Font Size
100%
Archive
We're steadily working on re-building our complete archive; check back soon for more episodes.
 
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
 
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Credit: Jack Delano | Library of Congress
Worker Rights in the 1930s, When Catholic Morals Controlled Hollywood, and More
February 27, 2014
Summary: 'Labor priests' and other people of faith led the fight to pass the federal minimum wage in 1938. And forget the Oscars, let's talk about the Catholic Legion of Decency, which once slapped movies with 'C's' for 'condemned.'
View full show
Copyright © 2013 by Frans de Waal. With permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
The Moral Lives of Primates, Writing Letters as a Spiritual Practice, and More
February 20, 2014
Summary: A primatologist argues we can trace values like empathy, justice and cooperation all the way back to our animal ancestors. And we meet Amy and Jessica, spiritual penpals and life-long friends.
View full show
Christoph Wagener | Wikimedia Commons
Divide Over Doctrine in the Catholic Church, Passing Faith Through Families, and More
February 13, 2014
Summary: A new poll of global Catholics reinforces the gap between what the Vatican teaches and Catholics practice on social issues. Also-- how faith is passed down through the generations, and the 'Hands on Faith' program lets students touch the divine.
View full show
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
On Being Russian Orthodox, Sex Abuse in Zen Buddhism, and More
February 06, 2014
Summary: why the Russian Orthodox Church has been a symbol of Russian pride in the years since the Soviet collapse; the 'Zen Predator' of New York; and Roshi Bernie Glassman on socially-engaged Buddhism.
View full show