Ep 14 – “A Special Thank You” from Mark Beckwith

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Ep 14 – “A Special Thank You” from Mark Beckwith

Introduction

This is a special episode in which I reflect on the last year of the Reconciliation Roundtable podcast and thank all listeners for spending time with me and my guests, exploring how we can be agents of reconciliation in a time and a place where doing so often seems to be beyond the pale.

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If you enjoy this podcast and would like to find more content like this, please visit my website at www.markbeckwith.net, where you can listen to more episodes (and read episode transcripts), read my blog, and sign up to get weekly reflections in your inbox. I also explore the themes of this podcast further in my book, Seeing the Unseen: Beyond Prejudices, Paradigms, and Party Lines.

This episode of the Reconciliation Roundtable podcast was edited, mixed, and produced by Luke Overstreet.

 

Copyright © 2024 Mark Beckwith. All rights reserved. Contact for questions involving permission to use portions of the audio or transcript elsewhere.

 

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