A Different Kind of Walk Podcast

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan get to speak with American novelist and memoirist, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, as well as Juston Wolgemuth who is a professional counselor now but was featured as a key character in one of Marie’s books back when he was a college student. That book is called American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland. American Harvest discusses grain production, religion, history, and the cultural div...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan have the privilege of speaking with Fred Hagan, who is a clinical supervisor and counselor for students in the Philadelphia area who have experienced trauma. He has regular contact with middle and high school students who have behavioral health issues and are at risk of intervention, being out-placed, or are returning to public school from an alternative, mental health or juvenile justice placemen...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan get to talk about science and religion with Bill Jones, who is a professor of physics at Princeton University. Bill earned his PhD at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and was a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena before coming to work at Princeton in 2008. The focus of his research is cosmology, meaning that he attempts to understand the contents and evolution...

In today's podcast, Jeff and Susan are privileged to get to speak with Dr. Sean Inderbitzen, who is a psychotherapist and autism researcher. He works as a clinical social worker specializing in care for those with autism, and he regularly trains healthcare professionals in best practices when working with people on the spectrum. Sean himself was diagnosed with autism many years ago, as you’ll hear, and he has been friends with Susa...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan would like to give you hope that our country doesn’t have to be so hatefully divided when it comes to politics. To that end, they have posted two separate interviews: one with DeShauna Blankinship who is voting for Kamala Harris (this episode), and one with Greg Porter who is voting for Donald Trump (see Part 1).

Please note that Jeff and Susan don’t necessarily agree with everything their intervi...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan would like to give you hope that our country doesn’t have to be so hatefully divided when it comes to politics. To that end, they have posted two separate interviews: one with Greg Porter who is voting for Donald Trump (this episode) and one with DeShauna Blankinship who is voting for Kamala Harris (see Part 2).

Please note that Jeff and Susan don’t necessarily agree with everything their intervie...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan are delighted to get to speak with Josh Rodriguez. Josh is from Indiana, he’s a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University and Princeton Theological Seminary, and he is the pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Piqua, Ohio. Josh is also from an immigrant family that came to the U.S. illegally from Mexico. These two sides of Josh's story are quite different, and he is gracious enough in this in...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan get to speak with Mike Abrams, who is the Deputy Standards Editor at The New York Times. A journalist himself, Mike’s job is to help make sure all journalism at the Times is held to high standards of Independence, Integrity, Curiosity, Respect, Collaboration, and Excellence. And, in an ever-changing world with over 5,800 journalists around the globe and news coming out around the clock, that job h...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan get to speak with Kathleen Biggins, the founder and president of C-Change Conversations. Kathleen founded C-Change Conversations as a non-profit that works to build consensus across cultural and political lines on the topic of climate change. She (and other volunteers from C-Change) has spoken to audiences all over the country and internationally, walking them through the topic of climate change b...

In today's episode, Jeff and Susan get to interview Carolyn Whitney-Brown about her recent book, "Flying, Falling, Catching." Carolyn was good friends with the late Henri Nouwen, a famed spiritual writer, speaker, priest, and university professor. Her book–framed by the true story of Nouwen being rescued out a hotel window during his first heart attack–incorporates his unpublished writings about his friendship with a traveling trap...