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Complexified — 112 episodes · page 1 of 2
Bratwurst and Beer: How the Far Right Replaced Germany's Churches
The 9/11 Generation: 25 Years Later
Erika Kirk’s Turning Point
Saint, Sinner, Superstar: Dolly Parton’s Complicated Christianity
How One City Became an American Flashpoint
High Church on Chicago’s South Side
Put on a Pedestal, Kept Out of Power: How The LDS Church Is Losing Women
The “Pastors In Name Only”: The New (Old) Fight Over Who Counts As Christian
Data Centers, Dark Money: The Interfaith Group That Won't Disclose Anything
$438 Million Later, What Does This Faith-Tech Company Actually Do?
The Catholics Who Broke With Rome. Again.
Spiritual Technology for the 21st Century
The Business of Being Good
Building God, Fearing Doom: The Theology of Superintelligence
Pope Leo XIV and the Case for Imperfection
America, According to Hillsdale
Separation of Church and State Was a Baptist Idea. What Happened?
What Stuck: Reading Pope Francis a Year Later
What If the Most Powerful American in the World Isn't Who You Think?
He Survived Conversion Therapy. The Supreme Court Just Made it Legal Again
The Myth of Sudden Change: How the First Woman Archbishop Got There
Are You a Starseed? The Search for Meaning, Rewritten
Texas Created a Program to Fund Religious Schools. So Why Are Muslim Schools Missing?
Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth's Holy War at the Pentagon
From Purity Rings to Shooting Your Dog: How Christian Womanhood Went MAGA
What's Next for American Jews and Israel? A Half-Century of Consensus Weakens.
When Trauma Becomes Identity: What Young Jews Are Learning After October 7
The Rev. William Barber II: Fighting Autocrats Starts at the Grassroots
Abortions Rose After Dobbs—And the March for Life Knows It
Quiet Quitting Church: When the Numbers Reveal Everything and Explain Nothing
They Shot the Pastor Anyway: When Religious Authority Met Federal Force
What Happened? Top Religion News Stories of 2025 — And What To Watch in 2026 (From The State of Belief)
A Dictator Was Seized. The Pope Spoke. Everyone Else Paused.
Faith, Fame, and the Feed: How Influencers Shape What We Believe
How One Abuse Story Changed a Reporter
The Conservative Christian Momfluencer Machine
From Fringe to Front Page: Why Nick Fuentes Is at the Top of Your Feed. Again.
From Pink to Waterproof: The Weird Economics of U.S. Bible Sales
Beyond Identity Politics: The Mamdani Method in New York
Chainsaws, Catechism, and Courage: How One Parish Grew Through Crisis
Televangelists to Deepfakes: Who Defines the Sacred in the Age of AI? + John Fugelsang
Cease-Fire Isn’t Peace: Inside the Vatican’s Quiet Work on Gaza
Willow Creek’s Midlife Reckoning: How a Seeker Church Became the Megachurch Blueprint
Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth’s Holy War at the Pentagon
Faith, Labor, and a DOJ Reversal: Inside the BAPS Temple Case
Pulpit Politics: Why the Johnson Amendment Still Sparks Political Drama
What Charlie Kirk’s Life and Death Reveal About Religion and Politics
Casper ter Kuile on Small Politics, Big Meaning, and the Power of Tea
Stop Trying to Fix Everything: Simran Jeet Singh on Spiritual Sanity
Can Small Acts of Faith Change a Fractured Country?
What the Civil Rights Movement Still Has to Teach Us - Rachel Harding on Spirit & Strategy
The Pope Who Blessed the Margins (And Upset the Middle)
Loose Reins, Tight Factions: the Southern Baptist Convention
Sledgehammer Reform: USAID on the Chopping Block
Faith, Politics, and Power: J.D. Vance’s Tightrope Act
The Mercy Pulpit & The Sermon Heard Around the World
President Trump's Crusader
The Bishop's Gambit
Crosses at the Border
A Keffiyeh Conundrum: the Politics of Baby Jesus
Elon Musk: “Prophet-in-Chief”?
Calling Out Lies, Singing the Truth
Alpha Jesus and the Bro-ing of the American Church
Why Muslim Voters Feel Betrayed
Rejecting the ‘God of Trump’
When Religious Power Serves Political Force
Exposing Soft Christian Nationalism
When Public Dollars Pay for Religious Education
The Hindu Vote: Flipping the Script
Women’s Work: a Catholic Conundrum
Imagining a Land of Belonging
Dividing Lines: Life on the Border
Church Land: Let Go & Grow
Land of the Violent
Sowing Seeds, Reaping Freedom
Stealing Land in the Name of God
The Bible is a Book about Land
Political Paradox and Prerequisites of the American Dream: Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi
Between Worlds: Dr. Albert Hernández on The American Dream from his Cuban-American Perspective
Culture Shock and Consuming a Dream: Nga Vương-Sandoval on fleeing Việt Nam as a Child
BONUS Episode: LIVE! Why Ban Drag?
Freedom from Violence: Representative Iman Jodeh’s Palestinian-American family story of seeking refuge and finding a life of public leadership
Broken Glass & Salty Tears: Rabbi Joe Black and his family story of fleeing persecution and finding purpose
Ownership, Belonging & Dreaming America: Ben Sanders
Losing Everything at Indian Boarding School: Bessie Smith (Dzabahe)
The Stories We Hold: Amanda Henderson
Dreaming America: Season 4 Trailer
Amanda, Lex, and Denise Soler Cox: The Struggle to Belong, & How a Night at a Bar in Miami Changed Everything!
Amanda, Lex, & Dr. Philip Butler talk Transhumanism, Artificial Intelligence & Religion
EAmanda, Lex, & Ian Silverii: Religion's In Our Politics: It's Inescapable
EChange is Disruptive - Choose Mindfulness
Amanda, Lex & Dr. Miguel De La Torre: Screw With the Structures & Change Your God
Amanda & Lex on Season 3: "Change: The Only Lasting Truth"
Amanda & Lex Wrap Up Season 2
How Do We Talk Politics with Our Families?
Finding Freedom in Your Religious Tradition - The Choice is Yours!
Why Does the Government Care if We Have Babies Anyway?
Rabbi Joe Black: Jewish Thoughts on Abortion, the Gift of Music, and the Messy Parts of Living
Episode 11: Eric Smith: What the Bible Actually Says about Abortion
Lex & Amanda talk Abortion, Cults, & Religious Trauma
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