Crossing Faiths
A Christian & a Muslim talk religion & politics
About the show
Crossing Faiths is a podcast where people from diverse religious backgrounds openly discuss everything you're NOT supposed to discuss at the dinner table. Join hosts Jt Pinna, a career national security, international affairs, 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 various religious and experiential backgrounds to share their insights.
The podcast was initially developed in collaboration with Matt Hawkins, a former policy director for the Southern Baptist Convention. Their conversations are built on a decade of collaboration, advocating in Washington, D.C., for religious freedom domestically and globally. The two developed the podcast to share conversations that model friendship and cooperation despite profound differences in religion and background. The podcast has reached almost 3 million multi-faith listeners, 83% millennials.
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Episodes
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Britt Hartley: No Nonsense Spirituality
July 15th, 2024 | Season 9 | 1 hr 6 mins
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Brittney Hartley is an Atheist Spiritual Director through the Center of Nonreligious Spirituality. Her book is entitled No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools, No Faith Required. She has a Masters Degree in Theology with a focus in the Future of American Religion.
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Dignity with Fr. John Anderson
July 8th, 2024 | Season 9 | 2 hrs 19 mins
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
John Pinna speaks with returning guest Fr. John Anderson about the concept of human dignity and its foundational role in the preservation of the Republic.
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Nury Turkel
July 1st, 2024 | Season 9 | 53 mins 49 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Nury Turkel is a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. He specializes in national security, foreign policy, digital authoritarianism, and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, forced labor, and supply chain risk. His memoir No Escape: The True Story of China’s Genocide of the Uyghurs won the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing.
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Soraya Ahmadyar: Faith, Family, and American Identity
June 24th, 2024 | Season 9 | 42 mins 43 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
As the eighth child out of 9 of a family of immigrants who escaped the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 70s, Soraya Ahmadyar has called California her home for her entire life. She attained her bachelors degree in business administration and later on pursued a masters in public administration and public policy where she now works for a local public institution.
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What About Barabbas?
June 17th, 2024 | Season 9 | 34 mins 40 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
In this episode, John and Elliot discuss the Biblical figure, Barabbas. John poses an interesting question: Was Barabbas the first recipient of Jesus' salvation?
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Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi
June 10th, 2024 | Season 9 | 20 mins 30 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi, Executive Director of the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, a global network that connects grassroots peacemakers with global stakeholders for enduring peace.
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120: Jonathan Randall
June 3rd, 2024 | Season 9 | 46 mins 30 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Jonathan Randall is a Comedian/Activist/Writer/Actor living in NYC who has performed across North America, Europe, and Asia. Jonathan is Jewish and very outspoken about Palestinian human rights, ending the occupation, and freedom & equality for all people.
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Rabbi David Rosen
May 27th, 2024 | Season 9 | 40 mins
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
For more than two decades Rabbi David Rosen served as the Jerusalem based International Director of Interreligious Affairs of AJC (the American Jewish Committee) before recently taking up the position of Special Advisor to the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.
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Breaking Cycles of Genocide: Rachel Miner, Bellwether International
May 20th, 2024 | Season 9 | 42 mins 53 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Rachel has a bachelors in economics from Brigham Young University and masters in public administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science and masters in economic and political development from Columbia University. In 2021, Rachel was named a U.S. Truman Scholar.
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117: Luke Higuchi - The Unification Church
May 6th, 2024 | Season 9 | 1 hr 1 min
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
In this episode, Elliot interviews Luke Higuchi, pastor of the Unification Church in Atlanta Georgia. Luke shares his story of forced confinement in Japan and discusses his work ministering to Japanese-speaking members of the Unification Church in America and abroad.
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Practical Interfaith Engagement with Peter Henne
April 29th, 2024 | Season 9 | 36 mins 23 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
Peter S. Henne is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Middle East Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences in the University of Vermont.
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Congressman Frank Wolf
April 22nd, 2024 | Season 9 | 41 mins 18 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
A conversation about international religious freedom with Frank Wolf, retired U.S. Member of Congress, Founder and former Co-Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission.