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The Jim Wallis Podcast
The Jim Wallis Podcast explains how our faith should inform our politics, and not the other way around. Each episode, Wallis, a prominent Christian ethicist and social justice advocate, host conversations about faith and justice with activists, authors, scholars, spiritual leaders and prominent politicians.
Episodes
The Jim Wallis PodcastChasing Hope and Truth: Jim Wallis with Nicholas Kristof
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof joins Jim Wallis for a powerful, urgent conversation about the moral crisis facing America and the world…
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Rediscovering Justice: Jim Wallis at Chautauqua – Faith, Action, and the Moral Compass for Our Times
Join Rev. Jim Wallis as he brings the spirit of Chautauqua to The Jim Wallis Podcast. This episode, recorded during his week as Chaplain and Preacher at the…
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Faith in the Line of Fire: Jim Wallis on Political Violence, Minnesota, and the Christian Response
Rev. Jim Wallis confronts the alarming rise in political violence since 2016, sharing personal stories from the recent Minnesota shootings and challenging…
The Jim Wallis PodcastStanding for a Moral Budget: Faith Leaders Demand Justice on Capitol Hill
In this powerful episode of the Jim Wallis Podcast, faith leaders from across America gather at the U.S. Capitol during Pentecost Week to protest the proposed…
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Sen. Chris Coons on Pentecost Witness, Faith, Justice & the Moral Budget
Sen. Chris Coons joins Jim Wallis to expose the moral crisis in the Trump budget—devastating cuts to Medicaid & SNAP, tax breaks for the wealthy, and the…
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Trump Budget Cuts: A $1.1 Trillion Transfer From the Least of These to the Wealthiest of Them
In this powerful episode, Jim Wallis interviews Brendan Duke, Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to break…
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How Will We Know When We’ve Lost Our Democracy? Jim Wallis & Steven Levitsky on Courage in Troubled Times
Harvard political scientist Steven Levitsky joins Jim Wallis to discuss the urgent threats facing American democracy, the rise of “competitive…
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A New Era: Pope Leo XIV, Francis’s Legacy, and the Future of Catholic Social Teaching – with John Carr
What does the election of the first American pope mean for the Catholic Church and the world? Jim Wallis sits down with John Carr, founder of the Initiative on…
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Faith, Justice, and the Power of Witness: Jim Wallis Interviews Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner
Take Action: Be part of the movement! Join the Pentecost Witness for a Moral Budget and help shape a future rooted in justice and equity. Learn more and sign…
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Trump’s Historic Unpopularity: Majority See Him as a Dangerous Dictator
In this eye-opening episode, Jim Wallis and Robert P. Jones dive deep into the latest poll data revealing President Trump’s unprecedented negative approval…
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Faith, Politics, and Democracy in America: A Conversation with E.J. Dionne
Join Jim Wallis and distinguished journalist E.J. Dionne as they explore the critical intersection of faith, politics, and the challenges facing American…
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Silencing Truth: Banned Books, Racism, and the Future of American Democracy
In this vital episode, leading scholars and activists explore the urgent issues of book banning, racial justice, and the role of faith in a divided America…
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Bonhoeffer's Legacy: Confronting Injustice Today with Adam Taylor.
