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The Classical Ideas Podcast
Simply stated, religion matters. Religion matters not only for personal reasons, but also for social, economic, political, and military purposes. Unfortunately, studies suggest that religious knowledge and cultural literacy for any religious tradition is either in decline or is non-existent in the United States, despite being one of the most religiously diverse nation on earth. Today, religion is implicated in nearly every major national and international issue. The public arena is awash in…
Episodes
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EP 183: Identifying Roots w/Dr. Richard Newton
Richard W. Newton Jr. is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His research examines the making of social difference in light…
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EP 182: Dr. Steven M. Taylor and "The Clear Light: Spiritual Meditations and Reflections"
Dr. Steve Taylor is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University, and the author of several best-selling books on psychology and spirituality…
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EP 181: Carving the Divine and Busshi with Yujiro Seki
Yujiro Seki is the documentary filmmaker of the film "Carving the Divine." Carving the Divine offers a rare and intimate look into the life and artistic…
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EP 180: Firefighter Zen w/Hersch Wilson
Hersch Wilson is a thirty-year veteran volunteer Firefighter-EMT with the Hondo Fire Department in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. He is also a story-teller…
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EP 179: "Hidden Zen" w/Meido Moore
Meido Moore Roshi was a disciple of the lay Zen master Tenzan Toyoda Rokoji, under whom he endured a severe training in both Zen and traditional martial arts…
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EP 178: The Spirituality of Dag Hammarskjöld w/Dr. Roger Lipsey
Dag Hammarskjöld served as secretary-general of the United Nations from 1953 until his tragic death in a suspicious plane crash in 1961. During those years he…
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EP 177: Dharma Relief and the Essence of Chan w/Guo Gu
Guo Gu (Dr. Jimmy Yu) is the founder of the Tallahassee Chan Center (www.tallahasseechan.com) and is also the guiding teacher for the Western Dharma Teachers…
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EP 176: Pentecostals in America w/Dr. Arlene Sánchez Walsh
Dr. Arlene Sánchez Walsh is a professor of religious studies and the author of the award-winning book Latino Pentecostal Identity, which was released by…
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EP 175 - Japanese Buddhist Art: KU Meets KU
Rachel Quist specializes in East Asian Buddhist imagery with focuses in pre-modern Japan and China. Her research centers on questions of interaction with…
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EP 174: Religion and Film with Dr. S. Brent Plate
S. Brent Rodriguez Plate is a writer, editor, public speaker, and college professor. He's interested in how sensuality affects spirituality. His writings all…
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EP 173: "Lifeblood of the Parish" w/Dr. Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
Dr. Maldonado-Estrada is Assistant Professor of Religion at Kalamazoo College where she teaches classes on religion and masculinity, Catholics in the Americas…
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EP 172: Teaching Classical Ideas w/Jonathan McFarland
Jonathan McFarland teaches Classical Ideas and World Religions at Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri.
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EP 171: In Memory of George Frissell
In this special episode, friends, family, past students, and colleagues of George tell stories about why they loved him. George founded Classical Ideas and…
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Ep 170: What Mindfulness Is and Where It Comes From w/Dr. Sarah Shaw
Dr. Sarah Shaw is a faculty member and lecturer at the University of Oxford. She has taught and published numerous works on the history and practices of…
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EP 169: "The Lover and The Jealous" w/Dr. Laury Silvers
About Dr. Laury Silvers: The Sufi Mysteries arise out of my desire to talk about the people and places I researched as a scholar of early Islam and Sufism…
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Ep 168: Ayahuasca and Icaros w/Chris Hannah (Propagandhi)
Chris Hannah is the vocalist and guitarist of the band Propagandhi. Propagandhi "Duplicate Keys Icaro": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGf8vrXhFQY Follow…
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EP 167: Tibetan Buddhism, Gender, and the Life of Mingyur Peldron w/Dr. Alison Melnick Dyer
Alison Melnick Dyer is Assistant Professor of Asian Religions at Bates College. She is an expert on gender and Tibetan Buddhism. She is currently writing a…
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EP 166: Jewish Sexual Ethics w/Dr. Rebecca Epstein-Levi
Dr. Rebecca Epstein-Levi is the Mellon Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. She's an expert on Jewish…
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EP 165: "Dying to Be Normal," LGBTQ History, and The Revealer w/Dr. Brett Krutzsch
Dr. Brett Krutzsch is an expert on LGBTQ politics and religion in the United States and a scholar at NYU's Center for Religion and Media, where he serves as…
