Things Not Seen Podcast
Religion Moment: June 23, 2013- Bonfires, Cheese, and Beer for the Solstice

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Estonia's and Latvia's celebrations of the summer solstice.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_StJohnsDay_1m59s_20130623.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 22, 2013- Galileo the Heretic

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Roman Inquisition's conviction of Galileo Galilei as a heretic.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_GalileoConvictedMix_2m14s_20130622.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 21, 2013- We Tripantu

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses We Tripantu, the Mapuche New Year celebration.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_WeTripantu_1m59s_20130621.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 20, 2013- Honoring the Thunder God

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the day the Romans devoted to Summanus, god of nighttime thunder.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_Summanus_1m56s_20130620.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 19, 2013- Shiva's Army of Politicians

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Hindu Nationalist party, Shiv Sena.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ShivSenaMix_1m57s_20130619.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 18, 2013- The Revolution Comes to an End

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the end of both Egypt's Revolution of 1952 and the country's monarchy.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_EndEgypRevnMix_2m03s_20130618.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 17, 2013- An Emperor's Grief, An Architectural Wonder

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses one emperor's tribute to a beloved wife: the Taj Mahal.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_TajMahalMix_1m57s_20130617.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 16, 2013- No More Tests of Faith

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the repeal of religion-based restrictions on university admissions in England.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_UnivTestsActMix_1m54s_20130616.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1303 - Christian Responses to AIDS: Donald E. Messer

Donald Messer is the executive director of the Center for the Church and Global AIDS. He discusses both the difficulties and the successes of this work. Also on the program, Katy Scrogin reviews Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept, by Brent Nongbri.

Direct download: TNS_1303_Donald-Messer_MONO_64K_CBR_46m09s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:58am CDT

Religion Moment: June 15, 2013- Azerbaijan's National Salvation

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Azerbaijan's official remembrance of troubled times, and the developments that brought the nation some stability.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_NatlSalvnDayMix_2m05s_20130615.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 14, 2013- A Divinely Inclusive Pledge

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the 1954 addition of the phrase "under God" to the United States' Pledge of Allegiance.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_USPledge_1m59s_20130614.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 13, 2013- The Edict of Milan

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the agreement between Licinius and Constantine I in 313, a decision that has come to be known as the Edict of Milan.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_EdictOfMilanMix_1m59s_20130613.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 12, 2013- Breaking Down Barriers to Love

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Loving Day, celebrated in honor of the Supreme Court decision that ended anti-miscegenation laws in the U.S.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_LovingDayMix_1m59s_20130612.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 11, 2013- Surrealism on the International Stage

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the International Surrealist Exhibition in 1936, and the movement's influence on global culture.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SurrExhibMix_2m06s_20130611.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 10, 2013- The First Witch to Die

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Bridget Bishop, the first person to be executed during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BBishopMix_1m59s_20130610.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 9, 2013- Israel Takes the Golan Heights

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses day five in 1967's Six Day War, during which Israel seized the Golan Heights.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_GolanHeights_2m02s_20130609.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1302 - Religious Environmentalism, Part 2: Fletcher Harper

Part 2 of David's interview with Rev. Fletcher Harper of GreenFaith.org; Katy Scrogin reviews The Man Within My Head, by Pico Iyer.

Direct download: TNS_1302_Fletcher-Harper_Part-2_MONO_64K_CBR_33m35s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:19am CDT

Religion Moment: June 8, 2013- The Cult of the Supreme Being

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Maximilien Robespierre's ideal religion for Revolutionary France.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_CultOfSupBeingMix_1m56s_20130608.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 7, 2013- A Hatchet for the Lord

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Carrie Nation and her religion-inspired trail of destruction through the nation's saloons.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_CarrieNationMix_1m54s_20130607.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 6, 2013- The Throne? No Thanks.

