Religion Unplugged

By The Media Project

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Subscribers: 15
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 236

chris
 Dec 27, 2023
I really wanted to like this, but the conversations were so meandering and pointless, and it sounded like it was recorded on a potato. not even 1.5x could make episodes bearable.

PSGlad
 Apr 29, 2020
Wonderful content! always needed to be heard stories for understanding the world and others' beliefs.

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Religion explored through candid conversations and original reporting. This podcast is powered by The Media Project, a network of more than 1,000 journalists worldwide. TMP acknowledges that religion is growing and becoming more, not less important in the world.


Episode Date
Pope Leo XIV Before The Papacy
May 05, 2026
Can Virtue Save American Conservatism?
Apr 28, 2026
How Both Fantasy and History are balanced in House of David
Apr 21, 2026
In God’s Name: Stories Of Faith and Vigilante Justice
Apr 14, 2026
Can Conservative Christians Take Back Mainline Churches?
Apr 07, 2026
Iranians Are Ready To Be Free
Mar 24, 2026
Why You Should Seek Beauty In Ancient Places
Mar 17, 2026
What Do the 2026 Oscars Have to Say About Religion?
Mar 10, 2026
What Maduro's Capture Means For Religious Freedom in Venezuela
Mar 03, 2026
What Changed The Faith-Based Film Industry?
Feb 24, 2026
Debunking The Myth That Jews Are Bad At Sports
Feb 17, 2026
Why Nathan Clarkson Thinks He's The Worst
Feb 10, 2026
Inside South Africa's Pastoral Sex Abuse Crisis
Feb 03, 2026
25 Years On The Godbeat With Bobby Ross Jr.
Jan 27, 2026
Ryan Burge And The Vanishing Church
Jan 20, 2026
Ministering To Mariners: The Seamen's Church Institute
Jan 14, 2026
Why Make A Movie About The Infancy Gospel?
Jan 06, 2026
Understanding The Role of Ancestors In Christianity
Dec 23, 2025
Why Lee Strobel Still Believes in Miracles
Dec 16, 2025
Why Trevin Wax Built a New Catechism
Dec 09, 2025
Inside The “Evangelical Vatican”
Dec 02, 2025
Who Is The Bible’s Narrator?
Nov 25, 2025
Will Pope Leo XIV Carry On Francis’ Legacy?
Nov 18, 2025
From Dropout to Doctorate: How Education Can Help Fight Poverty
Nov 11, 2025
Christianity’s Evolution From The Gutenberg Bible To Church Live-Streams
Nov 04, 2025
Religious Horror Movies Are Here To Stay
Oct 28, 2025
Inside The Writing of ‘Abduh, A Pioneer of Interfaith Dialogue
Oct 21, 2025
Can A Comedy About The Bible Still Be Reverent?
Oct 14, 2025
How Catholics Built The American Suburbs
Oct 07, 2025
The True Story of A 59-Year-Old College Football Player
Sep 30, 2025
Why Make A Movie About A Crime-Fighting Rabbi?
Sep 23, 2025
Why Do People Still Go On Pilgrimages?
Sep 16, 2025
The Story of Jesus Now Told Through Hand-Drawn Animation
Sep 09, 2025
Are We Living In A New Age Of Religious Violence?
Sep 02, 2025
How Centuries Of American Racism Impact Modern Families and Churches
Aug 20, 2025
Can AI Help Us Understand The Bible Better?
Aug 12, 2025
Why Do So Many Cultures Have A Version of Noah's Flood?
