Inspired (formerly Interfaith Voices) is the nation’s leading public radio show about faith, ethics and spirituality. Each week we offer you analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of Orthodox Jewish artists and African-American atheists, Muslim feminists and spiritual seekers. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore.
That’s why Inspired matters.
We believe interfaith understanding is more than hollow jargon. It is integral to being informed and engaged citizens in the most religiously diverse country on earth. Polite society might try to avoid talking about religion and politics, but Inspired believes that we must talk about both – together.
We strive to:
- educate the public about the religious and ethical issues behind the news
- explore the mystery of spiritual experience
- invite guests and listeners from a wide diversity of traditions, including those with no religion
- promote dialogue, especially on contentious moral topics
- present many faith traditions and points of view – faithfully, clearly and compellingly
Inspired does not preach or proselytize, and is not affiliated with any religious organization. We are an independent public radio program.
Recent Episodes
January 3, 2021 National, News & Public Affairs
Georgia Senate Race: Faith on the Ballot
The future of the Senate will be decided by two run-off elections taking place in Georgia on January 5th. This week we look at how the faith of Rev. Warnock has come under attack and how clergy from around the country are fighting back.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 11/15
With secularism in the news in France this week, Jacques Berlinerblau, a Georgetown University professor who keeps an eye on democracies around the world, explains the U.S. brand of secularism and why so many people seem to fear or hate it
Read MoreOctober 11, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 10/11
When Central American migrants fleeing violence turn to dangerous border crossings at the US Southern border they risk injury, dehydration and death.
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 9/27
Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper, a minister of older adults at The Riverside Church in New York City, discusses her book “On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia and What it Means to Disappear,” a call for communities of faith to rethink the value of people coping with memory loss.
Read MoreAugust 9, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 8/9
Aysha Khan national reporter for the Religion News Service and Groundtruth Fellow shares insights and trends from her coverage of the growing American Muslim community this summer.
Read MoreAugust 2, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 8/2
Lynn Casteel Harper shares what drew her into chaplaincy and how an unexpected message sparked a curiosity and passion for serving those with dementia.
Read MoreJune 14, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 6/14
This week we start the first of a special series looking at how people of faith from across traditions are confronting racism and responding to the call for change.
Read MoreJune 7, 2020 National, News & Public Affairs
Inspired 6/7
Toni Newman grew up in a strict, southern Christian household. But when Toni came out as a gay man in college, family and church relationships were strained.
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