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The Classical Ideas Podcast — 274 episodes
EP 347: Beyond Wellness with Liz Bucar
EP 346: Deepak Chopra-Jeffrey Epstein Connections & the Spirituality Industry Crisis w/Dr. Ann Gleig
EP 345: Relational Ethics and Indigenous Plant Medicines w/Dr. Natalie Avalos
EP 344: Altered States of Consciousness w/Dr. Michiel van Elk
Ep 343: Moral Courage for Our Times w/Dr. Laine Walters Young
EP 342: Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the Civil Religion of the NFL
EP 341: St. Brigid of Ireland w/Dr. Judish L. Bishop
EP 340: Becoming Neighbors w/Amar Peterman
EP 339: Angela of Foligno and the Lepers of Our Time w/Dr. Mac Loftin
EP 338: Resting Beside Living Waters W/LJ Williams
EP 337: Mappila Muslim Matrilineal Houses: Islam, Architecture and the Indian Ocean w/Azna Parveen
EP 336: Deirdre Jonese Austin on Dance and Sacredness
EP 335: Philo and the Therapeuts w/Dr. Jimmy Hoke
EP 334: Womanist Theology w/Samantha Carwyn
EP 333: Salvadoran-Middle Eastern Resistance and Shafiq Handal w/Dr. Amy Fallas
EP 332: Nonbinary Biblical Readings of Mordecai and Beyond w/Dr. Esther Brownsmith
EP 331: Radical Antiquity w/Dr. Christopher Zeichmann
EP 330: Commodification and Tibetan Buddhism w/Dr. Raj Kumar Singh
EP 329: Brahma Vidya Mandir Ashram w/Dr. Swasti Bhattacharyya
EP 328: Christian Disaffiliation and Exiting w/Dr. Tess Starman
EP327: Religious Shame and Dieting w/Dr. Rebecca Wolfe
EP 326: Fertility, Abortion, Reproductive Care, and Islam w/Dr. Celene Ibrahim
EP 325: Intersectional Identities of Christian Women in the United States w/Dr. Amanda Hernandez
EP 324: Epic Bollywood: Religion and Representation in Modern Indian Cinema w/Dr. Sohini Sarah Pillai
EP 323: Conversion Therapy & Shame-Sex Attraction w/Dr. Lucas Wilson
EP 322: Ramy, Dubai Bling, and Muslim Matchmaker w/Dr. Tazeen Ali
EP 321: Ezekiel 24:15-27 and Divine Dissociation w/Dr. Alexiana Fry
EP 320: Gender and the Quiet Power of Interfaith Food-Sharing w/Peach Hoyle
EP 319: Land Is Kin w/Dr. Dana Lloyd
EP 318: Engendering a Culture and Climate of Sexual Safety w/Dr. Aisha Lovens
EP 317: Post-Evangelical Feminist Communities on Digital Media w/Kelsey Hanson Woodruff
EP 316: Pagan Religions w/Dr. Angela Puca
EP 315: Is the Black Church Dead? w/Dr. Shaonta' Allen
EP 314: Liminal Spaces of Indian American Christianity and Indian Flag at the Capitol Insurrection w/Binu Varghese
EP 313: Misreading Calvin, Settler Colonialism, and Theology w/Dr. Suejeanne Koh
EP 312: Faith and Food Networks: Muslim women's acts of resistance and resilience in the American Diaspora with Dr. Farha Ternikar
EP 311: BLACK DISABLED BODIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE w/Robert Monson
EP 310: Indigenous Plant Medicines w/Dr. Natalie Avalos
EP 309: Queer Activism in India w/Emma Thompson
EP 308: Afro-Futurism, Afro-Pessimism, and Black Joy as Resistance with Dr. Michael Brandon McCormack
EP 307: Coptic Orthodox Christianity with Phoebe Farag Mikhail
EP 306: Black Women's Maternal/ Reproductive Health w/Dr. Ashlyn Strozier
EP 305: Swāmīnī Vāto in the Swaminarayan Sampraday w/Dr. Bhakti Mamtora
EP 304: The Racism of People Who Love You w/Dr. Samira Mehta
EP 303: The Divine Institution: White Evangelicalism's Politics of the Family w/Dr. Sophie Bjork-James
EP 302: Mestizo Poetics of Belonging: Deuteronomy's Construction of Israelite Ethnicity w/Dr. Chauncey Handy
EP 301: Chinese Nature Poetry and Ultrarunning w/Dr. Vic Thasiah
EP 300: Race, Caste, and Indian Missionary Priests in Rural America w/Dr. Sonja Thomas
EP 299: The Smithsonian, Settler Colonialism, and the Study of Indigenous Lifeways w/Dr. Sarah E. Dees
EP 298: Theopoetics and Octavia Butler w/Dr. Tamisha Tyler
EP 297: Practical Theology with Corwin Malcolm Davis
