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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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.
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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.
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IRF 2024 #3: Ex-Muslims of North America
February 7th, 2024 | Season 9 | 21 mins 34 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
A bonus interview with Aysha Khan, representing Ex-Muslims of North America.
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105: Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett
February 5th, 2024 | Season 9 | 1 hr 3 mins
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
IRF Month begins with an interview with Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice. Afterward, John and Elliot discuss youth involvement in the IRF movement.
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104: Adjudicating Islamic Law for Muslim Americans
January 29th, 2024 | Season 9 | 55 mins 21 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
John Pinna interviews His Excellency Sayyid M. B. Kashmiri: Religious Scholar, Researcher, Author, Public Speaker, and religious leader
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IRF 2024 #2: The IRF Industrial Complex?
January 26th, 2024 | Season 9 | 48 mins 31 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
John Pinna, a muslim, and John Anderson, an Antiochian Orthodox priest, discuss the current structure and effectiveness of the International Religious Freedom movement.
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IRF 2024 #1: The Story So Far
January 26th, 2024 | Season 9 | 25 mins 33 secs
bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion
John Pinna, a muslim, and John Anderson, an Antiochian Orthodox priest, discuss the history of their involvement in the International Religious Freedom movement.