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the abdication of Sweden's Queen Christina, who opted for freedom of religion and lifestyle over the throne.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ChristinaAbdicatesMix_2m06s_20130606.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 5, 2013- The Golden Temple and the Blue Star

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Indira Gandhi administration's military actions against the Sikh holy site, The Golden Temple, in 1984.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_OpBlueStarMix_1m56s_20130605.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 4, 2013- The Power of Solidarity

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Communist Eastern Europe's first semi-open elections, and the resulting victory of Solidarity.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_SolidarityMix_2m03s_201306042013.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 3, 2013- Bring Us Our Dead

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Wardsend Cemetery riot, and the suspicions surrounding medical schools and the bodies of the deceased.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_WardsendMix_2m05s_20130603.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 2, 2013- A Bulgarian Hero

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Bulgarians' celebration of Hristo Botev, a national hero.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BotevMix_2m15s_20130602.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

#1301 - Religious Environmentalism, Part 1: Fletcher Harper

Part 1 of David's interview with Rev. Fletcher Harper of GreenFaith.org on religious environmentalism; Katy Scrogin looks at John Cage and Buddhism

Direct download: TNS_1301_Fletcher-Harper_Part-1_MONO_64K_CBR_33m32s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:00am CDT

Religion Moment: June 1, 2013- The Treaty of Bosque Redondo

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Navajos' Long Walk, and the treaty that helped bring it to an end.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BosqueRedMix_2m05s_20130601.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 31, 2013- The Chief Executioner Meets the Hangman

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the trial and death of Adolf Eichmann, a key enforcer of Nazi policies.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_EichmannMix_2m10s_20130531.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 30, 2013- The Short-Lived Republic of Biafra

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the almost three-year existence of the Republic of Biafra.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_BiafraMix_2m02s_20130530.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:30am CDT

Religion Moment: May 29, 2013- The Fall of Constantinople

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the fall of Constantinople, and its effects on the European Renaissance.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_ConstantinopleFallsMix_1m56s_20130529.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:30am CDT

Religion Moment: May 28, 2013- The Emergence of the PLO

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the emergence and history of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_PLOCharterMix_2m15s_20130528.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:30am CDT

Religion Moment: May 27, 2013- France on Strike

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the May 1968 protests by students and workers in Paris.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_UNEFMix_2m15s_201305272013.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:30am CDT

Religion Moment: May 26, 2013- The Coronation of the Last Tsar

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the coronation and reign of Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_NicholasIIMix_2m06s_20130526.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 25, 2013- Wesak

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Wesak, the celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_WesakMix_2m05s_20130525.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 24, 2013-Toleration, of Sorts

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses England's Toleration Act of 1689, which granted freedom of worship to some groups outside the Church of England.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_TolerationActMix_2m05s_20130524.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 21- The Birth of the American Red Cross

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the founding of the American Red Cross, and the many services it continues to provide.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_AmRedCrossMix_2m03s_20130521.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 20, 2013- Martial Law in Beijing

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the imposition of martial law in Beijing and China's protest movements in 1989.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_MarialLawBeijing_2m00s_20130520.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 19, 2013- Saving the Oysters

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses one of the precursors of today's environmental movements.

Direct download: RM0519NYOysters.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 18, 2013- The Disappearing Preacher

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the disappearance and mysterious return of evangelical preacher Aimee Semple McPherson.

Direct download: RM20130518McPherson.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 12:20am CDT

Religion Moment: May 17, 2013- Thor Heyerdahl and the Ra-II

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Thor Heyerdahl's expedition on the Ra-II, and his contributions to ethnography and the environment.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_Heyerdahl_2m14s_20130517.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 16, 2013- Voltaire in the Bastille

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Voltaire's imprisonment in the Bastille, and the writer's uneasy relationship with French authorities.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin_VoltaireInBastille_2m15s_20130516.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

Religion Moment: May 13- The Attack on John Paul II

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II on this day in 1981.

Direct download: RM_Scrogin0513JP2Shotmp3.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:18am CDT

Religion Moment: April 16, 2013 - The Birth of LSD

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the accidental discovery of LSD and its place in psychiatric and spiritual experimentation.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130416_Albert-Hoffman-LSD_MONO_64K_CBR_2m10s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:51am CDT

Religion Moment: April 29, 2013 - The Marriage of Father Divine

In Monday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the contorversial religious leader, Father Divine, and his marriage on this day in 1946 to Edna Rose Ritchings.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130429_Father-Divine-Marriage_MONO_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:56pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 28, 2013 - Red Army Faction

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the end of the 1977 trial of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as the Red Army Faction.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130428_Red-Army-Faction_MONO_2m20s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:59am CDT

Religion Moment: April 14, 2013 - Tamil New Year

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the celebration of Puthandu, the New Year festival among the Tamil peoples of Malaysia, Singapore, and other nations.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130414_Tamil-New-Year_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:52am CDT

