Monks and Punks is a podcast about fighting the power with all your heart. Hosted by Sander Hicks, the show explores radical spirituality, nonviolence, punk rock, democratic socialist politics, grassroots activism, and the everyday work of resisting empire — from elections and organizing to culture, music, and building things with your hands. These are long-form conversations and sharp arguments about how people actually challenge power, stay human, and refuse to give up — even when the odds are stacked against them. This is not passive commentary. It’s for listeners who still believe ideas, culture, and organized people can change the world. Fight the Power, With All Your Heart! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchMonks and Punks is a podcast about fighting the power with all your heart. Hosted by Sander Hicks, the show explores radical spirituality, nonviolence, punk rock, democratic socialist politics, grassroots activism, and the everyday work of resisting empire, from elections and organizing to culture, music, and building things with your hands.
Monks and Punks is hosted by Sander Hicks. The show has published 28 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Break the Chain!" (23 October 2026, 36 minutes), "Connecting the Dots of 9/11, with Author Kevin Fenton, Expert on CIA Alec Station" (6 September 2026, 59 minutes), and "The Mayor Who Wouldn't Sell Out, Dennis Kucinich on War, Power, and Peace" (26 August 2026, 8 minutes).
Monks and Punks publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for Monks and Punks is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Monks and Punks requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Monks and Punks's contact route on record: verified email.
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Sander Hicks hosts Monks and Punks, a religion show with 28 episodes published.
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Sander Hicks interviews Organizer and Activist Jane Nunn, (FCNL and DSA) who will be speaking at the "Break the Chain!" free event on 10/25/26 at 15th Street Quaker Meeting. New York cannot pray for peace while weapons...
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This is Sander Hicks's hot new interview with Kevin Fenton, author of Disconnecting the Dots: How 9/11 Was Allowed to Happen (TrineDay, 2011) — one of the most rigorously sourced books ever written on the run-up to...
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At 31, Dennis Kucinich became the youngest mayor of a major American city — and immediately refused to sell Cleveland's public power system to the banks and the private utility trying to force his hand, even facing a...
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Rabbi Andy Kahn leads the American Council for Judaism — one of America's oldest anti-Zionist Jewish organizations. In this conversation, we go deep: the Jubilee debt-forgiveness laws in Hebrew Scripture, the difference...
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Ross Brubeck is a Quaker activist launching an open-ended National Peace Walk across America on May 16, 2026. Starting from the Brooklyn Bridge, he has no fixed terminus — the walk may continue all year, potentially...
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Father John Dear has spent decades on the front lines of nonviolent resistance — arrested more than 75 times, expelled from the Jesuits, mentored by Archbishop Tutu and Thich Nhat Hanh, and now living in California. His...
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Was Jesus Gay? Andrew Springer — Post-Christian thinker, co-founder of NOTICE News, and writer of The Jesus Movement newsletter — joins Monks and Punks for a fearless conversation about Jesus, history, and the...
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More Than a Myth: A Brain-Stimulating Look at the Historical Jesus Monks and Punks host Sander Hicks, joined by co-monk Luisa Giugliano, sits down with John J. Thatamanil—one of the most incisive theologians...
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Quakers With Kick Spirit-Led Mischief for a World on Fire In this punchy, soulful episode, Sander and Quaker activist Eileen Flanagan explore how grounded spirituality, humor, and nonviolent disruption can shake...
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Christian Celeste Tate a/k/a “CCT!” is an anti-poverty activist, and Mamdani campaign field leader. He is the fresh new energy badly needed in AD54. CCT is a DSA-endorsed progressive Democratic Socialist candidate...
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Sander and Sophie have a good chat with Professor Linda Rabben, an activist anthropologist who writes about sanctuary and human rights movements. Meet and hear Linda and other great immigration rights activists this...
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Join us on Monks and Punks as we sit down with Dr. Sophie Gonick to discuss immigrant rights, sanctuary, and human rights in New York City. From historical Quaker traditions of sanctuary to modern grassroots activism...
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Sander and Sophie cohost the episode and talk to their friend Ted Hamm about his insiders take on future NY Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and the Democratic Socialist politics on the verge of historically winning the...
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Sander Hicks makes the case Against Assemblymember Erik Dilan A Hard Look at His Record Might Inspire Someone to Primary Him For the people of Assembly District 54, the option to re-elect Erik Dilan to the Assembly, in...
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Aharon Dardik is a passionate philosophy and political science double major at Columbia University. He is an Israeli-American ex-settler, conscientious objector to the Israeli military, and nonviolent activist in the...
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Sander interviews Mike Koncewicz, Nixon scholar and critic of the new "Nixon revisionism." Tricky Dick, Operation Chaos, Tom Hayden, and praise for They (who) Said No to Nixon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
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Sander Hicks Interview with Andrew Laties, author of Rebel Bookseller, opener of 14 kickass cool bookstores, a writer, a publisher and a legendary independent bookseller. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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In a lively and energetic exchange, Sander interviews city councel member, Justin Brannan -about his colorful history in hard core punk runk and New York City politics They discussed the upcoming mayoral race as well as...
Episode #9
Interview with Jeff Korgen and Christopher Cardinale, the author and artist of a compelling new graphic novel that tells the story of the life and work of Dorothy Day. She was a radical reporter and writer who came out...
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Regional Director for Public Health England London and Regional Director of Public Health for NHS London, Regional Director of Public Health for London
former congressman
American Council for Judaism
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