Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)
773 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★★ - 134 ratingsInterfaith Voices provides engaging and informative discussion on the key public issues of our day through the lenses of many different faith perspectives. We foster religious tolerance and educate our listeners on the broad diversity of religious traditions and viewpoints in the United States.
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Episodes
The Church of "Least Dogma" (encore)
April 11, 2024 00:00 - 15.1 MBBob Otis, founding pastor of Sacred Garden Community Church, outlines its beliefs and practices. Then, the author of God on Psychedelics describes how psychedelic worship communities are proliferating.
"What IS This"? On the Mystery of Being. (encore)
April 11, 2024 00:00 - 19.4 MBPastor Bob Otis describes his faith journey from a Christian home in Tennessee to a psychedelic church in Berkeley. Then, Chief Phillip Scott discusses the fine line between respectful use and cultural appropriation.
“…Can you be a Hindu and an atheist…the answer is yes.”
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 11.5 MBIn 2023, the Religion News Service hired Richa Karmarkar as the first national religion reporter covering the Hindu beat. She hopes the growth of the Hindu community sparks interest and curiosity about the diversity of a religious tradition that is not well understood.
“...we were all dressed up with nowhere to go.”
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 11.7 MBA trailblazer in Christian feminist theology, Dr. Mary Hunt, joins to reflect on how the world for women in religion has changed and how groups like hers are adapting.
A Council of Elders (encore)
March 30, 2024 00:00 - 9.69 MBCarolina Nieto, director of Ashoka's Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean office, established a "council of elders," hoping to tap into its members' wisdom, patience, and spirituality.
“Grandmothers Are the Glue.” (encore)
March 28, 2024 00:00 - 7.21 MBCultural anthropologist Lynsey Farrell, co-founder of The Grandmother Collective, is building community by connecting older women with adolescent girls.
“From Role to Soul” (encore)
March 28, 2024 00:00 - 6.68 MBDr. Connie Zweig discusses why spirituality—however it may be defined—is crucial to a fulfilling old age.
…Americans Believe Religion is a Force for Good in Society
March 21, 2024 00:00 - 8.32 MBA new poll released by the Pew Research Center reinforces one key finding: Americans believe religion is a force for good in society.
…We are pushing back on the misuse of the Bible in the public square
March 21, 2024 00:00 - 14.8 MBThe leader of Word and Way, a Christian media company, is focused on building conversation spaces for Christians to deal with the MAGA version of Christianity and confront the political manipulation of scripture.
Muslim Wellness Foundation Founder: "Our story does not start with oppression."
March 14, 2024 00:00 - 23.5 MBDr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera joins us to explain why she sees interrogating the Western narrative of the enslaved as interconnected to Black Muslim mental health today.
Unpacking Christian Nationalism
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 21.1 MBDr. Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of PRRI, discusses the latest research documenting the rising influence of Christian Nationalism in some segments of American politics.
The Pilgrimage for Peace
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 10.1 MBAs the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, a group of multifaith peace activists began a journey from Philadelphia heading for the White House.
Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza
February 29, 2024 00:00 - 11 MBEmgage Action Michigan interim executive director Hira Khan joins to explain why her organization and volunteer network worked with partners to encourage voters to use the ballot to send a message instead of disengaging.
Making space for women In mosques
February 29, 2024 00:00 - 12.3 MBWomen don’t always feel welcome in American mosques. They’re sometimes turned away, sent to basements to pray, or discouraged from serving on the boards of directors. Aisha al-Adawiya has devoted her life to changing that. She’s inspired a national campaign — and a fatwa — that’s persuading the men who control mosques to share space and power. Our partners at "The Spiritual Edge" brought this story to us.
“Climbing Out of Poverty Takes a Network”
February 22, 2024 00:00 - 11.6 MBAmong the hundreds of volunteers preparing to lobby lawmakers was Anne Murphy, a Catholic retiree and resident of Northern Virginia. In this conversation, she describes why she has attended these annual lobbying events with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.
“We Don’t Want to Tilt at Windmills”
February 22, 2024 00:00 - 11.7 MBKim Bobo, executive director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, joins us to discuss the 2024 legislative agenda and how the 42-year-old organization continues to grow and expand its base across the Commonwealth.
