What We Will Abide
71 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsConversations with people providing local solutions to systemic problems, mostly in my adopted hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: a place that somehow blends rustic and traditional with urban and progressive.
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#068 We Are Humans
January 25, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 110 MBI've been wrestling with my anger about the havoc Covid-19 has wrought in our country and the ineptitude that has typified how we've dealt with it. But, I still feel I don't know enough to have an opinion at all. So, in this episode, I turn to Michael Taylor, a Respiratory Therapist who works in the York, PA area. We talk about his career and, in the main, how his expertise is utilized in the current pandemic. I don’t posit Mike Taylor here as the definitive voice on the subject, and neither...
#067 - I Can, I Am: Jessica Edonick
November 26, 2020 03:15 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBOnce an aspiring Medieval historian, Jessica Edonick now serves as Dean of Students at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design in downtown Lancaster, PA. She defines and redefines the position almost all the time, giving liberally of herself to students in need in a selfless, exhaustive way. As a member of the PCAD faculty, I work with her closely and refer students to her regularly. In a professional setting she is always kind, gracious and caring. In this more personal conversation, tho...
#066 - "I'm Still Black": Osmyn Oree
June 15, 2020 03:37 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBOsmyn Oree is an admissions counselor at the Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (PCA&D) and is a gradate of the college. He is also a photographer and an activist. We talk about the evolution of his work, his political consciousness, and a bit about his inner life amidst this turbulent time. Osmyn Oree Photography Facebook Instagram Original music by Nick Peterson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#065 - Don't Forget What Lenny Said
June 06, 2020 03:55 - 15 minutes - 21.6 MBOf Lenny Bruce, Eric Bogosian said, "Saint Lenny, he died for our sins." Over 60 years ago, comedian Lenny Bruce cracked wise about racism, corrupt power and American culture. His critique still reverberates, which means not enough has changed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#064 - Turn Around
June 01, 2020 01:23 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MBStep 1: Unite. People of all skin colors, political agendas, genders and sexualities. All together as one. Step 2: Get the police to join in. Otherwise, it's utter bloodshed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#063 The Long Walk
May 24, 2020 03:19 - 12 minutes - 17.3 MBMy daughter records a message to herself at age 30 while getting trucks to honk at us; birthday present requests, and the glory of meatballs. Music by Eliot White and Eyal Marcovici. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#062 - Vulnerable to Demons: Leo DiSanto
May 03, 2020 02:49 - 47 minutes - 65.9 MBAt some point along the way, Leo DiSanto and I recognized we were dependent on alcohol and took steps to release ourselves from the hold it had on us. What we learned was that things got worse before they got better, Drinking quiets the hobgoblins of self-hatred, but only for a short while, and then they come back with a vengeance. It's at that point that the real work begins. DiSanto is a local Lancaster musician who performed regularly around town until the Covid-19 outbreak. He now strea...
#061 - The Whole Human: Dawn Cox from Prana PT
April 21, 2020 18:35 - 36 minutes - 28.5 MBDawn Cox at Prana Functional Manual Therapy (PranaPT.com) came to the PT profession later in her life, and brings to bear her experience connecting with human beings in various sectors of her life in her work now. At Prana, physical therapists treat the whole human being, and don't just reduce people to their injury or their diagnoses. In the era of COVD-19, Prana is still helping people navigate and lessen their pain with Telehealth visits. Music by Eliot White, recorded specifically for ...
#060 - The Most Dangerous Profession: Bob Fenster
March 22, 2020 21:50 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBBob Fenster is a social studies teacher and a musician. I met him a bunch of years ago at aconference on the Arab Spring in Philly. He's a New Jersey boy, born and bred, but I still retain enough (professional) respect for him that I felt like asking him a few questions about how he addresses controversial and contentious political issues in the classroom. Bob is the kind of teacher I aspire to be: self-reflective, both compassionate and vigilant, and clear-eyed. Over the years he's helped m...
