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Interfaith Voices Podcast
by MATT KENDZIERA
The Interfaith Voices Podcast is brought to you by Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and expands upon the live Interfaith Intersections events held throughout the year across various locations. Tune in to hear individuals from diverse faith traditions share how their beliefs shape their daily lives. Through conversations with these remarkable guests, the goal is to uncover shared values and challenge preconceived notions. By learning from one another's wisdom and experiences, we grow stronger together.www.wifaithvoices.org
Episodes
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WI Amendments with Debra Cronmiller and Ryan Jayne
In this episode we hear from Debra Cronmiller, Executive Director of the League of Women Votes of Wisconsin and Ryan Jayne, Senior Policy Council at Freedom from Religion about the three Constitutional amendments that will be on the ballot in November. We are encouraging voters to vote "no" on…
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Pretend You Believe with Rabbi Noa Kushner
Today on the podcast, I welcome Rabbi Noa Kushner For the last 14 years, Rabbi Noa Kushner has led The Kitchen, a groundbreaking SF synagogue that is “one part shabbat + justice + torah community, one part San Francisco experiment..." She’s welcomed thousands of Jews and non-Jews into the…
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Making Democracy Accessible with Jane Andersen
On this episode we welcome Arizona Director of Mormon Women for Ethical Government(MWEG), Jane Anderson to discuss how to make democracy accessible to everyone. Jane Andersen grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, sparking her interest in politics and community engagement. She holds a B.A. in...
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Every Day Democracy with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
Today on the show, President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance and 2026 Hope Lives Annual Celebration keynote speaker Rev Paul Brandeis Rashenbush. An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Raushenbush is a longtime interfaith leader and renowned advocate for civil rights and religious freedom. He works…
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Poll Chaplains with Breanna Illéné
We are switching things up a bit today. On the first Monday of each month in 2026 leading up to the mid-term elections in November the Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign is hosting a webinar series called Faithful Voices in a Critical Hour focusing on various topics pertaining to the...
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Radical Readings with Rabbi Caryn Broitman
Rabbi Caryn Broitman has served as rabbi of the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center since 2003. She is a graduate of Harvard University in the Comparative Study of Religion, and received her Rabbinical Ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. She has been a Senior Educators Fellow at...
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Stronger Together with Nikki Fisher
With recent ICE enforcement surges in cities across Wisconsin and throughout the country, it is more important than ever to keep the conversation about protecting our immigrant communities at the forefront. In this episode, Nikki Fisher, interim co-executive director of WISDOM, joins us to…
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People Helping People with Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford
Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford is a food service worker, small business owner, and a proud transgender woman. She is also a member of the Madison Common Council. Dina Nina is running for the 76th Assembly District but does not have the typical background of someone who runs for the State Assembly....
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Faith and AI with Dr. Marianna Richardson
Marianna Richardson brings a rare combination of experience in faith, education, communication, and global policy. As Director of Communications for the G20 Interfaith Forum and a professor at Brigham Young University, she works at the center of some of today’s biggest conversations surrounding...
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Shame Sex Attraction: A Conversation about Conversion Therapy with Dr Lucas Wilson Part 2
Dr. Lucas Wilson is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto Mississauga and was formerly the Justice, Equity, and Transformation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Calgary. He is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of...
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Shame Sex Attraction: A Conversation about Conversion Therapy with Dr Lucas Wilson Part 1
Dr. Lucas Wilson is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto Mississauga and was formerly the Justice, Equity, and Transformation Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Calgary. He is the editor of Shame-Sex Attraction: Survivors’ Stories of...
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The Work We Do Together with Maggie Siddiqi
Maggie Siddiqi is Senior Advisor at Interfaith Alliance. She is an expert in faith-based advocacy for social change, coalition-building across lines of difference, and public policy on religious freedom and standing up against hate. Siddiqi recently concluded her appointment to the Office of the...
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Faith and Feelings with Edman Ahmed, Sophie Genshaft, and Lilia Juarez
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a time that invites us to have deeper, more honest conversations about the connection between faith and mental health, which is why I’m especially excited about today’s episode. For the past nine months, we’ve been working on a project centered on this...
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May Day with Pamela Westphal
Today on the show we prepare for May Day with Voces de la Frontera's Pamela Westphal. Pamela is a Milwaukee-based community organizer who is currently serving as the Director of the Youth Empowered in the Struggle program, the youth branch of Voces de la Frontera. She previously held leadership...
