God Squad: Why Does God Squad Even Work?

God Squad: Why Does God Squad Even Work?

From Village SquareCast by The Village Square

March 6, 2026 · 56 min · Season 6 · Episode 128

About this episode

The episode discusses the enduring success of God Squad in fostering dialogue across differing perspectives over 15 years.

For 15 years now, God Squad has quietly defied the fashion to avoid talking with people who don't look and think like us. From "Ten Paces at High Noon" to "Shut Up and Sing," from abortion to race, The Squad hasn't shied away from much. As we celebrate 15 years of programming, we thought it was high time to get a little meta and talk about what holds us together—year after year after year—when so very much is falling apart. We'll even be joined by two people around at the beginning of God Squad—Liz Joyner and Betsy Ouellette Zierden. Learn more about the program and meet the God Squad here . The Village Square is a proud member of The Democracy Group , a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. ——————————————————— Village SquareCast is funded in part by Florida Humanities with support from Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Mellon Foundation. (Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of our funders.) By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with…

People in this episode

Guests: Liz Joyner, Betsy Ouellette Zierden

Topics covered

  • God Squad
  • community dialogue
  • political discourse
  • social issues

Keywords

  • democracy
  • civic engagement
  • cultural conversation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Shut Up and Sing, Conversations Beyond 250

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