Love Anyway
Storytelling Podcasts
Our world runs on fear. The loudest voices tell you to be afraid of anyone who’s different. But there’s another way. And it starts with each of us. Love Anyway is a podcast pushing beyond the simple narrative of “us vs them.” Join us as we explore how ordinary people from the Middle East to Mexico, from Venezuela to the US are making the extraordinary choice to love in the face of fear. Love Anyway is produced by Preemptive Love.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Storytelling Podcasts
Description:
Our world runs on fear. The loudest voices tell you to be afraid of anyone who’s different. But there’s another way. And it starts with each of us. Love Anyway is a podcast pushing beyond the simple narrative of “us vs them.” Join us as we explore how ordinary people from the Middle East to Mexico, from Venezuela to the US are making the extraordinary choice to love in the face of fear. Love Anyway is produced by Preemptive Love.
Twitter:
@preemptivelove
Language:
English
Contact:
319-830-6782
Website:
https://www.preemptivelove.org/
Episodes
From 9/11 to January 6
1/29/2021
Guests
Jeremy Courtney is the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love. He has lived and worked on the frontlines of conflict for over a decade, serving families who’ve been terrorized by violence, poverty, and disease. He’s the author of the book Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World That’s Scary as Hell. Jeremy lives in Iraq with his wife Jessica and their two children.
Resources
Podcast: Why Violence Is a Virus
What if the very skills we’re all learning to stop the spread of COVID-19...
Duration:00:25:52
After the Capitol Attack: A Way Forward
1/15/2021
GUESTS
Jeremy Courtney is the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love. He has lived and worked on the frontlines of conflict for over a decade, serving families who’ve been terrorized by violence, poverty, and disease. He’s the author of the book Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World That’s Scary as Hell. Jeremy lives in Iraq with his wife Jessica and their two children.
RESOURCES
Attack on the Capitol: Why We Must Call It What It Is
The Seeds of War Have Already Been Planted. Now...
Duration:00:21:53
US Election: Voices From the Other Side of War
10/28/2020
Many worry about the risk of violence after the US election. But most Americans have no idea what it’s like to live through political unrest or what to about it. We asked members of our team who've lived through political violence and war what Americans should know.
Duration:00:22:52
SPECIAL: Put Your Bodies On The Line
6/12/2020
In the US, our Black brothers and sisters, whose forced physical, mental, and emotional labor built so many of our communities, are asking for presence from those of us who aren’t Black. And this isn’t new. They've been asking. They’ve been fighting for their lives for four hundred years—four hundred years too long.
As host Erin Wilson shares in this episode: Throughout the war with ISIS, Preemptive Love chose to stay in Iraq. We chose to travel to the frontlines and stand with the people...
Duration:00:36:23
Unexpected Empathy: Finding Ourselves in Our Global Neighbors
5/20/2020
What does empathy have to do with emergency aid? In this final episode of Season 4, Erin Wilson, podcast host and senior field editor, sits down with Jessica Courtney, Preemptive Love's vice president of international programs, for an honest look at what they've learned about themselves as they've cared for others.
This episode:
Invites youTakes you——Welcomes you——Learn more.
Duration:00:17:48
After Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Will We Change?
5/13/2020
We’ll be back next week with our last regularly scheduled episode of season four. But this conversation is too important to wait. Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was jogging in a southern Georgia neighborhood on February 23 when he was chased, gunned down, and killed by two white men. (Only after a graphic video of his killing was recently posted online, and a wave of public outcry followed did authorities move to press criminal charges, more than two months after he was shot.)
This story is...
Duration:00:34:02
When We Gather Again, Who Will We Be?
5/6/2020
In this episode, Vjolca Capri gives her first-hand experience of attending a Love Anyway Gathering in central Florida. As a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, she wasn't sure what to expect when Saadia Qureshi invited her to join a roomful of community members, most of whom didn't look or worship like her.
Could they really have meaningful conversations? Would others judge or stereotype her? Would it be... awkward?
In this episode, we find out.
Listening, doing conflict better, cultivating...
Duration:00:26:17
It Starts With a Meal: Healing All That's Tearing Us Apart
4/29/2020
Remember when we used to eat together? In this episode, we travel everywhere from Atlanta to Iraq for a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to gather around the table with strangers.
War begins in our heads and hearts long before it reaches our hands. But that also means the solution can begin with us. And sometimes, healing all that’s tearing us apart starts with a meal.
If polarization is fueled by our isolation from anyone different, then what if interacting with people who are...
Duration:00:23:53
BONUS: Stay Home For Us
4/27/2020
COVID-19 anywhere is a threat to everyone, everywhere. In this special bonus episode, Preemptive Love team members call in from around the world to share why they are staying home—and exactly who you are helping when you do the same.
Because the choices we make in this moment could mean life or death for someone else. And as you'll hear in this special bonus episode, for many of us, this threat is anything but hypothetical.
These are their stories.
Duration:00:15:53
Off Book: Writing About War, Forgiveness, and The More Beautiful World (And Book Giveaways!)
4/22/2020
In this episode, Jeremy and senior field editor Erin Wilson share a candid conversation about the themes Jeremy explores in his latest book, Love Anyway. He answers never-before-asked questions, uncovers his writing process, and shares the why behind his vision of how we can heal all that’s tearing us apart.
