Things Not Seen Podcast
Religion Moment: August 31, 2013- Baghdad's Fateful Bridge

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the stampede on Baghdad's Al-Aaimmah Bridge on this day in 2005.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BaghdadStampedeMix_2m00s_20130831.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 20, 2013- Moscow Calling

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the inauguration of the Moscow-Washington hotline in 1963.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MoscWashHotlineMix_2m05s_20130830.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 29, 2013- Atahualpa's End

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the execution of Atahualpa, the last pre-conquest Incan emperor.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_DeathOfAtahualpaMix_2m09s_20130829.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 28, 2013- Sunday's Open for Business

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the UK's legalization of Sunday tradiing in 1994.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SunTradingLawsMix_2m00s_20130828.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 27, 2013- The Nations Say No to War

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Kellogg-Briand Pact, signed this day in 1928.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_KelloggBriandMix_1m56s_20130827.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1307 - "If this can work in Omaha, it will work anywhere": Beth Katz, Part 2

Part 2 of our conversation: After she finished college, Beth Katz felt a calling to facilitate interfaith conversations. So she started in the place she knew best - her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Now Project Interfaith is almost a decade old, and has garnered international recognition. Also on the show, Katy Scrogin reviews Blasphemy, a collection of short stories by Sherman Alexie.

Direct download: TNS_1307_Beth-Katz_Part-2_MONO_64K_CBR_36m25s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:49am CDT

Religion Moment: August 26, 2013- Officially Sanctioned Repentance

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the inauguration of Papua New Guinea's Repentance Day in 2011.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_RepentanceDayMix_2m02s_20130826.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 25, 2013- The Final Moments of Pliny the Elder

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the death of Roman author and naval commander Pliny the Elder.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_PtheElderDiesMix_2m03s_20130825.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 24, 2013- Pranks with a Purpose

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Yippies, and the day they sent the New York Stock Exchange into a tizzy.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_YippiesNYSEMix_2m06s_20130824.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 23, 2013- An Explosive Vulcanalia

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses a particularly wild year for Vulcanalia: 79CE, when Mount Vesuvius began to rumble.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_VulcanaliaVesuviusMix_2m00s_20130823.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 22, 2013- The First Nessie Expert

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Columcille's 6th-century encounter with what would later become known as the Loch Ness Monster.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ColumcilleNessieMix_2m05s_20130822.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 21, 2013- The Xa Loi Pagoda Raids

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses 1963's Xa Loi Pagoda Raids in South Vietnam.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_XaLoiMix_2m12s_20130821.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 20, 2013- The Turning Point of Yarmouk

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Battle of Yarmouk, and its key role in Muslim expansion beyond Arabia.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_YarmoukMix_2m00s_20130820.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 19, 2013- Too Great a Cost for Survival?

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Appeal of Metropolitan Sergei, published in Izvestia on this day in 1927.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SergeiAppealMix_2m14s_20130819.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 18, 2013- The Fall of the Sorcerer Priest

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the trial and execution of Father Urbain Grandier in 1634.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_GrandierMix_2m11s_20130818.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 17, 2013- Pacifying the Keymaster

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Portunalia, the Roman festival for the god of doors and keys.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_PortunaliaMix_2m00s_20130817.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 16, 2013- The Man Behind the Myth

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses T.E. Lawrence, the man known as Lawrence of Arabia, born on this day in 1888.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_TELawrenceMix_2m05s_20130816.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 15, 2013- The Divine Wind Saves the Day

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the divine wind that saved the Japanese from Mongol invaders-- twice.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_DivineWindMix_1m59s_20130815.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 14, 2013- Spreading Individual Peace for Global Peace

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Vethathiri Maharishi, philosophical poet and spiritual teacher.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MaharishiMix_2m06s_20130814.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 13, 2013-- Time for the Dance of Joy

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the beginning of Obon, and its centerpiece, the dance of joy.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ObonMix_2m08s_208130813.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 12, 2013- The Marriage of the Prophet and His Bride

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Thelema, whose holy book emerged during the Cairo honeymoon of its prophet, Aleister Crowley.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ProphBrideMix_2m08s_20130812.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1306 - "If this can work in Omaha, it will work anywhere": Beth Katz, Part 1

After she finished college, Beth Katz felt a calling to facilitate interfaith conversations. So she started in the place she knew best - her hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Now Project Interfaith is almost a decade old, and has garnered international recognition. Also on the show, Katy Scrogin  reviews Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright.

Direct download: TNS_1306_Beth-Katz-1_32m03s_MONO_64K_CBR.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:04pm CDT

Religion Moment: August 11, 2013- Counting and Counting... and Counting

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the beginning of the Long Count Calendar, used by the Mayans and other pre-Columbian Mesoamericans.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_LongCtCalMix_2m15s_20130811.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 10, 2013- The Life and Times of India's Bandit Queen

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Phoolan Devi, India's notorious Bandit Queen.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_PhoolanDeviMix_2m11s_20130810.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 8, 2013- The Sistine Chapel Blessed and Open for Business

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the consecration of the Sistine Chapel in 1483.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SistineChapelMix_2m15s_20130809.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 8, 2013- The Dormition of Mary

In Thursday's Religion Moment, David Dunn discusses Orthodox Christianity's commemoration of Mary's death.

Direct download: RM_Dunn_DormOfMaryMix_2m15s_20130808.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 8, 2013- Remembering the Assyrian Martyrs

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the massacre of Simele in 1933, and the day set aside to remember it.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MartyrsDayMix_2m15s_20130807.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 6, 2013- Father of the UAE

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, first president of the United Arab Emirates.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SheikZbSaNMix_2m11s_20130806.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 5, 2013- Bhagat Puran Singh's Life of Service

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the life and service of Bhagat Puran Singh, who died this day in 1992.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BPSinghMix_2m05s_20130805.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 4, 2013- The Fall of the Second Temple

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the fall of Jerusalem's Second Temple in 70 CE.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_2ndTempleMix_2m15s_20130804.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 3, 2013- Disbanding the Order

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Jiddu Krishnamurti's disbanding of the Order of the Star, and along with it, Theosophists' hopes that they had found a World Teacher.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_KrishnamurtiMix_2m11s_20130803.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 2, 2013- A Saint for Costa Rica

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Costa Rica's celebration of its patron saint, the Virgen de Los Ángeles.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_VirgdendelosAngelesMix_2m02s_20130802.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: August 1, 2013- Sabbatai Zevi

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Sabbatai Zevi, born on this day in 1626.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SabbataiZeviMix_02m11s_20130801.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

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