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

  • IRF Summit 2022: Fr. John Anderson

    July 31st, 2022  |  Season 8  |  33 mins 12 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • IRF Summit 2022: Greg Mitchell

    July 30th, 2022  |  Season 8  |  25 mins 14 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • IRF Summit 2022: Sam Brownback

    July 23rd, 2022  |  Season 8  |  18 mins 53 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John Pinna interviews IRF Ambassador Sam Brownback

  • IRF Summit 2022: Mariam Wahba

    July 21st, 2022  |  Season 8  |  20 mins 34 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John Pinna interviews Mariam Wahba from the Philos Project

  • 69: The War in Ukraine, Chicken & Waffles and Evil Shrimp

    June 18th, 2022  |  Season 8  |  23 mins 29 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 68: The Ukraine Conflict

    June 7th, 2022  |  Season 8  |  58 mins 45 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 67: Faith-based Policy in a Liberal Democracy

    June 4th, 2022  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 6 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 66: Abortion and Theocracy

    May 21st, 2022  |  Season 8  |  1 hr 5 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John and Matt return with a new season of Crossing Faiths. This episode: A discussion about abortion and Roe v. Wade. John shares a personal experience, and Matt unpacks an Evangelical perspective.

  • 65: 65: Multi-faith Christmas seasons and the end of 2021

    December 23rd, 2021  |  Season 7  |  55 mins 24 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 64: 64: Surveillance of American Muslims goes to the Supreme Court

    November 15th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  27 mins 16 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    A Christian and a Muslim talk religion & politics.

  • 63: 63: Sharia with Sumbul Ali-Karamali

    November 8th, 2021  |  Season 7  |  1 hr 4 mins
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion, sharia

    John is joined by Sumbul Ali-Karamali, author of Demystifying Sharia. Together, they discuss Western ignorance of Islam, what the goals of Sharia really are, the truth about the role of violence in Islam, and Star Trek.

  • 62: 62: Atheism among Muslims and more on vaccine exemptions

    November 1st, 2021  |  Season 7  |  43 mins 44 secs
    bible, christianity, islam, politics, quran, religion

    John and Matt discuss: Is it actually possible to be both a Muslim and an atheist? Plus: Should Christians use religious exemptions to avoid the COVID vaccine?