Welcome back to Becoming the People

Welcome back to Becoming the People

Author: Prentis Hemphill January 8, 2026 Duration: 5:17
We’re back, friends! We continue to dive into the question, how do we become the people of our time? How do we grow up and make connections in this time of isolation, enemy-making and destruction? Come over to Patreon as we connect, grapple and discuss this, and many other questions of how to build a world we want together. Join me here: @Prentishemphill Support the show The Becoming the People Podcast Team: Producers: Prentis Hemphill & devon de LeñaSound Engineer and Editing...

Prentis Hemphill, known for their work on Finding Our Way, now hosts Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill. Here, Prentis engages in thoughtful, often intimate conversations with a range of voices-thinkers, artists, and practitioners who are actively shaping our understanding of society and culture. These dialogues circle around urgent, foundational questions: what does genuine human evolution look like, and how can we foster relationships that don't just connect us but fundamentally change us for the better? Each episode feels like a shared inquiry into the mechanics of healing, both personal and collective. You'll hear discussions that are less about easy answers and more about exploring the nuanced, sometimes difficult terrain of how we live with one another. This podcast serves as a space to sit with the complexities of transformation, examining the daily practices and big ideas that might guide us toward becoming different people, and in turn, creating a different world. It’s for anyone who believes that the path forward is woven through honest connection and courageous self-reflection.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 50

Becoming the People Podcast with Prentis Hemphill
Podcast Episodes
[Bonus] Marc Lamont Hill in conversation with Prentis about [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:49
Visit another powerful stop on the What It Takes to Heal book tour. Author and activist, Marc Lamont Hill, interviews Prentis about their book at the Library and Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C. Together,…
[Bonus] W. Kamau Bell interviews Prentis about What it Takes to Heal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:37
In this bonus episode, the seats are turned as W. Kamau Bell interviews Prentis about their book What it Takes to Heal. These two dig into the complexities of being a middle child, why healing is often dismissed as "soft…
Question Your Answers with Pastor Kristian A. Smith [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:59
This week, we’re diving into faith and doctrine and how it shapes our worldview. Pastor Kristian A. Smith – public theologian, Spiritual Humanist, and digital pastor of The Faith Community Virtual – is here to share abou…
The Wild Edges of Sorrow with Francis Weller [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:31
Prentis is joined by Francis Weller - writer, therapist and soul activist. He wrote the Wild Edge of Sorrow and so eloquently shares about the collective responsibility of grief. Prentis and Francis talk about the hero's…
All That Mattered with Megan Falley [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:32
Poet and writer Megan Falley joined Prentis to share about the life of her late partner Andrea Gibson, and generously offered her learnings on how we can live our lives as richly and fully in the time given. Watch “Come…
Mini Episode: An Outdated Model of Leadership [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:49
This week, Prentis shares their assessment that the leadership model in our culture feels outdated. They share the concept of two leadership qualities that we could begin to possess on the individual or collective level…
Courage Amidst Collapse with Norma Wong [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:02
Teacher, author and Zen Master, Norma Wong, is here to talk about her new book, Who we are becoming matters: the courage wisdom and aloha we need in the time of collapse. Norma helps us see further than we can see on our…
Fierce Vulnerability with Kazu Haga [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 44:34
Prentis is joined by their friend, author and activist Kazu Haga, to explore his new book Fierce Vulnerability. Kazu asks us to consider a new type of courage, and together they converse about the value of deep interdepe…
Mini-Episode - Grief is a Teacher [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 31:05
Prentis has returned to the pod after a short bereavement leave from the passing of their father. They are sharing how grief and time are pairing up to teach them how to bring more fluidity and honesty to their presence…