Untraditional Christians: The Beliefs of the Founding Fathers (encore)
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 7.36 MBThough the Founding Fathers were Christian, many of them held beliefs out of step with most American Christians of their time – and ours.
Jefferson’s Quran. (encore)
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 8.74 MBAs a law student, Thomas Jefferson bought a Quran from an English publisher. But why? Did he read it as a sacred text? As a window into Muslim law?<br type="_moz" />
Presidential Religion in the Civil War and The Age of Imperialism. (encore)
February 15, 2024 00:00 - 7.48 MBBoth Union and Confederate leaders invoked God to advance their causes during the Civil War. But Abraham Lincoln refused to claim the divine on his side.
For an old monastery, a second life. (encore)
February 08, 2024 00:00 - 18.3 MBSick, tired, and hopeful, Central American migrants are bused daily from a detention center to a former Benedictine monastery in Tucson, Ariz., where a small army of volunteers offers showers, fresh clothes, and medical treatment.
The Echos of Anti-Catholicism Today. (encore)
February 08, 2024 00:00 - 5.23 MBWe talk to Daisy Vargas, whose current work traces the history of anti-Mexican and anti-Catholic bias in the U.S.
How Far to the Promised Land with Rev. Esau McCaulley (encore)
February 01, 2024 00:00 - 23.3 MBRev. Esau McCaulley confronts the controversy that the Civil War was not fought because of slavery but because of Southern heritage.
How to Fight Racism: A Conversation with Dr. Jemar Tisby (encore)
January 25, 2024 00:00 - 23 MBWe explore the inspiration behind Dr. Jemar Tisby's new book, How to "Fight Racism: A Young Reader's Edition".
The Rise of NonDenominational Christianity
January 19, 2024 00:00 - 14.2 MBDr. Ryan Burge discusses the trends and data that may explain Mr. Trump’s ongoing appeal, evidenced in the 2024 Iowa Caucus results.
Scenes from the "Undertow" (encore)
January 18, 2024 00:00 - 9.35 MB<span><span class="maincontent">Journalist Jeff Sharlet talks about the "slow civil war" taking place in the United States and his book The Undertow.</span></span><br type="_moz" />
“The Arc of Truth is Long”: Reading Martin Luther King Jr. in a ‘Post-Truth’ Age (encore)
January 14, 2024 00:00 - 11.6 MBDr. Lewis V Baldwin discusses his new book, “The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” He looks at what we could lose if we forget the teachings of Dr. King.
The Gospel According to James Baldwin
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 11.4 MBEpiscopal priest and writer Greg Garrett confronts the religious legacy of James Baldwin and the challenge his theology poses to anti-black racism in the United States.
Enlisting Faith: How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America
January 04, 2024 00:00 - 8.24 MBRonit Y. Stahl is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, who has studied how military chaplaincy evolved.
Three Chaplains: Spiritual Care for Muslims in the U.S. Military
January 04, 2024 00:00 - 15.4 MBFilmmakers David Washburn and Razi Jafri introduce the three military Muslim chaplains profiled in their new documentary and describe how they came to spend seven years following them around the country.
“Religion Nerds” Speak: Behind the Top Ten Faith Stories of 2023
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 10.2 MBThe RNA’s Ken Chitwood breaks down the top three religion stories of the year.
Religion Now: 21st Century Controversies
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 7.86 MBTia Kolbaba of Rutgers University co-teaches a popular course connecting religion to the hot-button headlines. Kolbaba teaches her students that religion is not separate from everything else but is almost always in the room.
“Religion is Always in the Room”: Spokane FāVS
December 28, 2023 00:00 - 5.49 MBIn Spokane, Washington, a religion-news website called FāVS is bucking the national trend away from local news.
“The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory,” by Tim Alberta
December 14, 2023 00:00 - 25.2 MBTim Alberta’s new book, "The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory," examines the divisions threatening to destroy the American evangelical movement.
Backs Against the Wall…The Howard Thurman Story
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 4.3 MBJourney Films founder and director Martin Doblmeir talks about the documentary feature that tells the story of Black liberation theologian Howard Thurman and his legacy. The feature film now airing on public television introduces audiences to the life of a man Doblmeir describes as “a poet" and “mystic.”