EP 296: 3HO's Boarding Schools with Stacie Stukin and Philip Deslippe
EP 295: Bones and Honey with Danielle Dulsky
EP 294: Teaching About Religion in Middle School w/Rebecca Cooper
EP 293: A Blackqueer Sexual Ethics: Embodiment, Possibility, and Living Archive w/Dr. Elyse Ambrose
EP 292: Young Muslims Online and Religious Authority w/Dr. Sana Patel
EP 291: Imam Professionalization w/Dr. Nancy Khalil
EP 290: Science Fiction and Dune w/Dr. Patrick J. D'Silva
EP 289: The Cake Baker and the Coach w/Dr. Charles McCrary
EP 288: Multiracial Cosmotheandrism w/Dr. Aizaiah Yong
EP 287: Moon of the Turning Leaves w/Waubgeshig Rice
EP 286: Political Organizing and Teaching about Theology w/Reverend Naomi Washington-Leapheart
EP 285: Jewish Cemeteries at the US Border w/Dr. Maxwell Greenberg
EP 284: Teaching, Curriculum, & Standards w/Dr. Elizabeth Jemison
EP 283: Racial Science of Protestant Missions w/Dr. Matthew J. Smith
EP 282: Fabricating Founders in Early Modern England and Modern Traditional Catholics w/Dr. Lauren Horn Griffin
EP 281: Desegregation and Church Mission Statements w/Dr. Darius Benton
EP 280: New Thought, Hoodoo, and Beyonce w/Dr. Darnise Martin
EP 279: Indo-Trinidadian Hinduism w/Prea Persaud
EP 278: Lucumí Religion and Anthropology w/Dr. Eugenia Rainey
EP 277: AfroLatiné Theology with Yolanda Santiago-Correa
EP 276: Reading Black Bodies from Galatiansw/Dr. Jennifer Kaalund
EP 275: Communication in Islamic State's Dabiq w/Dr. Soumia Bardhan
EP 274: The Theology of Mercy Amba Oduyoye w/Dr. Oluwatomisin Olayinka Oredein
EP 273: Wu-Tang Forever w/Marcus Evans
EP 272: Ritual, Routine and Religion in the Brothels of New Delhi's Red Light District w/Dr. Popy Begum
EP 271: Leadership w/Dr. Peter Stiepleman
Episode 270: Evangelical Purity Culture w/Dr. Sara Moslener
EP 269: White Christian Nationalism, Social Media, and the New Apostolic Reformation w/Justin Friel
EP 268: The Church of the Holy Apostle and the Gay Rights Movement w/Dr. Heather White
EP 267: Dawoodi Bohras in Montreal, public scholarship, and social media platforms w/Arwa Hussain
EP 266: Dr. Orit Avishai on Queer Judaism, LGBT Activism, and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel
EP 265: The Apocryphal Acts of John w/Dr. Jeannie Sellick
EP 264: Cancer, Survival, and the Future w/ Dr. M. Cooper Minister
EP 263: Majorette Dance, HBCU's, and Idioms w/Dustin Gavin
EP 262: Indhira Udofia on the impact of religious trauma on Black Millennials and Generation Z
EP 261: Dr. Anthony Siracusa on Nonviolence before King
EP 260: God The Bestseller w/Dr. Stephen Prothero
EP 259: The Saint Johns Bible, Song of Songs, and Calligraphy w/Jonathan Homrighausen
BONUS EPISODE: A Guide to Eating in Buffalo w/Arthur Bovino
Ep 258: Metamodernism: The Future of Theory w/Dr. Jason Josephson-Storm
EP 257: The Varieties of Atheism w/Dr. David Newheiser
EP 256: The Magi w/Dr. Eric Vanden Eykel
EP 255: Preparing for War w/Dr. Bradley Onishi
On the Rise of the Muslim Sitcom
On Migrational Religion and the Latinx Diaspora
On Mexican American Religions
On Meatpacking, Migration, and Faith
On Jewish-Christian Dialogue
On Religious Pluralism in South Africa
EOn Muslim Religious Spaces and the Lives of Muslim College Students
On Working Beyond the Academy
On the Two Faces of Religious Freedom
On Comedy and Islam
On the Religion of 'The Young Lords'
On Weddings, Marriage, and Divorce in Islam
EP 254: Epictetus and Stoicism w/Robin Waterfield
On Religion, Science, and the Brain
On the Unraveling of Nepal's Hindu Monarchy
On Transnational Online Shinto and Educational YouTube
Ecological Ethics in the Jewish Community Farming Movement
On Ideas about Heaven
On Paid Family Leave and the Catholic Church
On Muslim Women and French Anti-Separatism
On Medieval Queer Magic
EOn Latinx Religion
