Rachel Mander - Pilgrims to Cop26 (N259)

Nomad Podcast

Tim Nash

Christianity, Faithshift, Deconstruction, Christianmysticism, Religion & Spirituality, Christianspirituality, Progressivechristian, Christian, Religion, Emergingchurch

4.7 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 133 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Cop26 is a gathering of world leaders, meeting this November in Glasgow to review agreements to reduce carbon emissions. While the meeting was being confirmed, the Young Christian Climate Network planned a relay pilgrimage from Cornwall to Glasgow.

In this podcast Rachel Mander talks to us about what’s at stake in this historic gathering, about faith and activism, about how poorer countries are being pushed into debt to the bigger carbon emitters, and about the trials and joys of the political pilgrimage.

After the interview, Nomad hosts David Blower and Anna Robinson have a conversation about how Rachel’s experiences might inform their own activism and faith journeys.

Interview starts at 22m 06s

Books, quotes, links →

The creation of Nomad’s thoughtful, ad-free content is entirely funded by our equally thoughtful and wonderful listeners. By supporting us, you gain access to Nomad’s online spaces—like the Beloved Listener Lounge, Enneagram Lounge, and Book Club—as well as bonus episodes such as Nomad Contemplations, Therapeutic Reflections, and Nomad Revisited.

If you’d like to join our lovely community of supporters, head over to our Patreon page. You might even be rewarded with a Nomad pen or our coveted Beloved Listener mug!

If a monthly commitment isn’t possible right now, a one-off donation is always deeply appreciated—you can do that here.

Looking to connect with others nearby? Check out the Listener Map or join our Nomad Gathering Facebook group.

And if you're up for sharing your own story, we regularly post reflections from listeners on our blog—all with the hope of fostering deeper understanding, connection and supportive relationships. If you'd like to share your story on the blog, contact us for more information here.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Welcome back to Nomad Podcast. I'm Anna Robinson and this is...
0:42.3	David Benjamin Blower. Here I am. Hello.
0:46.3	Sorry, I didn't know whether that was the right thing to say then. I got a bit flummocks. This is only my second time hosting and it feels like quite a big responsibility. I have listened so many times
0:54.7	to the podcast, but it's amazing how you forget it when you suddenly got the microphone in your
0:59.5	face. Do you know what? I think I've always managed to avoid the tasks that you have. Okay.
1:04.5	Of kind of like leading the charge, as it were. Yeah. Oh, that's impressive. How are you doing? How are you? This is the
1:13.2	first time we get to actually do this together. It's exciting. Yeah, I'm doing all right. The exciting
1:20.1	thing at my end is that I've got a standing desk situation at the moment because I thought it'd be
1:26.6	nice to do more standing up.
1:29.1	So I'm not hunched over all the time. But it's not one of those ones that you can go up or down with.
1:34.9	So I'm not at my computer right now. I'm sort of sitting on a comfy chair hunched with another
1:40.3	chair in front of me and the microphone sat on top of it. So I feel a bit like I'm camping.
1:46.5	It's quite a popular thing there standing up when you're working. My husband's been doing the same
1:50.7	thing. So if you sit at a desk for a long time, it's, I think it kind of changes your psyche,
1:56.0	doesn't it, when you're standing up? I think I'm a bit jealous. I wish I was standing up now. I wish I was using his desk.
2:07.1	I'm sat. So, you're sat. Well, you know, there's a time for it, isn't there? It's emails. I don't want to be sat down, hunched over like a golem, doing emails all my life. And I think
2:11.5	when I'm standing up, it sort of helps me be a bit more, um,bash-bosh with the emails, you know. Yeah, I like it. I think I might try that next time.
2:21.7	I'm not feeling 100%.
2:23.4	I don't know if the listener can hear got a slight cold going on.
2:27.8	I'm recovering, I think I'm on day 14 post-COVID.
2:31.8	And yeah, I've had a bit of a knockback after initially thinking I'd recovered so
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tim Nash, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Tim Nash and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.