Interfaith Voices provides engaging and informative discussion on the key public issues of our day through the lenses of many different faith perspectives. We foster religious tolerance and educate our listeners on the broad diversity of religious traditions and viewpoints in the United States. This podcast feed is for the hour-long version of the program.
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Keeping Faith: A How-To Guide explores how women keep faith - in ourselves, in each other, in a cause, or in religious faith - so you can learn how to keep faith too. Each episode, we’ll be interviewing a different guest, some names you know and some you should know, to find out what keeping faith means to them. Keeping Faith: A How-To Guide is a podcast from Womens' Interfaith Network, a women’s charity bringing together all faith’s and none, as part of our 2024 Keeping Faith Programme. Fin ...
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Living Harmoniously in an Interfaith World
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Weekly Witness is your weekly update on the mainstream faith community’s perspective on everything Texas public policy. Hosted by Texas Impact's Scott Atnip, Weekly Witness is recorded in front of a live audience in downtown Austin. We host policy experts, faith leaders, and elected officials who provide in-depth information on relevant policy issues in the state. Weekly Witness is a product of Texas Impact, Texas’ oldest and largest interfaith advocacy group. Visit texasimpact.org for more ...
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Join Rabbi Natan of Temple Sinai Atlanta as we dive into some of the greatest issues and deepest questions of our time. Our first season, we focused on the Jewish questions of Why?. Our second and third seasons have focused on elevating our individual Jewish journeys. And now, given the war in Israel and the pressing needs of current events, we are dedicating this podcast to these important questions. Whether dropping the kids at school, running errands, heading to work, or meeting a friend, ...
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SSIO Malaysia is an interfaith service orientated NGO dedicated towards the promotion of human values and selfless community to the poor and needy.
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We will discuss authentic American history in the context of current events, as well as real issues and experiences, in order to help everyday people work toward racial reconciliation in their communities; we hope to challenge the implicit bias in each of us and dismantle racist narratives on which our country was founded and our current society still relies; we want to leave listeners with specific actions they can take to affect real change in their spheres of influence.
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Black Girl Blueprint was founded on the belief that Black girls have long been the ones to set the trends and transform the culture in a way that only we can. To put it simply: our podcast is devoted to showcasing raw, unfiltered, and unapologetic Gen Z Black girl perspectives. Our bi-weekly episodes will center the voices and celebrate the accomplishments of young Black women who have made their own impact on and within the culture. | Follow us on Instagram: @blackgirlblueprint | Lauren: @l ...
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In our bonus episodes, we speak to women from our Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) community to share their stories and give their own unique perspectives on keeping faith. In our second bonus episode, WIN's CEO Marion Waruguru shares her journey with WIN since joining in 2005, the changes she’s seen in the interfaith space and her advice for aspir…
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Ep. 353 Gun Violence Prevention: Putting the Pieces Together
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This week we are joined by Texas Impact Policy Advocate Bobby Watson for a conversation about his travels this summer related to his work with Texas Impact’s Ending Gun Violence team. In light of recent events, faith leaders have offered reflections condemning political violence and calling on us for peaceful conversations about important issues. S…
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The Texas Impact staff recently met in Austin and welcomed several new staff to new positions, so we thought we would use part of this summer break to introduce you to our new team members. We continue the series this week with Heather Malkawi. Heather is not new to Texas Impact though, if you have been to an event in the last few years, you have p…
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Keeping Faith in Magic with Dr. Linda Woodhead
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How has magic become such a mainstream part of our spiritual landscape, from #WitchTok to astrology apps? Can these practices offer safe spaces for women and young people who feel that established faith institutions have left them behind? What does all this tell us about what ‘keeping faith’ really means in 2024? In this conversation, Dr. Linda Woo…
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The Texas Impact staff recently met in Austin and welcomed several new staff to new positions, we thought we would use part of this summer break to introduce you to our new team members. We continue that series today with a conversation with Rebecca McIlwain, Project Manager of Houston Faith Votes. For over a decade, Rebecca served in parish minist…
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Texas Impact staff recently met in Austin and welcomed several new staff and new people to new positions, so we thought we would use part of this summer break to introduce you to our new team members. And, we are starting that series today with a conversation with Kaitlin Dunn, our new Houston Faith Community Mobilizer working with the Houston Fait…
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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.”
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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“John Wayne is held up as an ideal of Christian manhood…he is the good guy with the gun.”
