Religion & Faith

Biblical Studies

Biblical Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of the Bible about their new books.

Daniel McClellan, "The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues" (St. Martin's Essentials, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Bible Says So

Daniel McClellan
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Beth A. Berkowitz, "What Animals Teach us About Families: Kinship and Species in the Bible and Rabbinic Literature" (U California Press, 2026)

February 16, 2026

What Animals Teach Us about Families

Beth A. Berkowitz
Hosted by Michael Motia
Buddhist Studies

Buddhist Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Buddhism about their new books.

Himanshu Prabha Ray ed., "Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections" (Routledge, 2026)

February 15, 2026

Recentering Southeast Asia

Himanshu Prabha Ray ed.
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Catholic Studies

Catholic Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Catholicism about their new books.

Jane Ohlmeyer, "Making Empire: Ireland, Imperialism, and the Early Modern World" (Oxford UP, 2023)

February 22, 2026

Making Empire

Jane Ohlmeyer
Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Christian Studies

Christian Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Christianity about their new books.

Daniel McClellan, "The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues" (St. Martin's Essentials, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Bible Says So

Daniel McClellan
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Manuela Ceballos, "Between Dung and Blood: Purity, Sainthood, and Power in the Early Modern Western Mediterranean" (U California Press, 2025)

March 13, 2026

Between Dung and Blood

Manuela Ceballos
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Indian Religions

Indian Religions

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Indian religions about their new books.

Ewa Debicka-Borek and Ofer Peres, "Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India" (HASP, 2025)

March 19, 2026

Routes, Patterns, Ideologies

Ewa Debicka-Borek and Ofer Peres
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Margherita Trento et al., "For the Love of Tamil: Essays in Honor of E. Annamalai" (UnionPress, 2025)

March 12, 2026

For the Love of Tamil

Margherita Trento, Constantine V. Nakassis, Navaneethakrishnan Govindarajan, Sascha Ebeling
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Islamic Studies

Islamic Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Islam about their new books.

Manuela Ceballos, "Between Dung and Blood: Purity, Sainthood, and Power in the Early Modern Western Mediterranean" (U California Press, 2025)

March 13, 2026

Between Dung and Blood

Manuela Ceballos
Hosted by Shobhana Xavier
Rian Thum, "Islamic China: An Asian History" (Harvard UP, 2025)

March 5, 2026

Islamic China

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies

episodes

Interviews with scholars of Judaism about their new books.

Marc Chagall: Reflections of a Granddaughter

March 19, 2026

Marc Chagall

Hosted by YIVO Institute
Zainab Saleh, "Political Undesirables: Citizenship, Denaturalization, and Reclamation in Iraq" (Stanford UP, 2025)

March 17, 2026

Political Undesirables

Zainab Saleh
Religion

Religion

episodes

Interviews with scholars of religion about their new books.

Ewa Debicka-Borek and Ofer Peres, "Routes, Patterns, Ideologies: Navigating Sacred Sites in India" (HASP, 2025)

March 19, 2026

Routes, Patterns, Ideologies

Ewa Debicka-Borek and Ofer Peres
Hosted by Raj Balkaran
Daniel McClellan, "The Bible Says So: What We Get Right (and Wrong) About Scripture’s Most Controversial Issues" (St. Martin's Essentials, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Bible Says So

Daniel McClellan
Hosted by Zalman Newfield
Secularism

Secularism

episodes

Interviews with scholars of secularism about their new books.

Elliot B. Hanowski, "Towards a Godless Dominion: Unbelief in Interwar Canada" (McGill-Queen’s UP, 2023)

March 9, 2026

Towards a Godless Dominion

Elliot Hanowski
Zalman Newfield, "Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidism" (Temple UP, 2026)

February 23, 2026

Brooklyn Odyssey

Zalman Newfield
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness

Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness

episodes

Interviews with scholars of spiritual practice and mindfulness about their new books.

Robert J. Coplan, "The Joy of Solitude: How to Reconnect with Yourself in an Overconnected World" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)

March 18, 2026

The Joy of Solitude

Robert J Coplan
Hosted by Renee Garfinkel
John Oakes, "The Fast: The History, Science, Philosophy, and Promise of Doing Without" (Avid Reader, 2024)

March 15, 2026

The Fast

John Oakes
Hosted by Saman Nasser
World Christianity

World Christianity

episodes

Interviews with scholars of World Christianity about their new books.

David Frankfurter ed., "Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic" (Brill, 2019)

February 19, 2026

Guide to the Study of Ancient Magic

David Frankfurter
Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Su Hwa Keum, "From Juche to Jesus: A Study of Worldview Transformation Among North Korean Defector Christians in South Korea" (Pickwick Publications, 2025)

February 16, 2026

From Juche to Jesus

Su Hwa Keum
Hosted by Dave Broucek