Episodes
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
DOUG WHEELER - Jonah and the Future
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
FtB host Doug Wheeler flips the script and sits down with guest host Scott Burnett to discuss his five-year journey with the Jonah story that produced deeper self discovery, a forthcoming book, and a multi-season podcast.
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
ROUNDTABLE: Dangerous Fundamentalism ~ Susan Miller, Chuck Strozier
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday Aug 25, 2021
Authors and Psychotherapists, Susan Miller & Chuck Strozier, discuss the psychological fractures and futuristic thinking of both religious and non-religious fundamentalism, resulting in a dualism that breeds fear, social unease and violence toward the “other.”
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
JAMES SHIPMAN - Celebrating One's Written Voice
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Successful author James Shipman shares his luminous journey of becoming a writer of fictions while disclosing some practical steps to sharpen one’s writing skills and move succinctly toward getting published.
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
SHANNON STOWELL - The Power of Eco-Tourism
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Thursday Aug 05, 2021
Adventure Travel Trade Association CEO Shannon Stowell shares what makes adventure travel different from mass travel, and the powerful good that tourism done right can do for people and the planet.
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Sienna Burnett, Ethan Coomer & Gabriel Wheeler return to FtB to share their colorful journeys of making music, weathering the wins and woes of dream-chasing and how cultivating a craft can reveal purpose and identity.
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
CHUCK STROZIER - The Brilliance of Heinz Kohut
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Veteran psychotherapist, historian and prolific author Chuck Strozier, with expertise of soul, brings Heinz Kohut’s “psychology of the self” into brilliant focus for the twenty-first century.
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
WARREN POSTMA - The Many Legacies of Mark Heard
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Warren Postma, a key catalyst for the popular Mark Heard Fans Facebook group, joins Doug for a rich talk about the folk rock singer's musicianship, cultural impact and lyrical vigor that since his untimely death have left a lasting imprint of truth for a world in need of reconciling love.
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
ROUNDTABLE: Friendship, Tour Stories & Michael Been ~ Dan Russell, Jim Goodwin
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Creative music entrepreneurs Dan Russell & Jim Goodwin return to FtB, sharing their rich friendship along with fascinating stories about band "The Call," touring on the road in the 1980s, and how deeply they miss lead singer Michael Been, who passed in 2010.
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Demystifying the Vaccine ~ featuring Dr. Michele Andrasik
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Tuesday Jun 08, 2021
Senior staff scientist and UWA clinical professor Dr. Michele Andrasik returns to field questions about the COVID-19 vaccinations, their success rate vs. continued skepticism, and how misinformation and miseducation have endangered the truth.
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
DON HUDSON - Palestine and Israel: Part 2
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
In the second half of last week’s conversation, Don and Doug cover the American propensity toward zionism, both socially and politically, and the conundrum of how to judge a one-sided war.
Thursday May 27, 2021
DON HUDSON - Palestine and Israel: Part 1
Thursday May 27, 2021
Thursday May 27, 2021
Professor of Religious Studies Don Michael Hudson shares his learned perspective on the history, terminology and latest chapter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as how having once lived in a Palestinian village shapes his views.
Wednesday May 19, 2021
SCOTT BURNETT featuring WALTER BRUEGGEMANN - The Wellspring of Divine Creativity
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Celebrated artist and local pastor Scott Burnett returns to discuss the interplay of working with colors on canvas and spiritual practices along with musings by sage scholar and friend of the show, Walter Brueggemann.
Artwork titled "Chosen" by Scott Burnett
Thursday May 06, 2021
JESS HANSON - A Whole New World of Joy
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
Young, loving mother of two little daughters, Jess Hanson shares her incredible journey raising nine-month-old Ruby, who was born with a brain injury and diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy.
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Daring filmmaker & photographer Frederick Taylor joins LA-based multi-talented musicians Marvin Etzioni & Willie Aron in a brave conversation about oppression and the creative acts that disrupt unchecked power.
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
ROUNDTABLE: Masculinity in America ~ Kristin DuMez, Jay-Paul Hinds, Caleb Wheeler
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Bestselling author and professor Kristin DuMez, seminary professor Jay-Paul Hinds, and independent filmmaker Caleb Wheeler deconstruct the many forms and origins of toxic, militant masculinity.
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
ROUNDTABLE: Learning How to Lament ~ Soong Chan-Rah, Lynn Gibson, Scott Burnett
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Professor and author Soong-Chan Rah, Bereavement Researcher Lynn Gibson, and Pastor Scott Burnett critique societal violence by identifying the lack of lament practices in our communities and offer remedies for restoration.
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
PAUL PEARSON on Thomas Merton - Poet, Prophet, Monk
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Paul Pearson, director of the Thomas Merton Center, talks about the late monastic monk’s most impassioned foresights about civil rights, non-violence and spirituality that resonate in 2021.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Life and Times of From the Belly
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
We at From the Belly want to let you in on some recent shifts in the show’s direction.
This podcast was initially a way to introduce and build an audience around Doug’s study and reinterpretation of the biblical story of Jonah, and his forthcoming book, Reimagining Jonah. Using music, philosophy, and academia to guide us, the vision was to distill the book’s intent through conversation with guests of all kinds and across all walks of life. What came of that intent was an effortless evolution toward wider themes of spirituality, social activism, racial inequality, grief recovery, toxic systems of power, and the ways art can embody it all.
We’ve expanded beyond the Jonah framework as we’ve seen how this greater spectrum of remarkable people and modern movements is something that cannot be ignored or rendered through a narrow perspective. Different beliefs systems, radical cultural thinking, passionate niche vocations… these diverse persuasions are the stuff of life and truly shape our world. Our pursuit is to help harmonize our existences and combat fragmentation, to mine the minds of fascinating people and discover the soul of creativity.
Thank you so much for learning and relearning alongside us in the name of exploration and love! The journey continues.
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
SCOTT BURNETT - The Art of Abstraction
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Scott Burnett describes the complex physicality of painting, finding redemption through "ruined art," and the importance of being stirred by our own creations.
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
MICHELE ANDRASIK - Inequities in Medicine
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Dr. Michele Andrasik talks about racial bias in healthcare, and the historical trauma and violence surrounding inhumane study of the "Black Body."