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Judaism views human life as paramount and the commandment of redeeming the hostages is a sacred one in Israeli society. Israel has paid impossibly heavy prices in the past and will likely continue to do so to bring home her soldiers and her kidnapped civilians. And yet, this brings up difficult moral questions, ones that Israeli leaders and Jews ar…
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This week marks the beginning of Gun Violence Awareness Month and many of us will still remember where we were when we received the news about the tragic school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde just two years ago. Joining us this week is Texas Impact's Policy Advocate, Bobby Watson, to discuss his work with our gun violence prevention issue te…
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Keeping Faith in Humanitarianism with Sandrine Tiller (Doctors Without Borders)
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As crisis after crisis demands our attention, how can we hold onto our compassion and find meaningful ways to make a difference? Who do we trust when ‘fake news’ can travel the world through a tweet or WhatsApp chain? And how do we keep faith in humanitarianism, under attack from competing political agendas? In this episode, we speak to Sandrine Ti…
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“Buddhist Teachings Taught Me How to Sit with Suffering”
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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“I had to unlearn a lot of biases and stereotypes about Palestinians.”
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Two Catholic women share how they are working to educate and engage American Catholics to examine their beliefs and perceptions about Palestinians.By Interfaith Voices
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We talk weather this week with Dr. Becca Edwards, Texas Impact’s Climate Action Fellow. Originally because we wanted to talk about Hurricane Season, which begins this weekend and runs through November, but seems like most of Texas has already endured at least one climate disaster in the last month. North Texas has had floods, tornadoes and wind eve…
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The runoff elections are next Tuesday, May 28th, and interim hearings are underway to help shape public policy recommendations going into the next legislative session. What does it all mean? Here with us to discuss is friend of the program and Texas Impact’s outside legislative counsel, Beaman Floyd. Spoiler Alert: he is going to remind us about th…
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Bonus Episode: Lady Gilda Levy (WIN Chair)
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In our bonus episodes, we speak to women from our Women's Interfaith Network (WIN) community to share their stories and give their own unique perspectives on keeping faith. In our first bonus episode, we spoke to WIN's chair and co founder Lady Gilda Levy about the last 20 years leading WIN, the importance of interfaith in 2024, and how she's keepi…
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This week we are excited to welcome Diana Forester, Director of Health Policy with Texans Care for Children. This is an important conversation this week because legislative leaders recently released their interim charges for the biennium, and it provides some opportunities to speak to the unacceptable state of health coverage in the state of Texas.…
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Muslim Voters Take to Polls to Protest Biden Administration Policy in Gaza (encore)
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Making space for women In mosques (encore)
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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 is devoted to changing that.By Interfaith Voices
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Voices from the Field: Listening and Lobbying on the Farm Bill
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Texas Impact is proud to be a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s ELCA Advocacy family as a State Public Policy Office for Texas. Joining us this week is Christine Moffett, ELCA Program Director for Environment and Energy Policy, to discuss the Farm Bill. She will talk about whether Congress can pass anything during an election yea…
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Israel at War: The Interfaith Perspective
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Join Rabbi Natan for a candid and comprehensive conversation with Pastors Nathan and Teddy from Sandy Springs Christian Church. This episode was the third of our congregational meetings together, and included many of the challenging questions that folks presented to the clergy. In conversations ranging from the perceived need for a ceasefire, the s…
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Words Count: From "Woman" to "Mother," "Embryo" to "Child"
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Sacred Pregnancy: Building a Spiritual Community
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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 lBy Interfaith Voices
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Ep. 344 Why DEI?: The Chilling Effect of SB17
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in Texas colleges came under fire in the last legislative session. The passage of SB17 has been controversial with many students and faculty over the elimination of these programs. This week we are joined by Dr. Karma Chávez, the Bobby and Sherri Patton Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and …
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Keeping Faith in Community with Hadiya Masieh
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What does extremism really look like in 2024, outside of the headlines and political debates? Can we empower young people to harness their passions for positive change while steering clear of divisive rhetoric? How do we keep faith in grassroots work when the challenges our communities are facing seem to keep getting bigger? Our conversation with H…
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Combatting Vaccine Hesitancy with Faith (encore)
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A group of public health workers in North Carolina worked to foster trusting relationships to tackle vaccine hesitancy among Native Americans.By Interfaith Voices
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The Long and Storied History of Solidarity of Irish and Black Activists
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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State of the Culture: The Role of Black Artists and Media
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Season 5, Episode 1: Long time, no see! In this episode, we're returning to our cultural critic roots for a conversation around Black media, the role of art as a powerful social and political tool, and our expectations of people with platforms in Black music and film to authentically represent Blackness in their work. From Shonda Rhimes and Quinta …
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This week we are joined by Emily Bourgeois, Community Organizer of RAC-Texas, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism—one of Texas Impact’s member institutions. We always enjoy working with Emily across a range of policy issues, including public education and religious freedom. Over the last month, we have had several episodes about the holy …
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“...We must be the ones most dedicated to Palestinian freedom.”
