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Inspired
Inspired is the nation's leading public radio show about faith, ethics and spirituality. Each week we offer you analyses of the big headlines alongside lesser-told stories – those of Orthodox Jewish artists and African-American atheists, Muslim feminists and spiritual seekers. Through these stories, a rough sketch of our country’s religious landscape begins to emerge. It’s a marketplace of beliefs and ideas too complex for sound bites, and too important to ignore.
Ten percent Happier Through Meditation
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, former NPR religion reporter and author of Life Reimagined: The Science, Art and Opportunity of Midlife sits down with Dan Harris, corespondent and anchor for ABC News and author of 10% Happier. Harris used to think meditation was for “bearded swamis, unwashed hippies and fans of John Tesh music.” That all changed after he had a panic attack on live TV.
The Joy of Love
We discuss a document that quotes an Argentine poet and Dr. Martin Luther King. It’s been called a puzzle, implicitly revolutionary, and a big let-down. We’re talking about Pope Francis’ new proclamation on family life, “Amoris Laetitia,” or “The Joy of Love.” We explain what it says about gay marriage, divorce, and remarriage. Does it offer a change in policy, or theology, or merely a change in tone? Featuring Thomas Reese, Jesuit priest and senior analyst at the National Catholic Reporter.
India’s Ancient Transgender Community
Later this month, thousands of Indians will attend the Koovagam festival, which celebrates an ancient Hindu myth and a community known as hijras. Often compared to transgender women, hijras don’t quite fit into Western notions of gender. Despite their role in religious rituals, they live on the fringes of society…as beggars and sex workers. With journalist Michael Edison Hayden and photographer Sami Siva.
