Sara Sharpe, founder of The Letters Project; photo provided.
In partnership with Indiana Public Radio and the broader NPR network, The Facing Project Radio Show has expanded to a weekly program in 2024. We’re bringing new life to stories in our archives, and putting empathy front and center through voice actors, themed episodes, and discussions with artists, authors, and peace activists who are using their work to create a more understanding and empathetic world.
Tune-in Saturdays at 11 a.m. EST–or if you miss a Saturday, you can get us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
October 5, 2024 (1 hour) –
An In-depth Conversation with Author and Hollywood Screenwriter Abdi Nazemian
J.R. Jamison sits down with Hollywood screenwriter, author, and producer Abdi Nazemian, who at the age of two fled Iran with his family during the 1979 Iranian revolution. Today, he uses his identity and story as a gay Iranian-American to help build empathy and understanding, penning such works as his award-winning young adult novel Like A Love Story, and associate producing the film Call Me By Your Name that starred Timothée Chalamet.
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October 12, 2024 (1 hour) –
Lessons on the Road to Peace with John Noltner
J.R. Jamison sits down with award-winning photographer, author, and peace activist John Noltner to talk about photography as a form of storytelling that explores the common humanity that unites us, and they discuss Noltner’s latest book, Lessons on the Road to Peace, that covers his 45,000-mile journey across the U.S.
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October 19, 2024 (1 hour) –
Living and Leading Authentically with Business Executive and Author Jim Fielding
J.R. Jamison sits down with Jim Fielding, a C-suite executive who spent 30 years leading some of the world’s most beloved media and retail brands, including Gap, Disney, DreamWorks, and 20th Century Fox. Jim’s latest book, All Pride, No Ego: A Queer Executive’s Journey to Living and Leading Authentically, was released last year, and in their conversation the two explore lessons on empathy and cracking the rainbow ceiling.
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October 26, 2024 (1 hour) –
NEW episode: Radical Love and Empathy with Author and Activist Sara Sharpe
J.R. Jamison sits down with author, actor, and activist Sara Sharpe to talk about radical love and empathy, and the organization she founded called The Letters Project, a bridge-building organization that provides space for an ongoing series of love letters from her—a liberal, left-leaning woman—to a conservative, right-leaning friend.