EP 253: Heathen w/Dr. Kathryn Gin Lum
On How God Becomes Real
On Rape, Sexual Violence, and the Hebrew Bible
On Roman Catholic Womanpriests
On Early Christian Magic
On Himalayan Buddhist Histories
On Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy and Gorampa Sonam Senge
EP 252: Dr. Arlene Sanchez-Walsh in conversation with Dr. Lloyd Barba
On Protestant Sex Scandals
On Religion and the HIV/AIDS Crisis in San Francisco
EOn Sacred Sites, Indigenous History, and Spanish Colonialism
On Black Religion, Music, and Friendship
On Life as Meditation
On a Life in Buddhism
On Ripples in the Universe, QANON, and the January 6 Insurrection
On Affect Theory and Religion
On Literary Persecutions, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions
On the Lives of Objects
On the Buddhist Life
On Latinx Islam
Alex Haley and the Anthropology of Scriptures
EP 251: Stealing My Religion w/Dr. Liz Bucar
On Spiritual Meditations and Reflections
On Carving the Divine and Busshi
On the Zen of the Firefighter
On Hidden Zen
On the Spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld
On Dharma Relief and the Essence of Chan
On Pentecostals in America
On Religion and Film
On Mindfulness, What it Is and Where it Comes From
On Tibetan Buddhism, Gender, and the Life of Mingyur Peldron
EP 250: The History of the Single-Payer Medicare for All Movement w/Dr. Lindy Hern
On Gay Martyrs and the Transformation of American Sexual Politics
On Contemporary Black Islam and the Black Islam Syllabus
On Yoga, Cultural Appropriation, and Racism
EOn Yoruba Christianity and Music
On Surviving Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church
On African-American Catholic Identity, Sex Abuse, and Systemic Racism
EP 249: Islamophobia: What Christians Should Know (and Do) about Anti-Muslim Discrimination w/Jordan Denari Duffner
On Vodun, Voodoo, and the Movies
On Modern Witchcraft
On Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period
On Mormon Fundamentalism
On the Hungry Ghost
On Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times
On Jukai and Zen Training
On Naked in the Zendo
On Religious Literacy and Teacher Education
On the Krampus Conundrum
EP 248: How Yogi Bhajan Created An Empire w/Stacie Stukin & Philip DeSlippe
On Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism
On Teaching and Sikh Visibility
On Chrismukkah
On American Jews on the Frontier
EP 247: Visions of Zion, Ethiopianness, and Rastari w/Dr. Erin MacLeod
On Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen
On Conversion Therapy
On Charismatic Christianity and the Life of Kathryn Kuhlman
On Charismatic Religions and the Vineyard Movement
EP 246: A Conversation on Teaching Religious Studies w/Dr. Carrie Duncan
On the Life of Jamgon Kongtrul
On Tonglen Meditation
On Our Non-Christian Nation
On Prescribing the Dharma
On the Character Gap
On 'Just Enough,' Oryoki, and Japanese Cooking
On the Enchanted Politics of Marianne Williamson and Jonathan Cahn
EP 245: Roman Catacombs w/Dr. William "Chip" Gruen
On Black Religion and Racial Identity
On the Rise, Fall, and Resurgence of the Religious Left
EP 244: The Other Side of Nothing w/Brad Warner
On Plural Marriage
On the New Age and Gnosticism
EP 243: Anarcho-Punk w/Dr. Edward Avery-Natale
On Buddhism, Adventures, and Cooking Ethics
On Exorcism
EP 242: The Dharma Bum's Guide to Western Literature w/Dean Sluyter
On Santa Muerte
On the Epistle of James
On Inter-Religious Diplomacy and Jain Plurality
On Icelandic Paganism
On Gurdjieff
EP 241: Dr. John Modern & Alison Renna discuss "Neuromatic: Or, A Particular History of Religion and the Brain
EP 240: Awkward Rituals w/Dr. Dana Logan
On Gyotaku
On Covering Religion as a Journalist
On the Religious Freedom Center and the First Amendment
EP 239: Sincerely Held w/Dr. Charles McCrary
On Buddhism for Children
