WF Podcast 24 – Becoming Quakers the World Needs
Keynote presentation by Quaker media producer Jon Watts to Intermountain Yearly Meeting 2023, in which he tells his story of learning more about the history and perspectives of Friends by doing his media work.
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The “chapters” in this podcast:
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Jon's start in media production
3:23 Quakers to in the era of social media
4:52 Jon's personal history
6:42 Different branches of Friends
8:38 Jon learns Quaker history
13:55 Jon's idea for Quaker Speak
15:40 Quaker Speak episode about Jay O'Hara
18:41 The wide reach of Quaker Speak
20:17 Jon's journey after Quaker Speak
21:48 Parallels between 1600s and today
27:10 Opportunity for Friends today
- Audience:
- HS and older
- Genre:
- Biography
- Medium:
- Audio production
- Time period:
- 2000s