Episode Archive

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

  • 114: 114: Dr. Daisy Khan: The Rise of Islamophobia

    April 15th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  50 mins 34 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    Dr. Daisy Khan is an award winning speaker, author and Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), a women-led organization committed to peacebuilding, equality, and justice for Muslims around the globe. Dr. Khan launched the most ambitious peacebuilding tool, WISE Up, a book and campaign aimed at fighting extremism and Islamophobia.

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    113: 113: There's No Islam in Easter!

    March 30th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 26 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics. In this episode, Elliot and John engage in a lively Easter-themed discussion when Elliot starts by posing the question: What to Muslims believe about the Resurrection?

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    112: 112: Lou Ann Sabatier

    March 25th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  53 mins 40 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    In this episode, John interviews Lou Ann Sabatier. Sabatier serves as the Director of Communications for 21Wilberforce where she oversees external communications and the International Religious Freedom Congressional Scorecard.

  • Minhdao Le: Vietnam and the Cao Dai Religion

    March 19th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 28 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    Minhdao Le is a third-generation practitioner of Cao Dai, a religious belief system from Vietnam. In this interview, Minhdao provides some insight into the beliefs of Cao Dai, and brings attention to what he describes as a communist government-led usurping of the religion that took place when the government officially "recognized" Cao Dai in 1997.

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    111: 111: Dr. John Morrow

    March 18th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  55 mins 33 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    In this episode, John Pinna interviews Dr. John Andrew Morrow, a Muslim academic and author of "The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World."

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    110: Sal Litvak

    March 11th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  38 mins 24 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    In this episode, John Pina interviews Sal Litvak, "The Accidental Talmudist." Sal's channel has become popular on TikTok because of his ability to use humor to grapple with the difficult challenges of Jewish life and history.

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    109: Dr. James Tabor

    March 4th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  55 mins 51 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A conversation with Dr. James Tabor, author of "Paul & Jesus" and "The Jesus Dynasty." Tabor has just completed a new book on the historical Mary and is at work on another entitled "Jesus Betrayed: How Christianity Lost its Way".

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    Leray Heynes: Jesus Christ's CEOs

    February 28th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  29 mins 15 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    An interview with Leray Heynes, the founder of an Evangelical nonprofit that has the goal of uniting Christian-owned businesses under a structured church model.

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    108: Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett

    February 26th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  59 mins 23 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    The Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett is the Director of Cardus Faith Communities at Cardus, Canada’s faith-based think-tank. He also serves as Senior Fellow at the Washington, DC-based Religious Freedom Institute.

  • 107: Knox Thames

    February 19th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  39 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    This episode features an interview with Knox Thames, an international human rights lawyer, advocate, and author who has dedicated his career to promoting human rights, defending religious minorities, and combatting persecution.

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    Sam Nagasaka: The Unification Church in Japan

    February 14th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  42 mins 10 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    An interview from the IRF Summit with Sam Nagasaka, Secretary General of the Public Relations Committee for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.

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    106: 106: David Curry - Violence against religious minorities

    February 12th, 2024  |  Season 9  |  50 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John Pinna interviews David Curry, head of Global Christian Relief and former commissioner for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, about the state of international religious freedom.