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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 How do religiously motivated get-out-the-vote efforts look across America? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:59

Our panel of journalists explore how voters are taking their faith with them into the voting booth-- and how the right and the left are using the political concerns of voters to mobilize supporters.

 Secular groups work to build 'powerhouse constituency' of religiously unaffiliated voters | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:48

The nearly 25 percent of the U.S. population who identify as “religiously unaffiliated” tend to vote Democratic. But, they have regularly low turnout We learn about secular efforts to get out the vote this November.

 Evangelical women voting against trend could swing Texas' midterm Senate election | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:44

In Texas, a reliably red state, some evangelical women want to vote from a "pro-life, not just pro-birth" stance, and see democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke's committment to immigrant families as part of that platform.

 Modern paganism, ancient spirituality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:08

It's not devil worship. It's not make-believe. Modern day pagans are taking part in a diverse array of spiritual practices reviving traditions of long ago.

 Modern paganism defies a single definition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:31

We explore the lives of those who call themselves witches, pagans, Wiccans, Druids, and everything in between. It’s a diverse group - with an array of different spiritual practices and beliefs.

 With pomegranates and apples, DC pagan group marks Mabon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:26

The Firefly House is trying to create an open space for pagans to find community, in part by holding a retreat to mark the autumnal equinox, called Mabon.

 Why one witch says "the craft" is for everyone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:55

Gabriela Herstik explains you don't have to have any set of beliefs to practice witchcraft: while some consider it to be their religion, she thinks of the “craft” itself as a set of spiritual practices open to anyone.

 Modern paganism, ancient spirituality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:08

It's not devil worship. It's not make-believe. Modern day pagans are taking part in a diverse array of spiritual practices reviving traditions of long ago.

 Modern paganism defies a single definition | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 17:31

We explore the lives of those who call themselves witches, pagans, Wiccans, Druids, and everything in between. It’s a diverse group - with an array of different spiritual practices and beliefs.

 With pomegranates and apples, DC pagan group marks Mabon | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:26

The Firefly House is trying to create an open space for pagans to find community, in part by holding a retreat to mark the autumnal equinox, called Mabon.

 Why one witch says "the craft" is for everyone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:55

Gabriela Herstik explains you don't have to have any set of beliefs to practice witchcraft: while some consider it to be their religion, she thinks of the “craft” itself as a set of spiritual practices open to anyone.

 Putting faith - and freedom - into action | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:44

America’s religious freedom allows people to live out their faiths and act on those beliefs - through passion projects.

 Evangelical minister turns from anti-abortion advocacy to confronting 'pro-gun' culture | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:03

A minister wants to challenge many of his fellow evangelical Christians to change the conversation around and commitment to guns.

 To protect refugee and immigrant kids, a Muslim mom from Ohio fights crime - and discrimination | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:21

A Muslim mother leans on her faith to found a nonprofit to curb crime affecting her city's immigrant and refugee community, but first she has to overcome language barriers and trust issues.

 Snake-handling and the Pentecostal preachers keeping the practice alive | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 12:15

About 100 churches within a small branch of Pentecostal Christianity are committed to preserving the century-old practice of snake-handling as a test of one's faith.

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