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The Soul of the Nation with Jim Wallis

The Soul of the Nation with Jim Wallis informs and inspires everyone from grassroots organizers to political leaders to examine our priorities in meeting the biblical call for social justice and — from that examination — to take action to promote racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship.

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June 24, 2021

Ben Cohen on Ending Qualified Immunity

Ben Cohen, ice cream entrepreneur and social justice advocate, talks with Rev. Jim Wallis about demilitarizing the U.S. police.

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June 17, 2021

Eyes Wide Open: Discussing Israel and Palestine with Wesley Granberg-Michaelson

"Do we see the people that are involved at the most grassroots level?” he asks. “Do we get beyond all the politics and actually see the people?”

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June 7, 2021

Michelle Reyes: Becoming All Things

Vice President of AACC and author, Michelle Reyes, author and vice president of Asian American Christian Collaborative, speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about her new book Becoming All Things: How Small Changes Lead To Lasting Connections Across Cultures. Reyes discusses the Christian community and the uprise of targeted hate crimes against the AAPI community in America.

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May 6, 2021

The Spiritual Consequences of Hoarding Wealth

Chuck Collins and Rev. Jim Wallis talk about the extreme wealth inequality and how everyone has a role in fixing it.

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April 30, 2021

Combating AAPI Hate with Hyepin Im

Hyepin Im, the founder and president of Faith and Community Empowerment, talks with Rev. Jim Wallis about her experience as a Korean American woman of faith in the U.S.

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April 9, 2021

Freeing Jesus With Diana Butler Bass

Award-winning author and preacher, Diana Butler Bass speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about her latest book Freeing Jesus.

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April 1, 2021

W. Franklyn Richardson: Witness to Grace

Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson, senior pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, N.Y., and author of Witness to Grace: A Testimony of Favor, speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about how to reject injustice and racial inequity.

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March 25, 2021

Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation with Rep. Barbara Lee

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) speaks about how being a Black woman of faith sustains her work keeps her pursuing social and economical justice.

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March 15, 2021

The True Cost of Racism with Heather McGhee

Author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis on the impacts racism has on our economy. Changing the narrative, she says, goes hand in hand with comprehensive policy.

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February 26, 2021

Faith for Vaccinations with Dr. Leana Wen

Dr. Leana Wen shares her hopes and her major concerns with trust and vaccine distribution.

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February 12, 2021

The Deep Connection of Faith and Science with Dr. Francis Collins

Dr. Francis Collins shares his journey of religion and science, and how he's found his harmony between the two.

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January 16, 2021

Bishop Michael Curry on the Path to Redemption and Reconciliation

Wallis and Curry share King's vision of a beloved community and a multiracial democracy.

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December 30, 2020

Sister Helen Prejean on the Christian Imperative to Abolish the Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean speaks with Rev. Wallis about her 30-year fight to abolish the death penalty. 

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December 10, 2020

The Inward and Outward Journey of Faith With Rev. Wes Granberg-Michaelson

Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with Rev. Wes Granberg-Michaelson about his latest book, Without Oars: Casting Off Into a Life of Pilgrimage. Granberg-Michaelson shares ways people of faith can embrace the journey through the unknown and the uncomfortable as a way of life.

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November 20, 2020

Don't Just Comfort, Show Up and Come With Us

Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with Rev. Brenda Salter McNeil about her latest book, Becoming Brave. McNeil shares how to find the courage to pursue racial justice now and her leadership in the church during the Black Lives Matter movement.

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November 5, 2020

A Faustian Bargain and a Corruption of the Soul

Politics in Washington, D.C., is often antithetical to the teachings of Jesus. Rev. Jim Wallis and Rev. Rob Schenck, the president of the Dietrich Bonhoffer Institute, discuss the spiritual cost of placing access to power above the gospel.

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November 3, 2020

Rev. Gabriel Salguero on the Complexities of the Latinx Evangelical Vote

Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with president of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and co-lead pastor of The Gathering Place, Rev. Gabriel Salguero, about the Latinx vote. Salguero discusses where the evangelical Hispanic vote is going in this election and the mindset behind the Latino/Latina voter.

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October 29, 2020

John Carr on the Catholic Vote in the 2020 Election

Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with the founder and director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, John Carr.

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October 22, 2020

Rev. Jim Wallis on the Unconventional Threat of Voter Suppression and Intimidation

In this special SOTN episode, Rev. Jim Wallis joins Peter Eisner and Jonathan Winer, hosts of District Productive's Unconventional Threat, to discuss Lawyers and Collars, an initiative that seeks to ensure that everyone--including our most vulnerable citizens — is able to safely and effectively exercise their right to vote.

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October 8, 2020

Protecting Our Democracy with Rev. Barbara Williams-Skinner

"The country is only as strong as it treats the most vulnerable citizens," Williams-Skinner says. "Right now we are a weaker country because we are robbing not just Black and brown people, but elderly people."

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September 24, 2020

Bishop Michael Curry: Love Is the Way

Rev. Jim Wallis speaks with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the Episcopal Church about God making a way for healing and love from the painful divisions of the coronavirus and white supremacy in our country.

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August 25, 2020

Rep. Clyburn Calls for Vigilance to Protect Voting Rights

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about voting rights ahead of one of the most important presidential elections in modern history.

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August 6, 2020

Bree Newsome Bass on Removing Symbols of Hate

Activist and civil rights organizer Bree Newsome Bass speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the need for a racial reckoning.

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July 30, 2020

Schooling During COVID-19: How to Close Gaps in Education

Dr. Nicole Baker Fulgham, founder and president of the Expectations Project and author of Educating All God's Children, speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about what Christians can do to help improve public schools for kids in crisis, particularly amid COVID-19.  

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July 23, 2020

White Too Long: How Racism Lives in the DNA of White Christianity in America

Pollster Robert P. Jones speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about how white American Christianity and white supremacy collaborate throughout our nation's history. 

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July 16, 2020

Eddie Glaude on the Third Founding of America

Dr. Eddie Glaude speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the need for a profound change in America that he calls the "The Third Founding."

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July 10, 2020

Why Racism Still Makes Sense to White People

How did white people justify racism for so long in this country? Heather McGhee, the co-chair of Color of Change, the country’s largest online racial justice organization, talks with Rev. Jim Wallis about the legacy of racism in the United States and the lies that allow America’s original sin to be perpetuated to this day.

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July 1, 2020

The Courage to Listen: Faith Communities' Mission to Protect Black Life and Reduce Harm

"If you have people straining to live under the weight of a system that seeks to constantly dehumanize, then it doesn't matter how much training the police will get."

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June 26, 2020

God and Neighbor: Ending Racism Through Faith

"If the Bible says anything, it says that God and neighbor both are irreducible."

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June 24, 2020

A History of the American Dreamer

Civil rights advocate Cecilia Muñoz was an eyewitness to history as she helped shape the Obama administration's immigration reform policies, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for the people many now refer to as "Dreamers."

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