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Religion Unplugged — 237 episodes

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Are Big Churches As Healthy As Small Ones?

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Pope Leo XIV Before The Papacy

3

Can Virtue Save American Conservatism?

4

How Both Fantasy and History are balanced in House of David

5

In God’s Name: Stories Of Faith and Vigilante Justice

6

Can Conservative Christians Take Back Mainline Churches?

7

Iranians Are Ready To Be Free

8

Why You Should Seek Beauty In Ancient Places

9

What Do the 2026 Oscars Have to Say About Religion?

10

What Maduro's Capture Means For Religious Freedom in Venezuela

11

What Changed The Faith-Based Film Industry?

12

Debunking The Myth That Jews Are Bad At Sports

13

Why Nathan Clarkson Thinks He's The Worst

14

Inside South Africa's Pastoral Sex Abuse Crisis

15

25 Years On The Godbeat With Bobby Ross Jr.

16

Ryan Burge And The Vanishing Church

17

Ministering To Mariners: The Seamen's Church Institute

18

Why Make A Movie About The Infancy Gospel?

19

Understanding The Role of Ancestors In Christianity

20

Why Lee Strobel Still Believes in Miracles

21

Why Trevin Wax Built a New Catechism

22

Inside The “Evangelical Vatican”

23

Who Is The Bible’s Narrator?

24

Will Pope Leo XIV Carry On Francis’ Legacy?

25

From Dropout to Doctorate: How Education Can Help Fight Poverty

26

Christianity’s Evolution From The Gutenberg Bible To Church Live-Streams

27

Religious Horror Movies Are Here To Stay

28

Inside The Writing of ‘Abduh, A Pioneer of Interfaith Dialogue

29

Can A Comedy About The Bible Still Be Reverent?

30

How Catholics Built The American Suburbs

31

The True Story of A 59-Year-Old College Football Player

32

Why Make A Movie About A Crime-Fighting Rabbi?

33

Why Do People Still Go On Pilgrimages?

34

The Story of Jesus Now Told Through Hand-Drawn Animation

35

Are We Living In A New Age Of Religious Violence?

36

How Centuries Of American Racism Impact Modern Families and Churches

37

Can AI Help Us Understand The Bible Better?

38

Why Do So Many Cultures Have A Version of Noah's Flood?

39

Heaven Help Us: Interview with John Kasich

40

“What If…” 15 Years Later: Interview with Kevin Sorbo

41

Understanding The Turban: Interview with Chris Filstrup

42

Is Superman Circumcised?: Interview with Roy Schwartz

43

Thomas Becket and His World: Interview with Michael Staunton

44

Biblical Art in India: Interview with Sabrina Siga

45

After The Death of God: Interview with Espen Hammer

46

Inside The News Story: Interview with Journalist/Pastor Paul Prather

47

Rev. Charles Wesley: Interview with Clive Norris

48

Amarāvatī & Buddhist Visual Culture: Interview with Jaś Elsner

49

Astrology Today: Interview with Rebecca Gordon

50

30 Years Later: The Kidnapping of The Panchen Lama

51

Pope Francis’ Legacy and the Upcoming Conclave: Interview with Clemente Lisi

52

The Unbreakable Boy: Interview with Scott LeRette

53

Blessed Carlo Acutis: Interview with Sabrina Ferrisi

54

Are Faith-Based Films Now Mainstream?

55

Redefining Heresy and Tolerance: Interview with Hung Tak Wai

56

Inside The Story: Interview with Angela Youngman

57

The Chosen: Interview with Luke Dimyan

58

Inside The Ongoing Battle Over Religion in US Public Schools

59

Thoreau's God: Interview with Richard Higgins

60

The Unbreakable Boy: Interview with Kevin Downes

61

Before You Climb Any Higher: Interview with Jonathan McReynolds

62

What is Religion's Role in The 2025 Oscars?

63

Inside The Story: Interview with Audrey Jackson

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How To Think Impossibly: Interview with Jeffrey J. Kripal

65

Between Borders: Interview with Elizabeth Tabish

66

Experiments in Mystical Atheism: Interview with Dr. Brook Ziporyn

67

Habits For a Sacred Home: Interview with Jennifer Pepito

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Mary: Interview with D.J. Caruso

69

Rediscovering Christmas: Interview with AJ Sherrill

70

Is the Future of Christmas Movies Faith-Based?

71

Should Christians Support Returning Land to Native Americans?

72

Present in Prayer: Interview with Jennifer Tucker

73

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Interview with Andrew Erwin

74

Joseph Smith and The Mormons: Interview with Noah Van Sciver

75

Exhibiting Forgiveness: Interview with Titus Kaphar

76

Strange Religion: Interview with Nijay K. Gupta

77

A Conversation With An Exorcist

78

Understanding Israel and Palestine on Campus

79

Staying Human In an Era of Artificial Intelligence: Interview with Dr. Joseph Vukov

80

Tips For Church Growth: Interview with Bill Tenny-Brittian

81

God Bless Bitcoin: Interview With Brian and Kelly Estes

82

Can Canceled Pastors Return to Ministry?

