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Stephen Spector, "God and the First Families: Parenting, Trauma, and Healing in the Book of Genesis" (Jewish Publication Society, 2026)

June 12, 2026

God and the First Families

Stephen Spector
Hosted by Marc Katz

What if the book of Genesis is not only the story of humanity’s first family, but also the story of God learning how to parent? In this episode, Rabbi…

Radio ReOrient Season 14 Round Up, hosted by Saeed Khan, Amina Easat-Daas, Marchella Ward and Claudia Radiven

June 12, 2026

Radio ReOrient Season 14 Round Up, hosted by Saeed Khan, Amina Easat-Daas, Marchella Ward and Claudia Radiven

Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode, Saeed Khan, Amina Easat Daas, Chella Ward and Claudia Radiven sit down for a round up of the season’s dynamic episodes, and take a l…

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026)

June 11, 2026

Surrender to God Across Languages

Manasicha Akepiyapornchai
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India (Oxford UP, 2026) explores the role of languages in the intell…

Islam in English

June 10, 2026

Islam in English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Oludamini Oguannaike, Associate Professor of African Religious Th…

Matti Friedman, "Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe" (Spiegel & Grau, 2026)

June 9, 2026

Out of the Sky

Matti Friedman
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel

Was it one of the war’s most memorable feats of valor or an act of desperation, even madness? In Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe…

Christopher D. Stanley, "A Ram for Mars" (NFB Publishing, 2026)

June 9, 2026

A Ram for Mars, A Slave's Story Book 3

Christopher D Stanley

What would you do if you were pressured to support a rebellion that you believed was misguided and doomed to failure? What if the safety of your f…

Stephen C.E. Hopkins, "⁠Translating hell: Vernacular theology and apocrypha in the medieval North Sea"⁠ (Manchester UP, 2026)

June 8, 2026

Translating hell

Stephen C. E. Hopkins
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

In the Middle Ages, hell was useful because it was vaguely defined. Canonical scriptures scarcely mention hell, leaving much to the imaginations of …

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

June 8, 2026

The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera

Prachi Patankar and Ram Vishwanathan

This episode features a conversation with Prachi and Ram, organizers with Savera, a multiracial, interfaith, anti-caste coalition of Indian Americans …

Annie Selak, "The Wounded Church: Tending to the Harm within Catholicism" (Fordham UP, 2026)

June 7, 2026

The Wounded Church

Annie Selak
Hosted by Gregory Soden

Dr. Annie Selak (she/her/hers) is an expert in feminist ecclesiology. She studies wounds in the church, or moments where the church fails to live into…

Sarah M. Cushman et al eds., "The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau" (Routledge, 2026)

June 7, 2026

The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau

Sarah M. Cushman, Joanne Pettitt, and Dominic Williams
Hosted by Kelly McFall

The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau examines Auschwitz-Birkenau as both a site and a symbol of Nazi genocide. Scholars from a range of discip…

Robert Grant, "Understanding Sensory Differences: A Neurodiversity Affirming Guidebook for Children and Teens" (2022)

June 7, 2026

Understanding Sensory Differences

Robert Grant
Hosted by Helena Vissing

Children and teens who experience sensory differences often find it difficult to understand their sensory system and sensory/regulation needs they may…

Ashok Malhotra, "Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri La, 1900-1969" (UCL Press, 2026)

June 6, 2026

Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri La, 1900-1969

Ashok Malhotra
Hosted by Crawford Gribben

⁠Imperial Science, the Organic Movement and the Path to Shangri La, 1900-1969⁠ (UCL Press, 2026) is a global history project that examines the diffusi…

Jane Kanarek, "Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah" (Brandeis UP, 2025)

June 6, 2026

Beyond Brutality

Jane Kanarek
Hosted by Rachel Adelman

⁠Beyond Brutality: Reclaiming Female Presence in Bavli Sotah⁠ (Brandeis University Press, 2025) draws on feminist analysis and gender studies to exami…

Radio ReOrient S14:10: Muslims in the Neoliberal Era, with William Barylo, hosted by Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas

June 5, 2026

Radio ReOrient S14:10: Muslims in the Neoliberal Era, with William Barylo, hosted by Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas

Hosted by Radio Reorient

In this episode hosts Salman Sayyid and Amina Easat-Daas were joined by William Barylo to discuss his most recent book ‘Muslims in the Neoliberal Era:…

Bruno Shirley, “Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka" (ARC Humanities Press, 2026

June 5, 2026

Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri L - the Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, Ca. 1000-1215

Bruno Shirley
Hosted by Jue Liang

Dr. Shirley's monograph, Religion, Gender, and Politics in Medieval Sri Lanka: The Reconstruction of Buddhist Kingship, ca. 1070-1215, is now availabl…

Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh, "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (2025)

June 4, 2026

Baidehisha Bilasa

Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh
Hosted by Raj Balkaran

Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh bring into English for the first time a long-inaccessible masterpiece of South Asian literature. Composed in the late…

S5E9 A Divine Comedy: On Hollywood, Creativity, and Religion with Rob Long

June 3, 2026

S5E9 A Divine Comedy

Rob Long
Hosted by Ryan Shinkel

Here in Episode 9 of Season 5, I interview Mr. Rob Long. A longtime Hollywood professional, he was a writer and producer for the classic sitcom Cheers…

Steven Nadler, "Spinoza, Atheist" (Princeton UP, 2026)

June 2, 2026

Spinoza, Atheist

Steven Nadler
Hosted by Abe Silberstein

In 1656, a young Amsterdam merchant was excommunicated by his Portuguese-Jewish community in the harshest terms it had ever used. Baruch Spinoza was…

Kati Curts, "Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America" (NYU Press, 2025)

June 2, 2026

Assembling Religion

Kati Curts
Hosted by Miranda Melcher

Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church, reader of New Thought texts, believer in the "gospel of reincarnation,…

Homes of the Past

June 1, 2026

Homes of the Past

Jeffrey Shandler
Hosted by YIVO Institute

In 1940s New York, immigrant Jewish scholars sought to build a museum to commemorate their lost worlds and people. Among the Jews who arrived in the U…