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Sacred Earth, Shared Responsibility with Laura Lane
Next week we celebrate earth day! At WI Faith Voices for Justice, we see caring for our earth as a spiritual act no matter your faith tradition. Laura Lane from Faith in Place joins the conversation today to discuss way we can get involved individually and corporately to take care of the earth.…
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WI Supreme Court with Rev Mark Richards
Rev. Mark Richards joins the show today to talk about the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Mark calls himself a wondering wanderer. After several careers in industries like fast food, manufacturing, and information technology, Mark retired into the role of hospice chaplain in Door County in 2016. After a...
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Unlocking Second Chances with Linda Ketcham of Just Dane
On today’s episode, Linda Ketcham, Executive Director of Just Dane, joins the show to discuss the challenges men and women face as they are released from prison and work to become contributing members of society. For more than two decades, Just Dane has been helping individuals across Wisconsin...
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Choose Love Not ICE with Adam Friedman
Interfaith Alliance Campaigns Director Adam Friedman joins the show today to talk about the new Choose Love Not ICE campaign that will equip congregations and people of faith to use non-violent resistance as a response to the violent tactics of ICE in our communities. We also discuss the lead up…
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Men and Moral Courage with Steve Stall
In this episode Steve Stall joins the show to discuss how men can engage effectively in justice work As Rockwell Automation’s first Business Leader of Inclusion, Steve is a business transformation change agent promoting workforce diversity and inclusive business environments. Steve has more than…
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Sacred Wisdom Sacred Earth with Dekila Chungyalpa
Dekila Chungyalpa is the founder and director of the Loka Initiative. She is an accomplished environmental program director, with 20+ years of experience in designing and implementing global conservation and climate strategies and projects. On this episode of the Interfaith Voices Podcast, we...
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Christian Nationalism 101 with Rev Kerri Parker
What is Christian Nationalism, how does it affect us, and what can we do to fight against it? Rev. Dr. Kerri Parker (she/her) has served as the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Council of Churches since 2017. During her tenure, the Council has become known nationwide for its leadership in...
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Open Doors for Refugees with Jason Mack
Open Doors began in the spring of 2016 as an offshoot of an event to raise awareness about the Syrian refugee crisis. At the end of the event, half the people stayed to talk about what we could do. Through a series of meetings and events that followed, we eventually morphed into Open Doors for...
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Money, Lies, and God with Katherine Stewart
Katherine Stewart has been covering the rise of the anti-democratic movement for over 16 years. Her latest book, Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy (Bloomsbury 2025), is an instant New York Times bestseller. Her previous book, The Power Worshippers: Inside the...
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Interfaith Families with Susan Katz Miller
Author and journalist Susan Katz Miller is both an interfaith child and an interfaith parent. She is considered the top expert on interfaith families celebrating more than one religion, and has spoken across the country and abroad. In 2013, Beacon Press published her book Being Both: Embracing…
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Festival of Faiths with Sally Evans
Today on the Interfaith Voices podcast, Sally Evans from the Center for Interfaith Relations joins the show to talk about the upcoming Festival of Faiths in Louisville, KY. For more information of Festival of Faiths go to https://festivaloffaiths.org/
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Active Hope featuring Chris Johnstone (Part 2)
This week on The Faith Voices Podcast Active Hope with Chris Johnstone Part 2. Chris Johnstone, co-author of the book Active Hope, is a medical doctor, author, trainer and coach who worked for nearly twenty years as an addictions specialist in the UK National Health Service. A former Senior...
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Active Hope featuring Chris Johnstone (Part 1)
Chris Johnstone, co-author of the book Active Hope, is a medical doctor, author, trainer and coach who worked for nearly twenty years as an addictions specialist in the UK National Health Service. A former Senior Teaching Fellow at Bristol University Medical School, he trains health professionals...
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Hope Lives Preview
The Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice Hope Lives Annual Celebration is this Thursday, September 18th from 5-7:30pm at the Goodman Center Brassworks Building in Madison, WI. Today's podcast gives a preview of some of the voices you will get to hear that evening.Tickets are still available at...
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Connection with Shelene Zarate-Lopez
This week on the interfaith Voices Podcast is the Hope Lives Annual Celebration featured musician, Shelene Zarate-Lopez! Shelene is a singer, dancer and actress from Mexico City. She has a B.S. in Communications with specialization in Media Arts with a background in Musical Theater. Her singing...
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Holding Hope with Cecilia Klingele
Cecelia Klingele was a panelist for our May Interfaith Intersections event on Justice. She is well qualified for the topic as a Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she teaches courses in criminal law, Constitutional criminal procedure, policing, and sentencing and...
