Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)

Interfaith 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. This podcast feed is for the hour-long version of the program.

Episodes

“John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”

June 12, 2024

Kristin 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.

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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 12, 2024

Jeanne 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.

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“Buddhist Teachings Taught Me How to Sit with Suffering”

June 5, 2024

For 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.

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“I had to unlearn a lot of biases and stereotypes about Palestinians.”

June 5, 2024

Two Catholic women share how they are working to educate and engage American Catholics to examine their beliefs and perceptions about Palestinians.

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Making space for women In mosques (encore)

May 15, 2024

Women 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.

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Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza (encore)

May 15, 2024

The 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.

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Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"

May 8, 2024

Samira 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 />

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Sacred Pregnancy: Building a Spiritual Community

May 8, 2024

Author 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.

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Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy with Faith (encore)

May 1, 2024

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The Long and Storied History of Solidarity of Irish and Black Activists

May 1, 2024

This 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.

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“...We must be the ones most dedicated to Palestinian freedom.”

April 24, 2024

A college student shares what it is like to be a religious Jew who rejects Zionism

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“...I get right back on my mat again.”

April 24, 2024

Dr. Toni Pressley-Sanon's latest book, Lifting As They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation explores how a growing...

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“...Project Lavender and Where Is Daddy”

April 17, 2024

The 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.

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“…Quakers in Gaza Have a Long History”

April 17, 2024

Mike Merryman-Lotze joins us to share the struggles facing humanitarian workers in Gaza.

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“...Covering Religion in North Texas”

April 17, 2024

Joy 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.

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"What IS This"? On the Mystery of Being. (encore)

April 10, 2024

Pastor 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.

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The Church of "Least Dogma" (encore)

April 10, 2024

Bob 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.

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“...we were all dressed up with nowhere to go.”

April 3, 2024

A 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.

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“…Can you be a Hindu and an atheist…the answer is yes.”

April 3, 2024

In 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.

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A Council of Elders (encore)

March 29, 2024

Carolina 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.

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Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)

Episodes

.css-14f5ked{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:2;overflow:hidden;}“John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”

“Buddhist Teachings Taught Me How to Sit with Suffering”

“I had to unlearn a lot of biases and stereotypes about Palestinians.”

Making space for women In mosques (encore)

Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza (encore)

Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"

Sacred Pregnancy: Building a Spiritual Community

Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy with Faith (encore)

The Long and Storied History of Solidarity of Irish and Black Activists

“...We must be the ones most dedicated to Palestinian freedom.”

“...I get right back on my mat again.”

“...Project Lavender and Where Is Daddy”

“…Quakers in Gaza Have a Long History”

“...Covering Religion in North Texas”

"What IS This"? On the Mystery of Being. (encore)

The Church of "Least Dogma" (encore)

“...we were all dressed up with nowhere to go.”

“…Can you be a Hindu and an atheist…the answer is yes.”

A Council of Elders (encore)

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“John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”