Episode Archive

170 episodes of Crossing Faiths since the first episode, which aired on June 5th, 2019.

  • 165: Lost Civilizations, Including Ours

    June 9th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  56 mins 43 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A conversation between co-hosts John Pinna, a Muslim, and Elliot Toman, an Evangelical Christian. In this episode, John and Elliot discuss the allure of lost civilizations, and explore the possible fate of our own.

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    164: Joseph Yoo

    May 26th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 22 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    In this episode of Crossing Faiths, John Pinna talks with Joseph Yoo, an Episcopalian pastor, about his work planting a new, inclusive church in a former bakery in Texas.

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    163 - Karen Volker: Preventing Violence

    May 19th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  29 mins 34 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John Pinna sits down with Karen Volker, the newly appointed Executive Director of the United Religions Initiative (URI).

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    161 - Maurice Bloem

    May 4th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  40 mins 33 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John Pinna speaks with Maurice Bloem of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI) on Faith and Local Communities.

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    162: John Kiriakou

    May 3rd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  41 mins 2 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    Former CIA officer John Kiriakou delves into the significance of the private meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the Vatican.

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    160: Ani Zonneveld - Muslims for Progressive Values

    April 28th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  44 mins 41 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    In this episode, John Pinna has a conversation with Ani Zonneveld, founder and president of Muslims for Progressive Values.

  • 159: 159: Jeff Mitchell - Was Jesus Real?

    April 14th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 16 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A conversation between John Pinna and Jeff Mitchell, an atheist and author of the book "Jesus Demigod", which argues that Jesus did not exist.

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    158: Francesca Albanese - Palestinian Human Rights

    April 7th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  28 mins 29 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    This episode features a conversation with Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, who details the legal and political realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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    157: 157: The Problem with Human Presidents

    April 2nd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 2 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 156: Hasia Diner - Food and Culture of Jewish Immigrants

    March 31st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  34 mins 40 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    This podcast episode explores the multifaceted relationship between food, identity, and community, particularly within immigrant and Jewish communities in America.

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    155: 155: Momin Sheikh

    March 24th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  58 mins 26 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 154: 154: Roya Mahboob - Rule Breakers

    March 17th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  23 mins 38 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    Roya Mahboob details how her organization, Digital Citizen Fund, has shifted from teaching digital literacy in Afghanistan to supporting underground education networks since the Taliban takeover.