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EP 164: American Islam and the 2020 Election w/Dr. Sajida Jalalzai
Dr. Sajida Jalalzai is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is an expert in the study of North American Islam…
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EP 163: Dr. Kayla Wheeler on Contemporary Black Islam and the Black Islam Syllabus
Dr. Kayla Renée Wheeler is an assistant professor and an expert in contemporary Black Islam in the United States. Dr. Wheeler is writing a book on the history…
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EP 162: Yoga, Cultural Appropriation, and Racism w/Dr. Shreena Gandhi
Dr. Shreena Gandhi is a multi-faceted cultural historian of religion with expertise in religion, race, the Americas and Hinduism. Trained at Swarthmore…
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EP 161: Yoruba Christianity and Music w/Dr. Vicki Brennan
Dr. Vicki Brennan is an anthropologist who studies religion, sound, music, and urban space in Africa and the African Diaspora. She is an Associate Professor of…
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EP 160: Catholic Sex Abuse w/Dr. Brian Clites
Dr. Brian Clites is a professor at Case Western Reserve University. He is an expert in clergy sexual abuse, and he has spent the last eight years interviewing…
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Ep 159: Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt on African-American Catholic Identity, Sex Abuse, and Systemic Racism
Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt is a higher education professional, researcher, and inclusion & diversity specialist based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her PhD in…
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EP 158: Vodun, Voodoo, and the Movies with Emily Crews
Emily Crews is a Ph.D. candidate in History of Religions at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Her dissertation project traces the relationship between…
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EP 157: Seasons of Moon and Flame w/Danielle Dulsky
Danielle Dulsky is a heathen visionary, painter, and word-witch. The author of Woman Most Wild and The Holy Wild., she teaches internationally and has…
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EP 156: Witchcraft in the Early Modern Period w/Dr. Julia Gossard
Julia M. Gossard is Assistant Professor of History at Utah State University. She specializes in early modern European and Atlantic history with an emphasis on…
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EP 155: Mormon Fundamentalism w/Dr. Cristina Rosetti
Dr. Cristina Rosetti completed her Ph.D., in religious studies at the University of California Riverside. She writes about Mormon fundamentalism. Follow her…
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EP 154: "The Hungry Ghost" with Dalena Storm
Dalena Storm Is a writer and educator. Her undergraduate training at Williams College was in Asian Studies with a Religious Studies Concentration, and her…
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Ep 153: Apocalypse Stories w/ Dr. Kelly J. Baker
Dr. Kelly J. Baker is the author of the award-winning Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK's Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930 (University Press of…
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Ep 152: The Clunky Oars (Oran Parker interviews Greg)
In this special dual-published episode, Oran Parker of Find the Good News Podcast interviews Classical Ideas host, Greg Soden. Visit: findthegood.news Find the…
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Ep 151: Online Churches and Religion w/Dr. Tim Hutchings
Dr Tim Hutchings is a sociologist of digital religion. His PhD (Durham University, 2010) was an ethnographic study of five online Christian churches. Dr…
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EP 150: Staying Grounded in Uncertain Times w/Deborah Eden Tull
DEBORAH EDEN TULL is the founder of Mindful Living Revolution. She is a Zen meditation and mindfulness teacher, public speaker, author, activist, and…
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EP 149: Jukai and Zen training with Robert Schaefer
Robert Schaefer is a professional chef and lifelong Buddhist practitioner. He received the Jukai ceremony at the Korinji Rinzai Monastery in Wisconsin under…
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EP 148: Roshi Grace Schireson on "Naked in the Zendo"
Roshi Grace Schireson is a teacher in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage of Soto Zen, empowered by Sojun Mel Weitsman. She has also practiced in the Rinzai tradition and…
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EP 147: Religious Literacy and Teacher Education w/Chris Murray
Chris Murray is a social studies classroom teacher and religious literacy teacher education facilitator in Maryland. You can find him on Twitter…
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EP 146: The Krampus Conundrum w/Madison Tarleton
Madison Tarleton is a Ph.D. candidate and scholar of Medieval Judaism in Christian Europe, antijudaism & antisemitism. Madison is studying at the University of…
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EP 145: Tibetan Buddhist Vegetarianism w/ Dr. Geoffrey Barstow
Dr. Geoffrey Barstow is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University. His research focuses on the history and theory of vegetarianism in…
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EP 144: Havamal with Dr. Jackson Crawford
