Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)
788 episodes - English - Latest episode: 29 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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“If our religions hold wisdom for us about how to treat each other with love and kindness and compassion. We need to reclaim that, especially in this moment.”
June 13, 2024 00:00 - 11.2 MBJeanne Lewis reflects on how faith-rooted work differs from the organizing of previous eras and rejects the notion that the progressive movement has lost religion.
“John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”
June 13, 2024 00:00 - 11.9 MBKristin Kobes Du Mez talks about the role of Christian pop culture in reshaping evangelical attitudes about gun rights, gender, and demographic changes sweeping across the country.
“Buddhist Teachings Taught Me How to Sit with Suffering”
June 06, 2024 00:00 - 11.8 MBFor many years, Dr. Duane Bidwell served as a hospital chaplain, working to offer spiritual support to people who were often in their most vulnerable moments.
“I had to unlearn a lot of biases and stereotypes about Palestinians.”
June 06, 2024 00:00 - 11.4 MBTwo Catholic women share how they are working to educate and engage American Catholics to examine their beliefs and perceptions about Palestinians.
Making space for women In mosques (encore)
May 16, 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.
Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza (encore)
May 16, 2024 00:00 - 10.9 MBThe issue advocacy campaign to urge voters in Michigan to cast an uncommitted ballot as a protest vote exceeded organizers' expectations and has sparked a movement spreading to other primary states.
Sacred Pregnancy: Building a Spiritual Community
May 09, 2024 00:00 - 16 MBAuthor Ann W. Duncan describes the “sacred pregnancy movement” and examines three major organizations involved. Their services range from sacred belly painting in luxurious retreat settings to helping process pregnancy loss.
Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"
May 09, 2024 00:00 - 7.59 MBSamira Mehta discusses how words like “sacred,” “ensoulment,” “mother,” and “baby” have been used by both sides of the culture war over reproductive rights and how they have changed our perception of pregnancy.<br />
Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy with Faith (encore)
May 02, 2024 00:00 - 6.64 MBA group of public health workers in North Carolina worked to foster trusting relationships to tackle vaccine hesitancy among Native Americans.
The Long and Storied History of Solidarity of Irish and Black Activists
May 02, 2024 00:00 - 17.1 MBThis special segment was produced by NPR’s Code Switch, co-hosts B. A. Parker and Gene Denby explore the curious twists and turns in the relationship between freedom-seeking activists across oceans and borders.
“...I get right back on my mat again.”
April 25, 2024 00:00 - 15.5 MBDr. Toni Pressley-Sanon's latest book, Lifting As They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation explores how a growing number of Black women have integrated Buddhist practices into their spiritual lives.
“...We must be the ones most dedicated to Palestinian freedom.”
April 25, 2024 00:00 - 7.78 MBA college student shares what it is like to be a religious Jew who rejects Zionism
“...Project Lavender and Where Is Daddy”
April 18, 2024 00:00 - 7.97 MBThe Israeli military is using artificial intelligence and the targeting of low-level members of Hamas in their homes at a time when civilian casualties would be high.
“…Quakers in Gaza Have a Long History”
April 18, 2024 00:00 - 8.09 MBMike Merryman-Lotze joins us to share the struggles facing humanitarian workers in Gaza.
“...Covering Religion in North Texas”
April 18, 2024 00:00 - 7.52 MBJoy Ashford is the new religion reporter at the Dallas Morning News, supported by Report for America. They join us to share some of the stories Joy has been covering in North Texas.
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.
“...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.
“…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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
“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.
Sounds of Faith: A Special Holiday Concert Exploring Traditions (encore)
December 21, 2023 00:00 - 23.6 MBThis week, we feature selections from the December 8, 2019, Sounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
“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.”