Extended Interviews

National Day of Reason On Thursday, May 3rd, many Americans observed what President Obama proclaimed to be a “National Day of Prayer.” He was legally mandated to do so, in a practice dating back [...]

The possible future of the American women religious It’s no secret that many American Catholics are sick of the church scandals, of the politicization of their faith by American bishops, of much [...]

“Pastors Against Amendment One” On Tuesday, North Carolina voters go to the polls. Even without a crystal ball, we can predict that Mitt Romney will win the Republican primary, and President [...]

Last weekend, Dr. Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute, joined us to discuss the findings of two new national surveys. How is a new generation of voters likely [...]

The 2012 general election is just getting started, and already the questions have begun: will the youth vote turn out in 2012? Who is the 2012 youth vote? What do they believe? This week we’re [...]

There’s been a flurry of American Catholic bishops who, perhaps emboldened by the media attention to their claims of violations of religious liberty, seem to be getting ever-louder in injecting [...]

The Republican primary field is down to three candidates, but only one has the mathematical ability to amass the delegates needed for the nomination. Joining us this week to talk about the state [...]

Our producer Ray Kirstein has been on assignment in Europe, gathering foreign opinions and perceptions about the current presidential race. He spoke with Daniel Ogden, Lecturer on Globalization [...]

Over the past four decades, we have seen many significant changes in organized religion. Few of those changes have been as frighteningly disorienting for some and desperately welcome for others [...]

Hot off the presses, a new survey, conducted by Public Religion Research Institute in partnership with Religion News Service, asked Americans about a popular news subject – religious liberty. [...]