On Impermanence, Embodiment, and Conscious Intention
On Rinzai Zen Life in Japan
On Interfaith Activism, Sikhism, and Hinduism
EP 238: "Buddhish" and the History of Buddhist Medicine w/Dr. C. Pierce Salguero
EP 237: Teaching About Religion and Astronomy w/Dr. Brent Landau
On Sikhism
On Sanctuary and San Francisco Zen Center
EP 236: Teaching About Religion in Las Vegas w/Corey Landon Wozniak
On Shinto
On Sita's Ramayana
On Spirituality, Climate Change, and Parenting
EP 235: New Rome: The Empire in the East w/Dr. Paul Stephenson
On Ashram Life, the Bhagavad Gita, and Teaching Yoga
On the Rinzai Way and Korinji Monastery
On "Naked Monk," Diligence, and Buddhist Practice
EP 234: Borderlands Curanderos w/Dr. Jennifer Koshatka Seman & Dr. Arlene Sánchez-Walsh
On Punk, Meditation, and Yoga
EOn Writing and the Monk Life
EEP 233: The Russian-Chinese Border w/Dr. Franck Billé
On Chan Buddhism
On Korean Zen Buddhism
On Accidental Buddhism and the Writer's Life
EP 232: Kaya Oakes on "The Defiant Middle How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World"
On Rinzai Zen Buddhism
EP 185: Stories from Baltimore 21217 w/Karim Amin
EP 172: Teaching Classical Ideas w/Jonathan McFarland
EP 171: In Memory of George Frissell
EP 169: "The Lover and The Jealous" w/Dr. Laury Silvers
Ep 168: Ayahuasca and Icaros w/Chris Hannah (Propagandhi)
EP 164: American Islam and the 2020 Election w/Dr. Sajida Jalalzai
Ep 152: The Clunky Oars (Oran Parker interviews Greg)
Black Friday Birthday Bonus Podcast with Dr. Liz Bucar
Ep 138: Undergraduate Religious Studies & Study Abroad w/ Jordan Baggs
Cycling Through the End of History with Mike Dimkich of Bad Religion (BONUS EPISODE)
Ep 137: America's Most Famous Catholic, Stephen Colbert (w/Dr. Stephanie Brehm)
Ep 107: Should you do a PhD? with Michael Van Hartingsveldt
Ep 91: The Lessons We Learn From Animals w/ Dr. Margaret Winslow
Ep 89: Travels in Haiti with Allison Coffelt
EP 67: Living With Pain w/ Sarah Anne Shockley
Gospel of Mark (BONUS EPISODE)
Ep 60: A Conversation with Twin Temple
Ep 56: Dr. Michael R. Cohen and "Cotton Capitalists: American Jewish Entrepreneurship in the Reconstruction Era"
Ep 44: Sonny Zaide of The Purple Cloud Center for Eastern Medicine
Ep 43: Dr. Peter Adamson and the History of Philosophy...Without Any Gaps!
Ep 39: Honest conversations about American Evangelicalism w/ Kevin Singer
Ep 33: The Life of Alan Watts (Part Two with Anne Watts)
Ep 32: The Life of Alan Watts (Part One With Joan Watts)
Ep 30: Sufism, Mysticism, and Esoteric Practices with Patricia Riely
Ep 25: Podcasting, Publishing, and New World Library with Kim "Skipper" Corbin
Ep 24: Gregg Deal on Indigenous America, Art, Activism, & Stereotypes
Ep 23: Confucius and Confucian Values with Dr. Li Dan
Ep 18: United Church of Christ, Liberation, Theology, and Ferguson with Rev. Josh Privitt
Ep 17: Baha'u'llah 200th birthday with Dr. Sahba Jalali & Kurt Saxton
Ep 15: Brahma Kumaris with Dr. Sheetal Dharmadhikari
Ep 14: Hinduism with Dr. Gopal and Anantha Gopalaratnam
EP 13: Discussing Quakers with Jessie Starbuck
Ep 12: Islam, Palestinians, Al-Aqsa, and Peace Fellowship
EP 11: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints & Mormonism with Ryan Jenkins
EP 10: Travel, Teaching, Exploration, and Spirituality with Dr. Gabrielle Malfatti
Ep 9: Jainism and Ahimsa with Nishant Jain
EP 8: Discussing Judaism, Conversion, and Israel with Mary Hartigan
Ep 7: Brahma and Sarasvati (Hindu Creation)
Ep 6: The Euthyphro Dilemma w/ Mackenzie Everett-Kennedy
Ep 5: Talking about Baha'i with Kurt Saxton
Ep 4: African Indigenous religions with Dr. David Amponsah
Ep 3: Teaching religious studies w/ Eric Lancaster
Ep 2: Teaching religion in public school w/ George Frissell
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