The Whimsy Farm Podcast
Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues.
Episodes
49 episodes
Episode Twenty-Six: Happy Birthday Utah Phillips
I celebrate May 15, Utah Phillips' birthday. For the last two years I've been researching and writing about Utah. This year marks the 91st anniversary of his birth. My first guest is his old and dear friend Mark Ross. Utah met Mark in ...
Episode 25: May Day as Labor Day with Patrick Muffin
Welcome everyone, to Episode Twenty-Five of the podcast. The month of May is Utah Phillips month here on the pod, since he was born on the 15th and left us on the 23rd of May. On this episode, I’m honored to speak with author and labor hi...
Episode 25 Teaser: May Day as Labor Day with Patrick Murfin
Coming up May 1: The month of May is Utah Phillips month here on the pod, since he was born on the 15th and left us on the 23rd of May. On this episode, I’m honored to speak with author and labor historian Patrick Murfin, an old and dear ...
Episode Twenty-Four: Poetry Sustains with Maryam Barrie
Celebrating National Poetry Month and Earth Day: Poetry Sustains with Maryam BarrieShow Notes for Poetry Sustains 4/15/26 Maryam and I read and discuss the following poems: “A Short Story of Falling” ...
Episode Twenty-Four: Poetry Sustains with Maryam Barrie
Celebrating National Poetry Month and Earth Day: Poetry Sustains with Maryam BarrieShow Notes for Poetry Sustains 4/15/26 Maryam and I read and discuss the following poems: “A Short Story of Falling” ...
Episode Twenty-Three: Nell Bernstein on Closing Youth Prisons
I speak with author Nell Bernstein about her latest book, In Our Future We Are Free, "an astonishing story of resistance and change" about the "dismantling of the youth prison" system. Bernstein is the Directing Advocate at t...
Episode Twenty-Three Teaser: Nell Bernstein on Closing Youth Prisons
On April 1, I speak with author Nell Bernstein about her latest book, In Our Future We Are Free, "an astonishing story of resistance and change" about the "dismantling of the youth prison" system. Bernstein is the Direc...
Episode Twenty-Two: Jim Robbins on "The Wonder of Birds"
I speak with author Jim Robbins about his latest book "The Wonder of Birds" and other recent and upcoming writing projects. The material below is quoted from the back page of "The Wonder of Birds.""Jim Robbins was born and ...
Episode Twenty-Two Teaser: Jim Robbins and "The Wonder of Birds"
Coming March 15, I speak with author Jim Robbins about his latest book "The Wonder of Birds" and other recent and upcoming writing projects. The material below is quoted from the back page of "The Wonder of Birds.""Jim Robb...
Episode Twenty-One: Rowena Yeseta & Poetry Sustains: Big Beautiful Love in Its Many Forms
In this episode we celebrate love: big beautiful love. This time of year, we’re programmed to focus on couple love. Cupid and his arrow, etc., among other cliches. But there is a much more expansive love available to us, Neptunian rather than V...
Episode Twenty: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton
I speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over f...
Episode Twenty Teaser: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton
I speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over f...
Episode Nineteen: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness
I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Communit...
Episode Nineteen Teaser: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness
I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Communit...
Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett
Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen. Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon foun...
Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett
Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen. Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon foun...
Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Solstice with Poetry Sustains and Maryam Barrie
December 21 marks the Capricorn Solstice--the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Poet Maryam Barrie joins me on this extended edition of Poetry Sustains to share Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Song". Song tells the story of a young girl...
Episode Seventeen: Susan J. Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia
My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying." In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly befo...
Episode Seventeen: Susan Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia
My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying." In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly befo...
Episode Sixteen: Chuck Collins and "Burned by Billionaires"
I speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He...
Episode Sixteen Teaser: Chuck Collins and "Burned by Billionaires"
I speak with Chuck Collins, author of Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power are Ruining Our Lives and Our Planet. Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org. He...
Episode Fifteen: Mark Dyken and The Beauty Way
Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyk...
Episode Fifteen Teaser: Mark Dyken and The Beauty Way
Mark Dyken and his brother Bear Dyken have been visiting the Navajo Reservation in Arizona for decades now, offering boots-on-the-ground support for families that refused forced relocation in the 1990s. Founders and members of the band Clan Dyk...
Episode Fourteen: Happy Samhain! The Veil is Thin. Akashic Records and Poetry
Christabeth Ingold can be found online at www.soulfullynourishing.com.Her resume: B.S. in Art Therapy, Lesley University, 2006Certified Bu...
Episode Thirteen: Antonia Juhasz
In the fast-spinning news cycle that is the overwhelming reality of media today, there are dizzying distractions. From sex scandals to failing escalators, we often lose focus of what might be happening that is less sexy, less sensational, yet m...