Bread for the Journey Radio

Today's news media is filled with stories that break our hearts. On Bread for the Journey Radio, you'll hear stories that mend it back together. Join Marianna Cacciatore each week as she interviews ordinary people doing extraordinary things—people who, in small and big ways, are making their world a better place.

These women, men and young people inspire us to think about our own lives, and what we can do to make a difference in the world, despite the hardships we face. Their stories become Bread for our Journey, inspiration and nourishment for a life well lived.


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Socially Responsible Businesses – An Interview with Jay Coen Gilbert

This week Marianna interviews Jay Coen Gilbert, co-founder of B Lab. Jay’s vision is simple yet ambitious: to redefine success in business. What would success look like? Individuals having greater economic opportunity, society moving closer to a positive environmental footprint, … Continue reading

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Farming for Good: Greg Welsh of Organic Valley Farms

In a new series of interviews on BFJ Radio, we’re talking with Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Deeds within the context of businesses as good local, national, and global citizens. This week we feature Greg Welsh of Organic Valley Farms – … Continue reading

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Business for Social Good: An Interview with Merry Korn

Merry Korn is a clinical social worker with exceptional business acumen. While she was very successful in the business world – leading business management services for some of the country’s largest companies – Merry felt like a fish out of … Continue reading

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Marianna Cacciatore ~ Being there for Someone in Grief

Grief and loss are inevitable. In the span of a lifetime, each of us will be called on to be there for others we love and care about as they grieve, just as one day we will need friends to … Continue reading

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Our 2nd Interview on Healing the Heart of Democracy with Parker Palmer

Join Marianna Cacciatore as she welcomes back best-selling author, Parker J. Palmer. In his latest book, Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker makes the case that human diversity, freely expressed, can strengthen this gift of democracy we’ve been given. By … Continue reading

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Mark Nepo ~ Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

Join your host Marianna Cacciatore as she interviews poet, teacher, and New York Times best selling author Mark Nepo. A survivor of life-threatening cancer, Mark invites us to lean into life and hold nothing back: “What I have had to … Continue reading

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The 3G’s of Life: Grief, Gratitude and Generosity with Nichole Christian

Join Marianna Cacciatore as she interviews Nichole Christian, founder and Chief Believer of The Circle Fund—A Bread for the Journey Partner, in Detroit, Michigan. The Circle Fund works to help promising young children, grades 3 through 8, participate in educational … Continue reading

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Feeding People, Preserving Dignity – An Interview with Chad Hale

Chad Hale is a minister who discovered an innovative way to feed people in need that preserves their dignity and honors their talents and gifts. Bridging racial, social and political divides, Hale joined with longtime community members to launch the … Continue reading

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Radio Show: A Heart Opening Story of Forgiveness

Carolyn Mosely has lived through every parent’s nightmare – the violent death of her child. Her youngest daughter Ortralla was stabbed in the hall of her high school by her ex-boyfriend. Just 15, “Trella’s” last words were words of forgiveness … Continue reading

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Radio Show: Sarah Grace – A Life Well-Lived: A Perspective at 75 Years Old

Sarah Grace exemplifies the phrase, “A life well-lived.” She is not a person of great wealth, nor has she traveled the world. Her “life well-lived” has happened by being true to herself throughout her life, by nurturing a generous spirit, … Continue reading

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