web02.fireside.fm Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:51:08 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Crossing Faiths - Episodes Tagged with “Kurdistan” https://www.crossingfaiths.com/tags/kurdistan Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0500 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. en-us episodic A Christian & a Muslim talk religion & politics John Pinna and Elliot Toman 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. no religion, politics, islam, muslim, christianity, evangelical, bible, koran, quran, diversity, inclusion, faith, life, religion podcast, multi faith podcast, Muslim podcast, christian podcast, faith podcast, politics podcast John Pinna and Elliot Toman jtpinna@gmail.com 14: 14: On Location: London. John is shocked by Kurdistan's Multifaith Capacity https://www.crossingfaiths.com/14 2a52a458-8720-497a-9763-b97ddaf6118b Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:00:00 -0500 John Pinna and Elliot Toman 14 14: On Location: London. John is shocked by Kurdistan's Multifaith Capacity full 1 John Pinna and Elliot Toman A Christian & a Muslim talk religion and politics. 53:20 no John reports from London on the multifaith collaboration he witnessed on the ground in Kurdistan following the withdraw of U.S. troops. Anglophiles and fans of Downton Abbey will have to pardon our short rant against the United Kingdom's divine right and the House of Lords. But it's a little ridiculous. religion, politics, islam, christianity, muslim, evangelical, religious freedom John reports from London on the multifaith collaboration he witnessed on the ground in Kurdistan following the withdraw of U.S. troops.

Anglophiles and fans of Downton Abbey will have to pardon our short rant against the United Kingdom's divine right and the House of Lords. But it's a little ridiculous.

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Anglophiles and fans of Downton Abbey will have to pardon our short rant against the United Kingdom's divine right and the House of Lords. But it's a little ridiculous.

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]]> 12: 12: On location: Erbil, Kurdistan; A multi-faith community responds in crisis https://www.crossingfaiths.com/12 267a94ba-a1cb-4cf3-8753-a248c9a69dd0 Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:00:00 -0500 John Pinna and Elliot Toman 12 12: On location: Erbil, Kurdistan; A multi-faith community responds in crisis full 1 John Pinna and Elliot Toman After the United States withdraws troops from Kurdistan, precipitating a brutal invasion of the region by Turkey, John and a Greek Orthodox priest discuss with Matt the situation on the ground, on location from Erbil. 1:00:52 no After the United States withdraws troops from Kurdistan, precipitating a brutal invasion of the region by Turkey, John Pinna travels with Father John Anderson (Greek Orthodox) to the region. While in Erbil, "Halal John" and Father John share their on the ground perspective with Matt. Themes: 1. A previously flourishing multi-faith community 2. Successful multifaith action hasn't been recognized, now it's being destroyed. 3. Catastrophic humanitarian crisis. Also, * John Pinna wonders why he hears basically the same theological explanations from Greek Orthodox and Baptists. * And he finally gets an answer about "Jesus' abs" (why do displays of Jesus on the cross typically depict Christ as having a very defined, muscular abdomen?). * We skip a rock across the distinctives of the Greek Orthodox Church. Photos from their trip available here (https://saintnicholasfreedom.org/religious-freedom/). Special Guest: Father John Anderson. religion, politics, islam, christianity, muslim, evangelical, religious freedom, multifaith, iraq, kurdistan, greek orthodox, humanitarian After the United States withdraws troops from Kurdistan, precipitating a brutal invasion of the region by Turkey, John Pinna travels with Father John Anderson (Greek Orthodox) to the region. While in Erbil, "Halal John" and Father John share their on the ground perspective with Matt.

Themes:

  1. A previously flourishing multi-faith community
  2. Successful multifaith action hasn't been recognized, now it's being destroyed.
  3. Catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

Also,

  • John Pinna wonders why he hears basically the same theological explanations from Greek Orthodox and Baptists.
  • And he finally gets an answer about "Jesus' abs" (why do displays of Jesus on the cross typically depict Christ as having a very defined, muscular abdomen?).
  • We skip a rock across the distinctives of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Photos from their trip available here.

Special Guest: Father John Anderson.

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]]> After the United States withdraws troops from Kurdistan, precipitating a brutal invasion of the region by Turkey, John Pinna travels with Father John Anderson (Greek Orthodox) to the region. While in Erbil, "Halal John" and Father John share their on the ground perspective with Matt.

Themes:

  1. A previously flourishing multi-faith community
  2. Successful multifaith action hasn't been recognized, now it's being destroyed.
  3. Catastrophic humanitarian crisis.

Also,

  • John Pinna wonders why he hears basically the same theological explanations from Greek Orthodox and Baptists.
  • And he finally gets an answer about "Jesus' abs" (why do displays of Jesus on the cross typically depict Christ as having a very defined, muscular abdomen?).
  • We skip a rock across the distinctives of the Greek Orthodox Church.

Photos from their trip available here.

Special Guest: Father John Anderson.

Support Crossing Faiths

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