Riverpod Crossover Episode—We're Still Here: Lee Francis IV
March 22, 2020 21:20 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MBThis is a crossover episode. These days I co-own 9 Panel Comics a comic book store with my friend Jon Darby. We buy and sell old and new comic books. We also produce a comic-related podcast. For this episode, I interview Lee Francis IV is the author of Ghost River, a graphic novel about the Conestoga, a native people who lived in what is now Central Pennsylvania, and the founder of Native Realities and Red Planet Books and Comics in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lee opened Red Planet Comics to pr...
9 Panel Crossover Episode—We're Still Here: Lee Francis IV
January 08, 2020 15:01 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBThis is a crossover episode. These days I co-own 9 Panel Comics a comic book store with my friend Jon Darby. We buy and sell old and new comic books. We also produce a comic-related podcast. For this episode, I interview Lee Francis IV is the author of Ghost River, a graphic novel about the Conestoga, a native people who lived in what is now Central Pennsylvania, and the founder of Native Realities and Red Planet Books and Comics in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lee opened Red Planet Comics to pr...
#059 - What Makes A Canadian
December 06, 2019 14:55 - 36 minutes - 37 MBWhile Part 1 focused mainly on mental health and constructive coping mechanisms to deal with anxiety and depression, in this episode we consider what so-called “American” values are —as opposed to Canadian values— and spend a good chunk of time critiquing the U.S. health care system. There's also more of Sarah’s music, as it features songs from her newly released album The Family Curse. Find all of Sarah's music here. You can also find her on Instagram @sarah.jickling and on Facebook @sar...
#058 - This Time is Different
November 07, 2019 05:08 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBI don’t know Sarah Jickling, but we talked for an hour about anxiety, depression, alter egos, pole-dancing, and just how goddamn big Canada is. I met her on Instagram, via the quirk of a misplaced hashtag. Not long ago, I loathed and readily excoriated social media and its tentacles, as they worm and wiggle their slimy way into our lives. As it turns out, social media isn't the problem -- the problem was, in fact, the tentacles of anxiety and depression that ruled me. But in a year filled wi...
SPECIAL - Come As You Are "Concert Album"
October 31, 2019 21:52 - 29 minutes - 25.5 MBHere is a live album of sorts; Liz Fulmer and her band playing at Tellus360 on August 18, 2019, for the Come As You Are words and music event. This is just the music. SONG LIST 1) Come As You Are (Nirvana) Liz Fulmer: Vocals, Piano; Allan Dutton: Guitar. 2) Today (Smashing Pumpkins) Liz Fulmer: Vocals, Piano; Allan Dutton: Guitar; Brendan Stengle: Bass Guitar 3) Doll Parts (Hole) Liz Fulmer: Vocals, Piano, Percussion; Hadassah Wilson: Vocals; Allan Dutton: Guitar 4) Nuts (Bitter Delore...
#057 - Come As You Are Bonus Episode
October 24, 2019 03:32 - 29 minutes - 18.6 MBIn episode #56: Come As You Are: Words and Music, Jamie Beth Cohen and Liz Fulmer shared their thoughts on the live concert they gave at Tellus360. Here, What We Will Abide offers bonus material from the concert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#056 - Come As You Are: Words and Music
October 18, 2019 12:15 - 48 minutes - 35.8 MBJamie Beth Cohen's Wasted Pretty is a YA novel set in 1992, a year in which grunge, indie pop, and new wave all seemed to get along. In a special live event at Lancaster's own Tellus 360 this past August, Cohen teamed up with local musician Liz Fulmer to present "Come As You Are," a concert during which Cohen read from her novel and Fulmer (and friends) played music from the period. In this episode, Cohen and Fulmer talk about their collaborative effort, what music can mean for teenagers, an...
