Soul Searching

Cantor Lianna Mendelson of Temple Beth Shalom returns to Soul Searching to sit down with Rabbi Neil Amswych and talk about "The Song of Songs."

Reverend Bobb Barnes speaks with Rabbi Neil Amswych about his leading the local Nonviolent Cities Project campaign in Santa Fe, New Mexico and his work in promoting the teachings of nonviolence.

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, New Mexico speaks with Poet, Playwright, Performance Artist, Journalist, and 6th Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, Daryl Lorezno Wellington about the religious and/or spiritual elements in Daryl's latest book, "Psalms at the Present Time."

Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom speaks with interfaith educator and author Rabbi Mike (Michael E. Harvey) about Rabbi Mike's new book, 'Let's Talk: A Rabbi Speaks to Christians.'

Archbishop John Wester is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In this episode, Archbishop Wester reflects with Rabbi Neil Amswych about the major recent change in access to reproductive health care in the United States.

Tarrie Burnett, the Executive Director of 'Tomorrow's Women' continues to talk with Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom about her work. Formerly known as 'Creativity for Peace,' Tomorrow's Women is a Santa Fe -based non-profit organization that empowers young Israeli women and young Palestinian women to be generational leaders/builders of peace. This episode features two of the young women wh...

Rabbi Neil reflects on what he has learned from the first 100 shows.

Tarrie Burnett, the Executive Director of 'Tomorrow's Women' talks with Rabbi Neil Amswych of Temple Beth Shalom about her work. Formerly known as 'Creativity for Peace,' Tomorrow's Women is a Santa Fe -based non-profit organization that empowers young Israeli women and young Palestinian women to be generational leaders/builders of peace. This episode features two of the young women who are curren...

Ambrose Ferber, a Middle and High School teacher of technology and acting speaks with Rabbi Neil. They discuss the structure of the annual school year, ways to organize daily education schedules, and alternative possibilities.

Rev. Madeline Hart-Andersen from Westminster Presbyterian Church speaks with Rabbi Neil about the importance of using our bodies, and not just our mind, during religious ritual.

Father Anne Tropeano speaks with Rabbi Neil about the Catholic Tradition and Gender

Miraj Bukhari-Frayer is the founder of the Santa Fe Refugee Collaborative.

Rabbi Barry Block, Vice President of organizational relationships at the Central Conference of American Rabbis and faculty dean at the Union of Reform Judaism's Henry S. Jacobs Camp, discusses with Rabbi Neil Amswych "The Social Justice Torah Commentary" (which he edited) and the connection between Torah and Social Justice.

Professor Alan Zeitlin of St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM discusses various perspectives and meaningful reflections on "The Odyssey" with Rabbi Neil Amswych

Rev. Matt Bridges, the pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church in Santa Fe, NM, speaks with Rabbi Neil Amswych about the spiritual elements of recovering from addiction.

Father Anne Tropeano describes her ordination and immediate excommunication from the Catholic Church.

Apryl Miller, founding and current Executive Director of the Sky Center of NM Suicide Intervention Project addresses the mental health crisis affecting youngsters today.

Stephen Jurovic, the author of Hospitable Planet: Faith, Action, and Climate Change explains why he wrote his book suggesting that climate change is both a biblical issue as well as a scientific one.

Father Tiago Arrais talks about what has inspired him though the pandemic and how his community adapted and responded to the challenges of the time.

Rabbi Kerry Olitzky discusses his own sense of spirituality and how he tried to convey it in his books, particularly children's books.

Reverend Robin Dodge, Canon for Ecumenical and Interfaith Dialogue for the Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande, discusses both the challenges and the solutions gained by working with different faith communities.

Ambrose Ferber, web developer, and Art Director turned Educator for Middle and High School students, Talks to Rabbi Neil about what skills students will need to be successful in the 21st century.

Rabbi Neil talks with Rachel Ryer, a Middle School teacher, on how she developed an authentic Buddhist practice over many decades of study.

Rabbi Neil talks to Cantor Lianna Mendelson, Cantor-Educator at Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe NM about a Cantor's role as a Jewish clergy person and connecting music to tradition and text.

Rabbi Neil talks to Jack Conrad, Manager of Spiritual Care at CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, about the delta variant of COVID-19 and what it means when people refuse to get the vaccine that might prevent harm to themselves or others.