SP/FS Classic: Reverend Jennifer Butler

<p>(This episode originally aired on October 31, 2025.)</p><p>In case you missed it: Rev. Jen Butler served as CEO of Faith in Public Life from 2005 to 2022. Highlights of her work as CEO include mobilizing a multi-state faith strategy to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act and defeating Republican efforts in 2017 to gut the bill. Faith in Democracy recently launched a new initiative titled “Leadership Accelerator Hungary 2026,” hoping to promote democracy through faith in the country.</p><p>&#39;SoftPower/FulStories&#39; uses first-person stories to explore why U.S. engagement in the world matters. Through conversations with diplomats, aid workers, Peace Corps volunteers, authors and artists, influencers, businesspeople, and more, SP/FS highlights how soft power and foreign aid and assistance strengthen America&#39;s security, prosperity, and global standing. But forget politics, policy, or punditry; this is all about the stories.</p>