
PETA
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Ariel Publicity

**SPECIAL THANKS to Michelle Gunnett for the gift of Dan’s book, and for helping me get in contact with him for the interview! YOU ROCK!**

Music:
Don’t Kill The Animals (disco mix) - Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich (out of print)
Orange Chinese Car - Marco Mahler buy it in iTunes (courtesy of Ariel Publicity)
I Believe - Peter Searcy buy it in iTunes (courtesy of Ariel Publicity)

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The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles will hear Troy’s case on Monday July 16th at 9:00am. They are the last entity that can spare his life. We can still affect their decision by sending a letter to the Board that will be read before the hearing begins. Now, you can send this letter on line.

Fill out the required information and send your support in for Troy.

This is our last push. To date, over 5,000 letters and postcards have been sent in on Troy’s behalf. Let’s make our voice heard even louder.

Please take this action on behalf of Troy and do your part to save this innocent man.

Mike Hipp, the vegan sweetheart of queercasting joins me to talk about my decision to go vegan.

when men and women
straight and gay
whites and non-whites
begin to unite
when humans can treat non-human species with fairness and dignity
then, only then is there unity (of oppression)
-Consolidated, Unity of Oppression

Podcast Soup
Soy Candles By Phebes
Compassionate Cooks

Music:
Unity of Oppression - Consolidated
Don’t Kill The Animals - Lene Lovich and Nina Hagen
Assault and Battery - Howard Jones

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Author and co-founder of The Simple Way Shane Claiborne joins me today on the podcast. Shane’s faith has carried him from leper colonies in Calcutta to Iraqi war zones. He lives his life in a way that shows us all that there is a different kind of Christianity brewing: one that practices what it preaches.

I wish the conversation Shane and I had could be shared between all people who are traditionally presumed to be “enemies.” I find it so important to continue this conversation and I sincerely hope that it spreads.

Music:
We Are All Lepers Here - Psalters
Amal - Psalters

Shane’s Books:
The Irresistable Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical)
Iraq Journal 2003

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I received an email from my friend Fairy Caroland this afternoon about the case of Troy Anthony Davis who’s execution by the State of Georgia has been set for July 17, 2007 at 7:00. We were able to talk on the phone a bit for about the details of this case and also about her work at New Hope House in Griffin, GA. New Hope House is a Christian service community that maintains a guesthouse for family members visiting death-row prisoners.

Troy Anthony Davis

Links:
Amnesty International’s support for Troy
igive.com
goodsearch.com

Music:
My Own Eyes- Mavis StaplesBuy it in iTunes

New Hope House
P.O. Box 1213
Griffin, GA 30224

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I can’t think of a better way to break this couple weeks of MikeyPod dead air than with an update about The Simple Way community in Philly.

From their website:

6/20/07 11:25PM (UPDATED)

This morning, a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors’ homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this tragedy, we are incredibly thankful to share that all of our community members and every one of our neighbors is safely out of harm’s way.

This fire will forever change the fabric of our community. Eight families are currently homeless, and in many cases have lost their vehicles as well as their homes. One of our neighbors, the Mahaias Family, lost their three cars as well as the equipment one family member uses for her massage therapy business. Teenager Brian Mahaias is devastated not because he has lost his belongings, but because he fears that this fire will force him to move away from this neighborhood that is his family as well as his home.

I have spoken and written about one of the community’s founders, Shane Claiborne so hopefully you have been paying attention. Assuming things are together enough at The Simple Way, Shane will be on the show in early July (no, I haven’t podfaded… maybe just a podcoma). Please take a few minutes to watch the video below, and visit the Simple Way website to see how you can help.

p.s. Look for a MikeyPod episode in the next few days with Joey Piscopo and another with Miss Heather from newyorkshitty.com next week.

Some music and a rare stream of consciousness about taking personal responsibility for the world around us and not giving up.

Donate to Matt Blender’s AIDS Marathon!

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