Sixty years ago on Good Friday, a famous experiment took place at Boston University's Marsh Chapel conducted by Harvard Divinity School student Walter Pahnke, where he tried to answer the question: Do psychedelic drugs occasioned mystical exper

Putin's Unholy War

Mar 10th, 2022 20m 31s

Vladimir Putin's invasion and war on Ukraine is a crisis. It's a crisis that is unfolding before our very eyes across social media and cable and online news, and it's more than just a political crisis, though that's likely what most of us are h

When Boston Banned Christmas

Dec 15th, 2021 23m 41s

‘Tis this season of peace and goodwill, of traditions, both familial, and religious, and to some, it’s the time of year to freak out about the so called “War on Christmas.”A rallying cry for certain sectors of the media, Christmas, apparently,

Fantastic Faiths and What We Can Learn From Them

Oct 27th, 2021 19m 40s

Dune. The Matrix. Blade Runner. Star Wars. We know that fantasy and sci-fi use religion, but do they change actual religion in the process? Do they impact how we believe, what we believe, and even the nature of belief itself?Today we're speak

Finding Beauty in a Broken World

Apr 21st, 2021 14m 23s

The modern environmental movement was born 51 years ago when millions of people took part in protests and rallies in streets, parks, auditoriums, and on college campuses as part of the first-ever Earth Day.Yet today, as species continue to face

Religion in the Time of Pandemic

Mar 12th, 2021 29m 21s

Examining religion's role in past pandemics, the responsibility faith leaders have during a health crisis, and how religious practice has been changed by the Coronavirus.

What Black History Month in 2021 Means for a Rising Spiritual and Ethical Movement

Feb 12th, 2021 30m 3s

In February of 1926, Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-education historian, had a very specific goal in mind when he established what was then called Negro History Week. He hoped, as time went along, that Black history would be recognized as so entr

How Joe Biden’s Faith Will Shape His Presidency

Jan 19th, 2021 31m 42s

In an October 2020 op-ed for the Christian Post, Joe Biden wrote: “My Catholic faith drilled into me a core truth—that every person on earth is equal in rights and dignity, because we are all beloved children of God.” As president, he continued

Mainstream Meditation and the Million-Dollar Mindfulness Boom

Aug 8th, 2019 20m 36s

The Rundown00:01 - Jon Kabat-Zinn speaking with Bill Moyers00:36 - Birth and rise of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction02:03 - Mindfulness meditation gains popularity04:25 – Intro to the episode and to guest Chris Berlin, mediation teacher and

Why Hate Crimes Are on the Rise

Apr 18th, 2019 17m 28s

The Rundown00:01 - Phone call and defacing of synagogue library01:19 - Violence against religious minorities is on the rise02:56 - Responsibility of politics leaders and President Trump04:41 - Rabbi Gerson on what it's like to lead worshipers i

For Trump’s Evangelicals, the Inconvenient Teachings of Christ

Nov 1st, 2018 18m 58s

The Rundown00:26 - White evangelical support for Trump01:53 - Intro to the pod and to my guest, Prof. Dudley Rose02:25 - Evangelical oppression?05:01 - Abortion as a redline08:46 - Evangelicals "dream president"10:47 - Jesus chatting w/ Trump11

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