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Interfaith Voices is the nation's only public radio show exclusively about religion. We were born just three days after 9/11, when a feisty nun got the idea to host a multi-faith panel on religion and terrorism, live on the radio. The phones rang off the hook, and it became clear that listeners were…

Interfaith Voices


    • Jun 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version) is a captivating and enlightening podcast that explores the intersection of religion, culture, and society. Hosted by Ambreen Khan, the show discusses a wide range of issues and provides a platform for diverse voices to share their perspectives. The podcast covers various religions and even delves into topics like atheism in Europe, offering listeners a comprehensive understanding of different faiths and belief systems.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is how it considers multiple viewpoints and genuinely tries to understand the impact of different issues on people. Ambreen does an excellent job as the host, fostering thoughtful discussions and ensuring that guests feel comfortable sharing their experiences. The podcast's coverage of many religions, including lesser-known ones like the church of Norway, adds depth and richness to its content.

    Another standout feature of The Interfaith Voices Podcast is its commitment to continuing Maureen Fiedler's legacy as its previous host. Amber Khan steps into this role seamlessly, bringing her unique perspective while maintaining the show's high standards. The podcast serves as an inspiring example of media helping to educate the public about religious literacy.

    While there are very few negative aspects to this podcast, some listeners might find that certain episodes do not align with their personal beliefs or interests. However, even in such cases, the podcast offers valuable insights into alternative viewpoints and encourages kindness and understanding regardless of one's own beliefs.

    In conclusion, The Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version) is a remarkable program that fills a crucial void in radio. It covers a wide range of topics from various religious angles with exceptional guests who bring fresh perspectives to each episode. Maureen Fiedler's expert interviewing skills have made this show both informative and thought-provoking. Listeners will undoubtedly come away from each episode with greater knowledge and appreciation for different religions, making it highly recommended for anyone interested in expanding their religious literacy or engaging in nuanced conversations about faith and spirituality.



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    “If our religions hold wisdom for us about how to treat each other with love and kindness and compassion. We need to reclaim that, especially in this moment.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 24:30


    Jeanne Lewis reflects on how faith-rooted work differs from the organizing of previous eras and rejects the notion that the progressive movement has lost religion.

    “John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 26:00


    Kristin Kobes Du Mez talks about the role of Christian pop culture in reshaping evangelical attitudes about gun rights, gender, and demographic changes sweeping across the country.

    “I had to unlearn a lot of biases and stereotypes about Palestinians.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 24:55


    Two Catholic women share how they are working to educate and engage American Catholics to examine their beliefs and perceptions about Palestinians.

    “Buddhist Teachings Taught Me How to Sit with Suffering”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 25:50


    For many years, Dr. Duane Bidwell served as a hospital chaplain, working to offer spiritual support to people who were often in their most vulnerable moments.

    Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 23:50


    The issue advocacy campaign to urge voters in Michigan to cast an uncommitted ballot as a protest vote exceeded organizers' expectations and has sparked a movement spreading to other primary states.

    Making space for women In mosques (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 26:55


    Women don’t always feel welcome in American mosques. They’re sometimes turned away, sent to basements to pray, or discouraged from serving on the boards of directors. Aisha al-Adawiya has devoted her life to changing that.

    Sacred Pregnancy: Building a Spiritual Community

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 34:55


    Author Ann W. Duncan describes the “sacred pregnancy movement” and examines three major organizations involved. Their services range from sacred belly painting in luxurious retreat settings to helping process pregnancy loss.

    Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 16:35


    Samira Mehta discusses how words like “sacred,” “ensoulment,” “mother,” and “baby” have been used by both sides of the culture war over reproductive rights and how they have changed our perception of pregnancy.

    The Long and Storied History of Solidarity of Irish and Black Activists

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 37:15


    This special segment was produced by NPR’s Code Switch, co-hosts B. A. Parker and Gene Denby explore the curious twists and turns in the relationship between freedom-seeking activists across oceans and borders. 

    Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy with Faith (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 14:30


    A group of public health workers in North Carolina worked to foster trusting relationships to tackle vaccine hesitancy among Native Americans.

