The Echoes Podcast
The Echoes Podcast
Podcast Description
The Echoes Podcast dives into real-world questions about community, faith, and human connection. Guided by hosts Marcus Goodyear and Camille Hall-Ortega, each episode explores personal journeys and societal challenges with inspiring guests—from faith leaders and poets to social advocates—whose stories shape our shared experiences. Through conversations with figures like Rev. Ben McBride, who moved his family to East Oakland’s “Kill Zone” to serve his community, or poet Olga Samples Davis, who reflects on the transformative power of language, we bring to light themes of belonging, resilience, and the meaning of home.
From the creators of Echoes Magazine by the H. E. Butt Foundation, The Echoes Podcast continues the magazine's legacy of storytelling that fosters understanding, empathy, and action.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes related to community, faith, and human connection, with specific topics such as personal storytelling, social justice, and empowerment. Episodes dive into unique experiences, like the transformative journey of poet Olga Samples Davis discussing the significance of language, as well as Reverend Ben McBride's compelling narrative of moving his family to a challenging neighborhood to foster community engagement.
The Echoes Podcast dives into real-world questions about community, faith, and human connection. Guided by hosts Marcus Goodyear and Camille Hall-Ortega, each episode explores personal journeys and societal challenges with inspiring guests—from faith leaders and poets to social advocates—whose stories shape our shared experiences. Through conversations with figures like Rev. Ben McBride, who moved his family to East Oakland’s “Kill Zone” to serve his community, or poet Olga Samples Davis, who reflects on the transformative power of language, we bring to light themes of belonging, resilience, and the meaning of home.
From the creators of Echoes Magazine by the H. E. Butt Foundation, The Echoes Podcast continues the magazine’s legacy of storytelling that fosters understanding, empathy, and action.
Grammy-winning musical artist and author Ashley Cleveland joins The Echoes Podcast to talk about grit. Through addiction and recovery, heartbreak and healing, Ashley invites us into a story where surrender becomes strength, vulnerability becomes vision, and brokenness gives way to beauty. This is a conversation about faith forged in fire, and the quiet, astonishing power of telling the whole, unvarnished truth.
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Episode Notes:
- Little Black Sheep: A Memoir by Ashley Cleveland.
- Ashley Cleveland’s extensive discography includes three Grammy Award wins for Best Rock Gospel Album: The Daylight’s Shot, You Are There, and Lesson of Love.
- Also referenced:
- Olga Samples Davis (Echoes Podcast previous guest)
- Rust College (Historically Black College)
- Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
- Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
- Madeleine L’Engle (Author, speaker at Laity Lodge, mentioned via archive clip)
- Ignatian spiritual exercises (19th annotation)
- Ashley Cleveland’s sermons at Church of the Redeemer
Production Team:
Written and produced by Marcus Goodyear, Camille Hall-Ortega, and Rob Stennett
Hosted by Camille Hall-Ortega and Marcus Goodyear
Edited by Rob Stennett and Kim Stone
Executive Producers: Patton Dodd and David Rogers
Graphic Design Manager: Hilary Commer
Junior Designer: Lindsay Bruce
Content Creator: Alyson Amestoy
Staff Writer: Beth Avila
Funded by the H. E. Butt Foundation
Special thanks to our guest Ashley Cleveland for being vulnerable about her struggles and for talking with us about grit.
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