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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    115: Congressman Frank WolfApril 22nd, 2024 | Season 9 | 41 mins 18 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionA 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. 
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    114: 114: Dr. Daisy Khan: The Rise of IslamophobiaApril 15th, 2024 | Season 9 | 50 mins 34 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionDr. 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 minsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionA 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 SabatierMarch 25th, 2024 | Season 9 | 53 mins 40 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionIn 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. 
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    Minhdao Le: Vietnam and the Cao Dai ReligionMarch 19th, 2024 | Season 9 | 1 hr 28 minsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionMinhdao 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 MorrowMarch 18th, 2024 | Season 9 | 55 mins 33 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionIn 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 LitvakMarch 11th, 2024 | Season 9 | 38 mins 24 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionIn 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 TaborMarch 4th, 2024 | Season 9 | 55 mins 51 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionA 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 CEOsFebruary 28th, 2024 | Season 9 | 29 mins 15 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionAn 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 BennettFebruary 26th, 2024 | Season 9 | 59 mins 23 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionThe 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. 
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    107: Knox ThamesFebruary 19th, 2024 | Season 9 | 39 minsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionThis 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 JapanFebruary 14th, 2024 | Season 9 | 42 mins 10 secsbible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religionAn interview from the IRF Summit with Sam Nagasaka, Secretary General of the Public Relations Committee for the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. 