On the anniversary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's death, we explore his enduring call to "costly grace" and its relevance to today's challenges with Adam Taylor…
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Money, Lies, & God: The Plot to Destroy American Democracy
Author Katherine Stewart (Money, Lies, and God) joins Jim Wallis to expose the money, disinformation, and Christian nationalism fueling the anti-democratic…
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Courts Under Siege: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump's Judicial Threats & Democracy's Future
Legal journalist Dahlia Lithwick (Slate’s Amicus podcast) exposes how Trump’s second-term agenda—and cases like Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s deportation and Mahmoud…
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Wolves at the Door of our Democracy
Professor Ruth Braunstein is the host of the new podcast When the Wolves Came, Evangelicals Resisting Extremism. Prof. Braunstein chronicles the American…
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Disarming Leviathan: Fighting Trump's Chaos Evil While Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbors
Pastor Caleb Campbell chronicles his journey from active engagement as a Neo-Nazi Skinhead to becoming Lead Pastor of Desert Springs Bible Church in Phoenix…
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Millions will Starve and Millions will Die
We began this Lenten Season in the aftermath of the virtual destruction of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As a result…
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Stand Up for Jesus and The Stranger
A historic lawsuit has been filed by the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, in partnership with the Center on Faith and Justice, on the…
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Grieve but Do Not Despair
In the wake of the decisive victory of Donald Trump and his followers, Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with Executive Producer Paul Woodhull about what must take place…
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Elizabeth Neumann on Trump: The Guardrails are Completely Off
Elizabeth Neumann, Former Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism at the Department of Homeland Security and the author of Kingdom of Rage talks with Jim…
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Daniel Gutierrez on Immigration: “Look at Them with the Eyes of Christ”
Daniel Gutierrez is the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, the second oldest and fourth largest diocese in the Episcopal Church. He also served…
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David Gushee: Democracy is the Number One Issue on the Ballot
Christian Ethhicist David Gushee explains how White Evangelicals have lost their way as religious reactionaries work to destabilize our democracy. See Privacy…
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Test of Faith: Defending Democracy
Jim Wallis convenes a roundtable of thought and faith leaders to discuss our responsibilities for the upcoming 2024 Presidential election: Jemar Tisby--New…
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Jocelyn Benson: Be Heard and Be Counted
As threats of deadly violence are mounted against election officials across the country, Jocelyn Benson, the Secretary of State and Chief Election Officer of…
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Ian Bassin: Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
In this election special Faith Factor season, we will be releasing weekly in-depth exclusive interviews focused on the most consequential Presidential Election…
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Rep. Jim Clyburn: Project 2025 is Jim Crow 2.0
In this election special Faith Factor season, we will be releasing weekly in-depth exclusive interviews focused on the most consequential Presidential Election…
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Meet The Exvangelicals: A Journey Through Faith and Politics
Join host Jim Wallis in a live and enlightening conversation at Georgetown University with Sarah McCammon, esteemed Political Correspondent at NPR and author…
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Unveiling 'The False White Gospel' with Jim Wallis
Join us for a riveting episode of The Soul of the Nation, where the spotlight turns on our esteemed host, Jim Wallis, as he becomes the guest of the hour. In…
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Inside the Christian Movement Threatening Our Democracy.
In this week's Soul of the Nation, Reverend Jim Wallis engages in a profound conversation with author and Senior Scholar Matthew Taylor about his upcoming…
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Inside the Great Evangelical Crackup with Tim Alberta
This week The Soul of the Nation welcomes Tim Alberta, an award-winning journalist, staff writer for The Atlantic magazine and author of the bestselling new…
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Senator Chris Coons on the 'Higher Calling' of Public Service
This week on Soul of the Nation, we bring you a conversation with Senator Chris Coons at Georgetown University. The event was part of the "Higher Calling"…
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The Rev. James Martin on Advent, His New Book on Lazarus, and a Big Vatican Meeting
This week on Soul of the Nation we welcome the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, consultant to the Vatican's Dicastery…
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Bishop Mariann Budde on How to Be Brave
This week on the Soul of the Nation, we welcome Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, DC. Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for…
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Steven Levitsky Explains How U.S. Democracy Reached a Breaking Point
In this live recording of Soul of the Nation, Rev. Jim Wallis and the Center on Faith and Justice hosted Harvard University political scientist Steven Levitsky…
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Faith in Action: Following Jesus in a Warming World
This week on Soul of the Nation, our host, Rev. Jim Wallis, engages in a profound conversation with climate advocate and author Kyle Meyaard-Schaap. Together…
