Podcasts and Radio Interviews
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Podcasts
Community or Chaos Weekly Podcast
Community or Chaos is a wide ranging weekly discussion with a studio guest, hosted by Marvin Hubbard on Otago Access Radio. The title comes from the final book by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., published in 1967, which examined the civil rights movement, economic inequality, and race relations, urging a choice between global cooperation or destruction.
Community or Chaos is supported by a grant from the Quaker Education and Testimonies Fund (QETF).
You can find the Community or Chaos podcast here:
- Otago Access Radio (OAR) - Community or Chaos
- On the Quakers.nz Podcasts and Radio Interviews page - selected episodes
- On Apple Podcasts - Community or Chaos
- On Spotify - Community or Chaos
Also, check the sidebar for notable podcasts - we endeavour to list a highlight each month.
You can also listen to Community or Chaos broadcasts live on Tuesdays at 11am (NZ Time) at https://oar.org.nz/listen-live/
Podcasts and Radio Interviews
Interview with Anne Goodman: Anne was invited to be interviewed on Access Radio about her experience with Quakers and who Quakers are. Anne was accompanied by Liz Bridgeman as a support person. https://accessmedia.nz/Player.
Interview with Merrall MacNeille and Elizabeth Thompson on the theme of truth and integrity on Otago Access Radio's Radio Church programme, broadcast on in August 2020. https://player.accessmedia.nz/Player.aspx?eid=c133bd5a-2b2c-415b-86b3-fb05e027519a
Quaker Flower delivery under threat: a RNZ Morning Report short item broadcast on 19 December 2016 about Mt Eden Meeting's posies for prisoners at https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201828236/quaker-flower-delivery-tradition-under-threat
Quaker Acres: Listen to a RNZ Country Life programme broadcast 23 January 2015 about the Quaker Settlement in Whanganui at https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/countrylife/audio/20164664/quaker-acres
Kevin Clements (a conscientious objector to war): Listen to a RNZ talk by Kevin Clements on Anzac Day, 25th April 2014, at https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/anzacday/audio/2593694/professor-kevin-clements
Murray Short: Listen to a RNZ radio interview featuring Murray Short , on 30 May 2010. The interview is currently at https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/spiritualoutlook/audio/2356510/spiritual-outlook-for-30-may-2010.
Malak Tamimi is a 16-year-old Palestinian New Zealander who, upon returning from a visit to her Palestinian West Bank homeland, entered the latest Race Unity Speech Awards. She won two awards, the Tohu Eke Panuku — Human Rights Commission Award for Impact and the Tohu Manukura i te Reo — Māori Language Commission Award for Te Reo Māori.
Photo: Race Unity Speech Awards / David St George
We discussed the impact of Palestinian and Aotearoa New Zealand culture on her maturing into the positive person she is and her experience on the West Bank of Palestine's resilient and vibrant culture, which reminds one of the olive tree with its resilience and fruitfulness.
Previous Community or Chaos Podcasts
Limits to Growth and Energy Crisis - Nathan Surendran, 24 March 2026
Nathan Surendran is Chairperson of the Wise Response Society. He specialises in biophysical economics, energy systems engineering, and resilience planning.
Marvin and Nathan talk about the connection between ongoing Climate Change e.g. Global Heating and the goal of GGT economic growth, plus Trump's fuel crisis.
Click on this link to listen to the podcast
Quakers Today - Tim Gee, February 17, 2026
Tim Gee is General Secretary of the (Quaker) Friends World Committee for Consultation
This Community or Chaos podcast discusses about what Friends (Quakers) may have to offer at a time of extreme social, political and environmental crisis. Can Quakerism offer a spiritual foundation for spiritual seeking, when the foundations are shaking?
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