#055 - Waveland Chapter IV: Bridging Cultures
October 07, 2019 12:05 - 35 minutes - 26.3 MB"If you want to see humanity at its most vulnerable, a refugee camp will give you that image." Mustafa Nuur immigrated to the US after a 10-year stay in a refugee camp in Kenya. He is originally from Mogadishu, Somalia and has lived in Lancaster PA since 2017. In chapter IV of What We Will Abide's series on Immigration, Mustafa tells his own story, including the origins of his entrepreneurial drive, his first job in America and how he hit upon an idea to have refugees and immigrations tell...
#054 - A WWWA Short (Person): JSS Takes a Seat
September 18, 2019 04:10 - 5 minutes - 4.2 MBA certain 7-year-old explains his choice to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance at school. Music by Here Inside. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#053 - I've Got Work to Do: Rabbi Jack Paskoff
September 17, 2019 14:19 - 37 minutes - 27.3 MB"It's all about the wrestling," Rabbi Jack Paskoff tells me, as we rattle up 95 North on our way home from Washington DC. He drives like a New Yorker: aggressive and confident with an air of 'I got this.' It's sort of the same way he serves his community–out front and fearless while also remaining honest and deeply contemplative. He's "my" rabbi because he's got a huge heart, an indefatigable work ethic, and a genuine interest in what others have to say. In these past few years of his life an...
#052 - Changing the World, One Taco at a Time
September 09, 2019 11:58 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThough they were happy running Lancaster's favorite bottle shop and pizza joint, The Fridge, Zach Miller and Erin Schram decided to leave the United States after the election of 2016. Following a 2+ year sojourn in New Zealand, they have returned, seeking more time with family and the perfect taco. It might just be the Kiwi, a fish-and-chips inspired creation, or it might be the JJ - a Korean-style delight. Think you've got the chops to invent the world's greatest taco? Head down to Tacos Del...
#051 - Waveland Chapter III: In One Place
August 08, 2019 18:13 - 39 minutes - 29.5 MBIt's easy to lose sight of privilege; if you're an American citizen, it's something you probably don't think about, ever. But Andrea Alarcon has thought about what it means to be a citizen every day of her life since she learned she couldn't get a driver's license at age 16. The obstacles only compounded from there. This interview was conduced in 2017, and we muse about what might be on the immigration front in two years. Now, two ignominious years later, we know all too well. Original mus...
#050 - American Cynic, Part 4
April 02, 2019 16:30 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBThe fourth installment of the apparently ongoing series of interviews with my father, collectively entitled "American Cynic." In this episode, my father and I review an array of unpleasant encounters: with law enforcement officers; on the basketball court; and with mysterious, vehicle-napping Manhattan "Marshals." Also, the 'best' films of all time. Twitter @SamSchindler43 Facebook.com/WhatWeWillAbide/ Subscribe on iTunes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#049 - American Cynic, Part 3
September 26, 2017 00:28 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBThe final installment of the American Cynic series surveys life in New York City in the first half of the 20th century: Mirrors shattered by errant baseball bats, squandered investment opportunities, and a street race for the ages. Also, why nobody is funny. Subscribe on iTunes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#048 – American Cynic, Part 2
September 19, 2017 04:23 - 37 minutes - 35 MBAbout year ago, I interviewed my father about his past, specifically his experience as a soldier in the Vietnam War. This time, I ask him to survey his 76 years as a lay critic of American foreign and domestic policy. The conversation ranges wide as my father ruminates on presidential doings and misdoings over the course of a half century, and culminates almost inevitably in an argument about a crucial question: how tall is Henry Kissinger? Though consensus isn't reached on that key point, ...
#047 – On the Ground: Michael Deibert
August 26, 2017 14:13 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBJournalist Michael Deibert has called several countries --if not continents-- home, and has written several books, including In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in Mexico, and most recently Haiti Will Not Perish: A Recent History, which came out earlier this year. He’s had articles published in The Guardian, Truthdig, The Huffington Post and Slate among others. He currently resides in Lancaster, but as his résumé clearly shows, staying put isn’t...
