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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: Rob Gleave, Credit: socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk
Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Robert Gleave, professor of Arabic studies, University of Exeter.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Dr. Brad Gregory
Notre Dame history professor discusses the secular effects of the Reformation.

  • Added: Dec 27, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
Caption: Stephen J. Patterson
Historian of Religion, Stephen Patterson, reconstructs one of the earliest Christian Creeds that Emphasized Radical Egalitarianism.

  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 53:58

  • Added: Oct 01, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: Richard Elliott Friedman, The Exodus & Wayne Potter and Pam Brown
Biblical scholar, Richard Friedman, makes the case for an historical exodus and its influence on humanity.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Feb 10, 2018
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: H. Chris Ransford
Mathematician and Physicist, Chris Ransford, elevates the debate regarding infinity, the universe, godhood, and irreducible mathematics.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Sep 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Roman Montero
Biblical Scholar shows that the early Christians were communists.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jul 14, 2017
  • Length: 58:00
  • 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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On this episode, we spotlight two books - 1941: FIGHTING THE SHADOW WAR. by Marc Wortman that, in part, tells the story of the considerable popular...

  • Added: Nov 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:02
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We explore the new field of comparative theology as we discuss Michelle Voss Roberts's award-winning new book, Tastes of the Divine: Hindu and Chri...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
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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: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Presidential scholar Barbara Perry discusses Protestant fears that JFK would answer to the Pope, not the American people if elected president — and...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WOUB, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 09:39
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Host Brian Balogh heads to Our Lady of the Angels, a Trappist monastery in the Blue Ridge Mountains, to find out what life is really like behind th...

Bought by WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, painted by Claude Chuchetiere c.1696., Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Producer Bruce Wallace heads to the birthplace of Kateri Tekakwitha, the first indigenous saint from North America, to see how she is remembered to...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WETS, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 08:22
  • Purchases: 3
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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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Radio Curious guest host Martha McCabe discusses Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church with Father Tom Reese, a member of the Society ...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2015
  • Length: 58:02
Caption: Local Shaped Note Singers hold Copies of Shenandoah Harmony, Credit: Nathan Berry
Singing shaped notes is a long American tradition of singing, mostly based on Christian scriptures. As a folk tradition, it evolves with reference ...

Bought by KSRQ and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jun 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
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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
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Political scientist James Gibson investigates the connections between political intolerance and religion.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:48
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: East Bay Muslims pray atop a UC Berkeley hill, Credit: Hana Baba
About 20 Muslim families are gathered on a hilltop outside the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, just after sunset. A water fountain bubbles, w...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Classroom in the Islamic School in Seattle, Washington, 1982., Credit: Library of Congress
Anthropologist Nabeel Abraham tells host Brian Balogh about the fight between two Muslim communities over the future of a Dearborn, Michigan mosque...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 09:42
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Singer, guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a rare person to emerge in the music world. Her musical legacy includes early Rhythm and Blues and Gosp...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., WTIP, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 10, 2014
  • Length: 57:50
  • Purchases: 3
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In this episode, Todd and Kim interview Mandisa Thomas, Founder and current President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc., a non-profit fellowship of nonbe...

Bought by KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 16, 2014
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1