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This week we're examining religious beliefs around the world and religious commitment to the ocean and to the protection of natural resources, and ...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2022
  • Length: 05:18
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The latest film by the darkly absurdist Swedish director Roy Andersson tackles the vexing subject of religion.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2021
  • Length: 04:22
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-six of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we introduce listeners to Molly Burhans, a youn...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2021
  • Length: :00
Caption: Oren Lyons
A two-part edition of PEACE TALKS RADIO this time. First, host Megan Kamerick visits with Glenn Aparicio Parry, author of "Original Politics: Makin...

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  • Added: Nov 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Many Muslims fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This year, it falls within the coronavirus pandemic and people are curious about the he...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and WYAP


  • Added: May 27, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Dorothy Day / Archbishop Oscar Romero
Despite the Catholic Church being mired in its sexual abuse scandal which has tarnished the faith's reputation globally, Catholic history also hold...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Dorothy Day / Archbishop Oscar Romero
Despite the Catholic Church being mired in its sexual abuse scandal which has tarnished the faith's reputation globally, Catholic history also hold...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2019
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Mazu is a Chinese sea goddess, a tutelary deity of seafarers including fishermen and sailors. Worship of Mazu has spread throughout coastal Chinese regions and throughout Southeast Asia, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
We wrap up our seven-part thematic overview of the ocean edge this week by discussing the cultural edge: the place alongshore where we interact wit...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: Aneelah Afzali
Interview by Gary Kanter: Aneelah talks about Islam and the local Muslim community.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 28:26
  • Purchases: 2
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In this New Year’s episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill details a number of sacred places around the globe--on islands, along the shore, ...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:43
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Is there an invisible thread that connects humans to all life around us? Novelist Kathryn Davis explores how the fantastical world in her novel, Du...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:51
Caption: Host Martha Burk
The so-called “War on Christmas” is in full swing. Militant Christians say the well-known evergreen is a Christian symbol for a Christian holiday, ...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
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Before wishing one another a blessed Christmas, perhaps we should first think about what this means for all living beings on the Earth. The sum of ...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:41
  • Purchases: 1
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The Pope's recent visit to the United States sparked much conversation and debate about the environment. Pope Francis has been very clear in his vi...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Lately we've been awash in a debate over whether a Muslim should serve as President, triggered by Republican candidate Ben Carson, who said Islam i...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Host Martha Burk
Get ready for Pope, Pope, and more Pope 24-7 this week, as the pontiff makes his rounds in the nation’s capital. No doubt Pope Francis is kinder a...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2015
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Listen to how Pope Francis - the "people's pope" - fits into the longer history of the papacy.

  • Added: Aug 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
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Professor Hayrettin Yucesoy explores the turbulent political and religious climate of the medieval Islamic world.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Host Peter Kreten welcomes to the program Professor Jim Steyskal from the School of Education at Saint Xavier University. On this edition of the pr...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2014
  • Length: 28:46
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In this episode, Bo interviews Dr. Michael LaSala on the topic of reparative therapy—an attempt on converting primarily gay men and lesbian women t...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
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This week's underappreciated date is the Azusa Street Revival started by William J. Seymour in 1906 and brought about the revival of Pentecostalism...

Bought by WGCU, Spokane Public Radio, WRIR, and WCPN


  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 53:28
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: In 1912, Abdul-Baha, leader of the Baha'i faith, visited Greenacre, a religious community in Maine founded by Sarah Farmer., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Spiritual but not religious? Professor Leigh Schmidt uses the story of Sarah Farmer, a 19th-century visionary, to illustrate the ever-present strug...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2013
  • Length: 13:10
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Phyllis Chesler
Great interview with Dr. Phyllis Chesler. Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies at City University of New York...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2013
  • Length: 57:43
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Reporter Leon Martin explores the wave of conversions to Islam in the United States.

  • Added: May 17, 2013
  • Length: 06:26
Caption: Aaron Brown
In this essay Aaron Brown dresses down the most popular words from the year 2012, according to the Global Language Monitor.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1