83

Raging Fire of Love: Interview with Dr. Kelly James Clark

84

Bringing Ben Home: Interview with Barbara Bradley Hagerty

85

The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty: Interview with Chelsea Langston Bombino

86

Sing Sing: Interviews with Greg Kwedar, Colman Domingo and Divine G

87

Herod and Mary: Interview with Kathie Lee Gifford

88

Shepherds for Sale: Interview with Megan Basham

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Loor: Interview with Founder Marcus Pittman

90

Gospel Graffiti Crew

91

Fleur de Lis: Interview with Showrunner Ethan Hill

92

Why the Bible Began: Interview with Jacob L. Wright

93

Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film - Director Joseph Josselyn Interview

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Interview with Vanessa Rosa

95

The Moral Challenges Posed By AI

96

Great American Pure Flix: Interview with Bill Abbot

97

Taking the Church’s Temperature on the Climate Crisis

98

The Exvangelicals: Interview with Sarah McCammon

99

Roma Downey Interview - The Baxters

100

A History of Istanbul’s Chora Church

101

Interview with Ashley Bratcher about Movie "Finding Faith"

102

VR Ministry: Souls Inside the Headsets

103

Judaism is About Love Interview with Rabbi Shai Held

104

Christian Nationalism vs Hindu Nationalism

105

"Painting God's World | Interview with Maureen Gaffney Wolfson"

106

"Cabrini"Interview with Eustace Wolfington

107

Interview with Yasmin Al-Bustami (Ramah of The Chosen)

108

Why Are Interfaith Relationships On The Rise? - Interview with Naomi Riley.

109

Aaron Renn Interview - Life In The Negative World

110

The Big Religion Stories of 2024

111

Art, Faith and an Extraordinary Pilgrimage

112

The Heartbreak of Identifying Israel's Hamas Victims

113

Interview with executive editor Clemente Lisi about the Future of Religion Unplugged

114

Interview with Nancy Pearcey on The Toxic War On Masculinity

115

Is This The Year Of Faith-Based Films?

116

Surprised By Oxford's

117

Talking About Reformed Judaism With Rachael Alexandra

118

Demise of the Crown

119

A Conversation with Actor Stacey Harkey

120

A Conversation with Actor Colin Ford

121

Donnie Emerson about his film DREAMIN' WILD

122

A Conversation about Sabbath in a Restless World

123

The dramatization of Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs's trial confronts Latvians with their complicity in the Holocaust

124

Israeli Ambassador teams up with Latvian Ministry of Education to offer Holocaust education

125

Riga's Peitav Shul Survives History of Violent anti-Semitic Attacks

126

A Conversation with Filmmaker Craig Lamar Brown

127

A Conversation with DeVon Franklin

128

Political Journalist Jon Ward Talks About Faith

129

An Interview With "Nefarious" and "God's Not Dead" Filmmakers

130

A Visit To The Latter-Day Saints ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Temple In Washington, DC

131

Former Editor Reveals Russian Orthodox Church's Ties to Putin and Ukraine Invasion as Sinful

132

Windows Paid for by the Working Class

133

Brent McCorkle’s ‘Jesus Revolution’

134

The Religion of Woke America Misses God and forgiveness

135

Chris Broussard talks about faith, basketball and seeking Jesus

136

On The Ground: An Interview With Jehu Kitoli

137

The Patrician Father of Kenyan Running

138

On the Ground: An interview with Israel's Ambassador to Kenya

139

The 2022 EJI Freedom of the Press Award

140

Running on Faith: Mary Keitany

141

Running on Faith: Pentecostal Pastors John and Philip

142

African Pentecostalism vs. "Fake Pastors"

143

Adding a Templeton Prize to a Nobel and a MacArthur

144

The Family Roe

145

Religion, Fertility and the Future with Dr. Philip Jenkins

146

The Future of Prison Reform Amid Crime Panic

147

Unpacking Myths About Russian History and Orthodoxy

148

A Texas pastor wants evangelicals to forge ties with Muslims and Jews. Will they listen?

149

Ukraine Prepares to Stand Against a Bully

150

Oxygen for All

151

The Students’ Islamic Organization's Fight Against COVID Inequalities

152

How Jesuits are Helping Refugees Find Stability in India

153

The Harm of Blasphemy Laws in Europe and the Middle East

154

The Bowery Mission Works Through the Holidays

155

In India, a Caravan of Love Fights Hatred and Hunger

156

Franklin's Statue For Black Soldiers Sparks Discussion in Churches

157

Right to Education and Phones

158

Religious About Jabs

159

The State of Religion and Young People 2021

160

Death (Doesn’t) Do Us Part

161

Finding Rest in an Anxiety Inducing World

162

How Will Afghanistan's Next Chapter be Written?

