Crossing Faiths
Engaging faith conversations that challenge dinner table norms
Crossing Faiths
Engaging faith conversations that challenge dinner table norms
About Crossing Faiths
Engaging faith conversations that challenge dinner table norms
Crossing Faiths is a podcast where people from diverse religious backgrounds openly discuss everything you're NOT supposed to discuss at the dinner table.
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Recent Episodes
187: Stephen Schneck, USCIRF Commissioner
Crossing Faiths • Nov 24, 2025
186: Brian Grim
Crossing Faiths • Nov 17, 2025
185: Rushan Abbas
Crossing Faiths • Nov 10, 2025
184: Matthew Hawkins
Crossing Faiths • Nov 3, 2025
183 - Joseph F. Dumond
Crossing Faiths • Oct 20, 2025
182 - Despina Namwembe
Crossing Faiths • Oct 13, 2025
181: Michael Kinnamon
Crossing Faiths • Oct 6, 2025
180 - Joseph F. Dumond: Predicting the End of Days
Crossing Faiths • Sep 29, 2025
179 - Eric Roux
Crossing Faiths • Sep 22, 2025
178 - The Amish Butter Popcorn and America Prays
Crossing Faiths • Sep 17, 2025
177 - Chad Brignac
Crossing Faiths • Sep 15, 2025
176 - Dr. Sahar Khamis
Crossing Faiths • Sep 8, 2025
175: 175 - Ghazala Salam
Crossing Faiths • Aug 25, 2025
174 - Dr. Minhas Kahn: Divine Diplomacy
Crossing Faiths • Aug 18, 2025
173: 173 - Guy Elhanan: The tragedy of forced military service
Crossing Faiths • Aug 11, 2025
171: Laila Alsheikh - Parent's Circle
Crossing Faiths • Aug 4, 2025
172: 172: Talking About Hulk Hogan with Joseph Yoo
Crossing Faiths • Aug 4, 2025
170: 170: Chris Campbell, "The Babka King"
Crossing Faiths • Jul 28, 2025
169: 169: Sahar Aziz
Crossing Faiths • Jul 28, 2025
168: 168 - Brad Knight
Crossing Faiths • Jul 13, 2025
167: 167 - Sumbul Ali-Karamali: LGBTQ+ Issues and Islam
Crossing Faiths • Jul 7, 2025
166: 166 - Michael Hirshorne
Crossing Faiths • Jun 23, 2025
165: Lost Civilizations, Including Ours
Crossing Faiths • Jun 9, 2025
164: Joseph Yoo
Crossing Faiths • May 26, 2025
163 - Karen Volker: Preventing Violence
Crossing Faiths • May 19, 2025
161 - Maurice Bloem
Crossing Faiths • May 4, 2025
162: John Kiriakou
Crossing Faiths • May 3, 2025
160: Ani Zonneveld - Muslims for Progressive Values
Crossing Faiths • Apr 28, 2025
159: 159: Jeff Mitchell - Was Jesus Real?
Crossing Faiths • Apr 14, 2025
158: Francesca Albanese - Palestinian Human Rights
Crossing Faiths • Apr 7, 2025
157: 157: The Problem with Human Presidents
Crossing Faiths • Apr 2, 2025
156: Hasia Diner - Food and Culture of Jewish Immigrants
Crossing Faiths • Mar 31, 2025
155: 155: Momin Sheikh
Crossing Faiths • Mar 24, 2025
154: 154: Roya Mahboob - Rule Breakers
Crossing Faiths • Mar 17, 2025
153: 153: Flipping the Script(ures)
Crossing Faiths • Mar 15, 2025
152: 152: Michael Barton - American Revert
Crossing Faiths • Mar 9, 2025
151: Mustafa Akhwand
Crossing Faiths • Feb 17, 2025
150: Creationism and the Multiverse with Rabbi Aaron Zimmer and Rabbi Eli Feder
Crossing Faiths • Feb 10, 2025
149: 149: Adi Sharabi
Crossing Faiths • Jan 13, 2025
148: 148: Archetypes, agendas and interference
Crossing Faiths • Jan 6, 2025
147: 147: Good News for Me, but Not for Thee?