#046 – Am I Right?
August 01, 2017 15:39 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBIn just a few short weeks the Stone Independent School will embark on our inaugural academic year. Two of the classes are my own creations: United States History through the lens of the economics of slavery; and the history of Israel/Palestine. I’m sharing my process for building these classes here as a means of documenting their development and ultimately charting their progress. Will I wind up doing what I set out to do? Is what I’m setting out to do well-conceived or utterly misguided? I...
#045 – Pain is Normal: Roey Shmool
July 24, 2017 03:40 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBThis story is about pain, both mental and physical, and it’s about how these two kinds of pain are very much connected, despite our culture’s insistence that they’re not. It’s also about our unwillingness to admit that we’ve made mistakes, big mistakes, even though an admission would certainly lead to and end to suffering and the beginning of healing for large numbers of people. This is Roey Shmool's story. He is a filmmaker and an aspiring anxiety coach; two things which might seem dispar...
#044 – Anniversary
July 15, 2017 15:57 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBA year ago, I started this podcast, in which I interview people providing local solutions to systemic problems. My wife Jamie Beth, who has known me for nearly two decades, sees me as an introvert. So, to her, this has always seemed like a strange project to take on. In this episode, she asks me why I did. Music by Sea Ray. Jamie Beth, writer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#043 – A Working Government: Christina Hartman
July 06, 2017 06:03 - 56 minutes - 52 MBI began my conversation with Christina Hartman as I always do, by telling the origin story of What We Will Abide, which involves seeing the world through despairing eyes. I was certainly surprised when she countered with a parallel story of her own that has played out along a similar timeline. Unlike hers, my story did not culminate in a stirring run for the congressional seat in the 16th district of the State of Pennsylvania this past election cycle. Prior to that endeavor, Christina Har...
#042 – Bill Maher Knows Nothing (About Islam)
July 04, 2017 03:13 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBMahfuz Meherzad is the president of the United Islamic Association of Lancaster County and is an adjunct Political Science professor at Chestnut Hill College and Millersville University. Prof. Meherzad and I took part in a panel discussion back in May in which five representatives of different religious backgrounds attempted to answer the question, “Does religion lead to war?” Prof. Meherzad provided a Muslim response. We also heard from those representing Hinduism, Buddhism and Mennonite C...
#041 – Torah is Light: Aryeh Bernstein
June 04, 2017 23:23Aryeh Bernstein is a Chicagoan, an Israeli citizen, a teacher, and a seeker of social justice. He wears his Judaism on his sleeve, as well as beneath his shirt. Each day he dons a “talit katan” with its fringes that hang from a traditional garment he wears beneath his outer clothing. It’s one of several of his daily reminders to engage in self-reflection, to recall his heritage, and to be aware that there’s something out there that’s bigger than him. Music: “Shine” by The Maccabeats. Brea...
#040 – Collapse Episode: Dr. Jim Delle
May 19, 2017 02:43For a while now, I’ve frequently and ubiquitously espoused a theory derived largely from the work of Daniel Quinn which is this: Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for most of their existence on earth. Somewhere along the line, this way of life, built and maintained largely to be in harmony with the earth, took an acute turn, a turn toward agriculturalism, and ultimately what we know of (and often celebrate) as Civilization. What’s happened since has been nothing short of disaster. I offered ...
#039 – Character Assassination: Jeremiah Miller Revisits the Trial of Clay Shaw
April 25, 2017 01:51Jeremiah Miller’s play, Guilty Parties of New Orleans, will be given a staged reading with seasoned actors this coming Friday night, April 28th, at Community Mennonite Church, as part of the Theater of the Seventh Sister Spoken Word series. It largely deals with the trial of Clay Laverne Shaw, a New Orleans businessman who was the only person ever officially prosecuted in connection with the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. Miller collaborated with researcher David Reitzes to recreate...
