Things Not Seen Podcast
Religion Moment: September 30, 2013- Time for a Little Blasphemy

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Blasphemy Day, inaugurated in 2009.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BlasphemyDayMix_2m05s_20130930.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 29, 2013- The Rebel Emperor

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, excommunicated twice and verbally deposed once by the Vatican.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_Fred2ExcommMix_2m11s_20130929.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 28, 2013- Happy Birthday, Confucius!

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses China's celebration of Confucius' birthday.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ConfuciusBdayMix_2m09s_20130928.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 27, 2013- Smoke, Fire, and the Cross

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Meskel, the commemoration of St. Helena's discovery of the true cross.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MeskelMix_2m11s_20130927.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 26, 2013- A New Figurative Mecca

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Shriners International, and the opening of their first temple on this day in 1872.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ShrinersMix_1m59s_20130926.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 25, 2013- The Laundries Shut Down

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Ireland's Madgalene laundries, the last of which shut down on this day in 1996.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MagLaundryMix_2m06s_20130925.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 24, 2013- The Marriage Manifesto

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Church of Latter-day Saints' 1890 Manifesto against plural marriages.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_Manifesto1890Mix_2m11s_20130924.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 23, 2013- Suffering the Marks of God

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Padre Pio, whose feast day is celebrated today in the Roman Catholic Church.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_PadrePioMix_2m06s_20130923.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 22, 2013- Opening the Scrolls

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the process of making the Dead Sea Scrolls open to the public.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_DSScrollsMix_2m08s_20130922.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 21, 2013- ¡Viva Lucha Libre!

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the style of Mexican wrestling known as lucha libre.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_LuchaLibreMix_2m03s_20130921.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 20, 2013- Giving Science A Voice

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the American Association for the Advancement of Science, founded on this day in 1848.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_AAASMix_2m05s_20130920.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 19, 2013- An Underground Hero

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Witold Pilecki, who helped bring the realities of Auschwitz to light.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_WPileckiMix_2m11s_20130919.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 18, 2013- The Monks Step Up

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Buddhist monks' participation in what would come to be known as Burma's Saffron Revolution.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SaffronRevolnMix_2m05s_20130918.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1309 - "My Job is to Love": Carl McColman and Contemplative Spirituality, Part 2

After a life of spiritual wandering, Carl McColman found a home among the Trappist monks of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit outside Atlanta. Now a practicing Lay Cistercian, McColman balances family life with contemplative practices inherited from these ancient traditions. McColman is the author of a dozen books, including Answering the Contemplative Call: First Steps on the Mystical Path, and The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality.  Also on the show, senior producer Katy Scrogin reviews Occupy Religion: Theology of the Multitude.

Direct download: TNS_1308_Carl-McColman-2_37m43s_MONO_20130915.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:46pm CDT

Religion Moment: September 17, 2013- The Occupation Begins

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the beginning of the Occupy protests, in New York City's Zuccotti Park.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ZuccottiMix_2m14s_20130917.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 16, 2013- Remembering Sabra and Shatila

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the massacres that took place in Beirut's refugee camps, Sabra and Shatila, in 1982.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SabraShatilaMix_2m02s_20130916.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 15, 2013- Celebrating Hispanic Heritage

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_NatlHispHerMoMix_2m00s_20130915.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 14, 2013- Hooray for Hindi

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Hindi Day, set aside to appreciate the language and Indian culture.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_HindiDayMix_2m02s_20130914.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 13, 2013- Sponsor of Scholarship, Sponsor of the Stars

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun, born on this day in 786.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_AlMamunMix_2m05s_20130913.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 12, 2013- Feelin' the Love in Russia

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Conception Day, the Ulyanovsk region's campaign for more babies.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ConceptionDayMix_2m05s_20130912.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 11, 2013- The World Begins to Talk

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the first Parliament of the World's Religions, which opened in Chicago on this day in 1893.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_WorldParlReligMix_1m59s_20130911.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 10, 2013- The Call to Make a Difference

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Mother Teresa, and the day in 1946 on which she received the call to serve the poor.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_TeresasCallMix_2m05s_20130910.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

#1308 - "My Job is to Love": Carl McColman and Contemplative Spirituality, Part 1

After a life of spiritual wandering, Carl McColman found a home among the Trappist monks of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit outside Atlanta. Now a practicing Lay Cistercian, McColman balances family life with contemplative practices inherited from these ancient traditions. McColman is the author of a dozen books, including Answering the Contemplative Call: First Steps on the Mystical Path, and The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality.  Also on the show, our political affairs producer, David Dunn, explores his experience with writer's block.

Direct download: TNS_1308_Carl-McColman-1_31m24s_MONO_20130908.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 2:10pm CDT

Religion Moment: September 9, 2013- Chrysanthemums? It Must Be Fall!

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Chrysanthemum Day, celebrated in China and Japan.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ChrysDayMix_2m06s_20130909.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 8, 2013: A Voice for Skeptics

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Michael Shermer, historian of science and founder of The Skeptics Society.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ShermerMix_2m02s_20130908.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 7, 2013: The Head of the Church at the Head of the Fight

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Desmond Tutu, social justice activist and the first black Archbishop of South Africa's Anglican Church.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_Tutu1stArchMix_2m11s_20130907.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 6, 2013- Building Settlements-- Not Settling

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the life and work of Jane Addams, born on this day in 1860.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_JAddamsMix_2m11s_20130906.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 5, 2013- Working for Indigenous Rights

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses 1989's Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, which went into effect on this day in 1991.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_IndigConventMix_2m00s_20130905.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 4, 2013- The Quest of the Historical Jesus, and So Much More

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses theologian, musician, and medical missionary Albert Schweizer.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SchweizerMix_2m12s_20130904.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 3, 2013- Time for the Reed Dance

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the festival of Umhlanga, and its high point, the Reed Dance.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_UmhlangaMix_2m02s_20130903.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 2, 2013- Happy Birthday, Mr. Literacy!

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses missionary and literacy advocate Frank Laubach, born on this day in 1884.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_FLaubachMix_2m00s_20130902.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: September 1, 2013: The Granth Finds a Home

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Adi Granth's placement in the Golden Temple in 1604.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_GranthPlacementMix_2m02s_20130901.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

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