Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version) show

Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)

Summary: Interfaith Voices is the nation’s leading religion news magazine on public radio. We offer weekly analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of African-American Mormons and atheists in the military, evangelical environmentalists and Muslim feminists. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore. That’s why Interfaith Voices matters.

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 A Conversation with Rabbi Ruttenberg On Redemption and Repair | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:00

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg talks about what it means to make amends and if a person wronged has an obligation to forgive the person who hurt them.

 Escaping Religion (selections form the archives). | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:30

First-person accounts of people who grew up inside insular religious groups, and then choose a different path. These stories are collected from our Escaping Religion series.

 Luzer Twersky: First Hasidism, Then Hollywood | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:50

>When Luzer Twersky was in his early twenties and already a married father of two, he decided to leave the only world he had ever known, a close knit Jewish enclave in Brooklyn. He told his story to documentary producer

 Lauren Drain: Why I Left the Westboro Baptist Church | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:00

Lauren Drain, was a member of The Westboro Baptist Church for seven years. Today, She is a cardiac nurse and a popular fitness model.

 Joshua Safran: From Wiccan Love Child to Orthodox Jew | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:40

Joshua Safran was born in 1975 into a coven of radical feminist witches. Then one day he discovered he was Jewish, and after years of wandering he finally felt he had found a home.

 A Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Massachusetts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:05

Jean-Luc Pierite, the chair of the board of the Native American Culture Center in Boston — dives into the history and role of the National Day of Mourning.

 The 2022 American Values Survey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:55

Robert P. Jones, Founder, and President of the Public Religion Research Institute joins us to talk about the findings from the 2022 American Values Survey.

 Faith on the Campaign Trail | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:40

Religion News Service national religion reporter Jack Jenkins talks about the races where faith and religion emerged in surprising and not-so-surprising ways.

 Yoruba Religion: The Way of Connection | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:55

The Yoruba religion is a tapestry of myths, magic, spirits, and secrets. Prothero calls it "a tradition about hanging onto tradition," a way for people scattered by the African diaspora to connect to their common origins

 The Greatest Story Never Told: Documentary Explains the Origins of the Baha'i Faith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:40

Steve Sarowitz is not a filmmaker. But when the former tech entrepreneur declared himself a Baha’i, he felt compelled to let others know about his new faith.

 “We Knew Each Other From a Distance...” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:30

Rev. Dr. Alvin Edwards has been part of the Charlottesville, Virginia faith community since 1981 but in 2015 after the horrific attack at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina he began to assess his

 “The Hamlet Problem – Congregational and Faith Leaders Think They are the Stars” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:55

Bob Smietana is an award-winning religion reporter and editor whose new book Reorganized Religion takes a closer look at the state of the American church and the way congregations and their leaders are adapting, shifting

 “Putting Church With The Wild Reframes It…” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 23:05

A seminarian decides to recharge by centering nature in her sacred practices and rituals in Ojai, California. Within six years Victoria Loorz's exploration and experimentation sparked a new movement – The Church of the

 “Catching the Imagination of the World: Past and Present" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:20

Reza Aslan believes a 22-year-old Presbyterian missionary from North Dakota offers a spiritual lesson for those losing hope in democratic institutions and liberal values. In a new biography, Aslan introduces the events

 “You Tried to Wound Me, But I Blossomed Instead” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 14:50

On October 15, 2022, in Washington Square Park in New York City, hundreds gathered to demonstrate support for the resistance movements in Iran. Host Ambereen Khan captures the sounds and talks to Iranian-Americans about

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