Religion explored through candid conversations and original reporting. This podcast is powered by The Media Project, a network of more than 1,000 journalists worldwide. TMP acknowledges that religion is growing and becoming more, not less important in the world.

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Istanbul’s Chora Church, which has stood for 17 centuries and famous for its mosaics and frescoes depicting the life of Jesus and Mary, will be reopened as a mosque in May as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan moves forward with plans to convert iconic Byzantine churches into Islamic houses of worship. Roberta Ahmanson interviews Alexei Lidov, noted art historian and Byzantinist, on the past and future of Chora Church.

A History of Istanbul’s Chora Church

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Culture critic Joseph Holmes interviews actress Alshey Bratcher (Unplanned) about her new faith-based movie with Great American Pure Flix streaming &#34;Finding Faith&#34;, and how her own faith drives her career decisions.

Interview with Ashley Bratcher about Movie "Finding Faith"

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Matthew Peterson, Religion Unplugged&#39;s intern, talks to several Christians involved in ministries which utilize Virtual Reality in order to understand why they believe it is important and how it works.

VR Ministry: Souls Inside the Headsets

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Culture critic Joseph Holmes interviews celebrated author Rabbi Shai Held about his new book &#34;Judaism is About Love&#34; to explore what both Jews and Christians get wrong about Judaism, and how Jews and Christians can learn to disagree better.

Judaism is About Love Interview with Rabbi Shai Held

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Religion Unplugged contributors Joseph Holmes and Mariya Rajan discuss the differences and similarities between Christian Nationalism and Hindu Nationalism, and how people can be smart consumers of news on these topics.

Christian Nationalism vs Hindu Nationalism

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Maureen Gaffney Wolfson is an artist who recently opened a gallery featuring her work in Chatsworth, Calif. Matthew Peterson spoke with Maureen about how her complicated life story and her Catholic beliefs have led her where she is today.

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

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Eustace Wolfington, Executive Producer of the new &#34;Cabrini&#34; film talks about what inspired him to make a movie about the Catholic Saint Mother Cabrini, why she&#39;s not as famous as Mother Teresa, and what his hopes are for the film.&#34;Cabrini&#34; is in theaters March 8th.

"Cabrini"Interview with Eustace Wolfington

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Culture critic Joseph Holmes interviews Yasmin Al-Bustami, who plays Ramah in the hit Christian series &#34;The Chosen&#34;, about her role in the series and the status-quo altering events for her character in The Chosen&#39;s latest season. &#34;The Chosen&#34; is in theaters now and on streaming soon.

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

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Why are people today so much more willing to date outside their religion, but so much less willing to date someone with different politics? How does one navigate an interfaith relationship? Joseph Holmes asks Naomi Riley, author of the book &#34;Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Relationships Are Transforming America&#34; for her insights.

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

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In this episode, Joseph Holmes interviews culture critic Aaron Renn on his new book Life In The Negative World, which explores how Christians can and should respond to the challenges that come with living in an increasingly non-Christian America.

Aaron Renn Interview - Life In The Negative World

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In this episode Melissa Harrison interviews Bobby Ross Jr. about what he predicts will be the biggest religion news stories in the year ahead.

The Big Religion Stories of 2024

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Roberta Ahmanson interviews Ben Quash, chair of Christianity and the Arts at King&#39;s College London and director of the Visual Commentary on Scripture, about art, faith and a four-thousand-mile pilgrimage that covered more than 2000 years of church art and architecture.

Art, Faith and an Extraordinary Pilgrimage

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Melissa Harrison interviews Stephen Daniel Arnoff, CEO of the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, about his organization&#39;s three-day solidarity mission to tour the remains of Kibbutz Be’eri, where Hamas terrorists went house to house slaughtering residents on October 7, 2023.

The Heartbreak of Identifying Israel's Hamas Victims

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In this episode, Melissa Harrison, interim executive director of The Media Project, interviews Clemente Lisi, executive editor of Religion Unplugged, about the site&#39;s religion coverage, his new role, what he looks for in story pitches and his vision for RUP&#39;s coverage in the year ahead.

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

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Joseph Holmes interviews Professor Nancy Pearcey on her new book The Toxic War On Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles The Sexes in a wide-ranging discussion that explores the origin of the concept of toxic masculinity, where our culture has gone wrong on masculinity, and how Christianity can provide a better script to men on how to be a man.

Interview with Nancy Pearcey on The Toxic War On Masculinity

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Culture editor Jillan Cheney and film critic Joseph Holmes discuss this year&#39;s huge crop of faith-based films and what they say about the state of religion in the country and the state of the faith-based film industry.

Is This The Year Of Faith-Based Films?

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Joseph Holmes interviews author Dr. Carolyn Weber about her memoir &#34;Surprised By Oxford&#34; about how she came to faith, and the upcoming movie adaptation about her memoir of the same name.

Surprised By Oxford's

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Joseph Holmes interviews YouTube personality and animator Rachael Alenxanda<a href="https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCCi_wGGQ4kcEH4Dd55bOKMw" rel="nofollow"> (ILoveKimPossibleAlot</a>) about her Reformed Jewish upbringing and how Adam Sandler&#39;s new film &#34;You&#39;re So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah&#34; holds up.

Talking About Reformed Judaism With Rachael Alexandra

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Colby McCaskill and Julia Jensen embark on a journalistic journey through the initial two weeks of the Spring 2023 semester at The King&#39;s College. As  Empire State Tribune reporters, they unravel the narrative of their institution&#39;s ongoing financial crisis, tracing it from the earliest murmurs of uncertainty voiced from the City Room podium to the announcement of a significant deficit.. What led The King&#39;s College into this situation? Who bears responsibility for it? Keep listening to find out that, and more.

Demise of the Crown

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Joseph Holmes sits down with Stacey Harkey of Studio C and JK Studios to discuss his new movie &#34;Go West&#34;, his LDS faith, coming out, and why we need comedy that brings people together.

A Conversation with Actor Stacey Harkey

To cover the world, we cover religion.

Religion explored through candid conversations and original reporting. This podcast is powered by The Media Project, a network of more than 1,000 journalists worldwide. TMP acknowledges that religion is growing and becoming more, not less important in the world.