163

Getting out of Afghanistan

164

How do you help the homeless and mentally ill in America?

165

After War, Where Do I Go?

166

Reclaiming Christianity - Connecting to Its African Roots

167

How Faith Leaders Can Curb Gen Z’s Loneliness

168

Book Launch: The Bible

169

Feed Drop: Warren Smith and Paul Glader discuss Preachers and Plagiarism

170

What Christians Got Wrong about Sex Trafficking

171

Street Hymns Explains Christian Battle Rap

172

The Acton Institute on the Future of Technology and Faith

173

Feed Drop: Harold Camping and Anti-Vaxxers

174

Ryan Anderson and Carlo Lancellotti discuss the Equality Act

175

Ryan Anderson and Margaret McCarthy discuss the Equality Act

176

Ryan Anderson and Mary Hasson discuss the Equality Act

177

Prayer in the Night

178

Universal Lessons From The Passover

179

How The Leimena Institute is Healing Religious Divides

180

Feed Drop: The Museum Of The Bible's Ancient Hebrew Prayer Book

181

Seeking the Truth About Ethiopia’s Crisis

182

The Evolution of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

183

Sarah Collins Rudolph, The Fifth Girl

184

Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps to Ruin

185

QAnon’s Deception in the Charismatic Church

186

The future of American Christianity after Jan. 6

187

Nagorno Karabakh: The Looming Threat of another Armenian Genocide

188

Feed Drop: Jericho March and Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree ministry

189

Is This The Way? 'The Mandalorian' Questions Religious Tradition

190

Bevelyn Beatty, Black Paint And BLM

191

Jesus. A World History

192

Rainn Wilson: The Bahaʼi Faith and a call for unity

193

Three presidents in a week. A Christian perspective about the Peruvian political crisis.

194

Feed Drop: Looking Outward on Religion and Politics After the Election

195

The 2020 Election and the Future of the Religious Voter

196

Shoot for the Middle. Self Protection for Regular People in an Era of Extremism

197

Feed Drop: Amy Coney Barrett and New Shifts in Religion & Politics

198

Global StoryMakers and the Road to a Billion Books

199

Before You Leave: a plea to young Christians

200

COVID Times, A New Jesus Movement

201

Ben Quash: Why The Future Is Bright For Art & Religion

202

Anne Hendershott: What does Christianity and New York City look like After COVID?

203

Feed Drop: The Rise & Fall of Jerry Falwell Jr.

204

Glenda White & The West Freeway Church Shooting: Looking back and looking forward

205

Justin Scheck: Blood and Oil

206

FEED DROP: Ministry Watch

207

Jordan Ritter Conn: The Road From Raqqa

208

Alexei Lidov: The Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces and the future of the Russian Orthodox Church

209

Rod Carew: A new memoir on health, faith and baseball.

210

Small Town, Big Impact: John Miller on Moundsville’s Past and Present

211

How to Heal America: Civil Rights Activist and Minister John Perkins

212

An Artist's Reflections on Suffering and Redemption

213

How South Africa is managing COVID-19

214

Prepper or prepared?

215

Kyle Harper: The Black Death and COVID19

216

COVID-19 Part 2: Stories from North America, South America, Africa & Asia

217

COVID-19 Part 1: Stories from North America, Europe, Africa & Asia

218

Vishal Arora: The rise of Hindu nationalism

219

Two Women Using the Christian Church in Africa for Social Good

220

Chris Moody: The Spiritual Wisdom From Life on The Road

221

Tabitha Bühne: Ab morgen bin ich schön! (I Will be Beautiful Tomorrow!)

222

Samuel Brunson: Whistleblower Alleges $100 Billion Secret Stockpile By Mormon Church

223

Jeffrey Alan Miller: A New Discovery of the King James Bible

224

Emeka Izeze Gets a Driver's License

225

Tim Pool says he is not religious, but has views on lots of other matters

226

What Happened when this man tried to live Literally by the Old Testament for a year?

227

An Interview with Brazil’s feminist Christian author

228

Kieran Dodds: A New Look at Ancient Religion in Ethiopia

229

Steven Waldman: American faith once solved the problem of religious violence

230

Deep Dive Answers About Sri Lanka's Easter Attacks

231

Christianity in Africa

232

How Christians stopped killing each other in N. Ireland

233

ISIS in Africa

234

The Desert and the Sea

235

Finding Truth in Song

236

A Bullet Through The Brain

237

Never Forget: Clemente Lisi looks back at the 9/11 attacks to educate future generations