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A college student shares what it is like to be a religious Jew who rejects ZionismBy Interfaith Voices
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Israel at War: Politics with Alisha Tischler
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Join Rabbi Natan for a highly relevant and provocative discussion with Alisha Tischler, Sinai member and the Southeast Regional Director for AIPAC. She speaks candidly about the impact of October 7th on the Israel American alliance, as well as the fluid situation in the Middle East as it relates to Hamas and Iran. Israel finds herself in a very pre…
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This week we are joined by Texas Impact's Climate Action Fellow, Becca Edwards, to help prepare for Earth Day on April 22. Becca has been meeting with many congregations talking about climate change, liberation theology, how communities of faith can engage in climate issues during this election season and so much more. So we thought we would bring …
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Mike Merryman-Lotze joins us to share the struggles facing humanitarian workers in Gaza.By Interfaith Voices
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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This week we say goodbye to maybe our closest friend of the show, who has been on the program more than any other guest. Texas Impact announced last week that Advocacy Director Joshua Houston would be leaving soon to take a new position with Caritas of Austin. So we thought we needed to say goodbye (for now) with one last episode reminiscing on som…
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"What IS This"? On the Mystery of Being. (encore)
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Ep. 340 Spiritual Nourishment: Ramadan and Justice Work
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Many Christians just finished Holy Week, Passover is coming and we are in the midst of Ramadan. All of those seasons can and should inspire people of faith to love our neighbor and have some intersection with advocating on behalf of our neighbors and communities at large. This week, we have a friend of the program Usama Malik, Program Coordinator f…
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“…Can you be a Hindu and an atheist…the answer is yes.”
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Richa Karmarkar, RNS's first national religion reporter covering the Hindu beat hopes the growth of the Hindu community sparks interest and curiosity about a religious tradition not well understood.By Interfaith Voices
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“...we were all dressed up with nowhere to go.”
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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.By Interfaith Voices
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Keeping Faith in Peace with Robi Damelin and Laila Alsheikh (The Parents Circle Family Forum)
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What does it mean to keep faith in peace and reconciliation after unimaginable loss? How can we sit with disagreements and different worldviews to find our common humanity? What can we do to ensure women’s voices are heard and uplifted in peace-building work? Our conversation with Robi Damelin and Laila Alsheikh – both bereaved mothers and spokespe…
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Carolina Nieto, director of Ashoka's Mexican, Central American, and Caribbean office, established a "council of elders," hoping to tap into its members' wisdom, patience, and spirituality.By Interfaith Voices
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Ep.339 Not Good Enough Yet: A Status Check on Abortion Ban Rulemaking
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This week, we follow up on the conversation from two weeks ago in advance of the Texas Medical Board meeting. More than 2,000 Texans of faith signed Texas Impact’s petition calling for a rulemaking process to define the abortion exception in Texas state law relating to the life and health of the mother. We spoke about Steve and Amy Bresnen, two Aus…
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Dr. Connie Zweig discusses why spirituality—however it may be defined—is crucial to a fulfilling old age.By Interfaith Voices
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Cultural anthropologist Lynsey Farrell, co-founder of The Grandmother Collective, is building community by connecting older women with adolescent girls.By Interfaith Voices
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Ep. 338 Texas and Climate: One Step Forward, One Step Back
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This week we are talking about all things environment with friend of the program Luke Metzger, Executive Director of Environment Texas. Luke joins us to share the good news from the November elections related to the Centennial Parks Conservation Fund AND the EPA’s new rules related to methane emissions. Spoiler: Texas is not handling the rules well…
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Israel at War: Campus Discourse w/ Scholar-Warrior Dr. Rachel Fish
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Do not miss this episode with our recent scholar-in-residence, Dr Rachel Fish. In this conversation with Rabbi Natan, she discusses the precarious situation on college campuses in the wake of 10.7 and how this spills over into larger society. Dr Fish is one of the most articulate and passionate voices and has been sounding the alarms regarding coll…
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…Americans Believe Religion is a Force for Good in Society
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A new poll released by the Pew Research Center reinforces one key finding: Americans believe religion is a force for good in society.By Interfaith Voices
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