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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the controversy over a monument to the Ten Commandments, placed in the Alabama Judicial Building in 2001.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the United States' official adoption of the motto "In God We Trust" in 1956.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana, the renowned Vipassana master, born on this day in 1904.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Kennewick Man, and the controversy surrounding his origins.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the emergence of the Iglesia ni Cristo, officially registered in 1914.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the fight between the Welsh government and the Skanka Vale Temple over a black bull named Shambo.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the face that appeared to be staring up at NASA's Viking I from the surface of Mars.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses one of the early investigations of Macchu Picchu, by Hiram Bingham III.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Neptunalia, the ancient Roman tribute to the god Neptune.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Pi Approximation Day and its close relative, Pi Day.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the confrontation between evolution and Christian fundamentalism, as seen through Tennessee's Scopes Trial in 1925.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Chinese government's campaign against Falun Gong.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the declaration that officially recognized some of the Pope's statements as infallible.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the institution of the International Criminal Court, and the day on which its work is celebrated.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the emergence of the Islamic calendar, which begins on July 16, 622.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the discovery and decoding of the Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to understanding Ancient Egyptian writing.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Battle of Tientsin, a key moment in China's Boxer Rebellion.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Mongolia's three-day festival of games and glory, Naadam.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the consecration of St. Basil's Cathedral, Ivan the Terrible's memorial to his victory over the Tatars.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Imamat Day, when Nizari Ismailis celebrate the anniversary of their current imam's assumption of office.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Meher Baba's entry into silence on this day in 1925.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the death of the Báb, one of the most important figures in the Bahá'í Faith.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the record-breaking release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-- and religious groups' backlash against the Harry Potter series.

This is part 2 of our interview with Chris Stedman, assistant humanist chaplian at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews The Little Atheist Book of Spirituality, by Andre Comte Sponville.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Tanabata, Japan's celebration of two star-crossed lovers.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Czech reformer Jan Hus, and his conviction and execution as a heretic.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses X-Day celebrations within the Church of the SubGenius.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses scientists' first live glimpse of the so-called "God particle," the Higgs boson.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses France's return of Pope Pius IX to Rome.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the religious protests that turned deadly in Sivas, Turkey in 1993.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the debut of The Watchtower, now printed by the Jehovah's Witnesses.

This is part 1 of our interview with Chris Stedman, assistant humanist chaplian at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews The Mourning Diaries, by Roland Barthes.

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the explosion of an unidentified object over Siberia in 1908.

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad's tenure as the self-proclaimed savior.

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Stonewall Riots, and the catalyst they provided for the gay rights movement in the U.S.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Canada's celebration of its rich cultural diversity.

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses En no Ozuno and his influence on the religion known as Shugendo.

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Missouri's apology to the Mormons, over 100 years after the state set out to expel them.

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the uncontrollable bouts of dancing that seized Europe between the 7th and 17th centuries.