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Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb describes how her grandfather rewrote verses of the Qur’an using only the @ sign on his typewriter.
- Added: May 07, 2018
- Length: 03:59
- Purchases: 5
- Added: Apr 08, 2018
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 1
Bart Ehrman asks how did a religion that began with a small group of illiterate day laborers become the dominant religion of the Roman Empire in ju...
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KPIP-LP, and WETS
- Added: Mar 31, 2018
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 3
HOUR ONE: "Renunciation" - January is the season of diets and cleanses. Why do we feel compelled to give up our pleasures? HOUR TWO: "Owning The ...
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
From Alexander the Great's "pillow book" (The Iliad) to the Mayan Popul Vuh; from Gilgamesh to Harry Potter by way of Goethe and the notion of “wor...
- Added: Jan 03, 2018
- Length: 59:01
Soto Zen Priest, Brad Warner, talks about Zen, zazen, and Dogen, the 13th century Japanese Zen Master.
- Added: Dec 30, 2017
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
This week we explore the enneagram. It is becoming a big deal. What is this enneagram and why are counselors and spiritual directors finding it so ...
- Added: Nov 27, 2017
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking Reviewing" - Social media allows readers to bypass gatekeepers and publish their own opinions. So if everyone's a critic, doe...
- Added: Sep 15, 2017
- Length: 01:58:58
Olivia Stiffler and the late James Tolan, whose new books were released in summer 2017 after his death in March, discuss their unique mentorship ...
- Added: Aug 30, 2017
- Length: 29:00
Historical Jesus scholar makes the case for Christians to retire the argument that Jesus was a fulfillment of prophecy.
- Added: Aug 25, 2017
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
Krista Tippett is probably best known as the host & creator of the public radio program On Being. But she's also the author of three books that pul...
- Added: Aug 10, 2017
- Length: 07:36
Margaret Atwood’s response to those who might object to the assertion that the dystopian catastrophe of The Handmaid’s Tale cannot happen here. “Wa...
- Added: May 10, 2017
- Length: 57:38
Host Bob Kustra talks with Shawn Vestal about his debut novel.
- Added: Mar 17, 2017
- Length: 30:31
Brad Gooch talks about his new biography Rumi’s Secret: The Life of the Sufi Poet of Love and why the 13th century Muslim poet matters to our time....
- Added: Feb 10, 2017
- Length: 59:01
Marianne Williamson has written six New York Times best sellers, including The Age Of Miracles and A Return To Love. Known in some circles as Holly...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:56
Geraldine Brooks takes on one of literature’s richest and most enigmatic figures: a man who shimmers between history and legend. Peeling away the m...
- Added: Jul 05, 2016
- Length: 57:35
The Little Gray Lamb is a delightful, sweet poem by Archibald Beresford Sullivan. The poem was published in numerous collections in 1905 and 1915.
- Added: Jun 28, 2016
- Length: 05:22
Roshan Abraham, assistant professor of classics and religious studies, traces the many ways religion influences, shapes, and appears in comics.
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KVSC
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 13:34
- Purchases: 2
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
First Draft highlights the voices of writers as they discuss their work, their craft and the literary arts. This week's show features an interview...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Sep 27, 2015
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
From: Sandburg Media
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
Series: Things Not Seen: Conversations about Culture and Faith [Standard Clock]
We're revisiting our 2012 interview with cartoonist, filmmaker, and copyright activist Nina Paley, creator of the feature-length animated film, Sit...
- Added: Apr 22, 2015
- Length: 59:00
Today’s episode explores the significance of a sacred Hindu text—the Bhagavad Gita.
Bought by KFOI Radio and KCMJ Community Radio
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 03:25
- Purchases: 2
Podcasting from The Old Oak Street Burial Ground in Grafton, MA, Piazza and I speak with author, Roberta Grimes, about her book “The Fun of Dying: ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 52:54
Reza Aslan on Zealot and academia; Maxwell Grant on Lev Grossman's Magicians series.
- Added: Oct 13, 2014
- Length: 44:08
- Added: Oct 07, 2014
- Length: 33:35
- Purchases: 1
