Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version) show

Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long version)

Summary: Interfaith Voices is the nation’s leading religion news magazine on public radio. We offer weekly analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of African-American Mormons and atheists in the military, evangelical environmentalists and Muslim feminists. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore. That’s why Interfaith Voices matters.

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 “I Used to Have a Little Girl”: A Conversation With Susan Bro | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 50:55

This week, a conversation with Susan Bro, the mother of Heather Heyer, who was killed five years ago at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 “Where God Lives”: Religion Behind the Headlines | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:30

We look into some of the biggest headlines of the last few months from the perspective of religion.

 Pro-Family Christians and “The Big Lie” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:45

Steve Rabey talks about the links between Christian pro-family groups and Republicans who support and promote the false and misleading claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

 Telling the Truth is the First Step | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:15

Emily McFarlan Miller has been following the investigations into abuses at residential boarding schools for indigenous peoples run by the governments of Canada and the U.S.

 New Life for an Old Faith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:30

Recently, The Associated Press’s David Crary wrote a primer about Zoroastrians, one of the oldest faiths that has, until recently, experienced ever-dwindling numbers. A new focus on young Zoroastrians may change that.

 Lost in the Valley of Death: Seeking Justin Alexander Shetler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:30

We speak to Harley Rustad about his book, Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Death in the Himalayas. Then Barbara Bradley Hagerty considers the "mid-faith crisis."

 Lost in the Valley of Death: Seeking Justin Alexander Shetler | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 33:30

Harley Rustad recounts the life of Justin Alexander Shetler, an American man who vanished in India’s Parvati Valley in 2016.

 Wandering in the Spiritual Desert (encore) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:00

There are times when people of faith feel, for a while, far from God. Former NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty sits down with two spiritual scholars to talk about their experiences with "the dark night o

 Route 66: Where the American Story is the Muslim Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:30

The PBS limited series, The Great Muslim American Road Trip is on a mission to break stereotypes.

 We’re really trying to tell the story of people. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:20

Alex Kronemer shares behind-the-scenes insights about Syrian-American rapper Mona Haydar and her husband, educator, and Muslim convert Sebastian Robins.

 Each one of these kids carries a dream. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:00

As Haydar and Robins travel historic Route 66, they encounter Muslims and hear their untold stories of Islam’s contributions to American history and culture.

 We have seen this cultural shift happen in Hollywood. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:10

Alex Kronemer lays out the history of Muslim representation in Hollywood media, and charts how negative perceptions of off-screen Muslims are influenced by on-screen Muslim characters.

 The Evolution of the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp Tradition. (encore) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:30

Summer is not yet over for campers attending the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp in Rochester, New York.

 "It's not like there's just one path that I'm in for the rest of my life." | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:45

2021 was Radhika Amin’s last summer attending the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp in upstate New York. Each year the camp attracts 200 eight to 15-year-olds to attend two-week sessions at the rural campus on the outskirts of

 "I Stepped on an Escalator and I Had to Follow it." - The Spiritual Journey of Devi Parvati" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 24:40

Devi Parvati who identifies as a practitioner of all traditions describes how her life changed when she attended a retreat at an Ashram in the Poconos in 1968 and her journey to becoming a Swami.

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