{"podcast":{"title":"The Backstory Podcast","slug":"the-backstory-podcast-7733603","podcast_index_feed_id":7733603,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thebackstory/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thebackstory.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22018169/The_Understory_Podcast91ebe.png","author":"Future of Faith","episode_count":10,"summary":"The Backstory Podcast Join hosts Josh Packard (Future of Faith), Shannon Hopkins (Rooted Good), and Elizabeth Coffee (Lake Institute) for a candid look at the messy, beautiful work of narrative change. Created specifically for the community of Lilly Endowment Storytelling grantees, The Backstory pulls back the curtain on our own projects—wins, struggles, and all. Each episode, we sit down as friends to swap insights, interview fellow grantees from the field, and explore how we can ethically and effectively tell stories that shape the future of faith. It’s less about polished presentations and more about \"how the sausage is made.\" Come listen, learn, and let’s figure this out together.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T00:20:21.852162+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backstory-podcast-7733603"},"episode":{"title":"The Backstory-S01E08-Elizabeth Parks","slug":"the-backstory-s01e08-elizabeth-parks","published_at":"2026-07-06T21:42:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backstory-podcast-7733603/the-backstory-s01e08-elizabeth-parks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backstory-podcast-7733603","url":"https://thebackstory.podbean.com/e/when-listening-is-sacred-inside-the-international-journal-of-listening/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cfhnujdz225ibfx9/The_Backstory-S01E08-Elizabeth_Parks9xi01.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Backstory, Elizabeth Parks, Editor of the International Journal of Listening, joins the team to explore listening as a practice—ethical, interdisciplinary, and transformational. They discuss listening as invitation, the risks and costs listeners face, and how to collect stories in non‑extractive ways. Practical takeaways include setting boundaries, centering reciprocity, asking who benefits, and preparing organizations and staff (like pastors and project leads) to be changed by what they hear. Parks points listeners to the International Journal of Listening and her work for further resources. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethshun-chingparks/ Website: https://www.elizabethsparks.org/","meta_description":"In this episode of The Backstory, Elizabeth Parks, Editor of the International Journal of Listening, joins the team to explore listening as a practice—eth…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3268,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-backstory-podcast-7733603/episodes/the-backstory-s01e08-elizabeth-parks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backstory-podcast-7733603/the-backstory-s01e08-elizabeth-parks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}