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Locavore. Localism. Buy local. The Localista Podcast celebrates honest, small-scale capitalism within a community, and as a key backbone to a healthy community. Viva la localista!

The life of Huston Smith reads like an adventure novel. One of the foremost religious scholars in the world today, Smith has lived in a missionary household in China, monasteries in Japan, and a sweat lodge in North America. Smith has engaged many of the contemporary wisdom giants, including Thomas Merton and the Dalai Lama, and believes in the eternal mystery of life, cautioning against our "tendency to reduce the Divine to where it is easily manageable by our finite mind."

Friends Tom Burke and Michael Foley discuss Politics, Pop culture, and LQBTQIA news and issues… all through a very different and often forgotten voice…that of the over 50 gay male. Join them weekly as they bring their voices, their stories, and their years of experience to today’s conversations all with a touch of humor and a slight shady side eye.

Do you question whether God really exists? Have you considered walking away from your faith because you’ve been hurt by someone in the Church or because you struggle with some of its teachings? Or maybe you’ve already left? Are you carrying around guilt for something you’ve done and don’t feel you are worthy of God’s love?