Crossing Faiths • Dec 23, 2024
146: Dinosaurs in Ordinary Time
Crossing Faiths • Dec 16, 2024
145: 145: Sharia Law in the Wild West
Crossing Faiths • Dec 9, 2024
144: 144: Laurence Stephenson
Crossing Faiths • Nov 25, 2024
143: 143: Lucien Greaves
Crossing Faiths • Nov 11, 2024
141: 141: Reem Alsalem
Crossing Faiths • Nov 4, 2024
142: 142: A Conversation about the 2024 US Presidential Election
Crossing Faiths • Nov 4, 2024
140: 140: Rabbi Josh Franklin
Crossing Faiths • Oct 28, 2024
139: 139: Zina, Temporary Marriage and Sexual Law in Islam
Crossing Faiths • Oct 21, 2024
138: 138: Joseph Atwill - "Caesar's Messiah"
Crossing Faiths • Oct 14, 2024
137: 137: Abbey Hafez
Crossing Faiths • Oct 7, 2024
136: Rabbi Noyo
Crossing Faiths • Sep 30, 2024
135: 135: Troy Gramling
Crossing Faiths • Sep 23, 2024
134: 134: Presidential Debate Discussion with Fr. John Anderson
Crossing Faiths • Sep 14, 2024
133: 133: Dr. James Beacham
Crossing Faiths • Sep 8, 2024
132: Dr. Robert Hayes: God and the Atom
Crossing Faiths • Sep 1, 2024
131: Jack Jewell - Part 3
Crossing Faiths • Aug 26, 2024
131: Jack Jewell - Part 1
Crossing Faiths • Aug 26, 2024
131: Jack Jewell - Part 2
Crossing Faiths • Aug 26, 2024
130: 130: Jeff Mitchell: Putting the LORD on Trial
Crossing Faiths • Aug 19, 2024
129: 129: Nicole Jansezian
Crossing Faiths • Aug 12, 2024
128: George Sorial
Crossing Faiths • Aug 5, 2024
127: Josh Heath - The Modern Heathen
Crossing Faiths • Jul 22, 2024
126: Britt Hartley: No Nonsense Spirituality
Crossing Faiths • Jul 15, 2024
125: Dignity with Fr. John Anderson
Crossing Faiths • Jul 8, 2024
124: Nury Turkel
Crossing Faiths • Jul 1, 2024
123: Soraya Ahmadyar: Faith, Family, and American Identity
Crossing Faiths • Jun 24, 2024
122: What About Barabbas?
Crossing Faiths • Jun 17, 2024
121: Dr. Mohamed Elsanousi
Crossing Faiths • Jun 10, 2024
120: 120: Jonathan Randall
Crossing Faiths • Jun 3, 2024
119: Rabbi David Rosen
Crossing Faiths • May 27, 2024
118: Breaking Cycles of Genocide: Rachel Miner, Bellwether International
Crossing Faiths • May 20, 2024
117: 117: Luke Higuchi - The Unification Church
Crossing Faiths • May 6, 2024
116: Practical Interfaith Engagement with Peter Henne
Crossing Faiths • Apr 29, 2024
115: Congressman Frank Wolf
Crossing Faiths • Apr 22, 2024
114: 114: Dr. Daisy Khan: The Rise of Islamophobia
Crossing Faiths • Apr 15, 2024
113: 113: There's No Islam in Easter!
Crossing Faiths • Mar 30, 2024
112: 112: Lou Ann Sabatier
Crossing Faiths • Mar 25, 2024
Minhdao Le: Vietnam and the Cao Dai Religion
Crossing Faiths • Mar 19, 2024
111: 111: Dr. John Morrow
Crossing Faiths • Mar 18, 2024
110: Sal Litvak
Crossing Faiths • Mar 11, 2024
109: Dr. James Tabor
Crossing Faiths • Mar 4, 2024
Leray Heynes: Jesus Christ's CEOs
Crossing Faiths • Feb 28, 2024
108: Rev. Dr. Andrew Bennett
Crossing Faiths • Feb 26, 2024
107: Knox Thames
Crossing Faiths • Feb 19, 2024
Sam Nagasaka: The Unification Church in Japan
Crossing Faiths • Feb 14, 2024
106: 106: David Curry - Violence against religious minorities
Crossing Faiths • Feb 12, 2024
IRF 2024 #3: Ex-Muslims of North America
Crossing Faiths • Feb 7, 2024
105: Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett
Crossing Faiths • Feb 5, 2024
104: Adjudicating Islamic Law for Muslim Americans
Crossing Faiths • Jan 29, 2024
IRF 2024 #1: The Story So Far
Crossing Faiths • Jan 26, 2024
IRF 2024 #2: The IRF Industrial Complex?
Crossing Faiths • Jan 26, 2024
103: 103: Ambassador Akiva Tor
Crossing Faiths • Jan 22, 2024
102: The Political Perils of Biblical Archeology
Crossing Faiths • Jan 20, 2024
101: Public Martyrdom
Crossing Faiths • Jan 15, 2024
100: 100: Burma and the Rohingya Genocide
Crossing Faiths • Jan 10, 2024
98: 98: The Technology of Religion
Crossing Faiths • Jan 1, 2024
97: What Do Unitarians and Satanists Have In Common?