Aug 05, 2025
Heaven Help Us: Interview with John Kasich
Jul 29, 2025
“What If…” 15 Years Later: Interview with Kevin Sorbo
Jul 22, 2025
Understanding The Turban: Interview with Chris Filstrup
Jul 16, 2025
Is Superman Circumcised?: Interview with Roy Schwartz
Jul 08, 2025
Thomas Becket and His World: Interview with Michael Staunton
Jun 24, 2025
Biblical Art in India: Interview with Sabrina Siga
Jun 17, 2025
After The Death of God: Interview with Espen Hammer
Jun 10, 2025
Inside The News Story: Interview with Journalist/Pastor Paul Prather
Jun 03, 2025
Rev. Charles Wesley: Interview with Clive Norris
May 27, 2025
Amarāvatī & Buddhist Visual Culture: Interview with Jaś Elsner
May 20, 2025
Astrology Today: Interview with Rebecca Gordon
May 13, 2025
30 Years Later: The Kidnapping of The Panchen Lama
May 06, 2025
Pope Francis’ Legacy and the Upcoming Conclave: Interview with Clemente Lisi
Apr 29, 2025
The Unbreakable Boy: Interview with Scott LeRette
Apr 22, 2025
Blessed Carlo Acutis: Interview with Sabrina Ferrisi
Apr 15, 2025
Are Faith-Based Films Now Mainstream?
Apr 08, 2025
Redefining Heresy and Tolerance: Interview with Hung Tak Wai
Apr 01, 2025
Inside The Story: Interview with Angela Youngman
Mar 25, 2025
The Chosen: Interview with Luke Dimyan
Mar 18, 2025
Inside The Ongoing Battle Over Religion in US Public Schools
Mar 11, 2025
Thoreau's God: Interview with Richard Higgins
Mar 04, 2025
The Unbreakable Boy: Interview with Kevin Downes
Feb 25, 2025
Before You Climb Any Higher: Interview with Jonathan McReynolds
Feb 18, 2025
What is Religion's Role in The 2025 Oscars?
Feb 11, 2025
Inside The Story: Interview with Audrey Jackson
Feb 04, 2025
How To Think Impossibly: Interview with Jeffrey J. Kripal
Jan 28, 2025
Between Borders: Interview with Elizabeth Tabish
Jan 21, 2025
Experiments in Mystical Atheism: Interview with Dr. Brook Ziporyn
Jan 15, 2025
Habits For a Sacred Home: Interview with Jennifer Pepito
Jan 07, 2025
Mary: Interview with D.J. Caruso
Dec 17, 2024
Rediscovering Christmas: Interview with AJ Sherrill
Dec 10, 2024
Is the Future of Christmas Movies Faith-Based?
Dec 03, 2024
Should Christians Support Returning Land to Native Americans?
Nov 26, 2024
Present in Prayer: Interview with Jennifer Tucker
Nov 19, 2024
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Interview with Andrew Erwin
Nov 12, 2024
Joseph Smith and The Mormons: Interview with Noah Van Sciver
Nov 05, 2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness: Interview with Titus Kaphar
Oct 29, 2024
Strange Religion: Interview with Nijay K. Gupta
Oct 22, 2024
A Conversation With An Exorcist
Oct 15, 2024
Understanding Israel and Palestine on Campus
Oct 08, 2024
Staying Human In an Era of Artificial Intelligence: Interview with Dr. Joseph Vukov
Oct 01, 2024
Tips For Church Growth: Interview with Bill Tenny-Brittian
Sep 24, 2024
God Bless Bitcoin: Interview With Brian and Kelly Estes
Sep 17, 2024
Can Canceled Pastors Return to Ministry?