    “...We must be the ones most dedicated to Palestinian freedom.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 17:00


    A college student shares what it is like to be a religious Jew who rejects Zionism

    “...I get right back on my mat again.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 33:55


    Dr. Toni Pressley-Sanon's latest book, Lifting As They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation explores how a growing number of Black women have integrated Buddhist practices into their spiritual lives.

    “…Quakers in Gaza Have a Long History”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 17:40


    Mike Merryman-Lotze joins us to share the struggles facing humanitarian workers in Gaza.

    “...Project Lavender and Where Is Daddy”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 17:25


    The Israeli military is using artificial intelligence and the targeting of low-level members of Hamas in their homes at a time when civilian casualties would be high.

    “...Covering Religion in North Texas”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2024 16:25


    Joy Ashford is the new religion reporter at the Dallas Morning News, supported by Report for America.  They join us to share some of the stories Joy has been covering in North Texas.

    The Church of "Least Dogma" (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 22:01


    Bob Otis, founding pastor of Sacred Garden Community Church, outlines its beliefs and practices. Then, the author of God on Psychedelics describes how psychedelic worship communities are proliferating.

    "What IS This"? On the Mystery of Being. (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 28:16


    Pastor Bob Otis describes his faith journey from a Christian home in Tennessee to a psychedelic church in Berkeley. Then, Chief Phillip Scott discusses the fine line between respectful use and cultural appropriation.

    “…Can you be a Hindu and an atheist…the answer is yes.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 25:10


    In 2023, the Religion News Service hired Richa Karmarkar as the first national religion reporter covering the Hindu beat. She hopes the growth of the Hindu community sparks interest and curiosity about the diversity of a religious tradition that is not well understood.

    “...we were all dressed up with nowhere to go.”

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 25:40


    A trailblazer in Christian feminist theology, Dr. Mary Hunt, joins to reflect on how the world for women in religion has changed and how groups like hers are adapting. 

    A Council of Elders (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 21:10


    Carolina Nieto, director of Ashoka's Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean office–established a "council of elders" drawn from Spanish speakers across Latin America, hoping to tap into its members' wisdom, patience, and spirituality.

    “Grandmothers Are the Glue.” (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 15:45


    Cultural anthropologist Lynsey Farrell, co-founder of The Grandmother Collective, is building community by connecting older women with adolescent girls.

    “From Role to Soul” (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 14:35


    Dr. Connie Zweig discusses why spirituality—however it may be defined—is crucial to a fulfilling old age.

    …Americans Believe Religion is a Force for Good in Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 18:10


    A new poll released by the Pew Research Center reinforces one key finding: Americans believe religion is a force for good in society.

    …We are pushing back on the misuse of the Bible in the public square

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 32:15


    The leader of Word and Way, a Christian media company, is focused on building conversation spaces for Christians to deal with the MAGA version of Christianity and confront the political manipulation of scripture.

    Muslim Wellness Foundation Founder: "Our story does not start with oppression."

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 51:25


    Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Oseguera joins us to explain why she sees interrogating the Western narrative of the enslaved as interconnected to Black Muslim mental health today.

    Unpacking Christian Nationalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 46:05


    Dr. Robert P. Jones, President and Founder of PRRI, discusses the latest research documenting the rising influence of Christian Nationalism in some segments of American politics.

    The Pilgrimage for Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 22:10


    As the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, a group of multifaith peace activists began a journey from Philadelphia heading for the White House.

    Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 24:00


    Emgage Action Michigan interim executive director Hira Khan joins to explain why her organization and volunteer network worked with partners to encourage voters to use the ballot to send a message instead of disengaging.

    Making space for women In mosques

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 26:50


    Women don’t always feel welcome in American mosques. They’re sometimes turned away, sent to basements to pray, or discouraged from serving on the boards of directors. Aisha al-Adawiya has devoted her life to changing that. She’s inspired a national campaign — and a fatwa — that’s persuading the men who control mosques to share space and power. Our partners at "The Spiritual Edge" brought this story to us.

    “We Don't Want to Tilt at Windmills”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 25:40


    Kim Bobo, executive director of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, joins us to discuss the 2024 legislative agenda and how the 42-year-old organization continues to grow and expand its base across the Commonwealth.

