Walk Talk Listen Podcast

About Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Walk Talk Listen, an attempt to connect people and make this world a bit better by sharing opinions and experiences based on the belief that everyone’s perspective is true albeit partial. It is also an effort to create awareness and to inspire a growing group of listeners to be engaged with the Global Goals (SDGs) and their attainment. A spin-off of the 100 mile walk. #gotheextra100mile

Publisher

Maurice A. Bloem

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Aug 2022

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

257 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   We Need to Learn, and Not Just Teach with Rev. Jane Ng’ang’a - Walk Talk Listen (Episode 259)

   Rev. Jane Ng’ang’a joins Walk Talk Listen from Kenya and takes us back to her childhood in rural Molo, Nakuru County, growing up in a family of fourteen children. She reflects especially on the influence of her mother, whose compassion, resilience and determination helped Jane and her sisters see possibilities beyond the expectations placed on girls in their community. That foundation eventually accompanied Jane into ordained ministry and more than 15 years of work at the intersection of faith, community health, HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender justice, maternal and child health, and youth programming. Today Jane is CEO of Faith to Action Network, a Southern-led global interfaith network working across family health and wellbeing, women’s rights and gender justice, and peaceful, just and inclusive communities. Jane talks candidly about encounters with HIV-related stigma, including the harm caused when HIV was framed as punishment, and how listening to people’s stories changed her own perspective. She reflects on why faith communities can be sources of both harm and healing, why faith actors often “reach the last mile,” and what it means to bridge faith and evidence. The conversation also turns to younger generations: Jane believes leaders need to listen, share power and recognize that “we need to learn, and not just teach.” She speaks about her own fear of scarcity, where she sees hope at community level, and why protecting girls from child marriage and creating space for young people to lead matter to her. Her music choice is It Is Well with My Soul, a song that has accompanied her through difficult moments and reminds her that even in challenging circumstances, “it is well.” Listener Engagement Learn more about Jane’s work through Faith to Action Network and connect with Jane personally on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Don’t only listen to It Is Well with My Soul, Jane’s music choice, but also the songs picked by other guests on the Walk Talk Listen Spotify playlist. Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter! Follow Us Support Walk Talk Listen by following the 100 Mile Hunger Walk on Facebook and Instagram. Visit 100mile.org or mauricebloem.com for more episodes and information. Check out the special Walk Talk Listen series Enough for All and learn more about the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI).

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   A New Sense of Possibility with Sam Daley-Harris - Walk Talk Listen (Episode 258)

   Sam Daley-Harris joins Walk Talk Listen to reflect on an unlikely journey that began in Miami, Florida, where he grew up in an observant Jewish household and discovered a love of music that eventually led him to play percussion in the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra and teach high school music. Experiences around the deaths of a friend and Robert F. Kennedy prompted Sam to begin asking questions that would stay with him: “Why am I here? What am I here to do? What’s my purpose?” A 1977 presentation on ending world hunger then challenged his assumption that hunger was inevitable. Sam realized that while he might feel hopeless about human nature, there was one human nature he could do something about: his own. That realization eventually contributed to Sam founding RESULTS in 1980, followed by his work with the Microcredit Summit Campaign and Civic Courage. In the conversation, Sam explores what he calls “transformational advocacy”: not only working to change policies and systems, but creating the support that enables people to do things they never thought they could do and, in the process, see themselves differently. Maurice and Sam also talk about younger generations, faith and spirituality, fear, cynicism and hope, the Sustainable Development Goals and Inner Development Goals, and why organizations sometimes underestimate what volunteers are capable of. Near the end, Sam asks whether something in the conversation might have “sparked some excitement, sparked some hope, sparked some new sense of possibility.” Music, fittingly, remains part of his story, with Sam choosing Dan Hill’s Hold On and Peter Mayer’s Holy Now as pieces that speak to who he is. Listener Engagement Learn more about Sam and Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy at reclaimingourdemocracy.com. You can also learn about his work through Civic Courage and RESULTS, and follow Sam on LinkedIn and Instagram (@samdaleyharris). Sam specifically invited listeners who would like to learn more or explore ways of getting involved to complete his Sign-up Sheet. Don’t only listen to Hold On by Dan Hill and Holy Now by Peter Mayer, Sam’s music choices, but also the songs picked by other guests on the Walk Talk Listen Spotify playlist. Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter! Follow Us Support Walk Talk Listen by following the 100 Mile Hunger Walk on Facebook and Instagram. Visit 100mile.org or mauricebloem.com for more episodes and information. Check out the special Walk Talk Listen series Enough for All and learn more about the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI).

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   I Intentionally Go Small Picture with Lisa le Roux - Walk Talk Listen (Episode 257)

   Dr. Elisabet “Lisa” le Roux joins Walk Talk Listen from Stellenbosch, South Africa, and takes us back to her childhood as the youngest of four children, growing up in a home where faith, theology, books and conversations were part of everyday life. Her father was a minister and later taught theology at Stellenbosch University, while her parents modeled a conviction that became a kind of guiding light for Lisa: your life should make a positive difference, even if that difference is small. Lisa also recalls becoming aware of gender inequality remarkably early, including a childhood encounter with a library registration form that made her wonder why women, but not men, were defined by whether they were married. That early journey eventually took Lisa to the mountains of Lesotho, where living alongside people affected by HIV/AIDS profoundly shaped the direction of her life, and later into nearly two decades of research on religion, gender equality and violence against women and girls. Today, through her work with Stellenbosch University and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), Lisa continues to explore the complicated role of religion: faith communities can help challenge violence and harmful norms, while at the same time sometimes reinforcing them. Lisa talks about listening, participatory and feminist approaches to research, and what researchers themselves must be willing to learn and unlearn. She also reflects on hope and why, when the problems of the world feel overwhelming, she intentionally chooses to “go small picture” and focus on the difference we can make in the lives immediately around us. Her musical choice is Toto’s Africa. Listener Engagement Learn more about Lisa’s work through Stellenbosch University and the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI). Don’t only listen to “Africa” by Toto, Lisa’s song choice, but also the songs picked by other guests on the Walk Talk Listen Spotify playlist. Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter! Follow Us Support Walk Talk Listen by following the 100 Mile Hunger Walk on Facebook and Instagram. Visit 100mile.org or mauricebloem.com for more episodes and information. Check out the special Walk Talk Listen series Enough for All and learn more about the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) and its work connecting evidence, learning, faith and locally rooted experience.

Who has been a guest on Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lieselotte Heederik
• Gideon Lopes Cardozo
• Chip Gruen
• Alexis Lombre
• Rev Dr Vicki Garlock

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

80

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

82

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