#038 – Rep. Lloyd Smucker Invitation: Extended
April 23, 2017 22:02A couple of months ago I made an amateur overture to Representative Lloyd Smucker of the 16th Congressional district of Pennsylvania to be a guest on What We Will Abide, but didn’t get a response. Perhaps I didn’t explain myself well enough the first time, so I’m giving it another go. Music by Ton-Taun. http://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/WWWA_038_042417.mp3 DOWNLOAD this episode SUBSCRIBE to this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#037 – Who Am I Here: Jocelyn Park of Lancaster Transplant
April 21, 2017 03:36Jocelyn Park is originally a street punk Quaker from Delco (Delaware County, PA). She arrived in Lancaster, PA five years ago by way of Sydney, Australia, and found that starting over socially was a daunting prospect. Since then, she has launched Lancaster Transplant, a local organization designed to connect newcomers to the city by means of…pretty much whatever works. In our conversation, Lancaster Transplant’s Founder and Creative Ace talked about how her Quaker background has shaped her ...
#036 – A Ministry of Presence: Rev. Susan Minasian
April 03, 2017 03:15Last month, after nearly a decade as Franklin & Marshall College’s chaplain, Susan Minasian has moved on, back to her home state of Virginia, where she will serve as pastor at Sojourners United Church of Christ in Charlottesville. Her tireless work on the college campus and all across Lancaster county was renowned in both religious and secular circles. We talked about what brought her to Lancaster in the first place over three decades ago, and why she decided to start a new chapter in a fam...
#035 – Running & Riding to Recall a Rapidly Fading Past
March 27, 2017 10:30The fundamental flaw in our civilization is that it’s convinced itself that it’s the best way to live. But there are cracks in the drywall. In a conversation that starts off about running, veers into politics and concludes with donkeys, Christopher McDougall and I examine the damage. Then, a visit with Paul Sherban, a recent college graduate who rode 4,500 miles on his bicycle in search of slowness, not speed. He rode in effort to forget himself and found that the real lesson he learned was...
#034 – Condemnation
March 15, 2017 16:28The real story is corruption large and small: A Conestoga Board of Supervisors chairman appropriates $69 worth of mulch and doesn’t pay for it until 5 months later; the zoning board slaps The Stand’s barn with condemnation notices, seemingly out of the blue. What do these two events have in common? One, they were both part of the public discussion during the March 7th Conestoga Board of Supervisors meeting, and two, they’re both examples of abuse of power. The mysterious countdown to the ...
#033 – Places Unknown; People Like Us
March 11, 2017 14:53In December of 2008, I interviewed my father about his experience in Vietnam. Just this past summer, I interviewed him again for What We Will Abide and it appears as Episode 16, “American Cynic.” But, back in 2008 I also interviewed my mother about how she experienced his time in the Army. After making that video recording, it sat for years, untouched. I never watched it. In the summer of 1966, my parents got married and my father got drafted. He was sent to Fort Riley in Junction City, Kan...
#032 – Waveland Chapter II: Far Away Home
February 26, 2017 23:52The BBC recently noted that, per capita, Lancaster, PA absorbs and resettles more refugees than any other city in the United States. In fact, it’s part of the city’s heritage. Madap Sharma was one of those refugees who came to the U.S. with his family after fleeing his home country of Bhutan. Emigrating first to Maryland in 2010, Madap ultimately resettled in Lancaster, where he served for several years as the refugee resettlement director for Bethany Christian Services. Though he recently ...
#031 – An Invitation to Congressman Lloyd Smucker
February 26, 2017 00:15Dear Congressman Lloyd Smucker, What We Will Abide is a Lancaster-based podcast which serves to tell stories about people who are providing local solutions to systemic problems. You want to solve local problems – that’s why you ran for congress. I invite you to take part in an interview for What We Will Abide so you can talk openly about your platform, policy initiatives, and to further detail your plans to serve Lancaster’s interests on Capitol Hill. http://samschindler.com/wp-content/up...