Sep 10, 2024
Raging Fire of Love: Interview with Dr. Kelly James Clark
Sep 03, 2024
Bringing Ben Home: Interview with Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Aug 27, 2024
The Supreme Court and Religious Liberty: Interview with Chelsea Langston Bombino
Aug 20, 2024
Sing Sing: Interviews with Greg Kwedar, Colman Domingo and Divine G
Aug 13, 2024
Herod and Mary: Interview with Kathie Lee Gifford
Aug 06, 2024
Shepherds for Sale: Interview with Megan Basham
Jul 31, 2024
Loor: Interview with Founder Marcus Pittman
Jul 23, 2024
Gospel Graffiti Crew
Jul 16, 2024
Fleur de Lis: Interview with Showrunner Ethan Hill
Jul 09, 2024
Why the Bible Began: Interview with Jacob L. Wright
Jul 02, 2024
Jesus: A Deaf Missions Film - Director Joseph Josselyn Interview
Jun 25, 2024
Interview with Vanessa Rosa
Jun 19, 2024
The Moral Challenges Posed By AI
Jun 11, 2024
Great American Pure Flix: Interview with Bill Abbot
Jun 05, 2024
Taking the Church’s Temperature on the Climate Crisis
May 21, 2024
The Exvangelicals: Interview with Sarah McCammon
May 14, 2024
Roma Downey Interview - The Baxters
May 08, 2024
A History of Istanbul’s Chora Church
Apr 29, 2024
Interview with Ashley Bratcher about Movie "Finding Faith"
Apr 23, 2024
VR Ministry: Souls Inside the Headsets
Apr 16, 2024
Judaism is About Love Interview with Rabbi Shai Held
Apr 09, 2024
Christian Nationalism vs Hindu Nationalism
Apr 03, 2024
"Painting God's World | Interview with Maureen Gaffney Wolfson"
Mar 19, 2024
"Cabrini"Interview with Eustace Wolfington
Mar 11, 2024
Interview with Yasmin Al-Bustami (Ramah of The Chosen)
Mar 06, 2024
Why Are Interfaith Relationships On The Rise? - Interview with Naomi Riley.
Feb 15, 2024
Aaron Renn Interview - Life In The Negative World
Jan 23, 2024
The Big Religion Stories of 2024
Jan 17, 2024
Art, Faith and an Extraordinary Pilgrimage
Dec 30, 2023
The Heartbreak of Identifying Israel's Hamas Victims
Nov 07, 2023
Interview with executive editor Clemente Lisi about the Future of Religion Unplugged
Oct 30, 2023
Interview with Nancy Pearcey on The Toxic War On Masculinity
Oct 11, 2023
Is This The Year Of Faith-Based Films?
Oct 03, 2023
Surprised By Oxford's
Sep 25, 2023
Talking About Reformed Judaism With Rachael Alexandra
Sep 18, 2023
Demise of the Crown
Sep 12, 2023
A Conversation with Actor Stacey Harkey
Sep 05, 2023
A Conversation with Actor Colin Ford
Aug 22, 2023
Donnie Emerson about his film DREAMIN' WILD
Aug 16, 2023
A Conversation about Sabbath in a Restless World
Aug 14, 2023
The dramatization of Latvian war criminal Viktors Arajs's trial confronts Latvians with their complicity in the Holocaust
Jul 31, 2023
Israeli Ambassador teams up with Latvian Ministry of Education to offer Holocaust education
Jul 17, 2023
Riga's Peitav Shul Survives History of Violent anti-Semitic Attacks
Jul 10, 2023
A Conversation with Filmmaker Craig Lamar Brown
Jun 16, 2023
A Conversation with DeVon Franklin
Jun 16, 2023
Political Journalist Jon Ward Talks About Faith
Jun 05, 2023
An Interview With "Nefarious" and "God's Not Dead" Filmmakers
May 15, 2023
A Visit To The Latter-Day Saints ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Temple In Washington, DC
May 09, 2023
Former Editor Reveals Russian Orthodox Church's Ties to Putin and Ukraine Invasion as Sinful
Apr 29, 2023
Windows Paid for by the Working Class
Apr 11, 2023
Brent McCorkle’s ‘Jesus Revolution’
Mar 01, 2023
The Religion of Woke America Misses God and forgiveness
Oct 24, 2022
Chris Broussard talks about faith, basketball and seeking Jesus
Oct 10, 2022
On The Ground: An Interview With Jehu Kitoli
Sep 26, 2022
The Patrician Father of Kenyan Running
Sep 12, 2022
On the Ground: An interview with Israel's Ambassador to Kenya
Aug 22, 2022
The 2022 EJI Freedom of the Press Award
Jul 25, 2022
Running on Faith: Mary Keitany
Jul 11, 2022
Running on Faith: Pentecostal Pastors John and Philip
Jun 27, 2022
African Pentecostalism vs. "Fake Pastors"
Jun 06, 2022
Adding a Templeton Prize to a Nobel and a MacArthur
May 24, 2022
The Family Roe
May 09, 2022
Religion, Fertility and the Future with Dr. Philip Jenkins
Apr 19, 2022
The Future of Prison Reform Amid Crime Panic
Apr 04, 2022
Unpacking Myths About Russian History and Orthodoxy
Mar 21, 2022
A Texas pastor wants evangelicals to forge ties with Muslims and Jews. Will they listen?
