Raising The Sparks is an upcoming podcast about the history of Sabbatai Tsevi, the 17th century messianic figure, and Sabbateanism, the movement he inspired. The podcast will come out in 2023, but follow this page and this Instagram account for updates, writings, art, and more.

 

Raising The Sparks is a project by Mark Gunnery.

Mark Gunnery (he/him) is a communications professional, musician, writer, and multimedia producer. He is Director of Communications and Content for the Jewish Museum of Maryland, he produces and hosts the Disloyal podcast. He worked for a decade in public radio, including at WYPR in Baltimore, WAMU in DC as a producer for The Kojo Nnamdi Show, and at Center for Emerging Media in Baltimore where he produced The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA. He also produced Democracy in Crisisa podcast about the Trump administration. Mark makes electronic and folk music. He has played with a number of different projects, including Riot Folk Collective, The Fools, The Barrage Band Orchestra, Lightnin' Seed, and #PirateRadio. He lives in Baltimore on the lands of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples.