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Chuck Collins | Altar to an Erupting Sun from 2023-09-07T16:36:28
In this episode, we interview activist Chuck Collins on his new novel, "Altar to an Erupting Sun." His book addresses the work of activism, the value of community, and the question of what tactics ...
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David Bentley Hart | Bible Translation, Christian Socialism,&the Moral Obligation of Belonging from 2023-08-05T18:23:17
Scholar, philosopher, and prolific author Dr. David Bentley Hart joins the podcast to discuss Bible translation as an act of resistance, the Christian sources and support for social democracy, and ...
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Hindu Nationalism&the U.S. Far Right from 2023-07-26T00:21:41
This episode explores the growing alliance between the U.S. and the Indian far right, the various appearances of Hindutva (Hindu Nationalism)in US public life, anti-caste discrimination, and how Hi...
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Capitalocene Q&A (with Joerg Rieger) from 2023-05-24T18:20:48
A bonus episode! Two different Q&A sessions with Joerg Rieger, Felipe Maia, and Jason Moore are bundled into this extra episode connected to Joerg's new book, "Theology in the Capitalocene." Lis...
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Theology in the Capitalocene | Joerg Rieger, Jason Moore, Filipe Maia from 2023-05-13T00:22:16
This episode is an edited version of a webinar built around Joerg Rieger's new book, Theology in the Capitalocene. He was joined by the incredible scholars Filipe Maia and Jason Moore. In the epi...
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Decolonizing Pedagogy with Haitian Spirituality | Dr. Wideline Seraphin from 2023-04-05T01:28:30
In this interview with Dr. Wideline Seraphin, we discuss the decolonizing power of Haitian spirituality and the unique literacies of a group of Haitian transnational girls, discovering the necessit...
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Religious Traditions and the Left from 2023-03-22T02:04:14
In this panel discussion, DSA members from several religious traditions share their perspectives on the importance of religion for sustaining, inspiring, and organizing political movement on the Le...
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Season '23 Overview from 2023-02-28T16:17:56
Welcome back comrades! In this segment, Ralph&Nicole-Ann kick off a new season for Heart of a Heartless World, catching up after a long hiatus and giving a preview of what is to come this year. I...
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American Democratic Socialism – An Interview with Gary Dorrien from 2021-12-13T22:59:16
Gary Dorrien's new book American Democratic Socialism is a comprehensive look at the deep roots, many of them religious, of democratic socialism in this country. Rev. Andrew Wilkes spoke with Profe...
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Beat Swords Into Plowshares - a Conversation with Mark Colville from 2021-05-23T23:14:41
Seven Catholic plowshares activists entered Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia on April 4th, 2018. They went to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command to “beat swords into plows...
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Capitalism as Modern Religion - A Conversation with Dr. Eugene McCarraher from 2021-05-12T22:19:17
Do we live in a secular age? Is capitalism a religion? In this episode, Stephen Crouch asks author and professor Eugene McCarraher about the "misenchanted" qualities of capitalist society. Dr. McCa...
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Compassion in Action: A Conversation about Buddhism and Socialism from 2021-04-15T16:32:23
This episode of Heart of a Heartless World features Travis Donoho and Jeremy McMahan. Travis is a professional labor union organizer and member of Thich Nhat Hahn's Order of Interbeing Sangha. Jere...
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Ballad of an America: What does Paul Robeson's Life Teach Us? from 2021-03-19T00:15:36
On Tuesday, February 16th, Charles Howard, University Chaplain and Vice President for Social Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke with Lawrence Ware, co-editor of "Ballad o...
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Labor Rights and the American Catholic Church from 2021-02-23T01:18:12
Matt Mazewski and Brendan Moore, both economics doctoral candidates and labor organizers, join “Heart of a Heartless World” to discuss the relationship between labor rights and the American Catholi...
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Black Radical Traditions from 2021-01-18T08:07:13
The spirit of black radical traditions, at their best, can turn the world upside down and help usher in a political economy of dignity, voice, and decision-making power for working-class communitie...
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Medicare-for-All Multifaith Forum from 2020-12-11T03:27:03
After exit polls from the November election showed 72% of voters wanted Medicare for All, Medicare for All Indiana and the Religious Socialism Committee of Central Indiana DSA convened on November ...
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Jewish Traditions of Socialism W/ Rabbi Andy Bachman from 2020-11-24T16:36:12
Jewish Traditions of Socialism Our latest episode of ‘Heart of a Heartless World’ is a recording of our October 26th webinar conversation between Rev. Andrew Wilkes and Rabbi Andy Bachman, Executi...
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From Protest To Politics - A Conversation about Bayard Rustin w/ John D'Emilio from 2020-11-18T03:08:43
John D'Emilio joins "Heart of a Heartless World" to discuss the history of Bayard Rustin, a Quaker and democratic socialist who introduced nonviolent tactics to the civil rights movement and organi...
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The End of the World, As We Know It: Faith and Ecosocialism beyond Apocalypse from 2020-11-13T02:24:48
Our latest episode of ‘Heart of a Heartless World’ is a recording of a webinar DSA’s NYC chapter hosted with faith leaders on how American apocalyptic thinking gets in the way building a better fut...
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How Faith Traditions Can Strengthen Socialist Movements w/ Bhaskar Sunkara&Rev. Andrew Wilkes from 2020-10-20T16:28:32
Our latest episode of “Heart of a Heartless World” is a recording of our September 30th webinar conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara, founding publisher and editor of Jacobin magazine, and Rev. Andrew...
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Building Inclusive Movement for Economic Justice from 2020-09-14T16:26:30
Our latest episode of “Heart of a Heartless World” is a recording of our August 20 webinar between Rev. Andrew Wilkes and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, National Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, ab...
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Liberation Theology vs. Law-and-Order Theology from 2020-08-19T18:58:27
Our latest episode of "Heart of a Heartless World" is a recording of the latest webinar put on by the Religion&Socialist working group. On July 16th, Linda Sarsour, the co-founder of Until Freedom ...
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Rev. Andrew Wilkes calls for a Moral Coalition to Create Lasting Structural Change from 2020-07-09T20:53:01
The latest episode of Heart of a Heartless World is an interview with Rev. Andrew Wilkes, longtime member of DSA, a contributor to the Religion and Socialism Working Group, and a writer for outlets...
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KRJ on Defunding the Police, Christian/Buddhist spirituality, and her NYC City Council Campaign from 2020-06-24T20:13:31
Kristin Jordan, aka KRJ, is a poet and activist in the Harlem community, where she has started an independent publishing company that focuses on Black and Latino literary activists. She is a member...
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Imaan Javeed on the Connections between Socialism and Islam from 2020-05-22T17:59:20
Imaan Javeed Podcast Notes Our latest episode of “Heart of a Heartless World” features an interview with Imaan Javeed, a writer and medical student, discussing the relationship between Islam and so...
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Dr. Edgar Rivera Colón on the Latinx Community, Sexuality, and the Churches from 2020-05-08T15:32:54
Dr. Edgar Rivera Colón on the Latinx community, sexuality, and the churches In this episode of the RS podcast, Heart in a Heartless World, our guest Dr. Edgar Rivera Colón is a medical anthropolo...
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Dr. Edgar Rivera Colón sobre la comunidad latinx, la sexualidad, y las iglesias from 2020-05-08T15:29:56
Dr. Edgar Rivera Colón sobre la comunidad latinx, la sexualidad, y las iglesias
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Heart of a Heartless World -Catholicism, Socialism, and Healthcare with Colleen Shaddox from 2020-04-24T19:26
In this episode of the RS podcast, Heart in a Heartless World,, our guest is Colleen Shaddox, a devout Roman Catholic, a committed socialist, and a veteran healthcare journalist. Shaddox’s articles...
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Jay Forth on the connection between capitalism, evangelicalism, and a state of indebtedness from 2020-02-07T19:53:27
Jay Forth is a graduate from Duke Divinity, a director of homeless outreach at a nonprofit in DC, previously he was the executive director of Festival Center, a faith-based space for organizing. In...