Dr. Jackson W. Crawford is Instructor of Nordic Studies and Coordinator of the Nordic Program at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Crawford is the author and…
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EP 143: Teaching and Sikh Visibility with Dr. Simran Jeet Singh
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is columnist for Religion News Service, Senior Fellow at the Sikh Coalition, Chaplain at New York University & Columbia University, and…
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EP 142: "Beyond Chrismukkah" with Dr. Samira Mehta
Dr. Samira Mehta a scholar of religion and the politics of the American Family and an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies at the…
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EP 141: Pious Fashion and Muslim Women with Dr. Liz Bucar
Dr. Liz Bucar is a professor in the department of philosophy and religion and Dean's Leadership Fellow at Northeastern University in Boston. Dr. Bucar is the…
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Black Friday Birthday Bonus Podcast with Dr. Liz Bucar
Dr. Liz Bucar is a religious ethicist who studies sexuality, gender, and moral transformation within Islamic and Christian traditions and communities. She is…
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EP 140: American Jews: How 1789 Created 2019 w/Dr. Shari Rabin
Dr. Shari Rabin is a scholar of modern Judaism and American religions. Her first book, Jews on the Frontier: Religion and Mobility in Nineteenth-century…
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EP 139: Brad Warner on Letters to a Dead Friend About Zen
Ordained as a Soto Zen priest, Brad Warner is also a punk bassist, filmmaker, and blogger. He is the founder of Angel City Zen Center in Los Angeles and the…
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Ep 138: Undergraduate Religious Studies & Study Abroad w/ Jordan Baggs
Jordan Baggs is a senior at The Ohio State University. She double-majors in International Religions and Religious Studies and minors in French. She is a member…
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Cycling Through the End of History with Mike Dimkich of Bad Religion (BONUS EPISODE)
Mike Dimkich is a guitarist in the band Bad Religion, a cyclist, and a runner. Follow him on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/miketheserb/
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Ep 137: America's Most Famous Catholic, Stephen Colbert (w/Dr. Stephanie Brehm)
Dr. Stephanie Brehm, author of the brand new book, America's Most Famous Catholic (According to Himself): Stephen Colbert and American Religion in the 21st…
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EP 136: Conversion Therapy w/ Dr. Chris Babits
Dr. Chris Babits is an Andrew W. Mellon Engaged Scholar Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Ph.D. in History…
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Ep 135: Dr. Amy Artman on Charismatic Christianity and the Life of Kathryn Kuhlman (Featuring Dan Jones)
Dr. Amy Artman teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Missouri State University. Her research interests are in Pentecostalism and Charismatic…
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Ep134: From Suffering to Peace with Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman has taught meditation retreats and trainings worldwide for twenty years. He is the founder of the Mindfulness Institute and Awake in the Wild…
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Ep 133: Charismatic Religions and the Vineyard Movement w/ Dr. Maren Freudenberg
Dr. Maren Freudenberg is a research associate at the Center for Religious Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, and the associate editor of the…
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Ep 132: The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul with Dr. Alex Gardner
Dr. Alex Gardner is the author of the brand new biography, "The Life of Jamgon Kongtrul the Great," out now from Snow Lion, an imprint of Shambhala…
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Ep 131: Tonglen Meditation w/Lama Palden Drolma
Lama Palden Drolma is a western teacher trained by Tibetan Buddhist masters. She the founder of Sukhasiddhi Foundation. She is a licensed psychotherapist…
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Ep 130: The First Amendment and "Our Non-Christian Nation" w/Jay Wexler
Jay Wexler is a professor at the Boston University School of Law and is the author of the new book, "Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans…
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Ep 129: Prescribing the Dharma w/Dr. Ira Helderman
Dr. Ira Helderman is a psychotherapist in private practice and he holds a PhD in religious studies. Buy "Prescribing the Dharma" (University of North Carolina…
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Ep 128: The Character Gap w/Dr. Christian Miller
Christian B. Miller is the A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy at Wake Forest University. Miller's research is primarily in contemporary ethics and philosophy…
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Ep 127: Gesshin Claire Greenwood on "Just Enough," Oryoki, and Japanese Cooking
Gesshin Claire Greenwood is the author of Bow First, Ask Questions Later and the popular blog That's So Zen. She trained in Japanese Zen monasteries, including…
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Ep 126: The Epic of Gilgamesh w/Dr. Stanley Lombardo
Stanley Lombardo is Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of Kansas. His previous translations include Homer's Iliad (1997, Hackett) and Odyssey (2000…