The Nations Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Listen in as world changers share their stories of bringing transformation and hope to the darkest places.
EP 017 | Episode 017 | From the Nations Presents Archives: Maryam and Marziyeh
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Listen in this week as we republish an archival conversation featuring two brave reformers, Maryam and Marziayeh. Joel sits down for a conversation with Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh, authors of the book Captive in Iran, which chronicles their remarkable stories of conversion, imprisonment and release. Theirs is a story of friendship, brought together by a shared passion for the gospel, forged on the front lines of the persecuted church, and tested in the depths of one of the worst prisons in Iran. We learned about the miraculous ways that God spoke to them in dreams and visions, empowered them to minister and witness to inmates and guards, and ultimately orchestrated their eventual release. Maryam and Marziyeh’s story helps us to develop a more robust understanding of Iran and the growing church there. It was a conversation we were thrilled to have and are proud to bring to you.
EP 016 | Wendy Hinman | Surviving a Cult and Discovering Glory
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Wendy Hinman has lived a fascinating life. A writer, Bible teacher, adventure enthusiast and trainer in the global sports ministry movement, her journey of faith has lead her from atheism, into a conservative Christian cult and back out into a healthy, grounded spirituality. During a cultural moment that is ripe for conspiratorial thinking it’s crucial to understand the forces that draw people towards cult leaders and communities.
EP 015 | Rich Ellerington & Roy Harley | Faith: A Call To Adventure
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Rich Ellerington is a whirlwind of creativity and vision. Leaving behind the safety of an established pastorate in England he moved his family to coastal France to plant a surf-church, he now serves as the International Director of Surf Church Collective, a global movement of surf-churches. Roy Harley is a strategic leader at the helm of the Christian Surfer’s movement as its International Director. Their stories offer a vision of faith as a radical call to adventure, leaving behind the safe confines of the status quo in search of what God is doing on the edges of coastline around the world.
EP 014 | James Barkman | Back From Burma’s Frontlines
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
James Barkman has traveled the world as a world-class climber, snowboarder, and photographer so when we asked if he’d be willing to embed with the Free Burma Rangers as our cinematographer for the Dispatch series on the frontlines of the longest running civil war in the world, he packed his bags for Burma for a different type of adventure. Back from the field and preparing to return soon we explore a rich conversation filled with insight into a complex conflict and nuggets of wisdom from an uncommon young man.
EP 013 | Jeff Reinke | Befriending Brokenness & Experiencing Transformation
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Join us in conversation with Jeff Reinke (MFT & M.Ed), founder of The Relationship Resource and author of “Badly Broken, Deeply Loved” for a thrilling conversation that tracks his own journey from crisis, to character development, to calling as we learn how crucial healthy identity formation and healing is in the quest for a fulfilling and purposeful life.
EP 012 | Jeff Rosene | The Strategic Integration of Play
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
From recycling swing sets for community development to breaking down barriers in war torn communities, Jeff Rosene’s commitment to bringing play and holistic healing to hurting communities is a beautiful endeavor that brings slow and sustainable change through small and unexpected ways.
EP 011 | Roy Inzunza | Faith & Formation in the Marketplace
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s conversation we sit down with Roy Inzunza, a Corporate Chaplain, Entrepreneur, Certified Spiritual Director and Doctoral student in Leadership at Fuller Theological Seminary exploring the confluence of spiritual formation and a theology of work that can reimagine of the role of faith in the marketplace and its power to transform the way we conceive of what constitutes healthy organizational systems and our role in them.
EP 010 | Steven Elliott | Formation, Fallout and the Way Forward
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast! Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Listen in as Steven and Joseph have a conversation surrounding trauma and the healing power of story.
EP 009 | Joel Parker | Back From the Field
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
The Nations team sat down with jet-lagged Nations President, Joel Parker to debrief and hear stories from his most recent trip to Papua New Guinea where he was shooting for our unfolding episodic Dispatch Series following the work of our friends at Samaritan Aviation.
EP 008 | Jane Register | What Welcome Looks Like
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
From planting urban forests to leading World Relief’s efforts in San Diego serving the growing refugee crisis, Jane Register’s life-long commitment to community justice efforts is a beautiful and creative expression of how the work of reformation can evolve and grow.
EP 007 | John Van Deusen | Outside the Lines: Life As A Creative Process
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Join us for a thrilling conversation with prolific artist, songwriter and musician John Van Deusen where we explore the engine of his creativity: pursuit of the God who’s love holds in tension life’s bitter disappointments and joyful ecstasies.
EP 006 | Mark Palm | Faith, Flight and Calling
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s episode, we sat down with long-time Nations friend Mark Palm, where we discussed his story and the work of Samaritan’s Aviation in Papua New Guinea as a part of our unfolding Dispatch series.
EP 005 | Hope In The Holy Land | A New Film & A New Perspective
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
Join us for an exclusive conversation with documentary filmmaker Todd Morehead as we learn about the years-long journey of directing and hosting his documentary examining the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It beautifully showcases the power of story to challenge our previously held beliefs and cultivate a more expansive compassion.
EP 004 | Values | Beauty, Reformation & What’s Next
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s episode we dialogue around the last two of our four core values – Beauty and Reformation – as well as share a glimpse into what you can expect to begin filling your inboxes and feeds as we ramp up our documentary series and Editorial output.
EP 003 | Values | Advocacy, Life Risk & Bad Incentives in Media
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Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s episode we dialogue around the first two of our four core values – Advocacy and Life Risk – as well as talk about the distorting influence of bad incentives in the media space. We believe that it is our core values that set us apart as a media company and tribe of storytellers. They are crucial to understanding our work and vision.
EP 002 | Origin Story pt.1 - A Move, A Vision, A Magazine
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast!
Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s episode we continue to explore the origin story behind Nations, delving into the making of our first feature length documentary, Iraq: a Forgotten Hope, the launch of the first version of the Nations Podcast – now displaced by this weekly podcast and rebranded as Nations Presents – and the new chapter we’ve embarked on. You’ll meet our budding team here in the Carlsbad office.
EP 001 | Origin Story pt.1 - A Move, A Vision, A Magazine
Welcome to the new Nations Media Weekly Podcast!
Discover the stories animating Nations, our values, and mission. Join the Nations staff, creatives, and reformers as we engage in conversations surrounding global events and differing perspectives, share stories from the field, and tease what’s coming from Nation’s artists and storytellers.
In this week’s episode we explore the origin story behind Nations, discovering the answer to twin questions: “Who are we?” and “How did we get here?”
