Interfaith Voices Podcast (hour-long Version)

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

We speak with Sister True Dedication, who has edited a collection of the great Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hahn’s thoughts on the natural world.

Religion reporters like to say “religion is always in the room,” meaning there is a religion, faith, or spirituality angle to all of the big news stories of the day.

This week we are diving into the top religion news stories of the year as chosen by the members of the Religion News Association. 

Religion journalists across the country picked the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol as the top religion story of the year.

We’ve assembled a cadre of top religion journalists to dive into the top religion news stories of the 2021.

We take a look back at our first-ever live show, we explore the beauty and chaos that comes with having a diverse family. 

If you have ever wondered about the backstory of holiday carols and Christmas hymns - you are not alone. We talk with Maggie Van Dorn about what she learned hosting the podcast Hark!

On December 11th, 2021, best-selling vampire novelist Anne Rice passed away. We listen back to interviews Rice gave to with Mark Oppenheimer and our founder Sr. Maureen Fiedler, SL.

We remember Interview with a Vampire author, Anne Rice, and we dive into the sounds of the season with the podcast Hark!

We talk to Sister Helen Prejean, whose memoir,

Inside an Illinois maximum-security prison -- theology professor Michele Clifton-Soderstrom found a new calling.

From a graduate degree program in a maximum-security prison in Illinois to humanizing incarcerated people on death row - people of faith are advocating for those behind bars.

Jamie Manson, the new leader of Catholics for Choice, outlines the ways Catholic attitudes towards abortion access have changed.

Historian David Garrow and Liz Cavell, an attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, parse the possible outcomes of the recent arguments abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizations.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Garrow traces the evolution of today’s battles over when a fetus becomes a person with rights.

We stand on the steps of the Supreme Court as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health is heard - a major challenge to Roe v. Wade - and ask, “How did we get here?”

Ravinder “Ravi” Singh, head of the Share a Meal program under the Khalsa Peace Corps, is taking langar on the road to reach the most vulnerable.

Vegetarianism and veganism are not religions, but Ben Zeller of Lake Forest College says the decision to stop eating meat and other animal products can be an incredibly meaningful shift in one’s philosophy of eating.

Food is not traditionally included in the study of religion, but as our guest says, “everyone eats!”