Mar 14, 2022
Ukraine Prepares to Stand Against a Bully
Feb 25, 2022
Oxygen for All
Feb 21, 2022
The Students’ Islamic Organization's Fight Against COVID Inequalities
Feb 14, 2022
How Jesuits are Helping Refugees Find Stability in India
Jan 31, 2022
The Harm of Blasphemy Laws in Europe and the Middle East
Jan 17, 2022
The Bowery Mission Works Through the Holidays
Jan 03, 2022
In India, a Caravan of Love Fights Hatred and Hunger
Dec 20, 2021
Franklin's Statue For Black Soldiers Sparks Discussion in Churches
Dec 06, 2021
Right to Education and Phones
Nov 15, 2021
Religious About Jabs
Nov 01, 2021
The State of Religion and Young People 2021
Oct 25, 2021
Death (Doesn’t) Do Us Part
Oct 18, 2021
Finding Rest in an Anxiety Inducing World
Oct 04, 2021
How Will Afghanistan's Next Chapter be Written?
Sep 27, 2021
Getting out of Afghanistan
Sep 13, 2021
How do you help the homeless and mentally ill in America?
Aug 30, 2021
After War, Where Do I Go?
Aug 23, 2021
Reclaiming Christianity - Connecting to Its African Roots
Aug 16, 2021
How Faith Leaders Can Curb Gen Z’s Loneliness
Aug 02, 2021
Book Launch: The Bible
Jul 26, 2021
Feed Drop: Warren Smith and Paul Glader discuss Preachers and Plagiarism
Jul 19, 2021
What Christians Got Wrong about Sex Trafficking
Jul 12, 2021
Street Hymns Explains Christian Battle Rap
Jun 28, 2021
The Acton Institute on the Future of Technology and Faith
Jun 14, 2021
Feed Drop: Harold Camping and Anti-Vaxxers
May 31, 2021
Ryan Anderson and Carlo Lancellotti discuss the Equality Act
May 17, 2021
Ryan Anderson and Margaret McCarthy discuss the Equality Act
Apr 29, 2021
Ryan Anderson and Mary Hasson discuss the Equality Act
Apr 26, 2021
Prayer in the Night
Apr 12, 2021
Universal Lessons From The Passover
Mar 29, 2021
How The Leimena Institute is Healing Religious Divides
Mar 23, 2021
Feed Drop: The Museum Of The Bible's Ancient Hebrew Prayer Book
Mar 16, 2021
Seeking the Truth About Ethiopia’s Crisis
Mar 08, 2021
The Evolution of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Mar 01, 2021
Sarah Collins Rudolph, The Fifth Girl
Feb 15, 2021
Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps to Ruin
Feb 01, 2021
QAnon’s Deception in the Charismatic Church
Jan 25, 2021
The future of American Christianity after Jan. 6
Jan 18, 2021
Nagorno Karabakh: The Looming Threat of another Armenian Genocide
Jan 04, 2021
Feed Drop: Jericho March and Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree ministry
Dec 28, 2020
Is This The Way? 'The Mandalorian' Questions Religious Tradition
Dec 21, 2020
Bevelyn Beatty, Black Paint And BLM
Dec 14, 2020
Jesus. A World History
Dec 07, 2020
Rainn Wilson: The Bahaʼi Faith and a call for unity
Nov 30, 2020
Three presidents in a week. A Christian perspective about the Peruvian political crisis.