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The Johnson Amendment with Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons
The Internal Revenue Service said July 7 it no longer will enforce the Johnson Amendment that prevents churches and other nonprofits from endorsing political candidates. While some are praising the move that effectively ignores a 1954 law passed by Congress, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and...
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The Last Voyage with Brian McLaren
Author, Speaker and Activist Brian McLaren joins the show this week to discuss the importance of Interfaith connection in challenging times and also shares the inspiration behind his new book The Last Voyage. For more on Brian or to order the book go to www.brainmclaren.net For more information…
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Sanctuary and Sacred Resistance with Sergio Gonzalez
Todays podcast features Dr Sergio Gonzalez. Sergio is an assistant professor of History at Marquette University. He is the author of the 2017 book Mexicans in Wisconsin and his latest release called Strangers No Longer Latino Belonging and Faith in 20th century WI came out in 2024. Click HERE to...
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Justice with Vaqar Mustafa Adhami, Alan Garfield, and Cecilia Klingele
On this episode, you will have the opportunity to listen to a portion of the most recent Interfaith Intersections event which was held at the Madison Islamic Center. Our moderator as usual was WFVJ board member and former UW Madison professor Charles Cohen. The panelists you will be hearing from...
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A Rooftop in Jerusalem with Michael Kinnamon
Michael Kinnamon is a novelist. His most recent book A rooftop in Jerusalem draws on his extensive experience in the Middle East. Prior to his career as a novelist, he was a widely respected professor of Theology, author of numerous books on ecumenical and interfaith relations and general…
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The Youth Mental Health Crisis with Tim Nyseth, Lynn Buske, and Lama Yeshe
How do our faith traditions address the Youth Mental Health Crisis? This episode features the three panelists from our April Interfaith Intersections event in Eau Claire WI. Tim Nyseth represents the Baha'i faith. Lynn Buske is an ELCA Lutheran. Lama Yeshe is a Buddhist monk Keep in mind that our...
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Interfaith Alliance and the Save Act with Paul Brandeis Raushenbush
President and CEO of Interfaith Alliance Paul Brandeis Raushenbush joins the podcast today to discuss his journey to interfaith work culminating in his current role with Interfaith Alliance. We also discuss the Save Act and why it is a threat to our democracy. For more on interfaith Alliance go…
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Protecting Our Immigrant Brothers and Sisters with Rev Luis Valasquez
Rev Luis Velasquez is a statewide organizer with Voces de la Frontera working diligently to protect the rights of our immigrant brothers and sisters. For more information on Voces de la Frontera including information on the May 1st and 2nd marches in Milwaukee and Madison go to www.vdlf.org For...
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Celebrating the Earth with Selena Fox (Nature Spirituality)
Reverend Selena Fox is the senior minister and high priestess of Circle Sanctuary, a Nature Spirituality church, Pagan resource Center and nature preserve with a worldwide eco spirituality ministry. She has been an activist for over 3 decades and is one of the people responsible for Earth Day…
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Pray with Your Vote with Rhonda Lindner (Jewish)
Ronda Lindner is the Interfaith Organizer for the Wisconsin Interfaith Voter Engagement Campaign otherwise known as WIVEC. In this episode Rhonda shares all about her Jewish faith will also discusses how voting is a spiritual practice. Make a Plan to vote on April 1st. For more on WIVEC go to...
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Beer Church with Bryan Willkom (Christian)
Bryan William is the founder and director of JesusFit. JesusFit is a judgment-free, question-friendly. practice-centered (501c3 nonprofit) ministry with zero denominational affiliation or agenda. Their mission is to empower spiritual wellness and human connection by creating inclusive +…
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Connections with Abbas Shaker (Bahai)
This week hear from Abbas Shaker who adheres to the Bahai faith tradition. He has a unique perspective of how all of our faith traditions are intertwined. Abbas was an Interfaith Intersections panelist in 2024 where he spoke about the cycles and seasons of his tradition www.wifaithvoices.orh
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The Interfaith Voices Podcast is brought to you by Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and expands upon the live Interfaith Intersections events held throughout the year across various locations. Tune in to hear individuals from diverse faith traditions share how their beliefs shape their daily lives. Through conversations with these remarkable guests, the goal is to uncover shared values and challenge preconceived notions. By learning from one another's wisdom and experiences, we grow stronger together.www.wifaithvoices.org
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MATT KENDZIERA
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