Religious Socialism Podcast
The Podcast of the Religion and Socialism Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America
- Update frequency
- every 35 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Calling, Purpose, & Keeping Your Soul | Chaz Howard
Chaz Howard, Chaplain at University of Pennsylvania, joins the podcast to talk about purpose and vocation, Black Liberation Theology as a needed remedy for American religion, and the necessity of spi…
00:47:00 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Broad-Based Organizing & Sacred Values | Aaron Stauffer
In this episode, Aaron Stauffer (Associate Director, The Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice) joins to discuss faith, the strategies of broad-based community organizing, and the role of sac…
00:49:43 |
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Housing Justice for a Better World | with Fran Quigley
Civil rights lawyer and long time member of Religious Socialism, Fran Quigley, joins the podcast to share experiences in eviction court, encourage those working for housing justice, and cast a vision…
00:39:40 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
Socialism Nerd-Out with Tripp Fuller
In this episode, Tripp Fuller of Homebrewed Christianity podcast joins to talk faith that's beautiful enough to be called good news, a process vision of socialism, fiction and popculture as the fulle…
00:56:26 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Setting A Larger Table | Live Panel
This episode is a condensed recording of a live conversation between Andrew Wilkes, Gary Dorrien, and Andrew Wilkes exploring the power of the Black Social Gospel for the Civil Rights Movement throug…
00:58:14 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
The Uncontrolling Love of God | Jeff Wells
Jeff Wells joins the podcast to talk with us about the new book he coedited: Preaching the Uncontrolling Love of God: Sermons, Essays, and Worship Elements from the Perspective of Open, Relational, a…
00:44:40 |
Mon 20 May 2024
Radical Theological Education | Tim Conder & Daniel Rhodes
In this episode, we sit with Dr. Tim Conder and Dr. Daniel Rhodes of the Black Mountain School of Theology and Community to discuss a marxist, community-centered mode of theological research, organiz…
01:09:56 |
Tue 23 Apr 2024
Allison Duerk | A Conversation on the Life of Eugene V. Debs
In this special episode, we visit the Debs Museum in Terre Haute, IN to speak with museum director Allison Duerk about the life and vision of the pioneering socialist Eugene V. Debs.
Visit the Debs…
00:44:08 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Chuck Collins | Altar to an Erupting Sun
In this episode, we interview activist Chuck Collins on his new novel, "Altar to an Erupting Sun." His book addresses the work of activism, the value of community, and the question of what tactics ar…
00:46:14 |
Thu 07 Sep 2023
David Bentley Hart | Bible Translation, Christian Socialism, & the Moral Obligation of Belonging
Scholar, philosopher, and prolific author Dr. David Bentley Hart joins the podcast to discuss Bible translation as an act of resistance, the Christian sources and support for social democracy, and th…
00:48:49 |
Sat 05 Aug 2023
Hindu Nationalism & the U.S. Far Right
This episode explores the growing alliance between the U.S. and the Indian far right, the various appearances of Hindutva (Hindu Nationalism)in US public life, anti-caste discrimination, and how Hind…
00:55:20 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
Capitalocene Q&A (with Joerg Rieger)
A bonus episode!
Two different Q&A sessions with Joerg Rieger, Felipe Maia, and Jason Moore are bundled into this extra episode connected to Joerg's new book, "Theology in the Capitalocene."
Liste…
00:38:48 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Theology in the Capitalocene | Joerg Rieger, Jason Moore, Filipe Maia
This episode is an edited version of a webinar built around Joerg Rieger's new book, Theology in the Capitalocene. He was joined by the incredible scholars Filipe Maia and Jason Moore.
In the episo…
00:45:57 |
Sat 13 May 2023
Decolonizing Pedagogy with Haitian Spirituality | Dr. Wideline Seraphin
In this interview with Dr. Wideline Seraphin, we discuss the decolonizing power of Haitian spirituality and the unique literacies of a group of Haitian transnational girls, discovering the necessity …
00:39:51 |
Wed 05 Apr 2023
Religious Traditions and the Left
In this panel discussion, DSA members from several religious traditions share their perspectives on the importance of religion for sustaining, inspiring, and organizing political movement on the Left…
01:15:17 |
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Season '23 Overview
Welcome back comrades! In this segment, Ralph & Nicole-Ann kick off a new season for Heart of a Heartless World, catching up after a long hiatus and giving a preview of what is to come this year.
I…
00:18:16 |
Tue 28 Feb 2023
American Democratic Socialism – An Interview with Gary Dorrien
Gary Dorrien's new book American Democratic Socialism is a comprehensive look at the deep roots, many of them religious, of democratic socialism in this country. Rev. Andrew Wilkes spoke with Profess…
01:24:14 |
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Beat Swords Into Plowshares - a Conversation with Mark Colville
Seven Catholic plowshares activists entered Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St. Mary’s, Georgia on April 4th, 2018. They went to make real the prophet Isaiah’s command to “beat swords into plowsha…
00:37:06 |
Sun 23 May 2021
Capitalism as Modern Religion - A Conversation with Dr. Eugene McCarraher
Do we live in a secular age? Is capitalism a religion? In this episode, Stephen Crouch asks author and professor Eugene McCarraher about the "misenchanted" qualities of capitalist society. Dr. McCarr…
00:41:26 |
Wed 12 May 2021
Compassion in Action: A Conversation about Buddhism and Socialism
This episode of Heart of a Heartless World features Travis Donoho and Jeremy McMahan. Travis is a professional labor union organizer and member of Thich Nhat Hahn's Order of Interbeing Sangha. Jeremy…
00:37:02 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
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