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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Podcasts:
Rabbi Moshe Gray tells us why he thinks CrossFit, practiced with purpose, can be spiritually uplifting, and why many religious leaders seem to let fitness slip by the wayside.
Onaje Woodbine grew up playing basketball on the streets, and found transcendence there. He says basketball plays a healing role for many young black men with little access to conventional forms of community support.
As the 2018 Winter Olympics rev up in Pyeongchang, we trace the religious history of the Games, hear from a surfing priest, and learn about the spirituality of basketball.
Alissa Gold attended the all-female Wellesley College and assumed that Orthodox women were oppressed. But then she took a trip to to Israel, and finally got a chance to meet some.
Rachell Goldberg used to see the Jewish ritual of immersing in a mikvah as just another religious obligation. But now, after enduring seven months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, she's making the ritual her own.
'Paradox of Choice' author Barry Schwartz argues that unlimited options don't liberate us or make us happier--they paralyze us. And he says the subjects in our show are on to something.
We meet young Jews, Christians and Muslims who are bucking the 'spiritual but not religious trend' and deciding they want deeper observance in their lives.
Ekemini Uwan is a devout, orthodox Christian who admits she doesn't "check all the boxes" for liberals or conservatives. And she doesn't apologize for her embrace of traditional gender roles.
Alissa Gold attended the all-female Wellesley College and assumed that Orthodox women were oppressed. But then she took a trip to to Israel, and finally got a chance to meet some.
Rachell Goldberg used to see the Jewish ritual of immersing in a mikvah as just another religious obligation. But now, after enduring seven months of chemotherapy for breast cancer, she's making the ritual her own.
Ekemini Uwan is a devout, orthodox Christian who admits she doesn't "check all the boxes" for liberals or conservatives. And she doesn't apologize for her embrace of traditional gender roles.
Fatima and Hagiraa Tipu are sisters. One wears a headscarf for modesty, and the other doesn't. Hagiraa tells her sister that she hopes to wear it one day, but doesn't have the confidence yet. Her sister understands.
Fatima and Hagiraa Tipu are sisters. One wears a headscarf for modesty, and the other doesn't. Hagiraa tells her sister that she hopes to wear it one day, but doesn't have the confidence yet. Her sister understands.
Eve is a celibate, Orthodox Catholic who she takes seriously the Church's prohibition against gay sexual relationships. But that hasn't stopped her from forging deep bonds of friendship.
'Paradox of Choice' author Barry Schwartz argues that unlimited options don't liberate us or make us happier--they paralyze us. And he says the subjects in our show are on to something.
