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It all started with those two lines in Leviticus - a core text of Judaism. Two rabbis from opposite ends of the theological spectrum explain homose...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 18:53
In Orthodox Judaism, to be both actively gay and "frum," or observant, is a theological taboo. Producer Jon Kalish spoke to four Orthodox men and w...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 10:38
It all started on a Sunday afternoon in October, 1968. Twelve people gathered for worship in a living room in Huntington Park, California. It was t...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 12:05
The Metropolitan Community Church wasn’t the only gay-friendly church in the early 70s. Around the same time, a small crop of churches and synagogu...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 21:38
For thousands of years, scholars have interpreted a handful of passages in the Bible, Torah and Koran as clear condemnations of homosexuality. From...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 12:06
Open any Torah, Bible or Koran, and the passages about homosexuality seem clear: being gay is an abomination, a sin, something that incurs the wrat...
- Added: May 22, 2013
- Length: 34:26
Imagine having all the power and moral authority of the Catholic Church focused on one person… you.
Bought by XRAY.fm, KOSU, Louisville Public Media, Aspen Public Radio, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
One in three young Americans say they do NOT belong to any organized religion. That’s according to research by the Pew Forum; and that’s more than ...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 06:47
Also skinny and running songs and a bunch of music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of
- Added: Mar 24, 2013
- Length: 02:46:54
Series host Martha Burk interviews Sister Simone Campbell, captain of the "Nuns on the Bus" tour protesting the Romney/Ryan budget, and Executive D...
- Added: Oct 11, 2012
- Length: 28:37
Tibet Connection executive producer Rebecca Novick reports on the Tibetans who have self-??immolated in Tibet since February 2009.
- Added: Mar 02, 2012
- Length: 04:27
A sound-rich obituary honoring the life and works of the late Christopher Hitchens, who died on December 16, 2011. Suitable for news magazines an...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 07:28
- Purchases: 1
Northeast Ohio's religious leaders make plans to tackle social problems in a more organized and comprehensive fashion,
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 28:30
10 years since 9-11…and 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs. Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it ...
- Added: Aug 25, 2011
- Length: 29:00
A brief conversation between my girlfriend and I on May 21, 2011, the alleged date of the rapture.
- Added: Jul 01, 2011
- Length: 22:17
The Westboro Baptist Church, in Topeka, Kansas is headed up by the notorious Reverend Fred Phelps, and is known chiefly for its incendiary rhetoric...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Dec 22, 2010
- Length: 04:07
- Purchases: 1
Hindus are gathering in homes and temples this week in India to celebrate the birthday of one of their most popular deities -- a pot-bellied figure...
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 04:17
Religious Seattle residents are taking an in-your-face approach to housing the homeless.
- Added: Sep 15, 2010
- Length: 15:01
Over the last few weeks, protesters have targeted a mosque in Bridgeport, Conn., handing out flyers and talking to worshipers, sometimes through bu...
Bought by KUOW, WTIP, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 23, 2010
- Length: 03:48
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Apr 30, 2010
- Length: 01:29:59
One Evangelical Lutheran Church of America congregation's opinions on the decision to allow the ordainment of individuals in same-sex relationships.
- Added: Oct 04, 2009
- Length: 04:38
The Middle East has the lowest incidence of HIV/AIDS in the world, but the disease there is growing at a rate of 300% per year. One reason is deni...
Bought by WBEZ
- Added: Jul 17, 2009
- Length: 06:11
- Purchases: 1
Jews around the world celebrate Passover this week. The holiday recounts the Biblical story of the exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land. There’s...
- Added: Apr 09, 2009
- Length: 05:02
- Purchases: 2
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
From "Taking Flight" (March 6, 2009): War News Radio reports on how an influx of Iraqi refugees has shaped one neighborhood of Damascus.
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 1