This is not a feel-good story…
December 07, 2023 00:00 - 19.3 MBThis week, Kelley Nikondeha joins to talk about why she wrote about that first season and how the book, released in October 2022, is now being discovered as more Christians want to learn about Palestine.
The Power of Holocaust Memory and Nazi Imagery
November 30, 2023 00:00 - 23.3 MBRaza Segal, an Israeli-born scholar of the Holocaust. at Stockton University, describes how the decontextualized use of Holocaust memory and Nazi imagery can be used to justify war crimes.
Adventures in Faith & Food (encore)
November 16, 2023 00:00 - 23.6 MBNo matter your race, class, gender, or faith, we all have to eat. We explore what food says about who we are and what we believe.
Confronting History: Religious Institutions and Slavery
November 09, 2023 00:00 - 23 MBWe look at one of the thorniest issues confronting contemporary America – how to reconcile our history of slavery with our present.
Honor: A Conversation with Thrity Umrigar (encore)
November 02, 2023 00:00 - 23.2 MBHonor is a riveting novel that transports readers to an India where interfaith marriage between Muslims and Hindus animates deep religious polarization.
The Healing Power of Dia de Los Muertos (Encore)
October 19, 2023 00:00 - 6.26 MBDr. Mathew Sandoval’s scholarship and research into the history and evolution of the festival known as Dia de Los Muertos was fueled by two pivotal events: as a young man traveling to Guatemala and observing the festival for the first time in a country that was not Mexico and, the death of his father.
Horror and The Spiritual (Encore)
October 19, 2023 00:00 - 17.3 MBReporter Kimberly Winston explores the links and intersections between religion and horror with Dr. Jonathan Greenaway from the University of Chester in Manchester, England.
Israel Responds to Hamas Terror with 6,000 bombs in Six Days
October 12, 2023 00:00 - 24 MBAs the drumbeat of support for Israel’s retribution for a deadly terror attack grows, some faith leaders are raising concerns.
Interfaith Solidarity Tested by Reach of Hindu Nationalism
October 05, 2023 00:00 - 23.3 MBHuman rights leaders talk about the threat of Hindu nationalism for religious minorities and the struggle to hold India accountable for transnational repression.
Bravery and Truth: Conversations with Mariann Edgar Budde and Annette Gordon-Reed (encore)
September 28, 2023 00:00 - 23.6 MBOn June 2, 2020, Donald Trump used military and law enforcement to forcibly clear peaceful protesters, so he could pose for a photo with a bible. With Juneteenth approaching we interrogate the symbology of this event.
Fireside: A Chat with Blair Hodges
September 21, 2023 00:00 - 11 MBBlair Hodges, host of Fireside with Blair Hodges, discusses the new freedom he has as a podcaster since leaving the Maxwell Institute at Brigham Young University.
Spiritual Magpies
September 21, 2023 00:00 - 23 MBWe speak with two “spiritual magpies” – Blair Hodges, the Mormon host of a popular podcast, and Rabbi Danya Rutenberg, the “wunderkind of Jewish feminism.”
A Conversation with Rabbi Ruttenberg On Redemption and Repair (Edited from a story originally broadcast in December 2022.)
September 21, 2023 00:00 - 12 MBRabbi Danya Ruttenberg spoke to a reporter about the Jewish views on redemption and forgiveness in 2018. When she shared her teachings in a Twitter thread, the reaction surprised her.
How Far to the Promised Land with Rev. Esau McCaulley
September 14, 2023 00:00 - 23.3 MBThis is Not the Story of An Exceptional Kid. Rev. Esau McCaulley uses the memoir to write a story about the family and community that shaped him, not his journey or success. In each chapter, he introduces readers to a new person who he sees as shaping and forming the world that raised him.
How Far to the Promised Land with Rev. Esau McCaulley
September 14, 2023 00:00 - 23.3 MBThis is Not the Story of An Exceptional Kid. Rev. Esau McCaulley uses the memoir to write a story about the family and community that shaped him, not his journey or success. In each chapter, he introduces readers to a new person who he sees as shaping and forming the world that raised him.
The Things They Carry
September 08, 2023 00:00 - 23.2 MBIn 2016, journalist Stephanie Salda set out to interview people fleeing wars in Iraq and Syria. What, she wondered, did people bring with them when forced out of their homes.