The Whimsy Farm Podcast

Carolyn Crane
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Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues. 

  1. 6D AGO

    Episode Twenty: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton

    Send us a text I  speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over fifty years now in Pennsylvania for crimes he did not commit.  Update: On January 8, Menaker reported that "Muhammed was transferred to Chester, PA from Somerset, PA, an event that has been underway for more than two years. He told Eleanor (Jonathan Gettleman’s mother) that he was so happy. That he felt like he’d gone from hell to heaven and that the people are very nice. Turns out the Chester facility is designated for all the “old heads” so many of the inmates there are known to him because they’ve all been moved around the system for years.  Apparently he knows half the men who are there." Carol Menaker’s website: www.carolmenaker.com   Abolitionist Law Center Website: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/ Correspond with Mohammed Burton:   Smart Communication TADOC SCI - Somerset,       Fred Burton AF3896 PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg FL 33733 United States Support the show

    51 min

  2. SEASON 2, EPISODE 20 TRAILER

    Episode Twenty Teaser: Author Carol Menaker on the case of Mohammed Burton

    Send us a text I  speak with author Carol Menaker and discuss her memoir "The Worst Thing We’ve Ever Done, One Juror’s Reckoning with Racial Injustice." Her book explores the trial and unjust incarceration of Freddy Muhammed Burton, imprisoned for over fifty years now in Pennsylvania for crimes he did not commit.  Carol Menaker’s website: www.carolmenaker.com   Abolitionist Law Center Website: https://abolitionistlawcenter.org/ Correspond with Mohammed Burton:   Smart Communication TADOC SCI - Somerset,       Fred Burton AF3896 PO Box 33028, St. Petersburg FL 33733 United States Support the show

    5 min

  3. JAN 15

    Episode Nineteen: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness

    Send us a text I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis.  Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.  Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.  Support the show

    53 min

  4. SEASON 2, EPISODE 19 TRAILER

    Episode Nineteen Teaser: Keith Runyan and Quaker Earthcare Witness

    Send us a text I speak with Keith Runyan, activist, speaker, and new father. With a background as an educator, Keith began his Quaker activist career with a 12-day hunger strike to increase awareness of the importance of climate action to the Friends Community and the general public. In 2024, along with his partner and child, he began a traveling ministry inspiring action on the planetary crisis.  Keith is the General Secretary at Quaker Earthcare Witness, where he’s leading the QuakerEarth Campaign to unite global earthcare action.  Keith and I discuss the mission of Quaker Earthcare Witness, his recent journey to the CoP30 in Brazil, and how to navigate the climate crisis with hope and courage.  Support the show

    6 min

  5. JAN 1

    Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett

    Send us a text Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen.  Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit.  Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.   Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University.  You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com. Support the show

    56 min

  6. SEASON 2, EPISODE 18 TRAILER

    Episode Eighteen: In Conversation with Laura Pritchett

    Send us a text Welcome everyone, to Season Two of the podcast, and Episode Eighteen.  Late last fall, in anticipation of being out of the studio for my shoulder replacement, I spoke at length with Laura Pritchett, author and educator and, as we soon found out, kindred spirit.  Enjoy our free-flowing conversation about honoring the wild with us, personal authenticity, and journeying inward during these winter months.   Laura is the author of seven novels, most recently Playing with (wild)Fire and Three Keys. She’s also written two works of nonfiction. She directs the Nature Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University.  You can find her online at www.laurapritchett.com. Support the show

    7 min

  7. 12/21/2025 · BONUS

    Bonus Episode: Celebrating the Solstice with Poetry Sustains and Maryam Barrie

    Send us a text December 21 marks the Capricorn Solstice--the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Poet Maryam Barrie joins me on this extended edition of Poetry Sustains to share Brigit Pegeen Kelly's "Song".  Song tells the story of a young girl, her beloved pet goat, and the cruelty that darkness brings. What happens when darkness meets light? When foolishness meets wisdom? When the heart and the brain work in power together? Join us as we explore "Song" and the light within us at the darkest time of the year.  Here's link to the poem: https://poets.org/poem/song Support the show

    39 min

  8. 12/15/2025

    Episode Seventeen: Susan J. Tweit on "Bless the Birds" and Cultivating Terraphilia

    Send us a text My guest on Episode Seventeen is author Susan J. Tweit. Her most recent memoir is "Bless The Birds: Living with Love in a Time of Dying."  In this book, Tweit chronicles the journey she and her husband Richard Cabe take shortly before his death. Cabe and Tweit collaborated on the term and definition of "terraphilia", a concept that guides Tweit's work today.  You can find Susan at susanjtweit.substack.com Support the show

    58 min
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Carolyn Crane speaks with good people doing good things for social and environmental justice issues. 

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  • Creator
    Carolyn Crane
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Whimsy Farm Podcast
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