#030 – Waveland Chapter I: Shadow Children
February 08, 2017 02:07We’re well into Trump’s first hundred days, a period of time in which the new President insisted that he would do away with President Obama’s executive order called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), enacted in 2012. The orders Trump has signed so far indicate that he’s going to attempt to follow through on this promise. What this will mean for 1.5 million young people is as yet unknown. In this episode, DACA beneficiary Audrey Lopez, who was introduced in Waveland: An Introduc...
#029 – That Which Lies Buried
January 25, 2017 20:32The Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, a Williams Partners natural gas pipeline project (they’re from Tulsa, OK), has been in the works for a while now. The planned project route, though altered now several times, still runs right through the heart of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The local movement Lancaster Against Pipelines (LAP) has been at the heart of the opposition to the project for almost three years. In recent weeks and months, LAP has held events at two locations along the pipeline rou...
#028 – Waveland: An Introduction
January 14, 2017 05:44There’s a great deal of hypocrisy that permeates the conversation about immigration – but I don’t want to get into that. Instead, three separate people, all of whom I would classify as “Americans,” speak candidly about their experiences connecting with or living as immigrants in the U.S.A. Here I offer a slightly different format, in which I introduce three different people living very different lives: a lawyer, a refugee resettlement director and an immigration consultant. These individual...
#027 – Unforgetting: Christopher McDougall
December 27, 2016 16:32Chris McDougall is well known for his 2009 book Born to Run, which, among many other things, tells the story of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri), the tribe who (literally) ran away from the Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century – and never came back. The book features the stories of several colorful characters including the peripatetic runner known as Caballo Blanco, who died in 2012, the podcaster/antelope-chaser Scott Carrier and the effervescent ultra-runner Scott Jurek. For me, it was singu...
#026 – Not a Young Man: Louis Cheney
December 15, 2016 01:31Social critics come in all shapes, sizes and ages. Music by Ton-Taun. http://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/WWWA_026_121416.mp3 DOWNLOAD this episode SUBSCRIBE to this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#025 – Bread and Other Things: Jordan Capizzi of Ton-Taun
December 01, 2016 17:12Jordan Capizzi’s septet Ton-Taun has, in one form or another, been around for a decade. They happily play local gigs and have produced four albums. Their most recent enterprise is an EP entitled Sorry Brian: You’re Derek Now which will be released this weekend by means of a musical theater performance of the same name. The show runs from Dec 2-4 at Tellus360 in Lancaster. Jordan came by the TBA School back in September to discuss being an artist, finding common ground with people you disagr...
#024 – Brother, I’m a Man: Andrew & Isaac Schlager
November 29, 2016 23:16These days “Millennials” take a lot of flak from older generations, but some of them are mature and attentive to the world around them – in ways I certainly never was as a teenager. Identical twins Andrew and Isaac Schlager are self-aware and zealous about matters pertaining to social justice, which they demonstrate in both word and action. As a member of that “older generation,” I see myself as both their teacher and student. In fact, they took my class as high school freshmen. Now, they’re...
#023 – Movement
November 18, 2016 03:29One thing that’s happening these days is that people who are distraught by the election results are banding together. They seem to be setting aside ideological differences which they now agree ultimately led to the election of a president they vehemently reject. A theme that is emerging among these coalescing groups is an urgency to protect one another – to stand up for those who are now thrust into imminent vulnerability. In two different venues, I took part in exercises amongst teenagers a...
#022 – Okay, Now We’re Awake
November 09, 2016 19:10Let’s imagine you and I are in an empty room. You approach me and ask, “What happened? What do we do now?” First, I shake my head in derisive disbelief. Then, I put my own crap aside, throw my arms open and give you a big hug and say, “let’s get to work.” http://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/WWWA_022_110916.mp3 DOWNLOAD this episode SUBSCRIBE to this podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.