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Unearthing The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy with Robert P. Jones, Vann Newkirk II, and Jennifer Rubin
In this episode of Soul of the Nation, Rev. Jim Wallis and the Center on Faith and Justice host a conversation about Robert P. Jones' groundbreaking new book…
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Faith, Climate, and Action: A Conversation with Rev. Jim Wallis and Bill McKibben
This week, Soul of the Nation welcomes Bill McKibben, an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global…
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The Enduring Moral Power of MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail
This week on Soul of the Nation, our host Jim Wallis is joined by two of the country’s preeminent Christian leaders to celebrate and discuss the Rev. Dr…
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Towards a More Just Future with Rev Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas
This week on Soul of the Nation features a public conversation with Rev Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological…
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"The Fierce Urgency of Now" Rev. Jim Wallis | Villanova University Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Lecture
Jim Wallis, the Founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith, advocates spirituality and social change in America. Under Wallis’ leadership…
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Matthew Desmond on America's "Sinful" Treatment of Poor People
This week, Soul of the Nation welcomes Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at Princeton University whose research focuses on poverty in America. He is the author of…
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Higher Calling: A Conversation with Representative Nancy Pelosi
This week on Soul of the Nation features a public conversation Jim Wallis had recently with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about the role her Catholic faith…
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A White Christian Nationalist Hotbed
This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming Jack Jenkins to the podcast. Jenkins is a national reporter…
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The Looming Threat of White Nationalist' Political Violence
This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming Rachel Kleinfeld to the podcast. Kleinfeld is a senior…
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Evangelicals' Dangerous Amnesia
This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming cultural sociologist Ruth Braunstein to the podcast…
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How to Talk About Racism with Your Kids
Jemar Tisby, a historian and author of "How to Fight Racism: Young Readers Edition," as well as several other books, joins the podcast to talk about his…
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What a New Survey Reveals About White Christian Nationalism
This week on Soul of the Nation, we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming pollster Robert P. Jones to the program. Jones is the…
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Four Orientations Toward White Christian Nationalism
This week on Soul of the Nation we continue our series on White Christian Nationalism by welcoming Andrew Whitehead, one of the foremost scholars of the…
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The Historical Roots of White Christian Nationalism
Yale University sociologist and author Phillip Gorski explains how White Christian Nationalists wove together stories from the Bible to create a theological…
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How White Christian Nationalism Threatens Democracy
A political ideology is rising that distorts the Christian faith and America’s constitutional democracy — and poses dangers to both. This episode features an…
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Crossing the Color Line
This episode is a recording of a TED-style talk Rev. Jim Wallis delivered this fall in Atlanta, Georgia. In it, Wallis talks about growing up in segregated…
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Why Racism Still Makes Sense to White Folks
On this very special episode of The Soul Of the Nation, we revisit our conversation with best-selling author Heather McGhee which was recorded in July of 2020…
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White Too Long: How Racism Lives in the DNA of White Christianity in America
In this very special episode of Soul of the Nation, we revisit our conversation with Robert P. Jones, from July 2020. Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of the…
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How Universal Voting Could Save American Democracy
E.J. Dionne, Jr. a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and Georgetown University professor explains how…
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What Latino Voters Want
This week on the Soul of the Nation, Jim Wallis speaks to Mark Magana, founder and CEO of GreenLatinos, a network of Latino environmental advocates, about why…
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The Secretive Group Behind the Religious Right
Anne Nelson is author of the book “Shadow Network: Media, Money and the Secret Hub of the Religious Right,” which examines the history of a secretive group…
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Why White evangelicals fell hard for Donald Trump
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a New York Times bestselling author and Professor of History and Gender Studies at Calvin University, reveals why white evangelicals have…
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Kirsten Powers on Loving Your (Political) Enemies
During her time at Fox News, Kirsten Powers once ground her teeth so hard that she cracked a molar. That was the Road-to-Damascus moment for the author and…
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Eddie Glaude uncovers 'the heart of the rot’ in America’s white supremacy
Dr. Eddie Glaude, chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, reveals how religion contributes to racial bigotry in America…