Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Fair Trade Podcast

John Riches interview - Part 1

February 27, 2023 Rainbow Turtle Season 2 Episode 1
Rainbow Turtle Rebooted Fair Trade Podcast
John Riches interview - Part 1
Show Notes

In this episode, John tells interesting stories of working in a refugee camp in Austria after the 2nd world war, of being a chaplain at Cambridge University at the height of the student protests in the late 60s; working in the Transkei in South Africa during the apartheid era and meeting anti-apartheid activist, Steve Biko. He covers his time at Glasgow University teaching about the new testament in the bible and following a student out to Burmah to meet local villagers trying to live under the oppressive regime there. We end this episode in Glasgow during the late 1970s where he is teaching divinity to students and wrestling with the concept of how to help those who are struggling in developing countries around the world.