Crossing Faiths
A Christian & a Muslim talk religion & politics
About the show
Crossing Faiths is a podcast in which people from diverse religious backgrounds engage in open dialogue about all the things you're NOT supposed to discuss at the dinner table. Join hosts John Pinna, a military intelligence veteran and D.C. insider, and Elliot Toman, a former media director in the Evangelical church, as they engage in lively conversations about the impact of faith on current events. Crossing Faiths also welcomes guests from a wide variety of religious and experiential backgrounds to share their own insights.
The podcast was initially developed in collaboration with, Matt Hawkins, is a former policy director for the Southern Baptist Convention. Their conversations built on a decade of their collaboration, advocating in Washington, D.C. for religious freedom domestically and around the globe. The two developed the podcast with a desire to share conversations that model friendship and collaboration despite deep differences in religion and background. The podcast has a reach of almost 3 million multi-faith listeners, 83% of which are millennials.
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Episodes
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3: Halal pork and military parades (Pilot)
July 3rd, 2019 | Season 0 | 57 mins 40 secs
But will John eat the halal pork?
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2: Jesus' nails? (Pilot)
June 13th, 2019 | Season 0 | 59 mins
Matt and John talk religious artifacts located in Israel and Turkey.
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1: An evangelical walks into a wudu space (Pilot)
June 5th, 2019 | Season 0 | 27 mins 15 secs
How not to do multifaith engagement. Matt and John swap awkward multifaith experiences.