Throughout history we’ve seen many empires rise and fall. Now we have the American superpower, or empire, and people are wondering if China might be the next superpower, or empire.

This episode is the first of a three-part series about empire.

In all three episodes I interview Missy Hart. Missy is an American living in Yokohama, Japan.

Her current work has been acting as a peace and reconciliation consultant, which means that she communicates between different religious groups in order to create peace and deeper connection between diverse communities and ways of thinking and being in the world.

She has a background in teaching in churches as a pastor/preacher, doing social work among poor communities, and has studied theology and religion among other things.

This topic of empire is huge and complex. You may not agree ...