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Author, educator, and nonprofit founder Suzanne Ross sits down to explore the complexities of human nature with scholars, artists and activists who are giving their all to cultivate peaceful, compassionate communities. These dialogues focus on art as a "third thing" which peacebuilders use to bend the imagination away from violence. These conversations reflect decades of partnership and lessons learned in the pursuit of conflict transformation, healed trauma, and true peace. At the heart of each exchange is a distressing insight, a "wicked truth" about human society: When we become convinced of our own righteousness, "good people" can do some really, really bad things. Come join a growing community of peacebuilders, educators, authors, and changemakers willing to be seen as "wicked" for their commitment to empathy, nonviolence, and transformative learning. Let’s create a more compassionate world!
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Signup to Generate a PitchAuthor, educator, and nonprofit founder Suzanne Ross sits down to explore the complexities of human nature with scholars, artists and activists who are giving their all to cultivate peaceful, compassionate communities. These dialogues focus on art as a "third thing" which peacebuilders use to bend the imagination away from violence.
The Wicked Truth: Third Things First is hosted by Suzanne Ross. The show has published 12 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Third Things First Season One Recap" (27 July 2026, 52 minutes), "Third Things First Season One Recap" (27 July 2026, 52 minutes), and "Mimetic Theory, Quantum Mechanics, and the Path to Peace: Pablo Bandera" (30 June 2026, 51 minutes).
The Wicked Truth: Third Things First publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 12 episodes.
Booking probability for The Wicked Truth: Third Things First is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Wicked Truth: Third Things First requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Wicked Truth: Third Things First's contact route on record: verified email.
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Suzanne Ross hosts The Wicked Truth: Third Things First, an arts podcast with 12 episodes published.
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Episode #12
<p>In this season finale of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross and producer-editor Lyle Enright look back on eight conversations with peacebuilders and cast a vision for a new season centered on uncertainty, the sense of...
Episode #12
In this season finale of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross and producer-editor Lyle Enright look back on eight conversations with peacebuilders and cast a vision for a new season centered on uncertainty, the sense of...
Episode #11
What can Schrodinger’s cat teach us about conflict, rivalry, and our relationship to God? In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross talks with physicist and aerospace engineer Pablo Bandera about his book...
Episode #11
<p>What can Schrodinger’s cat teach us about conflict, rivalry, and our relationship to God? <br /><br />In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross talks with physicist and aerospace engineer Pablo Bandera...
Episode #10
<p>In this follow‑up episode of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross continues her conversation with psychotherapist and theologian Dr. Gena St. David about the brain’s role in peacebuilding, activism, and everyday...
Episode #9
<p>What happens in our brains when we feel betrayed, and how do we learn to trust again? In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross talks with psychotherapist and theologian Dr. Gena St. David about betrayal...
Episode #8
<p>Do you feel in touch with your deepest goals and desires? Or do your dreams feel more like distractions from the hurt and broken relationships you've been avoiding? <br /><br />In this follow‑up episode of Third...
Episode #7
<p>What if close‑up magic and Tarot readings could help us loosen our certainty, imagine new possibilities, and take small steps toward peace with justice? In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne Ross talks with...
Episode #6
<p>In part 2 of their conversation, Suzanne Ross talks with theologian and peacebuilder Dr. Andrew DeCort about moving through shame and rage into what he calls the “purple sphere” of grief—and discovering blessing and...
Episode #5
<p>Scholar, peacebuilder, and “dissident theologian” Andrew DeCort joins us from his bathtub to discuss his arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Minneapolis, and his discovery that anger is “a fire that can make beauty.” In...
Episode #4
<p>What happens when you discover your church sits beside an enslaved burial ground? That the descendants of those enslaved people still live just blocks away?<br /><br />In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne...
Episode #3
<p>Suzanne and Dr. Brian Ammons continue explore Wicked through the unique lens of sacred text, unearthing themes of hope, disillusionment, and the power of ancient wisdom. They also emphasize personal resonances with...
Episode #2
<p>In this episode of Third Things First, Suzanne and Rev. Dr. Brian Ammons discuss the queer elements of Wicked, how its story pushes back against oppressive systems ... But also, how Elphaba's journey can help us...
Episode #1
<p>Dr. David Anderson Hooker joins Third Things First to explore narrative transformation, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and racial reconciliation through the lens of stories vs. narratives, victim narratives...
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