Live from the 2026 Wild Goose Festival, Joe talks with United Methodist pastor/church planter/educator/author/entrepreneur Michael Beck about how the Fresh Expressions movement is spawning contextual communities of justice and liberation-oriented folks in sometimes surprising places. *PLEASE NOTE: This episode was recorded in an outdoor venue with lots of activity all around, so please accept our apologies for the less-than-studio sound quality.

Live from the 2025 Wild Goose Festival, we kick off Season 6 as Joe sits down with Rev. Brad Davis of From Below: Rising Together for Coalfield Justice to ask the question "How is it with your soul?" in regards to the work of justice in one of the poorest regions of the country. (Special thanks to our friend Charles Bretan of A Jew and a Gentile Walk Into a Bar...Mitzvah for producing this episode!)

“Spilling the Black Girl Tea: Unfiltered Stories from the Heart of Appalachia” is a multimedia project built on the fundamental belief that the people who are the least heard have the most important things to say. The storytellers in the project are Black girls and women who call West Virginia home — part of a vibrant but often overlooked group that comprises less than 2.5% of the entire Mountain State’s population. Their stories are those of the challenges and joys of Black identity. In the series, seventeen Black girls and women, ranging in ages from 16 to 80, candidly share their experiences in intimate conversations. The participants are students, community leaders, educators, advocates, activists and entrepreneurs who are talking about what matters to them most.

Part 4: Spaces and Places

Episode videos and more: https://wvfaith.org/spilling-the-black-girl-tea/