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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9: 9: Headline edition: Impeachment, Security in houses of worship
October 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 55 mins
christianity, impeachment, islam, politics
Matt and John talk impeachment and one evangelical predicting civil war. Also what houses of worship are increasing security to face mass shootings.
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8: 8: Fake Muslim?
September 26th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 13 mins
christianity, human rights, islam, politics, religion
Who are the real Muslims? Who are Fake? Cohosts Matt and John discuss.
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7: 7: Headline edition: Self-flagellation, Hindu-Muslim joint prayer, and more
September 17th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 6 mins
Matt and John talk religion headlines including self-flagellation commemorating Ashura, joint Hindus & Muslims prayers, and U.S. Senate passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act.
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6: 6: John tells of his American Muslim life after 9-11
September 11th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 16 mins
Matt asks John to share his experiences as an American Muslim following 9-11-01.
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5: 5: Netflix's The Family
September 3rd, 2019 | Season 1 | 58 mins 10 secs
Matt and John review the Netflix series "The Family."
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4: 4: Messiah Complex?
August 27th, 2019 | Season 1 | 44 mins 20 secs
evangelicals, presidents, trump
Is president trump Messianic? Matt and John analyze the apocalyptic news cycle.
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3: 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: 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: 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.