Visit our show notes to enter to Win a signed copy or audiobook Version of Love Anyway by Jeremy Courtney.
In his book, Jeremy says that the way things are is not the way they have to...
Duration:00:32:06
Why Violence Is a Virus (We Can Stop the Spread)
4/15/2020
Hear how late last year, before the coronavirus started it’s deadly spread across the world, Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney was noticing striking parallels between the process for stopping the spread of infectious disease and stopping the spread of violence.
Travel back in time to 2016 with host Erin Wilson, when she met two Iraqi doctors in a displacement camp she'd never forget. In raw audio from her time there, hear how Dr. Qudama and Dr. Mustafa decided to create a health...
Duration:00:23:23
On the Road With Preemptive Love (And You're Invited to Our New Tour!)
4/7/2020
This first episode of season four takes you behind the scenes of the Love Anyway tour that took place last fall. Peek behind the curtain into the making of the Love Anyway film, a short documentary we created to explore the ideas around how we can heal what’s tearing us apart. We let you in on some of the conversations that happened before and during the making of the film.
We were planning to share this immersive episode with you later this year to go along with a new Love Anyway tour...
Duration:00:27:01
Looking for the Helpers During COVID-19
4/1/2020
Who are the helpers in times of the COVID-19 pandemic? They might be closer than we think.
In today’s special episode, we talk with people across the U.S. to explore what it looks like for all of us to not only look for the helpers — but to be the helpers — even in a global pandemic hitting very close to home.
Many of us are familiar with Mr. Roger’s admonition to “look for the helpers” in times of chaos. As life continues to change in the face of COVID-19, podcast producer Kayla Craig...
Duration:00:30:54
BREAKING: Coronavirus is Affecting Refugees—Here’s What We’re Doing
3/12/2020
As coronavirus cases grow worldwide—including in many of the places we serve—this breaking episode shares how the virus, also known as COVID-19, is impacting our displaced and refugee friends in Iraq, Syria, and Mexico.
We hear from Preemptive Love team members:
Jessica Courtney, vice president of international programsErin Wilson, senior field editorBen Irwin, director of communicationsThe future is uncertain. No one knows how widely this disease will spread or how bad the effects will...
Duration:00:10:22
NEW: Listener Survey and Giveaway (And a Season 4 Spoiler!)
2/17/2020
As we prepare new episodes (and spoiler alert: maybe even a second podcast!) we want to know what you think. What do you want to hear more of? Less of? Here’s your chance to chime in: We created a short five-minute survey with you in mind.
To say thanks, we’re offering the first 25 people to finish a survey a free pin from our Preemptive Love Shop, and you’ll also be entered to win a Love Anyway jute bag along with some beautiful refugee-made candles.
Just go to...
Duration:00:01:44
Iraq Crisis: When All You've Known is War
1/9/2020
This breaking episode of Love Anyway is a bit different than other time-sensitive episodes we’ve shared. While we want to give you the latest, clearest information on what’s happening between Iran, Iraq, and the US, we also want to take you behind the scenes of a conversation several of us had with our Preemptive Love colleague, and friend, Ihsan Ibraheem.
As we hear in this episode, Ihsan has lived his whole life in Iraq. And he’s lived through what seems like countless wars.
Details to...
Duration:00:18:07
BREAKING: Assassinations in Iraq
1/4/2020
On Friday, a US drone strike killed two top Iranian and Iraqi military commanders in Baghdad, dramatically escalating tensions across the region. Preemptive Love's Iraq-based staff members Erin Wilson and Ihsan Ibraheem discuss the assassinations and what might come next.
Duration:00:12:30
INSIDE LOOK: Refugees Face Violence at US-Mexico Border
11/21/2019
We're in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, responding to the refugee crisis on the US-Mexico border. Earlier this year, we began showing up just across the border in El Paso, Texas, listening, learning, and lending a hand where we could, thanks to many of you. We distributed emergency backpacks and listened to leaders on the ground.
US protocols have rapidly changed, forcing most asylum seekers to wait on the Mexico side of the border. So we’ve shifted our focus to the growing needs in Juarez, just...
Duration:00:22:31
JUST IN: On the Ground in Syria (A Firsthand Look)
11/8/2019
This breaking episode features firsthand accounts of what's happening on the ground in Syria. After our team heard updates from Erin Wilson and Jen Meyerson about what they saw displaced people facing weeks after the US troop withdrawal in northeastern Syria, we knew we had to pause our regularly-scheduled Love Anyway podcast episodes.
What they told us is too important not to share. Some of the stories you’ll hear are quite literally life-and-death scenarios.
Our team reports that the...
Duration:00:17:57
Crisis in NE Syria (And the Ceasefire That Wasn't)
10/24/2019
Preemptive Love is on the ground in Northeastern Syria. This is the biggest crisis we’ve seen at one time...and it’s getting worse. In this breaking episode, hear from our colleagues in the Middle East, who share what they’re seeing unfold.
Some of our team members delivering emergency aid have been shot at. Upwards of 300,000 people are running for their lives, fleeing Turkish bombs. The situation is desperate. We need your help.
We breakdown terms like "safe zones" and "ceasefire." We...
Duration:00:18:06