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Love Anyway
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,...
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From 9/11 to January 6
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, servi...
After the Capitol Attack: A Way Forward
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, servi...
US Election: Voices From the Other Side of War
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 t...
SPECIAL: Put Your Bodies On The Line
In the US, our Black brothers and sisters, whose forced physical, mental, and emotional labor built so many of our communities, are asking for presenc...
Unexpected Empathy: Finding Ourselves in Our Global Neighbors
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...
After Ahmaud Arbery's Killing, Will We Change?
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 Bla...
When We Gather Again, Who Will We Be?
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...
It Starts With a Meal: Healing All That's Tearing Us Apart
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 ga...
BONUS: Stay Home For Us
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 sh...
Off Book: Writing About War, Forgiveness, and The More Beautiful World (And Book Giveaways!)
In this episode, Jeremy and senior field editor Erin Wilson share a candid conversation about the themes Jeremy explores in his latest book, Love Anyw...
Why Violence Is a Virus (We Can Stop the Spread)
Hear how late last year, before the coronavirus started it’s deadly spread across the world, Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney was noticing stri...
On the Road With Preemptive Love (And You're Invited to Our New Tour!)
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 maki...
Looking for the Helpers During COVID-19
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 acros...
BREAKING: Coronavirus is Affecting Refugees—Here’s What We’re Doing
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 im...
NEW: Listener Survey and Giveaway (And a Season 4 Spoiler!)
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...
Iraq Crisis: When All You've Known is War
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, cleares...
BREAKING: Assassinations in Iraq
On Friday, a US drone strike killed two top Iranian and Iraqi military commanders in Baghdad, dramatically escalating tensions across the region. Pree...
INSIDE LOOK: Refugees Face Violence at US-Mexico Border
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 borde...
JUST IN: On the Ground in Syria (A Firsthand Look)
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 Me...
Crisis in NE Syria (And the Ceasefire That Wasn't)
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 e...
US Withdraws from Syria (And it Could Lead to War)
It’s been a difficult week across the Middle East, from protests in Iraq to the recent news that the US administration is withdrawing its presence fro...
Unrest in Iraq (And What We Can Do About It)
Iraq is facing its biggest emergency since the rise of ISIS. Protests have erupted in Baghdad and other parts of the country, as young people, fed up...
Bonus: How 9/11 Changed Us
September 11, 2001 changed everything.
And each year as this day arrives, we pause to remember. We remember when we heard the news, where we wer...
Mirrors and Windows
What are mirrors and windows? And why are they important in our lives and the lives of our families? In our season two finale, we talk with Saira Sidd...
Talking to Kids About Race
Babies begin to notice race at six months old. Children are paying attention. And as we’ve learned this season, what they hear the adults in their liv...
Family Values
How much should kids be involved in shaping our communities? Should we shield children from news about violence and war? In this episode, we attend a...
Love Beyond Borders
Immigration is a complicated topic, even for adults. Some of us are afraid to say the wrong thing. Others of us fear those who are different. How do w...
Raising Peacemakers
Can kids be peacemakers? Preemptive Love founders Jeremy and Jessica Courtney share how living in Iraq has influenced how they raise their children. W...
Sneak Peek: Season Two
In the trailer for season two of the Love Anyway podcast, host Erin Wilson and Preemptive Love founder Jeremy Courtney share why it’s important to ent...
Bonus: Season 1 Recap
We're inviting you to a behind-the-scenes look at the people and stories behind the Love Anyway podcast. Host Erin Wilson joins Ben Irwin, director of...
Bonus: Border Response
They fled some of the world’s worst violence. Their future is uncertain. How can you stand in the gap for asylum seekers at the border?
This spe...
The Way Home
What makes home feel like home? As our work has shown us, restoring homes ruined by war is a first step to bringing whole communities back to life.
The Millennials of Iraq
Most of us have a very Western idea of what it means to be a millennial. But we’re all more than stereotypes.
We categorize each other into neat...
The Border Wall
When we’re afraid, we build walls around ourselves. We yearn for protection. To feel safe. We hem ourselves in. And keep others away.
But what h...
The Mosque Visit
How do we move past fear? Travel with producer Kayla Craig and her pastor husband Jonny as they visit a mosque in the middle of Iowa. Saadia Qureshi,...
The Enemy
It’s easy to say love anyway. It’s a lot more challenging to live it.
We might not all come face-to-face with a literal enemy who wants to kill...
The Longest Night
What happens when ISIS attacks your team’s aid delivery truck in the middle of the Iraq desert? And what do you do when, that same night, another aid...
Sneak Peek: Season One
Jeremy Courtney, co-founder of Preemptive Love, and host Erin Wilson look ahead to episode one and share the vision behind the first season of Love An...
Coming Soon: Love Anyway
This season, Love Anyway will push beyond a simple story. It’d be easy to paint a one-dimensional picture of people and places in the Middle East. Bu...