Basil Brave Heart and Susan Cheever — Spirituality and Recovery
Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson once said that the program he helped create is, “utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery.” Our guests reflect on the Twelve Steps and how they res...
27 Jul 200653min
Elie Wiesel — The Tragedy of the Believer
A survivor of the Holocaust, in which he lost most of his family, Wiesel was a seminal chronicler of that event and its meaning. Wiesel shares some of his thoughts on modern-day Israel and Germany, hi...
13 Jul 200649min
Dan and Sue Hanson — Room for J: One Family's Struggle with Schizophrenia
Joel Hanson has schizophrenia and believes he is God. His parents reflect on living with their son and how they have learned to see mental illness, normalcy, and religion differently. Is there room in...
4 Mai 200653min
Mohammed Abu-Nimer + Sami Adwan — Two Narratives, Reflections on the Israeli-Palestinian Present (part 2)
As Israel prepares for a critical election and Hamas forms a Palestinian cabinet, we explore the difficulty of reaching resolution in a land that its inhabitants, on both sides of the conflict, consid...
16 Mar 200653min
Yossi Klein Halevi — Reflections on the Israeli-Palestinian Present, Part 1
As Israel prepares for a critical election and Hamas forms a Palestinian cabinet, we explore the difficulty of reaching resolution in a land that its inhabitants, on both sides of the conflict, consid...
9 Mar 200653min
Prabhu Guptara — The Gods of Business
In an age of Enron and WorldCom, how can we imagine a place for business ethics, much less religious virtue, in the global economy? We speak with a Hindu international business analyst who offers lear...
23 Feb 200653min
Vincent Cornell — The Face of the Prophet: Cartoons and Chasm
Our guest, an American Muslim and religious scholar, helps untangle the knot of violent and bewildered reactions to cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S...
16 Feb 200653min
Isabel Mukonyora — Sacred Wilderness, An African Story
Isabel Mukonyora has followed and studied a religious movement of her Shona people, the Masowe Apostles, that embraces Christian tradition while addressing the drama of African life and history. The f...
9 Feb 200653min
