Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Welcome to "Raising the Conversation", a podcast brought to you by The MacRae Centre for Christian Faith & Culture at Acadia Divinity College.

In Season 6, host Joel Murphy (Director) facilitates conversations surrounding our upcoming "Future of Innovation" focus. This effort will include a Field Guide (releasing April 27, 2026) and an online Discovery Series Event happening May 4 (events.zoom.us/ev/AkHl-Gy00CYV2qXWySZa-uxuv1Yvs1ftsffXBr-7fVPgkImneZSD~AnQy8zkmgCz0pz2CHsZnpNX6AmoNL08aE26NI_8sZQrOmrioLqtkNOKkOQ).

This episode's guest is Val Lieske. Val is a Calgary-based playwright who is also the founder and Executive Artistic Director of Fire Exit Theatre. She has a BA in Theatre & Speech from Trinity Guild (UK) and worked for ten years with Alberta Playwrights’ Network. Select plays include; Duty to Warn, Bruised Not Broken, Absence, Sunny Side Up and her solo show, Past Tense. Val is interested in stories that create conversation and explore the idea that there just might be a God.