Religion Unplugged

Meagan Clark interviews Vishal Arora, an independent journalist based in Delhi and a founder of Stories Asia, about the ongoing unrest between pro-Modi Hindus and Indians who fear threats to religious minorities and pluralism. Since this recording, more than 50 people have died, mostly Muslims, after a Hindu mob rampaged a mixed neighborhood near protests against a controversial citizenship law th...

The Rev. Josphine Ngahu works with the All Saints Cathedral and the Anglican Church of Kenya doing some very innovative work in her parish with people who have lost their hearing. Ms. Rose Kanyunyuzi is from Uganda and works with the Global Orphan Project in Africa. She told us about the work she is doing in Uganda and other parts of Africa with orphans.  We met Rev. Josphine and Ms. Rose at a con...

Chris Moody is a correspondent at Vice News in New York City. He’s also a friend of Religion Unplugged and The Media Project. We caught up with Chris recently as he completed his year-long journey around America in a tiny house he and his wife, Christy, built into a cargo van. It was his adventure to report on the real America after reporting on politics for years at CNN in New York City and at Ya...

Tabitha Bühne is a journalist, author and fitness coach based in Leipzig, Germany. Tabitha edits a running magazine in Germany and is a friend and member of The Media Project. She spoke with Religion Unplugged about her latest book that explores the topic of fitness and faith and why people of faith should care about their bodies. 

A whistleblower complaint to the IRS alleges the mormon church has amassed a secretive $100 billion dollar investment fund and has misled church members about how tithe money is used with that fund.  On Monday night, we broke a story about this at ReligionUnplugged.com after a month-long investigation into claims the whistleblower made to the IRS.  Samuel D. Brunson, a law professor at Loyola Univ...

Paul Glader interviewed Jeffrey Alan Miller, an English Professor at Montclair State University in New Jersey, who made a major discovery in 2015. Looking at a notebook in an archive at the University of Cambridge, Miller came across the earliest known draft of any part of the King James Bible, unmistakably in the hand of one of the King James translators.” For this discovery along with his other...

Paul Glader interviews Emeka Izeze about why he loves the Massachusetts DMV, and how rule following and paperwork might be a useful message for churches in Nigeria.

Paul Glader has a conversation with Tim Pool, conservative political commentator, YouTuber and Co-founder of Subverse.

Executive Director Paul Glader talks with NYT’s bestselling author AJ Jacobs about his recent book “Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey” and his bestseller “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible.”

Paul Glader has a conversation in São Paulo with Brazilian journalist and writer, Marilia de Camargo Cesar, about her four books that address issues of homosexuality and spiritual abuse in the evangelical church. 

Paul Glader has a conversation with photographer Kieran Dodds about his project Hierotopia , which charts the role that ancient religion played on the protection of rural landscapes in northern Ethiopia.

Executive Director Paul Glader is joined by Steven Waldman, best-selling author of Founding Faith and co-founder of Report for America to talk about his new book on religious freedom, Sacred Liberty.

In the wake of the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, The Media Project Board Member Vishal Arora spoke with Nishan De Mel, the Executive Director of Verité Research in Colombo, for a deeper analysis of what it means for South Asia and Sri Lanka’s religious groups and stability.

Melissa Harrison and Paul Glader talk with Ethiopian educator, Desta Heliso, about a two-day symposium in NYC honoring Tom C. Oden where, scholars, pastors, and international church leaders explored themes central to Oden's legacy: Classical and Ancient Christianity, Spiritual renewal, and building bridges between historic communities of faith. 

Melissa Harrison goes on the road to interview Sky News Correspondent, David Blevins, about his recent visit to the U.S. to visit college campuses. David talks about the role that journalism played in the Irish peace process and shares his own experience of working at the intersection of faith & journalism.

Melissa Harrison and Clemente Lisi talk to Emeke Izeze, former managing director of The Guardian in Nigeria about the rising ISIS problems in Africa following years of being driven from the Middle East.

Melissa Harrison and Paul Glader discuss the latest book, "The Desert and The Sea" in an interview with Michael Scott Moore, the American journalist and novelist who was kidnapped in 2012 and held captive by Somali Pirates for over 2 and a half years.

Melissa Harrison interviews TMP member and 2017 Poynter Fellow alumna, Evelyn Osagie of Nigeria, and historian Dr Karen Ama'Echefu, about the important role that poetry and song play in helping journalists to connect people of different cultures and religions.

Assassins attacked Zaffar Iqbal in his newsroom in Kashmir. Shootings and threats against the press are on the rise in the United States but the danger for journalists has existed for a long time internationally.

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