Nov 23, 2020
Feed Drop: Looking Outward on Religion and Politics After the Election
Nov 16, 2020
The 2020 Election and the Future of the Religious Voter
Nov 09, 2020
Shoot for the Middle. Self Protection for Regular People in an Era of Extremism
Nov 02, 2020
Feed Drop: Amy Coney Barrett and New Shifts in Religion & Politics
Oct 27, 2020
Global StoryMakers and the Road to a Billion Books
Oct 19, 2020
Before You Leave: a plea to young Christians
Oct 12, 2020
COVID Times, A New Jesus Movement
Oct 05, 2020
Ben Quash: Why The Future Is Bright For Art & Religion
Sep 28, 2020
Anne Hendershott: What does Christianity and New York City look like After COVID?
Sep 21, 2020
Feed Drop: The Rise & Fall of Jerry Falwell Jr.
Sep 14, 2020
Glenda White & The West Freeway Church Shooting: Looking back and looking forward
Sep 07, 2020
Justin Scheck: Blood and Oil
Aug 31, 2020
FEED DROP: Ministry Watch
Aug 17, 2020
Jordan Ritter Conn: The Road From Raqqa
Aug 03, 2020
Alexei Lidov: The Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces and the future of the Russian Orthodox Church
Jul 20, 2020
Rod Carew: A new memoir on health, faith and baseball.
Jul 06, 2020
Small Town, Big Impact: John Miller on Moundsville’s Past and Present
Jun 22, 2020
How to Heal America: Civil Rights Activist and Minister John Perkins
Jun 08, 2020
An Artist's Reflections on Suffering and Redemption
May 25, 2020
How South Africa is managing COVID-19
May 11, 2020
Prepper or prepared?
Apr 27, 2020
Kyle Harper: The Black Death and COVID19
Apr 14, 2020
COVID-19 Part 2: Stories from North America, South America, Africa & Asia
Apr 06, 2020
COVID-19 Part 1: Stories from North America, Europe, Africa & Asia
Mar 23, 2020
Vishal Arora: The rise of Hindu nationalism
Mar 12, 2020
Two Women Using the Christian Church in Africa for Social Good
Feb 25, 2020
Chris Moody: The Spiritual Wisdom From Life on The Road
Jan 28, 2020
Tabitha Bühne: Ab morgen bin ich schön! (I Will be Beautiful Tomorrow!)
Jan 14, 2020
Samuel Brunson: Whistleblower Alleges $100 Billion Secret Stockpile By Mormon Church
Dec 18, 2019
Jeffrey Alan Miller: A New Discovery of the King James Bible
Dec 02, 2019
Emeka Izeze Gets a Driver's License
Nov 12, 2019
Tim Pool says he is not religious, but has views on lots of other matters
Oct 21, 2019
What Happened when this man tried to live Literally by the Old Testament for a year?
Sep 16, 2019
An Interview with Brazil’s feminist Christian author
Aug 15, 2019
Kieran Dodds: A New Look at Ancient Religion in Ethiopia
Jun 22, 2019
Steven Waldman: American faith once solved the problem of religious violence
May 21, 2019
Deep Dive Answers About Sri Lanka's Easter Attacks
May 06, 2019
Christianity in Africa
Apr 19, 2019
How Christians stopped killing each other in N. Ireland
Mar 11, 2019
ISIS in Africa
Feb 11, 2019
The Desert and the Sea
Jan 15, 2019
Finding Truth in Song
Dec 18, 2018
A Bullet Through The Brain
Nov 14, 2018
Never Forget: Clemente Lisi looks back at the 9/11 attacks to educate future generations
Sep 11, 2018