Crossing Faiths • Dec 24, 2023
96: The Candy Cane Conspiracy
Crossing Faiths • Dec 18, 2023
95: 95: Millennialism and Antisemitism
Crossing Faiths • Dec 11, 2023
94: 94: There's Always Another Jerk
Crossing Faiths • Dec 4, 2023
93: Unpacking the Resurfaced Bin Laden Letter
Crossing Faiths • Nov 27, 2023
92: 92: The West's Claim to Western Values
Crossing Faiths • Nov 20, 2023
91: A War of Minorities
Crossing Faiths • Nov 6, 2023
90: 90: Straw Men and Henchmen
Crossing Faiths • Oct 31, 2023
89: 89: Israel and Hamas
Crossing Faiths • Oct 17, 2023
88: 88: Dignity of Human Life
Crossing Faiths • Oct 16, 2023
87: 87: Eastern Orthodoxy
Crossing Faiths • Oct 5, 2023
86: 86: Montezuma's Revenge
Crossing Faiths • Oct 5, 2023
85: Accidents of Substance
Crossing Faiths • Oct 1, 2023
84: Double Standards for Muslims?
Crossing Faiths • Sep 15, 2023
83: Textual Integrity and Cognitive Dissonance
Crossing Faiths • Sep 9, 2023
82: The religious veneer of Conservatism
Crossing Faiths • Aug 29, 2023
81: Putting the Man Back in "Son of Man"
Crossing Faiths • Aug 25, 2023
80: 80: This is The Way
Crossing Faiths • Aug 16, 2023
79: 79: Evangelical Lutheranism and Salvation by Grace
Crossing Faiths • Oct 13, 2022
78: 78: Hurricane Ian; Protests in Iran
Crossing Faiths • Oct 4, 2022
77: 77: The Evangelicals Problem
Crossing Faiths • Sep 27, 2022
76: 76: Headlines: The Queen, Ukraine, and Christian America declines
Crossing Faiths • Sep 21, 2022
75: 75: The Queen; John and the King; John speaks to Christians on 9-11; VP Harris speaks to National Baptists
Crossing Faiths • Sep 13, 2022
74: 74: John holds a legendary spear; An Intelligence review of the Crucifixion?
Crossing Faiths • Aug 23, 2022
73: Abortion/Kansas
Crossing Faiths • Aug 10, 2022
72: Live from Vienna
Crossing Faiths • Aug 9, 2022
IRF Summit 2022: Fr. John Anderson
Crossing Faiths • Jul 31, 2022
IRF Summit 2022: Greg Mitchell
Crossing Faiths • Jul 30, 2022
IRF Summit 2022: Sam Brownback
Crossing Faiths • Jul 23, 2022
IRF Summit 2022: Mariam Wahba
Crossing Faiths • Jul 21, 2022
69: The War in Ukraine, Chicken & Waffles and Evil Shrimp
Crossing Faiths • Jun 18, 2022
68: The Ukraine Conflict
Crossing Faiths • Jun 7, 2022
67: Faith-based Policy in a Liberal Democracy
Crossing Faiths • Jun 4, 2022
66: Abortion and Theocracy
Crossing Faiths • May 21, 2022
65: 65: Multi-faith Christmas seasons and the end of 2021
Crossing Faiths • Dec 23, 2021
64: 64: Surveillance of American Muslims goes to the Supreme Court
Crossing Faiths • Nov 15, 2021
63: 63: Sharia with Sumbul Ali-Karamali
Crossing Faiths • Nov 8, 2021
62: 62: Atheism among Muslims and more on vaccine exemptions
Crossing Faiths • Nov 1, 2021
61: 62: Conversion, proselytization, and... abortion?
Crossing Faiths • Oct 19, 2021
60: 60: Religious exemptions and COVID-19 vaccines
Crossing Faiths • Sep 16, 2021
59: 59: Masks, donuts, and the Texas Abortion Law; John shares a personal story
Crossing Faiths • Sep 14, 2021
58: 58: What follows the "brain drain" in Afghanistan?
Crossing Faiths • Aug 30, 2021
57: 57: Former intelligence officer John Kiriakou on the fall of Afghanistan
Crossing Faiths • Aug 17, 2021
56: 56: Sci-fi edition: DUNE (1984)
Crossing Faiths • May 26, 2021
55: 55: Thinking (arguing?) about Israel and Hamas
Crossing Faiths • May 18, 2021
54: 54: What does Biden's increase in the refugee cap mean?
Crossing Faiths • May 4, 2021
53: We agree: God exists & vaccine sandwiches
Crossing Faiths • Apr 27, 2021
52: 52: Our vaccine experiences & are houses of worship loosening up?
Crossing Faiths • Apr 19, 2021
51: 51: An antidote to politicized religion?
Crossing Faiths • Apr 6, 2021
50: 50: Post-election commentary: John Pinna and Manal Omar
Crossing Faiths • Nov 10, 2020
49: 49: Special guest: Manal Omar on events in France
Crossing Faiths • Nov 3, 2020
48: Special guest: George Sorial, former EVP to The Trump Organization
Crossing Faiths • Oct 13, 2020
47: Abortion in 2020 politics
Crossing Faiths • Oct 5, 2020
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