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Maxine Phillips: Leader of the DSA's Religion and Socialism Working Group from 2019-12-30T18:46:04
Maxine Phillips leads DSA’s religion and socialism working group nationally. She is a retired executive editor of Dissent, former DSA national director, and current volunteer editor of "Democratic ...
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Daniel Soyer on Jewish Labor Bund History in Europe and America (Part II) from 2019-10-22T18:52:28
Daniel Soyer is professor at Fordham and a scholar of American Jewish history. He is a co-editor, along with Irena Klepfisz, of The Stars Bear Witness: The Jewish Labor Bund 1897 - 2017. Our interv...
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The Warsaw Uprising Anniversary, Part 1: Irena Klepfisz, Jewish Lesbian Poet and Activist from 2019-04-19T11:30:22
Today, April 19th, is the 76th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It was the largest single revolt by Jews during WWII and it was mostly organized by the Bund, a secular Jewish socialist mo...
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Lutheran climate organizer Shay O'Reilly on demonic forces, white supremacy and climate change from 2019-03-19T20:50:58
How do we fight the demonic principalities behind climate change? Shay O’Reilly is an organizer for renewable energy in NYC, a DSA member, a Lutheran, and a graduate of UnionTheological Seminary. W...
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Storyteller Kelli Dunham on her journey from nun to nurse and queer comedian from 2019-02-07T14:00:15
This is an equal parts hilarious and insightful episode of Religious Socialism podcast. Kelli Dunham is an author, comedian and storyteller — she’s the founder of Queer Memoir, a storytelling serie...
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Rabbi Michael Feinberg on multi-faith labor organizing and what he learned from the Catholic left from 2018-11-06T20:19:49
Rabbi Michael Feinberg is the executive director of The Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, whose goal is to build a long term alliance between the faith community and labor movements in New...
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Julien Baker is a queer, Christian, socialist — we had to talk to her from 2018-06-24T15:45:58
Memphis-based singer-songwriter Julien Baker's star is rising in the music world. She also identifies as queer, Christian, socialist — like our host, Sarah Ngu. There have been high-profile intervi...
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"If religion doesn't allow us to build bridges, it becomes a drug" —Rev. Juan Carlos Ruiz from 2018-03-31T17:56:25
Juan Carlos Ruiz is co-founder of the New Sanctuary Movement, a network of churches and synagogues that offer resources to undocumented immigrants in New York City. He began his career as a Catholi...
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Avi Garelick on Gentrification, BDS and the Jewish Concept of Redemption from 2018-01-31T14:47:02
Avi Garelick wears many hats: he runs a Hebrew school associated with the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York city, he is active in Northern Manhattan is Not For Sale, an anti-gentrification gr...
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Why Dr. Debbie Almontaser finds being called a "moderate Muslim" offensive from 2017-11-30T16:42:12
Dr. Debbie Almontaser is a Yemeni-American and Muslim community leader and activist, founder of the Bridging Cultures Group and the Khalil Gibran International Academy, a New York public school wit...
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"Capitalism has a spiritual formation plan" —Rev. Andrew Wilkes from 2017-10-04T19:04:18
A conversation with Reverend Andrew Wilkes, a an African Methodist Episcopal pastor of young adults and social justice and leader in a black Christian community in Jamaica, Queens. Unlike some of o...
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"I was living under two occupations” —Rev. Khader El-Yateem from 2017-08-09T21:02:24
A conversation with Reverend Khader El-Yateem, a native Palestinian and Lutheran pastor running for City Council for the 43rd District, which includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. El-Y...
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"I'm a socialist because Jesus tells me to be." —Rev. Ann Kansfield from 2017-06-22T18:59:57
A conversation with Reverent Ann Kansfield, pastor at Greenpoint Reformed Church and chaplain for the FDNY. Kansfield discusses how 9/11 prompted her to leave her finance job and join seminary, her...
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Interfaith Worker Justice – A Conversation with Laura Barrett from 2016-12-06T20:20:38
A Conversation With Laura Barrett of Interfaith Worker Justice
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A Conversation with Professor Gary Dorrien from 2016-04-14T16:51:56
Religion and Socialism Podcast Episode One - A Conversation with Professor Gary Dorrien
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