    “Climbing Out of Poverty Takes a Network”

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 25:25


    Among the hundreds of volunteers preparing to lobby lawmakers was Anne Murphy, a Catholic retiree and resident of Northern Virginia.  In this conversation, she describes why she has attended these annual lobbying events with the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy.

    Untraditional Christians: The Beliefs of the Founding Fathers (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 16:05


    Presidential Religion in the Civil War and The Age of Imperialism. (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 16:20


    Both Union and Confederate leaders invoked God to advance their causes during the Civil War. But Abraham Lincoln refused to claim the divine on his side.

    Jefferson's Quran. (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2024 19:05


    As a law student, Thomas Jefferson bought a Quran from an English publisher. But why? Did he read it as a sacred text? As a window into Muslim law?

    For an old monastery, a second life. (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 40:05


    Sick, tired, and hopeful, Central American migrants are bused daily from a detention center to a former Benedictine monastery in Tucson, Ariz., where a small army of volunteers offers showers, fresh clothes, and medical treatment.

    The Echos of Anti-Catholicism Today. (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 11:25


    We talk to Daisy Vargas, whose current work traces the history of anti-Mexican and anti-Catholic bias in the U.S.

    How Far to the Promised Land with Rev. Esau McCaulley (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2024 51:00


    Rev. Esau McCaulley confronts the controversy that the Civil War was not fought because of slavery but because of Southern heritage. 

    How to Fight Racism: A Conversation with Dr. Jemar Tisby (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 50:20


    We explore the inspiration behind Dr. Jemar Tisby's new book, How to "Fight Racism: A Young Reader's Edition".

    The Rise of NonDenominational Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 31:05


    Dr. Ryan Burge discusses the trends and data that may explain Mr. Trump’s ongoing appeal, evidenced in the 2024 Iowa Caucus results.

    Scenes from the "Undertow" (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 20:25


    Journalist Jeff Sharlet talks about the "slow civil war" taking place in the United States and his book The Undertow.

    “The Arc of Truth is Long”: Reading Martin Luther King Jr. in a ‘Post-Truth' Age (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2024 25:20


    Dr. Lewis V Baldwin discusses his new book, “The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” He looks at what we could lose if we forget the teachings of Dr. King.

    The Gospel According to James Baldwin


    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2024 25:00


    Episcopal priest and writer Greg Garrett confronts the religious legacy of James Baldwin and the challenge his theology poses to anti-black racism in the United States.

    Enlisting Faith: How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 18:00


    Ronit Y. Stahl is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, who has studied how military chaplaincy evolved.

    Three Chaplains: Spiritual Care for Muslims in the U.S. Military

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 33:32


    Filmmakers David Washburn and Razi Jafri introduce the three military Muslim chaplains profiled in their new documentary and describe how they came to spend seven years following them around the country.

    “Religion Nerds” Speak: Behind the Top Ten Faith Stories of 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 22:20


    Religion Now: 21st Century Controversies

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 17:10


    Tia Kolbaba of Rutgers University co-teaches a popular course connecting religion to the hot-button headlines. Kolbaba teaches her students that religion is not separate from everything else but is almost always in the room.

    “Religion is Always in the Room”: Spokane FāVS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2023 12:00


    In Spokane, Washington, a religion-news website called FāVS is bucking the national trend away from local news.

    Sounds of Faith: A Special Holiday Concert Exploring Traditions (encore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2023 51:30


    This week, we feature selections from the December 8, 2019, Sounds of Faith concert at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

    “The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory,” by Tim Alberta

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 55:05


    Tim Alberta’s new book, "The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory," examines the divisions threatening to destroy the American evangelical movement.

    This is not a feel-good story…

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 42:05


    This week, Kelley Nikondeha joins to talk about why she wrote about that first season and how the book, released in October 2022, is now being discovered as more Christians want to learn about Palestine. 

    Backs Against the Wall…The Howard Thurman Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2023 9:24


    Journey Films founder and director Martin Doblmeir talks about the documentary feature that tells the story of Black liberation theologian Howard Thurman and his legacy.  The feature film now airing on public television introduces audiences to the life of a man Doblmeir describes as “a poet" and “mystic.”

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