Religion Moment: April 13, 2013 - Vaisakhi

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the celebration of the festival of Vaisakhi in the Sikh tradition.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130413_Vaisakhi_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:03pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 12, 2013 - Black Consciousness Movement

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the BCMA, the South African revolutionary Black Consciousness Movement that struggled against the Apartheid state.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130412_BCMA_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:58am CDT

Religion Moment: April 11, 2013 - A Dish of Six Tastes

In Thursday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Yugadi, the New Year's celebration of the Deccan religion of India, and the ritual "dish of six tastes" eaten during the holiday.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130411_Yugadi_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:47am CDT

Religion Moment: April 10, 2013 - The Good Friday Agreement

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Belfast accord that helped further the peace process in Northern Ireland in the 1990s.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130410_Belfast-Agreement_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:47pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 9, 2013 - Ths Azusa Street Revival

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the outpouring of Spirit-centered worship that led to the founding of Pentecostalism, centered on the Azusa Street Revival.


Religion Moment: April 8, 2013 - Birkat Hachama

In Monday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the Jewish blessing that occurs only once every 28 years.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130408_Birkat-Hachama_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 7:47pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 7, 2013 - Jean Baptiste De La Salle

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Jean Baptiste De La Salle, revolutionary Catholic educator and founder of the Christian Brothers teaching order.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130407_De-la-Salle_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:09pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 6, 2013 - The Beard Tax

In Saturday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the "beard tax," imposed by Peter the Great in an attempt to reform and "modernize" Russian religious customs.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130406_The-Beard-Tax_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:07pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 5, 2013 - James Brown in Boston

In Friday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the concert where James Brown helped to calm a potential riot in the wake of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Religion Moment: April 4, 2013 - Judgment of Ma'at

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Ma'at, the Egyptian goddess of judgment

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130404_Judgment-of-Maat_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 2:52pm CDT

Religion Moment: April 3, 2013 - Haile Selassie

In Wednesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie, onsidered by Rastafarians to have been the awaited Messiah.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130403_Haile-Selassie_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:14am CDT

Religion Moment: April 2, 2013 - Jackie Mitchell

In Tuesday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Jackie Mitchell, who in 1931 struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, while pitching for the Chattanooga Lookouts.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130402_Jackie-Mitchell_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:28am CDT

Religion Moment: April 1, 2013 - Three Guys in a Garage

In Monday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the humble beginnings of a company you probably have heard of by now.  No foolin'.


Religion Moment: March 31, 2013 - The Alhambra Decree

In Sunday's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Alhambra Decree, which expelled Jews from Spain in 1492.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130331_Allhambra-Decree_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:58am CDT

Religion Moment: March 30, 2013 - Ether Frolics

In Saturday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the positive role drug-induced hedonism has played in the development of modern medicine.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130330_Ether-Frolics_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:35am CDT

Religion Moment: March 29, 2013 - Supermarket Suicide Bomb

In Friday's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Ayat al-Akhras, a teenage suicide bomber, and the two people she killed on this day in 2002.


Religion Moment: March 28, 2013 - Istanbul, not Constantinople

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the renaming of Constantinople, and the role the post office played in making the change stick.


Religion Moment: March 27, 2013 - Roentgen Rays

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the curious discovery of Wilhelm Roentgen, and how it changed the way we see everything.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130327_Roentgen-Rays_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 5:30am CDT

Religion Moment: March 26, 2013 - Book of Mormon

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the revelation of the Book of Mormon to Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saints.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130326_Book-of-Mormon_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 5:30am CDT

Religion Moment: March 25, 2013 - British Abolitionists

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the efforts to end slavery in the British Empire.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130325_British_Abolitionists_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:30am CDT

Religion Moment: March 24, 2013 - Oscar Romero

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the assasination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero on this day in 1980.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130324_Death-of-Romero_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:21pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 23, 2013 - Islamic Republic of Pakistan

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the founding of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130323_Pakistan_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:18pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 22, 2013 - Anne Hutchinson

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the early American Puritan religious dissident and martyr, Anne Hutchinson.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130322_Anne_Hutchinson_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:15pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 21, 2013 - Nowruz

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, the "Persian New Year."

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130321_Nowruz_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:06pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 19, 2013 - Jim Bakker Steps Down

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the resignation of Jim Bakker from leadership of the PTL Club, and what it meant for American Evangelicalism.


