{"podcast":{"title":"Inspired... with Simon Guillebaud","slug":"inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","podcast_index_feed_id":5032537,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/inspired/","website_url":"https://www.simonguillebaud.com/inspired-podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e843d16f-32a5-4b0b-b568-01ce75020daa/Inspired-Cover-26-1mb.jpg","author":"Great Lakes Outreach","episode_count":269,"summary":"Upbeat and uplifting, ‘Inspired’ introduces us to a stunning variety of people from all walks of life. It celebrates perseverance, overcoming, and costly faith. In a world full of bad news, these powerful, hope-filled stories of adventure and risk-taking will stir you to imagine new possibilities. Hosted by Simon Guillebaud, author, speaker and founder of Great Lakes Outreach. New episodes each Thursday. simonguillebaud.com | greatlakesoutreach.org","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T12:19:48.306232+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537"},"episode":{"title":"EXTRA | Pulling No Punches | Extended chat with Mez McConnell","slug":"extra-pulling-no-punches-extended-chat-with-mez-mcconnell","published_at":"2026-04-24T01:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/extra-pulling-no-punches-extended-chat-with-mez-mcconnell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537","url":"https://inspired.captivate.fm/episode/extra-church-in-hard-places-extended-chat-with-mez-mcconnell","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3e9a5c25-31b3-47a8-8a13-16eda5da4254.mp3","summary":"Make sure you check out Part 1 to hear Mez's astounding story! What does it actually look like to reach the people the Western church has largely abandoned? Mez McConnell has spent 30 years doing it — in Brazilian favelas, Scottish housing schemes, and some of the most deprived postcodes in the UK. In Part 2, he pulls no punches. This is a conversation that will unsettle comfortable Christianity and inspire anyone who's ever wondered if the church could — and should — do more. Mez's raw honesty about mission, sacrifice, and what genuine community transformation looks like is worth every minute. ▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nhyFSbWHYEI Of all Mez’s books, if you want to engage with poverty and church-planting in the UK, go for The Least, The Last and The Lost: Understanding Poverty in the UK and the Responsibility of the Local Church --- ❤️ Support our work in Burundi: greatlakesoutreach.org/inspired ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- ▶️ Subscribe to us on YouTube 📸 Follow us on Instagram: @inspiredwith.sg 📲 Weekly episode WhatsApp link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/whatsapp 📧 Weekly email notification: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org/inspiredemail⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🇧🇮 GLO Burundi WhatsApp Channel For more from Simon, visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠simonguillebaud.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Choose Life daily or weekly email to stir your faith: chooselife.org.uk --- 🌍 Produced by Great Lakes Outreach - Transforming Burundi & Beyond:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠greatlakesoutreach.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠","meta_description":"Make sure you check out Part 1 to hear Mez's astounding story! What does it actually look like to reach the people the Western church has largely abandone…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3700,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/episodes/extra-pulling-no-punches-extended-chat-with-mez-mcconnell/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspired-with-simon-guillebaud-5032537/extra-pulling-no-punches-extended-chat-with-mez-mcconnell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}