Religion Moment: March 18, 2013 - First Space Walk

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the first space walk, which was taken by Russian Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov on this day in 1965.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130318_First-Spacewalk_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:08am CDT

Religion Moment: March 20, 2013 - Ostara

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Pagan minor holiday Ostara, which marks the spring equinox

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130320_Ostara_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 3:16am CDT

Religion Moment: March 17, 2013 - St. Patrick

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discussed the death, and legacy, of St. Patrick

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130317_St-Patrick_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:30am CDT

Religion Moment: March 16, 2013 - Babylonian Captivity

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the seige of Jerusalem and the beginning of the Babylonian Exile


Religion Moment: March 15, 2013 - Bacchanalia

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the ancient Greek and Roman festivals of wine and excess known as the Bacchanalia

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130315_Bacchanalia_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 10:35pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 14, 2013 - Krakow Ghetto

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault recounts the infamous history of the Krakow Ghetto, which was liquidated by the Nazis on this day in 1943.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130314_Krakow-Ghetto_MONO_64K-CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:48pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 13, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the life and times of L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130313_L-Ron-Hubbard_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s-01.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:24am CDT

Religion Moment: March 12, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin recounts the history of Gandhi's Salt March, a revolutionary and non-violent first step in Indian independence from British rule.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130312_Salt-March_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:13am CDT

Religion Moment: March 10, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Maha Shivaratri, the Hindu festival celebrating the "Great Night" when, according to Vedic legend, the god Shiva sacrificed himself to save the world.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130310_MahaShivaratri_64K_CBR_MONO_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:34pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 5, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the history and legacy of Kovno, a long-time center for Jewish culture and learning in Lithuania.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130305_Kovno_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:35pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 4, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the legends surrounding Saint Wenceslas, often referred to as "Good King Wenceslas"

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130304_St-Wenceslas_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 12:14pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 3, 2013

In today;s Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Japanese doll festival known as "Girl's Day"

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130303_Girls-Day_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:30pm CDT

Religion Moment: March 1, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the history of Women's History Month.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130301_Womans-Month_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:36pm CDT

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Emile Zola's infamous work, J'Accuse.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130223_Zola-Jaccuse_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Dolly the Sheep, the world's first cloned mammal.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130222_Cloning-Dolly_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 5:00am CDT

Religion Moment: February 21, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in the United States.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130221_Cherokee-Phoenix_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:39am CDT

Religion Moment: February 20, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses Johann Christian Reil, credited as the founder of psychiatry.

Direct download: TNS_RM_20130220_Reil-Psychiatry_MONO_64K_CBR_2m00s.mp3
Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:37am CDT

Religion Moment, February 19, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the life of Copernicus, whose scientific observations challenged the notion that the Earth was the center of the universe.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:08pm CDT

Religion Moment: February 18, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the ancient Zoroastrian festival celebrating women, wives, and agriculture.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 9:54pm CDT

Religion Moment: February 17, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the founding of LULAC, the League of United Latin American Citizens.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:47am CDT

Religion Moment: February 16, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the discovery of the burial chamber of King Tutankhamun in Egypt, on this day in 1923.


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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:43am CDT

Religion Moment: February 15, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Nirvana Day, the commemoration of the death of the Buddha.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:00am CDT

Religion Moment: February 14, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the first photographic portrait of a sitting US President.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:00am CDT

Religion Moment: February 13, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the Nashville Sit-Ins, and the legacy of civil rights activist James Lawson

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:00am CDT

Religion Moment: February 12, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses the militant abolitionist preacher, and former slave, Henry Highland Garnet

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 4:00am CDT

Religion Moment: February 11, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the apparitions of Mary that began on this day in 1858 in Lourdes, France.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:06pm CDT

Religion Moment: February 10, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Tet, the celebration of the New Year in Asia.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 11:09am CDT

Religion Moment: February 9, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault discusses the founding of our official government office in charge of prophecy, the US Weather Bureau.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 12:06am CDT

Religion Moment: February 8, 2013

In today's Religion Moment, David Dault recounts the mysterious appearance of the "devil's hoofprints" in and around the English village of Devon in 1855.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 1:20pm CDT

In today's Religion Moment, Katy Scrogin discusses Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month.

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Category:Religion & Spirituality -- posted at: 8:57am CDT